Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby is described as beautiful, blonde, physical, athletic, tan and angular. Jordan also plays golf and seems to be really good at it. This may be a little confusing once you watch the films because we see that Jordan actually has dark hair while Daisy is the blonde. The 1974 Jordan Baker, has lighter hair than the 2013 Jordan but despite this difference, Jordan looks like what we could imagine her to look like. Her and Daisy have undeniable beauty and of course dress the part as well. Jordan is Daisy’s best friend and she is also in a “situationship” with Nick Carraway, our narrator. Going back to Jordan being a golfer, we learn from Nick that he recognizes her because she cheated in her first golf tournament she played in and she also bends the truth a lot. Jordan is an important side character because she is there for every event as well. It made me think of the possibility of getting the story from Jordan’s perspective. In the 1974 film, Jordan Baker is portrayed by Lois Chiles. And in the 2013 film Jordan is portrayed by Elizabeth Debicki. These two do a great job of showing us what Jordan looks and acts like in real life. Elizabeth Debicki even won the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the 2013 film. Jordan Baker was mostly there to be Daisy’s sidekick while Nick was Gatsby’s. And of course the two sidekicks had their thing going on as well. Both actresses did a great job at portraying Jordan and I didn’t have much a problem with Jordan’s character because I felt like she wasn’t relevant enough to really base opinions on.
