Jordan Bayne is an American actor and short film writer/director.

Biography

Bayne's career started in 1996 with Showtime's Poltergeist: The Legacy

Poltergeist: The Legacy

Poltergeist: The Legacy is a Canadian horror television series which ran from 1996 to 1999. The series tells the story of the members of a secret society known as the Legacy, and their efforts to protect humankind from occult dangers...

; she appeared in two episodes of the TV series. She next appeared in A Stranger in the Kingdom with Ernie Hudson

Ernie Hudson

Ernest Lee "Ernie" Hudson is an American actor known for his roles as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series, Sergeant Albrecht in The Crow, and Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz.-Early life:...

 and made 1998 guest appearances on the TV shows Law & Order

Law & Order

Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...

and Silk Stalkings

Silk Stalkings

Silk Stalkings is a TV crime drama originally shown on CBS in 1991 as part of the network's late-night Crimetime After Primetime programming package, and rebroadcast on the USA Network. After CBS ended the Crimetime experiment in 1993, the series ran exclusively on USA until its finale in the...

. Bayne starred in the 2000 independent film Under Hellgate Bridge with Dominic Chianese

Dominic Chianese

Dominic Chianese is an American film, television and theatre actor, perhaps best known for his role as Corrado "Junior" Soprano on the HBO TV series, The Sopranos.-Early life:...

 and Vincent Pastore

Vincent Pastore

Vincent Pastore is an Italian-American actor, often cast as a mobster and best known for the role of Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on The Sopranos.-Early life:...

. Although director Michael Sergio

Michael Sergio

Michael Sergio is an actor, most famous for parachuting into Shea Stadium during Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, wearing a sign proclaiming "Let's Go Mets". Immediately arrested, Sergio spent a short time in prison, because he would not reveal the name of the pilot who flew him over Queens that...

 described Jordan as "a brilliant little actress", she got the part only after better-known actor Ashley Judd

Ashley Judd

Ashley Judd is an American television and film actress, who has played lead roles in films including Ruby in Paradise, Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy, Where the Heart Is and High Crimes...

 turned down the role. Her subsequent film roles included Mercy of the Sea with Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen

Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez , better known by his stage name Martin Sheen, is an American film actor best known for his performances in the films Badlands and Apocalypse Now , and in the television series The West Wing from 1999 to 2006.He is considered one of the best actors never to be...

 in 2003.

Bayne's debut as a writer/director came with the 2007 short Argo, starring Jordana Spiro

Jordana Spiro

Jordana Ariel Spiro is an American film and television actress, known for starring in the TBS comedy series My Boys as P.J. Franklin.-Life and career:...

. Argo played the festival circuit screening at the Napa/Sonoma Film Festival, NewFilmMakers, Soho House

Soho House

Soho House , Matthew Boulton's home in Handsworth, Birmingham, England, is now a museum , celebrating his life, his partnership with James Watt and his membership of the Lunar Society of Birmingham. It was designed by Samuel Wyatt and work on the current building began in 1789...

 and Sedona Film Festival

Sedona Film Festival

The Sedona International Film Festival founded in 1994 is held in Sedona, Arizona, USA each year. A workshop also accompanies the event.The Sedona Film Festival is a five-day festival that features more than 125 films, including features, documentaries, foreign films, shorts, animation and student...

 among others.

Bayne is currently in post-production on her next short film, The Sea Is All I Know, with Melissa Leo

Melissa Leo

Melissa Chessington Leo , is an American actress. After appearing on several television shows and films in the late '80s, her breakthrough role came in 1993 as Det. Sgt. Kay Howard on the television series Homicide: Life on the Street for the show's first five seasons from 1993 – 1997...

.

Filmography

• Poltergeist: The Legacy
  Poltergeist: The Legacy
  Poltergeist: The Legacy is a Canadian horror television series which ran from 1996 to 1999. The series tells the story of the members of a secret society known as the Legacy, and their efforts to protect humankind from occult dangers...
  
  (TV series) as Julia Walker (2 episodes, 1996–1997)
• Stranger In The Kingdom (1998) as Claire LaRiviere
• Law & Order
  Law & Order
  Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...
  
  (TV series, 1998 guest appearance)
• Silk Stalkings
  Silk Stalkings
  Silk Stalkings is a TV crime drama originally shown on CBS in 1991 as part of the network's late-night Crimetime After Primetime programming package, and rebroadcast on the USA Network. After CBS ended the Crimetime experiment in 1993, the series ran exclusively on USA until its finale in the...
  
  (TV series, 1998 guest appearance)
• Under Hellgate Bridge (2000) as Carla
• Fire Over Afghanistan (2003) as Kris Andrews
• Mercy of the Sea (2003) as Kata/Kate
• Argo (2006) - director, writer, producer
• One Night (2007) as Dawn

External links

• Official website