Portia Doubleday

Biography

Portia Doubleday (born 1988 in Los Angeles) is an American actress best known for the teen comedy Youth in Revolt and for her role in the television drama Mr. Robot. Her career spans the move from youth films to thrillers and auteur-driven drama.

Doubleday grew up in Los Angeles in a show business family. Her parents were professional actors, and her older sister, Kaitlin, is also an actress. As a child she appeared in a commercial for Goldfish crackers and had a small part in Legend of the Mummy (1998). Her parents asked her to finish high school before pursuing acting full time.

After graduating, she was cast in the pilot of United States of Tara, the Diablo Cody series, as Kate, but was replaced when the creative team changed the direction of the character. Her breakthrough came with Youth in Revolt (2009), a comedy opposite Michael Cera adapted from C. D. Payne's novel, in which she played Sheeni Saunders, a bored girl who crosses paths with the lead during a family holiday. Miguel Arteta directed the film, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. She followed it with Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011) and Carrie (2013), where she played the cruel antagonist Chris Hargensen, one of her most recognized roles.

In 2013 she had a brief role in Her. She later joined the main cast of Mr. Robot as Angela Moss, appearing in all four seasons on USA Network between 2015 and 2019. She subsequently took part in Fantasy Island (2020) and The Social Reckoning (2026), Aaron Sorkin's film about Frances Haugen's testimony against Facebook.

She remains associated with television thrillers and the teen comedies of the 2000s, and her recent work moves between studio projects and more ambitious films.

Key films

• Youth in Revolt (2009): Sheeni Saunders, the girl who disrupts the lead's dull summer routine.
• Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011): Jasmine, in a commercially successful family comedy.
• Carrie (2013): Chris Hargensen, whose cruelty leads to tragedy at the prom.
• Her (2013): a brief role in Spike Jonze's science fiction drama.
• Fantasy Island (2020): a film adaptation of the classic television series.
• The Social Reckoning (2026): a radicalized woman in Aaron Sorkin's film about Facebook.