During school at Sarah Lawrence College, she completed her degree in theater and 19th century western literature.

[3] In 2001, Bordán began her acting career in television with a guest appearance on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

[8] In 2007, she continued her television career, guest starring on the shows Painkiller Jane, Robin Hood, and Könyveskép.

[10] On February 10, 2011, it was announced that Bordán would join the main cast of the military science fiction drama Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome,[11] portraying Dr. Beka Kelly, a former employee of Graystone Industries, the company that created the Cylon.

[14][15] The Smoke director Ben Pickering cast her as Dr. Jones in his second feature Welcome to Curiosity, due for release in the USA and Canada on 25 May 2018.