Jordan Christine Knapp was born in Sacramento, California

to Starla Knapp, a financial aid director, and Greg Knapp, a NFL football coach.

Raised in San Francisco, Atlanta, Oakland, Seattle and Houston,

Knapp now calls Los Angeles home.

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She proudly holds a BFA in Acting for Film from the New York Film Academy of LA.

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Knapp was named "Best Actress" at the 2019 Catalina Film Festival for her performance in 8 (2019) and presented with the Vanguard Award for "Best Actress in a Feature Film" at the

2023 Scotland International Festival of Cinema for her performance in Lost in Tomorrow (2023).

 

She is currently

circulating film festivals with a feature she starred in and produced,

The Novel (2025), which won Best Picture at the 2025 NoHo Cinefest,

as well as frequenting stages performing in

Sister Wivez written by Marta Myers.

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Knapp performs monthly at the Groundlings with the Penny Stinkers Improv Co.

and co-runs a LA-based theatre company, Raccoon's Milk.

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She is a lover of languages, cooking, and one-liners.