Eva Victor

• Name — Eva Victor • Born — February 11, 1994 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Occupation — * Actor • writer • director • Years Active — 2014present

Victor was born in Paris, France, in 1994. Their family later moved to San Francisco, where they grew up. Victor attended The International School of San Francisco, which they describe as "an intensely disciplined French speaking school," and sang in a choir. They went to college at Northwestern University to study acting, with a minor in playwriting. While there, Victor took part in comedy as part of the improv team. After graduating, they gained representation after performing a dramatic acting showcase.

Victor began working at feminist satire website Reductress as an intern. They later became an associate editor and staff writer at Reductress. They have written for The New Yorker's Daily Shouts section and have appeared on MTV's Decoded. Victor worked as an actress with the arts education organization Story Pirates, based in New York City. • Illustration — Victor at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Awards A number of comedy videos they have posted on Twitter have gone viral. They performed some of these videos at a live event hosted by BuzzFeed in 2019. Victor also makes videos for Comedy Central. Victor appeared in recurring roles in some of television series aired on Showtime, first as Rian in Billions and later as Susan Fowler in the first season of Super Pumped. In December 2019, Victor was cast in Jonah Feingold's directorial debut Dating and New York. Victor became interested in filmmaking during the COVID-19 pandemic. Films that inspired them included Persona, In the Mood for Love, The Spirit of the Beehive, Burning, Margaret, and Losing Ground. They also shadowed filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun on the set of I Saw The TV Glow. In 2025, Victor made their directorial debut with Sorry, Baby, a film about a college literature professor named Agnes living through the aftermath of a sexual assault she experienced while in graduate school. Produced by Barry Jenkins, the film had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. The film also screened at 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for Caméra d'Or and Queer Palm. While writing the script, Victor sublet their cousin's home in rural Maine, secluding themselves for three weeks in the middle of winter with just their cat. During a Q&A session with Le Cinema Club, Victor stated the goal of making the film was to "feel safe enough to laugh" despite a focus on depression and sexual assault.

Victor is queer and non-binary, and uses both they/them and she/her pronouns. They are a survivor of sexual assault, which served as an inspiration for Sorry, Baby.

• Billions (2020–2023) as Rian • Dating and New York (2021) as Jenna 'The Rebounds' Brookes • Super Pumped (2022) as Susan Fowler • Boys Go to Jupiter (2024) as Gail 5000 (voice) • Sorry, Baby (2025) as Agnes (also writer and director) • Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026) as DJ Ella Giastic • Behemoth! (2026) as Nadia

Eva Victor is recorded as actor, comedian, film director, television director and film screenwriter.