Idara Victor

With friends she performed plays in parks around Philadelphia and studied acting privately, going to a few professional auditions and booking work while she was home in New York on summer breaks.

When Victor graduated, she left a job offer at InStyle magazine, started making music with her friend Mike "Double-O" (Kidz in the Hall), and began training at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, a conservatory of the Tisch School of the Arts.

[3] While still in her studies, Victor first appeared on screen in the indie film Not Just Yet and her first television role was in the TV series Starved, playing opposite Sterling K. Brown.

[citation needed] After moving to Los Angeles, she appeared in television series including Mad Men, Private Practice, Grey's Anatomy, and Castle.

She appeared in the 2019 film Alita: Battle Angel from writer and producer James Cameron and director Robert Rodriguez, playing opposite Christoph Waltz.