At this time her family decided to move back to native Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Here they would stay for the next 4 years. Jordana learned to speak fluent Portuguese during her 4 year stay in Rio de Janeiro.
At the age of ten Jordana's family decided to move again, only this time they would relocate to Manhattan. It was here where Jordana studied at Sacred Heart, an all-girl Catholic school before moving on to the New York Professional Children's School.
It was in her teens that Jordana began to make a name for herself by appearing two of daytime television's longest-running soap operas, "All My Children" and "As the World Turns," where Brewster played the role of Nikki Munson for three years.
Jordana would also go on to costar in the NBC mini-series "The 60s." The year 1998 marked Jordana's big-screen debut as Delilah Profitt in teen-driven film, The Faculty.
However, it would be her role as Mia Toretto in the blockbuster hit The Fast and The Furious that would lead Jordana to reach Hollywood stardom. Despite her success Jordana continued to attend Yale University, in the class of 2003.
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