Eva Victor

Eva Victor
Victor in 2025
Born (1994-02-11) February 11, 1994
Paris, France
Occupations
  • Actor
  • writer
  • director
Years active2014—present

Eva Victor (/ˈeɪvə/ AY-və;[1] born 1994) is a French-American actor, writer, and director. They[a] were featured in the television series Billions from 2020 to 2023, and made their directorial debut with the self-starring independent film Sorry, Baby (2025), for which they were nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama.

Early life, education and personal life

Eva Victor was born in Paris, France, in 1994.[5] Her family later moved to San Francisco, where she grew up.[6] She attended what she recalls an "intensely disciplined French speaking school". “I think I had this fantasy of a suburban life where, like, I drove a car and had Uggs and boyfriends and stuff,” Eva said of the experience.

Victor went to The International School of San Francisco, a French-speaking high school, and sung in a choir.[5] They went to college at Northwestern University to study acting, with a minor in playwriting. While there, they took part in comedy as part of the improv team. After graduating, they gained representation after performing a dramatic acting showcase.[7]

Victor is non binary and uses both they/them and she/her pronouns. They are queer. [8]

They are a survivor of sexual assault, which served as an inspiration for Sorry, Baby, about a college literature professor named Agnes in rural Belfast, Maine who experiences the aftermath of a sexual assault by a faculty member.

They are very passionate about reading and literature.

Career

Victor began working at feminist satire website Reductress as an intern.[7][9] 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.[7] Victor worked as an actress with the arts education organization Story Pirates, based in New York City.[7]

They have received press for the videos they post on Twitter that have gone viral.[7][9][10][11] They performed some of these videos at a live event hosted by Buzzfeed in 2019.[12] Victor also makes videos for Comedy Central.[9]

Victor appeared as Rian beginning in the fifth season of Billions and the first season of Super Pumped as Susan Fowler on Showtime. In December 2019, Victor was cast in Jonah Feingold's directorial debut Dating and New York.[13]

They primarily got into filmmaking during the COVID-19 pandemic and approximately went through a 100 films they have never seen before. The films that inspired them the most were Persona, In the Mood for Love, The Spirit of the Beehive, Burning, Margaret, and Losing Ground. They sublet their cousin's home in Rural Maine. Spending time secluding herself in the midst of winter with just their cat to write the script and gain inspiration for their film Sorry, Baby, writing it in three weeks. They also shadowed filmmaker Jane Schoenberg on the set of I Saw The TV Glow, which further inspired the film. [14]

In 2025, Victor made their directorial debut and starred in Sorry, Baby produced by Barry Jenkins, which had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.[15] They won the festival's Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award.[16] During a Q&A session with Le Cinema Club, she mentioned how she "wanted the film to feel like a hug. I wanted someone watching to feel like they were holding hands with the film while watching it. I didn’t want anyone to ever feel scared. I sought to make the film a version of me needed at one point in my life.".

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Organization Date of ceremony Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Astra Awards January 9, 2026 Best Actress – Comedy or Musical Sorry, Baby Nominated [17]
Astra Midseason Movie Awards July 3, 2025 Best Actress Runner-up [18]
British Independent Film Awards November 30, 2025 Best International Independent Film Nominated [19]
Cannes Film Festival May 24, 2025 Directors' Fortnight Nominated [20]
Camera d'Or Nominated
Queer Palm Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards January 4, 2026 Best Original Screenplay Nominated [21]
Directors Guild of America Awards February 7, 2026 Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Feature Debut Nominated [22]
Golden Globe Awards January 11, 2026 Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Nominated [23]
Gotham Film Awards December 1, 2025 Best Original Screenplay Nominated [24]
Film Independent Spirit Awards February 16, 2026 Best Director Nominated [25]
Best Screenplay Won
Las Culturistas Culture Awards August 5, 2025 We Could See Boop! Award for Best Thing to See Nominated [26]
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards December 7, 2025 Best Screenplay Runner-up [27]
Mill Valley Film Festival October 5, 2025 Mind the Gap Award Won [28]
National Board of Review January 13, 2026 Best Directorial Debut Won [29]
Seattle Film Critics Society December 15, 2025 Best Actress Nominated [30]
Best Screenplay Nominated
Sundance Film Festival February 2, 2025 Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award Won [31]
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards December 14, 2025 Best Original Screenplay Nominated [32]
Best First Feature Film Won
Valladolid International Film Festival November 1, 2025 Best Actress Won [33]

Notes

  1. ^ Victor uses they/them and she/her pronouns.[2][3][4] This article uses they/them for consistency.

References

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