Julia Garner
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Garner in February 2009
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| Born | February 1, 1994 Riverdale, New York, US |
| Residence | New York City, New York |
| Occupation | Actress, model |
| Years active | 2010–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 Electrick Children, 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 had a recurring role on the third season of FX's The Americans.[4]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2015 | The Americans | Kimberly Breland | Five episodes |
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