Saffron Burrows is a highly acclaimed actress, known for her impressive work in critically acclaimed films and television shows. This fall, she will reprise her role in the hit Netflix series YOU, season 3.
Burrows has previously starred in the Golden Globe-winning Amazon series Mozart in the Jungle. In 2019, she directed the short films Michael & Indigo, starring Jason Isaacs and Richard Wilson.
On stage, Burrows has had a successful career, starring in the award-winning one-woman drama Jackie Unveiled at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. The play explores the deeply personal struggles of Jackie Kennedy, examining her life against two of her most significant moments.
Burrows' extensive film credits include Henry Mason's Love Lies Bleeding, Noah Pritzker's Quitters, Bill Guttentag's Knife Fight, Jonas Åkerlund's Small Apartments, Jonas Pate's Shrink, Roger Donaldson's The Bank Job, Amy Redford's The Guitar, Peter Howitt's Dangerous Parking, Hal Hartley's Fay Grim, Mike Binder's Reign Over Me, Wolfgang Petersen's Troy, Raoul Ruiz's Klimt, Gerardo Herero's El Misterio Galíndez, Paul McGuigan's Gangster No. 1, Michael Apted's Enigma, Mike Figgis' Timecode, and Miss Julie, in which she played the lead role.
In addition to her film work, Burrows has had a successful television career, recurring on the ABC drama Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., CBS' comedy The Crazy Ones, NBC's drama series My Own Worst Enemy, and the award-winning series Boston Legal, earning her two cast SAG nominations.
For the BBC, Burrows starred opposite Albert Finney and Julie Christie in the production of Dennis Potter's Karaoke. In Los Angeles, she starred in Melissa James Gibson's This for the Kirk Douglas Theater. She played Janey Morris in The Earthly Paradise for the Almeida Theatre, London, and appeared in Neil LaBute's Some Girls(s) on the West End stage.
Burrows' theater work includes Jeanette Winterson's The PowerBook for the Royal National Theatre. Her theater debut was for the Bush Theatre, London, in the play Two Lips, Indifferent Red, directed by Vicky Featherstone.
