Juliana Canfield

Juliana Canfield is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Jess Jordan on the HBO series Succession (2018–2023). She is also known for portraying Beth DeVille on the post-apocalyptic drama series Y: The Last Man (2021)and Janine Harris on the Peacock crime drama series The Calling (2022).

Canfield received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Stereophonic (2024).

Early life and education
Canfield earned a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in English and graduated cum laude from Yale College in 2014. She then attended and graduated from the Yale School of Drama with an MFA in Acting in 2017. Her great-grandfather was the wealthy book publisher Cass Canfield. She was a debutante at the French debutante ball Bal des Débutantes in Paris in 2013.

Career
Canfield played the role of Christina in the 2019 revival of Maria Irene Fornes's play Fefu and Her Friends at the Theatre for a New Audience in Brooklyn. Canfield featured in the recurring role of Kendall Roy's executive assistant, Jess Jordan, in the HBO comedy-drama Succession, first appearing in the show's second episode, and continuing in the role throughout the remainder of the show. Canfield's role as Jordan was highlighted by The Ringer critic Jessica MacLeish in an article titled 'An Ode to Jess Jordan' during the second season. In 2021, Canfield starred as Beth DeVille, the girlfriend of lead character Yorick Brown, the only male survivor of a virus that wipes out all others with a Y-chromosome, on the FX comic-book adaptation Y: The Last Man. In 2022, Canfield portrayed an NYPD detective, Janine Harris, in the crime drama The Calling.

In 2024, she made her Broadway debut as Holly in Stereophonic. She was nominated for a Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Play.

Personal life
Canfield lives in New York City. She is in a relationship with actor Edmund Donovan.