Jodi Balfour

Jodi Balfour is a South African actress. She won a Canadian Screen Award for her performance as Gladys Witham in the series Bomb Girls (2012–2013). She has since starred as Ellen Waverly Wilson in the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind (2019–2023).

Jodi Balfour grew up in Cape Town, South Africa.

She studied drama at the University of Cape Town, graduating in 2009.

Balfour moved to Canada for work, taking roles in Sanctuary and Supernatural.

She was cast as Gladys Witham in the Canadian television drama series Bomb Girls in 2013. She won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Film or Miniseries at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015 for her performance in the series' follow-up television film Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy.

In February 2015, Balfour was cast in the Cinemax series Quarry. From 2019 to 2023, she starred in the Apple TV+ space drama series For All Mankind.

In 2017, she portrayed Jacqueline Kennedy in episode eight of The Crown’s second season.

In April 2022, she was cast in the Apple TV+ football sitcom Ted Lasso.