Julie White is an American actress who has been dreaming of a film career since childhood. To date, she has about 40 films and TV shows. She started as a theater actor, but then decided to try herself in the cinema, first in episodic roles, and then already played the main roles. A talented actress who managed to get around famous celebrities and win the prestigious Tony Award is Julie White, whose photo can be seen in the article.
Some facts from an early biography
The future actress Julie White was born on June 4, 1961 in San Diego (California) in a family that had nothing to do with art. Parents of the girl, Sue Jane and Edwin White, are doctors: mother is a therapist, and father is a dentist. At the age of three, Julie moved with her family to Texas, where she spent her childhood years on a ranch in Austin. From early childhood, the girl showed great interest in theater and cinema. Already in her teens, she takes part in small theater productions and begins performing on the local stage.
White's first steps on the stage
At the age of 16, Julie already had some experience in the acting profession, she played the main roles in musicals. When Julie once played the role of Baker's wife in one of the musical productions, the authors of the show drew attention to the young lady and noted her talent. Then Julie White and received the first offer to continue playing, but already professionally in New York. But first, 16-year-old Julie had to graduate. After graduating from high school, the question of the future profession was already resolved. Julie follows the advice, goes to New York and enters Fordham University. She firmly decided to become an actress.
Julie White - theater actress
Julia's first steps in her acting career were, as mentioned earlier, on the stage of a local theater. She was very capable, the girl honed her professionalism in the regional theater. A debut on stage before Julie appeared on Broadway - this is one of the main roles in Lucky Stiff.
The list of theatrical works of Julie White should include such well-known productions as "Marvin's Room", "On the Edge", "Money and Friends", "Largo Desolato". There was a lot of work, Julie played talentedly and selflessly, dreaming of taking part in Broadway productions on the same stage with famous theater actors. But while there were only roles in the regional theater: “Just say no,” “Early in the evening,” “Over Texas.”
One of the most significant works of the actress at that time was the main role in the production called "Hairpin", in which she was lucky to work with Tony Goldwin and Kevin Bacon. Julie White noticed, they even wrote Theresa Rebeck's Bad Dates for her. It was the so-called show of one actress. White later appears in Broadway productions, the first of which was the Heidi Chronicles by Wendy Wasserstein, who received the Pulitzer Prize.
What other work did Julie White have on Broadway? The biography of the actress also contains the role of agent Diana in the production of Douglas Carter Bean's "Laughing Puppy" (2006).
The beginning of a film career
The time has come, and Julie White appeared on television. This took place for the first time in 1993, when a television series called "Grace on Fire" was released. Here, the actress got the role of a dodgy neighbor named Nadine. It was thanks to this show and this role that White began to recognize.
Julie got into the series as soon as he started, and lasted for four whole seasons. But in the latter, the actress no longer starred. Due to contradictions with one of the stars of the series, Julie decides to leave the show. This troubled star was Brett Butler. After that, Julie White had a couple of supporting roles in other television series.
In the series "The Client is Always Dead", which was broadcast on HBO, Julie played the role of Mitzi Dalton-Huntley. And the doctor Anne Morell actress plays in the project "Law and Order: Special Corps", launched on NBC. Even White could appear before the audience in the ending of the second season of Desperate Housewives as Amanda, but she refused this supporting role in favor of the production of The Laughing Puppy, where she was offered to play agent Diana.
Famous works of the actress
A major leap in Julie White’s film career is linked to the Transformer saga. The actress appeared in 2007 in the first film called "Transformers" in the role of the mother of the protagonist of the picture by Judy Vitviki.
This work is one of the most striking in her film career. Julie also starred in the continuation of Transformers, her viewers again see in the movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Transformers 3: The Dark Side of the Moon. After the release of the second part of the trilogy, Julie White was nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for her role as Judy Vitwicky as the worst episodic female role.
The last few years can be considered quite saturated in the career of the actress. She is actively filming, for 2011-2012 she had as many as five projects. Each of the paintings was very significant for Julie White. She gets good roles, and not just the supporting ones. The actress played the main character in the film "Taking Chance".
Julie White: filmography
As for the filmography of White, it consists mainly of television series, where the actress played a supporting role. This work, which was already mentioned above: "The client is always dead", "Law and Order." Viewers could also see the actress in famous paintings, where she got episodic roles: "Lincoln", "War of the Worlds", "What Women Want."
In 2012, Julie starred in Todd Louis's film "Hello, I have to go" in the role of Gwen. And also participated in the films "Inside Out", "To the Start!" and voiced animated films "Monsters against Aliens", "Night of Live Carrots", "Penguins from Madagascar." Despite the fact that the actress has few main roles, in 2007 she received the Tony Award (best female role in the play), and in 2015 she was again nominated for this award for the best secondary female role.