Jodi Balfour
Biography
Jodi Balfour is a South African actress born in Cape Town on October 29, 1987. She won a Canadian Screen Award for her performance as Gladys Witham in the series Bomb Girls, appearing in the show from 2012 to 2013. She has since starred as Ellen Waverly Wilson in the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind, running from 2019 to 2023. Her career includes appearances across television and film projects, beginning with her early work as a presenter for young audiences in Cape Town. Her known acting credits span numerous productions, establishing her as an internationally recognized performer within the television and film industry.
Career overview
Jodi Balfour is a South African actress born on October 29, 1987, in Cape Town, South Africa. She began her career as a presenter for young audiences in Cape Town before establishing herself as an actress with numerous film and television credits.
Among her recognized television work, she starred as Gladys Witham in the series Bomb Girls from 2012 to 2013, a performance for which she won a Canadian Screen Award. Her subsequent television roles include starring as Ellen Waverly Wilson in the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind from 2019 to 2023. Her acting filmography and television appearances also include roles in other productions such as The Crown, Ted Lasso, and True Detective.
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- Lilies Not for Me (2025) as Alice Green
- Freud's Last Session (2023) as Dorothy Burlingham
- Bloom (2023) as Laurel
- Ted Lasso (2020) as Jack Danvers
- The Rest of Us (2020) as Rachel
- For All Mankind (2019) as Ellen Wilson
- Rellik (2017) as DI Elaine Shepard
- The Crown (2016) as Jackie Kennedy
- Quarry (2016) as Joni
- Unearthing (2016) as Fisher Hart
- Eadweard (2015) as Mary
- Milwaukee (2015) as Beans
- Milwaukee (2015) Writer
- Milwaukee (2015) Executive Producer
- True Detective (2014) as Lori
- Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy (2014) as Gladys Witham
- The Husband (2014) as Claire
- Afterparty (2013) as Karen
- Bomb Girls (2012) as Gladys Witham
- Final Destination 5 (2011) as Woman
- The Sinking of the Laconia (2011) as Sarah Fullwood
- Vampire (2011) as Michaela
- R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2010) as Mary (voice)
- R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2010) as Priscilla
- Kongo (2010) as Johanna Wenz
- V (2009) as V Greeter
- Sanctuary (2008) as Terry
- Supernatural (2005) as Melissa
- Cavegirl (2002) as Drummer