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Julia Garner
Garner in February 2009
Born (1994-02-01) February 1, 1994 (age 30)
Riverdale, New York, US
Occupation(s)Actress, Model
Years active2010–present

Julia Garner (born February 1, 1994)[1] is an American actress and model. She has appeared in the films Martha Marcy May Marlene, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, and leading roles in We Are What We Are and Grandma. She has also appeared in several episodes of the television series The Americans.

Personal life

Garner was born in the Riverdale neighborhood, in the Bronx, New York.[2] Her mother, Tami Gingold, a therapist, had a successful career in Israel around 30 years ago as a comedian. Her father, Thomas Garner, is a painter and an art teacher, originally from Shaker Heights, Ohio. She has an older sister, Anna, who is a writer, producer and an artist. Garner is Jewish (her father is Protestant and her mother is Jewish).[1]

Garner resides with her parents in their house in New York City. She considers italian actress Monica Vitti and especially Bette Davis to be a major influence on her acting style and citing Davis's performance in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?[1]

Career

She started taking acting lessons at the age of 15 to overcome her shyness. She had her theatrical debut at the age of 17 in Sean Durkin's Martha Marcy May Marlene, playing the role of Sarah.

I started doing student films at Columbia grad school, and this one student filmmaker, his girlfriend was interning at an open casting call for Susan Shopmaker. Later on, she did the stage reading for Martha Marcy May Marlene, then she cast it, and that was my first movie.

In 2012, director David Chase invited her to play a small role which he wrote specifically for her in his movie Not Fade Away.[1] Her first starring role was in the 2012 movie, Electrick Children.[1] In 2013, she starred alongside Ashley Bell in the horror film The Last Exorcism Part II, and played the lead in the American remake of the Mexican horror film We Are What We Are.

Garner co-starred in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) as new character Marcy, a young stripper who crosses paths with another new character, Johnny (Joseph Gordon-Levitt).[3] This marked the first time she acted against a green screen.[1]

In 2015, Garner has a recurring role on the third season of FX's The Americans.

Filmography

Films
Year Title Role Notes
2010 The Dreamer Girl on Sidewalk #3 Short film
2010 One Thousand Cranes Dorian Short film
2011 Martha Marcy May Marlene Sarah
2011 Our Time Kaya Short film
2011 Mac & Cheese Mary Katherine Brown Short film
2012 Electrick Children Rachel
2012 The Perks of Being a Wallflower Susan
2012 Not Fade Away Girl in Car
2013 We Are What We Are Rose Parker
2013 The Last Exorcism Part II Gwen
2013 HairBrained Shauna
2013 Send Girl Short film
2014 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Marcie
2014 I Believe in Unicorns Cassidy
2014 You Can't Win Chicken Post-production
2014 Send Girl Short film
2015 Good Kids Tinsley Completed
2015 Grandma Sage
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2015 The Americans Kimberly Breland Five episodes

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Shattuck, Kathryn (1 March 2013). "Already a Cinema Veteran at 19". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Macaulay, Scott (2012). "Julia Garner". 25 New Faces of Independent Film (story series). Filmmaker. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  3. ^ Chitwood, Adam (29 January 2013). "Eva Green to Lead SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR; Julia Garner Joins Cast". Collider.com.

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