Julia Butters

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| image = Photo of Julia Butters in 2020.png

| caption = Butters in 2020

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| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2011–present

| known_for = Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
The Fabelmans
American Housewife

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Julia Butters, is an American actress. She is known for her role in the film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), for which she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Actor/Actress, and for her role as Reggie Fabelman in The Fabelmans (2022).

Early life

Butters was born in Los Angeles, California. Her father is a Disney animator who has worked on films such as Frozen and Ralph Breaks the Internet.{{cite web |last=Curto |first=Justin |title=Meet Julia Butters, the 10-Year-Old Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Breakout Star |url=https://people.com/movies/julia-butters-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-10-year-old/ |work=People |date=July 29, 2019 |access-date=October 30, 2019 |archive-date=August 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811142439/https://people.com/movies/julia-butters-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-10-year-old/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Malkin |first=Marc |title='Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Actress Julia Butters on Working With Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/features/once-upon-a-time-julia-butters-leonardo-dicaprio-brad-pitt-1203277180/ |work=Variety |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |date=July 25, 2019 |location=Los Angeles, California |access-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121193821/https://variety.com/2019/film/features/once-upon-a-time-julia-butters-leonardo-dicaprio-brad-pitt-1203277180/amp/ |url-status=live}}

Career

Julia Butters began her career doing commercials. Her first speaking role was the role of Gabby in Criminal Minds.{{cite web |last=White |first=Ashley |title=Butters' daughter gets taste of Hollywood |url=https://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/butters-daughter-gets-taste-of-hollywood/article_b4416422-a6a2-11e3-b38e-001a4bcf887a.html |work=Kearney Hub |date=March 8, 2014 |access-date=August 2, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401215917/https://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/butters-daughter-gets-taste-of-hollywood/article_b4416422-a6a2-11e3-b38e-001a4bcf887a.html |url-status=live}} In 2016, Butters portrayed the recurring role of Ella in the Amazon Prime Video series Transparent.{{cite web |last=Vessing |first=Etan |title=James Marsden, Julia Butters Join Quentin Tarantino's 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-marsden-julia-butters-join-once-a-time-hollywood-cast-1118542 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=Eldridge Industries |date=June 8, 2018 |location=Los Angeles, California |access-date=July 28, 2019 |archive-date=September 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190907183142/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-marsden-julia-butters-join-once-a-time-hollywood-cast-1118542 |url-status=live}} Later that year, she began starring in the ABC sitcom American Housewife as Anna-Kat Otto.{{Cite web |title=Julia Butters {{!}} American Housewife|url=https://abc.go.com/shows/american-housewife/cast/julia-butters|work=ABC |access-date=August 2, 2019 |archive-date=October 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013072912/https://abc.go.com/shows/american-housewife/cast/julia-butters |url-status=live}} When Quentin Tarantino was writing the script of his ninth film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, he spotted Butters on television, and later cast her in the role of precocious child actress Trudi Fraser.{{cite web |last=Desta |first=Yohana |title=Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood: Meet the 10-Year-Old Leo Compared to a Young Meryl Streep |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/07/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-julia-butters-interview |work=Vanity Fair |publisher=Condé Nast |date=July 26, 2019 |location=New York City |access-date=July 28, 2019 |archive-date=July 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727013035/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/07/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-julia-butters-interview |url-status=live}} After she received critical acclaim for this role, Butters decided to pursue similar opportunities, leading her to leave American Housewife after four seasons.{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |title=American Housewife' Recasts Anna-Kat Role With Giselle Eisenberg As Julia Butters Exits ABC Comedy |url=https://deadline.com/2020/09/american-housewife-anna-kat-role-recast-giselle-eisenberg-replaces-julia-butters-exits-abc-comedy-series-season-5-1234575693/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=September 11, 2020 |access-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-date=September 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912053824/https://deadline.com/2020/09/american-housewife-anna-kat-role-recast-giselle-eisenberg-replaces-julia-butters-exits-abc-comedy-series-season-5-1234575693/ |url-status=live}} In December 2020, Butters was cast in Netflix’s The Gray Man.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/jessica-henwick-wagner-moura-dhanush-julia-butters-the-russo-brothers-gray-man-ryan-gosling-1234658170/ |title=Jessica Henwick, Wagner Moura, Dhanush and Julia Butters Join the Russo Brothers' 'Gray Man' Starring Ryan Gosling |author-first1=Justin|author-last1=Kroll|work=Deadline Hollywood |date=December 17, 2020 |access-date=August 30, 2022 |archive-date=January 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130161411/https://deadline.com/2020/12/jessica-henwick-wagner-moura-dhanush-julia-butters-the-russo-brothers-gray-man-ryan-gosling-1234658170/ |url-status=live }} In June 2021, it was announced that Butters was cast in The Fabelmans, Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical coming-of-age film as Reggie Fabelman, a character based on Spielberg's sister Anne.{{cite web |last=Mirabel |first=Marisa |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/next-spielberg-movie-cast/ |title=Steven Spielberg's Movie About His Childhood Casts "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" Breakout Julia Butters |date=June 15, 2021 |access-date=June 15, 2021 |work=/Film |archive-date=June 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616045134/https://www.slashfilm.com/next-spielberg-movie-cast/ |url-status=live}} In August 2022, Butters was cast as Lily in the film Queen of Bones.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/martin-freeman-taylor-schilling-more-set-for-horror-queen-of-bones-1235100333/ |title=Julia Butters, Jacob Tremblay, Martin Freeman & Taylor Schilling Set For Horror 'Queen Of Bones'; Robert Budreau Directing For Appian Way, Lumanity Productions And Productivity Media |last=Grobar |first=Matt |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=August 30, 2022 |access-date=August 30, 2022 |archive-date=August 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830160356/https://deadline.com/2022/08/martin-freeman-taylor-schilling-more-set-for-horror-queen-of-bones-1235100333/ |url-status=live }}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! scope="col" class=unsortable \| Notes
rowspan="3"\| 2016 \| 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi \| Beverly Silva \|
Term Life \| Young Cate \|
data-sort-value="Family Man, A" \| A Family Man \| Lauren Jensen \|
2019 \| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood \| Trudi Fraser \|
rowspan="2"\| 2022 \| data-sort-value="Gray Man, The" \| The Gray Man \| Claire \|
data-sort-value="Fabelmans, The" \| The Fabelmans \| Reggie Fabelman \|
2023 \| Queen of Bones \| Lily \|
2025 \| {{pending film\|Freakier Friday}} \| Harper Coleman \| Post-production

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! scope="col" class=unsortable | Notes

rowspan="3"| 2016

| 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

| Beverly Silva

Term Life

| Young Cate

data-sort-value="Family Man, A" | A Family Man

| Lauren Jensen

2019

| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

| Trudi Fraser

rowspan="2"| 2022

| data-sort-value="Gray Man, The" | The Gray Man

| Claire

data-sort-value="Fabelmans, The" | The Fabelmans

| Reggie Fabelman

2023

| Queen of Bones

| Lily

2025

| {{pending film|Freakier Friday}}

| Harper Coleman

| Post-production

=Television=

Year ! Title ! Role ! scope="col" class=unsortable \| Notes
class="wikitable sortable"
2014	Criminal Minds	Gabby Hoffer	Season 9, Episode 16
2016–2020	American Housewife	Anna-Kat Otto
2021	I Think You Should Leave	Tammy Craps Doll Spokesperson	Season 2, Episode 6
2024	Monsters at Work	Lorelei Worthington (voice)

Awards and nominations

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!Year

!Award

!Category

!Work

!Result

!Ref

rowspan="5"| 2019

| Chicago Film Critics Association

| Most Promising Performer

| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

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| style="text-align: center;" |{{Cite web|url=https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/2019awards|title=2019 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards|last=|first=|date=31 December 2019|website=Chicago Film Critics Association|language=en-US|access-date=7 January 2020|archive-date=25 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425142324/https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/2019awards|url-status=live}}

Las Vegas Film Critics Society

| Youth in Film – Female