Julia Fox

Fox was born in Milan, Italy, to an Italian mother, Gracie, and an American father,{{cite news |last=Gardner |first=Chris |date=January 5, 2020 |title=Uncut Gems Breakout Julia Fox Is Ready to Infuse Art With Activism |website=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/uncut-gems-breakout-julia-fox-is-ready-infuse-art-activism-1265412 |accessdate=January 11, 2020 |archive-date=August 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808120452/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/uncut-gems-breakout-julia-fox-is-ready-infuse-art-activism-1265412 |url-status=live }} Thomas Fox,{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Ryan |date=2023-03-10 |title=Julia Fox Calls Brother 'Mad Scientist Recluse' in Old Interview Amid Drama |url=https://www.newsweek.com/julia-fox-calls-brother-christopher-mad-scientist-recluse-interview-arrest-nypd-1786848 |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=Newsweek |archive-date=July 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714100830/https://www.newsweek.com/julia-fox-calls-brother-christopher-mad-scientist-recluse-interview-arrest-nypd-1786848 |url-status=live }} who worked as a contractor.{{Cite web |last=Frank |first=Alex |date=2022 |title=Hashtag Unbothered: Julia Fox Unpacks a Year of Infamy |url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/julia-fox-interview-highsnobiety-magazine/ |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=Highsnobiety Magazine |archive-date=October 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008051137/https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/julia-fox-interview-highsnobiety-magazine/ |url-status=live }} The two split during her childhood. Fox has two siblings. Until age six, she was raised by her grandfather in the small town of Saronno,{{Cite web |last=Fox |first=Killian |date=2020-01-12 |title=Uncut Gems star Julia Fox: 'I was nervous… what if I had no idea how to act?' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jan/12/uncut-gems-julia-fox-interview-safdie-adam-sandler |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=The Guardian |archive-date=July 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714194444/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jan/12/uncut-gems-julia-fox-interview-safdie-adam-sandler |url-status=live }} located outside Milan, while her mother finished college. During this time, Fox's father lived on a boat docked off New York City.{{Cite magazine |last=Morris |first=Alex |date=2020-07-01 |title=Julia Fox: A Diamond in the Rough |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/julia-fox-interview-1023025/ |access-date=2023-07-14 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-date=July 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714100827/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/julia-fox-interview-1023025/ |url-status=live }} In Italy, she lived in a one-bedroom apartment with her mother's family, and was raised in a Catholic household.{{Cite web |last=Robson |first=Kitty |date=2020-03-02 |title=How Julia Fox hustled her way into Uncut Gems |url=https://i-d.co/article/julia-fox-interview-uncut-gems-netflix/ |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=i-D Magazine |archive-date=July 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714100830/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/epgv8z/julia-fox-interview-uncut-gems-netflix |url-status=live }} At age six, she moved to New York City to live with her father in Yorkville, Manhattan,{{cite news|url=https://theface.com/culture/julia-fox-actor-uncut-gems-safdie-brothers-vol-4-issue-002|title=Julia Fox: 'Adam Sandler really believed in me'|last=Finster|first=Tierney|date=December 17, 2019|accessdate=January 11, 2020|website=The Face|archive-date=January 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111235456/https://theface.com/culture/julia-fox-actor-uncut-gems-safdie-brothers-vol-4-issue-002|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Gendron |first1=Nico |title=The Many Lives of Julia Fox |url=http://officemagazine.net/many-lives-julia-fox |access-date=January 22, 2021 |work=Office Magazine |date=July 27, 2017 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128200559/http://officemagazine.net/many-lives-julia-fox |url-status=live }} while also regularly visiting her mother in Italy.{{Cite web |last=Testa |first=Jessica |date=2022-03-03 |title=Julia Fox Will Come for You |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/style/julia-fox-kanye-modeling-movies.html |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=New York Times |archive-date=September 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928062733/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/style/julia-fox-kanye-modeling-movies.html |url-status=live }}

At age 14, Fox moved back to Italy to stay with a host family that lived near her mother's hometown and attended a private Catholic school.{{Cite web |last=Coltrinari |first=Irene |date=2022-01-08 |title=Who's Julia Fox? |url=https://www.nssgclub.com/en/lifestyle/28596/who-is-julia-fox |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=NSSG Club |archive-date=July 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714100831/https://www.nssgclub.com/en/lifestyle/28596/who-is-julia-fox |url-status=live }} She was asked to leave the host family due to smoking and skipping school, and lived alone in her mother's empty apartment for some time until she returned to New York.{{Cite web |last=Brockes |first=Emma |date=2023-10-07 |title='I could go to therapy and unpack it all – but I don't have time for that': Julia Fox on chaos, kink and dating Kanye West |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/oct/07/julia-fox-interview-kanye-west-down-the-drain-memoir |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=The Guardian |archive-date=October 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007222416/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/oct/07/julia-fox-interview-kanye-west-down-the-drain-memoir |url-status=live }}

While growing up, Fox experienced periods of relative homelessness, and had a difficult relationship with her parents. Her father was "volatile and verbally abusive", and her mother was "absent for long stretches" when Fox visited her, and the two also "fought explosively". At age 15, she left home to live with her boyfriend, who was a drug dealer. After he was imprisoned, she moved into a friend's home. Fox ended their relationship after he sent her a death threat that also targeted her family.

Fox worked several service jobs as a teenager, including at a shoe store, an ice cream shop, and a pastry shop. While attending City-As-School High School, she worked as a dominatrix for six months in the East Village, after discovering the job in a Craigslist "adult gigs" section.{{cite news |url = https://www.huffpost.com/entry/from-clubs-to-catwalk-qa_b_5676138 |title = From Clubs to Catwalk: Q&A With the Downtown Design Duo of Franziska Fox |website = HuffPost |date = August 13, 2014 |accessdate = January 11, 2020 |last = Di Donato |first = Jill |archive-date = October 3, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191003180627/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/from-clubs-to-catwalk-qa_b_5676138 |url-status = live }} Fox also drank, attended parties,{{Cite web |last=Wally |first=Maxine |date=2023-01-31 |title=Julia Fox: 'I'm a real-ass bitch in a sea full of f***ing phonies' |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/esmagazine/julia-fox-interview-style-fashion-celebrity-kanye-west-b1025599.html |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=Evening Standard Magazine |archive-date=July 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714102330/https://www.standard.co.uk/esmagazine/julia-fox-interview-style-fashion-celebrity-kanye-west-b1025599.html |url-status=live }} went clubbing, and was arrested several times. At age 15, Fox was caught shoplifting from Bloomingdale's and banned from the store.{{Cite web |last=Tai |first=Anita |date=2023-07-10 |title=Julia Fox Recounts Being Banned From Bloomigdales After She Was Caught Shoplifting At 15, Talks About 'Scars From Past' |url=https://etcanada.com/news/1005070/julia-fox-recounts-being-banned-from-bloomigdales-after-she-was-caught-shoplifting-at-15-talks-about-scars-from-past/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710200513/https://etcanada.com/news/1005070/julia-fox-recounts-being-banned-from-bloomigdales-after-she-was-caught-shoplifting-at-15-talks-about-scars-from-past/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 10, 2023 |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=ET Canada}} She was put on probation for three years for stealing and grand larceny for credit card fraud.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-26 |title=At 17, Julia Fox was addicted to heroin. Then her best friend overdosed. |url=https://www.mamamia.com.au/julia-fox/ |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=Mamamia |archive-date=September 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928062727/https://www.mamamia.com.au/julia-fox/ |url-status=live }} After a suicide attempt at age 16, Fox was placed into a psychiatric ward, where she was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Fox also developed a heroin addiction. At age 17, she overdosed and had a near-death experience.

Fox briefly attended the New School in New York City as a media studies major, and later dropped out.

Fox started as a clothing designer and launched a successful women's knitwear luxe line, Franziska Fox, with her friend Briana Andalore. She also worked as a model, posing for the last nude edition of Playboy in 2015,{{cite news |last1=Gabbatt |first1=Adam |title=Playboy magazine publishes last issue featuring naked women |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/11/playboy-last-nude-issue-pamela-anderson |access-date=January 22, 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=December 11, 2015 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108130127/http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/11/playboy-last-nude-issue-pamela-anderson |url-status=live }} and as an exhibiting painter and photographer.{{cite news |last1=Pemberton |first1=Nathan Taylor |title=Julia Fox, Diamond in the Rough of Uncut Gems |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/09/style/julia-fox-uncut-gems.html |accessdate=December 16, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=December 11, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216180550/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/09/style/julia-fox-uncut-gems.html |archivedate=December 16, 2019|url-status=live}} She self-published two books of photography, Symptomatic of a Relationship Gone Sour: Heartburn/Nausea, published in 2015, and PTSD, published in 2016. In 2017, Fox hosted an art exhibit titled "R.I.P. Julia Fox'", which featured silk canvases painted with her own blood.{{cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Anne |title=Julia Fox Had To Die To Make Uncut Gems – Now, She's Its Crown Jewel |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/12/9000181/julia-fox-uncut-gem-breakout-role-interview |website=Refinery29 |accessdate=December 16, 2019 |date=December 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216194121/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/12/9000181/julia-fox-uncut-gem-breakout-role-interview |archive-date=December 16, 2019 |url-status=live }}

She has since appeared in campaigns for Tiffany & Co.,{{Cite web |date=2021-11-24 |title=Table Manners—Holiday Hosting {{!}} Tiffany & Co. |url=https://www.tiffany.com/stories/guide/tiffany-table-manners/?omcid=sm-us_facebook-owned_tiffany+table+manners&sf155202250=1&sf155243402=1&sf155259261=1&sf155349073=1&sf155400422=1&sf155412124=1&sf155417304=1 |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=Tiffany & Co. |archive-date=October 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008051145/https://www.tiffany.com/stories/guide/tiffany-table-manners/?omcid=sm-us_facebook-owned_tiffany+table+manners&sf155202250=1&sf155243402=1&sf155259261=1&sf155349073=1&sf155400422=1&sf155412124=1&sf155417304=1 |url-status=live }} Diesel,{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Graeme |title=Julia Fox Is Leading Diesel's Brave New World (& She's Not Afraid to Wear Bootcuts) |url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/julia-fox-style-diesel/ |website=Highsnobiety |access-date=January 8, 2022 |date=October 1, 2020 |archive-date=July 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704121820/https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/julia-fox-style-diesel/ |url-status=live }} Coach New York, and Supreme;{{cite web |last1=Gaskins |first1=Ty |title=Buckle Up! Julia Fox Takes Flight in Supreme's Spring-Summer 2022 Campaign |url=https://graziamagazine.com/us/articles/julia-fox-supreme-spring-summer-2022-campaign/ |website=Grazia |access-date=July 27, 2022 |date=April 19, 2022 |archive-date=April 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420143552/https://graziamagazine.com/us/articles/julia-fox-supreme-spring-summer-2022-campaign/ |url-status=live }} and in editorials for CR Fashion Book, The Last, Office, Wonderland,{{cite web |last1=Morgan |first1=Maybelle |title=Julia Fox |url=https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2020/01/09/julia-fox-uncut-gems/ |website=Wonderland |access-date=January 8, 2022 |date=January 9, 2020 |archive-date=May 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519095210/https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2020/01/09/julia-fox-uncut-gems/ |url-status=live }} Vogue,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/i-love-new-york-fall-collections/|title=I Love New York: Whoopi Goldberg, Bella Hadid, and Jeremy O. Harris Celebrate the City|magazine=Vogue|last=Okwodu|first=Janelle|date=September 14, 2020|access-date=January 7, 2022|archive-date=January 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108051154/https://www.vogue.com/article/i-love-new-york-fall-collections|url-status=live}} Vogue Italia,{{cite web |last1=Silvers |first1=Diana |title=(Rebirth of) Venus |url=https://www.vogue.it/moda/article/rebirth-of-venus-diana-silvers-beauty |website=Vogue Italia |access-date=January 8, 2022 |date=September 8, 2021 |archive-date=September 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923201419/https://www.vogue.it/moda/article/rebirth-of-venus-diana-silvers-beauty |url-status=live }} The Face, Paper,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.papermag.com/break-the-internet-pete-davidson-2641400317.html|title=Break the Internet: Pete Davidson|magazine=Paper|date=November 21, 2019|last=Dorfman|first=Tommy|publisher=ENTtech Media Group|access-date=January 7, 2022|archive-date=January 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106185400/https://www.papermag.com/break-the-internet-pete-davidson-2641400317.html|url-status=live}} V,{{cite magazine|url=https://vmagazine.com/article/v-girls-julia-fox/|title=V Girls: Julia Fox|magazine=V|date=December 1, 2019|last=Anderson|first=Samuel|access-date=January 7, 2022|archive-date=January 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108050539/https://vmagazine.com/article/v-girls-julia-fox/|url-status=live}} and Interview.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/julia-fox-and-tommy-dorfman-talk-fame-codependency-and-motherhood|title=Julia Fox and Tommy Dorfman Talk Fame, Codependency, and Motherhood|magazine=Interview Magazine|date=September 1, 2021|last=Dorfman|first=Tommy|access-date=January 7, 2022|archive-date=January 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107004227/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/julia-fox-and-tommy-dorfman-talk-fame-codependency-and-motherhood|url-status=live}} She has also appeared on the covers of Vogue Czechoslovakia,{{cite web |title=Julia Fox: People never really believed in me |url=https://www.vogue.cz/clanek/vogue-cs-in-english/vogue-in-english/julia-fox-people-never-really-believed-in-me |website=Vogue Czechoslovakia |date=June 11, 2022 |access-date=July 27, 2022 |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810060132/https://www.vogue.cz/clanek/vogue-cs-in-english/vogue-in-english/julia-fox-people-never-really-believed-in-me |url-status=live }} Elle Brasil,{{Cite web |last=Piza |first=Renata |date=2023-07-21 |title=JULY ELLE VIEW: JULIA FOX AND SPECIAL JEANS FOR YOU |url=https://elle.com.br/moda/elle-view-de-julho-julia-fox-especial-jeans |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=Elle Brasil |archive-date=October 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008051141/https://elle.com.br/moda/elle-view-de-julho-julia-fox-especial-jeans |url-status=live }} and New York Magazine.{{Cite web |last=Mantha |first=Priyanka |date=2022-12-05 |title=On the Cover of New York Magazine: Reasons to Love New York |url=https://nymag.com/press/2022/12/new-york-magazines-annual-reasons-to-love-new-york-issue.html |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=New York Magazine |archive-date=April 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423025116/https://nymag.com/press/2022/12/new-york-magazines-annual-reasons-to-love-new-york-issue.html |url-status=live }}

Fox made her feature film debut in the 2019 Safdie brothers A24 film Uncut Gems, playing a showroom saleswoman and mistress of the film's protagonist Howard Ratner (played by Adam Sandler), an erratic jewelry dealer and gambling addict. Fox had known the Safdie brothers for almost a decade after meeting Josh Safdie through a chance encounter at a café in SoHo, Manhattan. She was subsequently nominated for Breakthrough Actor in the 2019 Gotham Awards.{{cite web |title=Gotham Awards Nominations: A24's The Farewell, Uncut Gems, Netflix's Marriage Story Lead Way |url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/gotham-awards-nominations-2019-full-list-1202766912/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=October 29, 2019 |access-date=July 27, 2022 |archive-date=October 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024143020/https://deadline.com/2019/10/gotham-awards-nominations-2019-full-list-1202766912/ |url-status=live }}

She starred in Ben Hozie's PVT Chat, playing a cam girl named Scarlet. The film was released in the United States on February 5, 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://pretoriuspictures.tumblr.com/films|title=PVT Chat|date=|website=Pretorius Pictures|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331061425/https://pretoriuspictures.tumblr.com/films|archive-date=March 31, 2022|access-date=April 2, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Lattanzio |first1=Ryan |title=PVT Chat Trailer: Uncut Gems Star Julia Fox Is a Cam-Girl Femme Fatale in Psychosexual Noir |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2021/01/pvt-chat-trailer-julia-fox-cam-girl-ben-hozie-1234607667/ |website=IndieWire |access-date=January 8, 2022 |date=January 5, 2021 |archive-date=January 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105170228/https://www.indiewire.com/2021/01/pvt-chat-trailer-julia-fox-cam-girl-ben-hozie-1234607667/ |url-status=live }} She was seen in No Sudden Move which released in the United States on July 1, 2021.{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2021/1009/1252672-julia-fox-a-femme-fatale-to-die-for-in-no-sudden-move/|title=Julia Fox: a femme fatale to die for in No Sudden Move|first=Alan|last=Corr|work=RTÉ|date=October 9, 2021|access-date=June 15, 2022|archive-date=March 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321094339/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2021/1009/1252672-julia-fox-a-femme-fatale-to-die-for-in-no-sudden-move/|url-status=live}} She starred in the drama movie Puppet,{{cite web |title=This Indie Psychodrama Stars All The Cool Kids |url=https://www.papermag.com/carly-mark-julia-fox-puppet-2644845020.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1 |website=Paper |date=January 17, 2020 |first=Jael |last=Goldfine |access-date=July 27, 2022 |archive-date=July 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727173427/https://www.papermag.com/carly-mark-julia-fox-puppet-2644845020.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1 |url-status=live }} which was released in late 2022.

Fox starred in the 2024 dark comedy The Trainer opposite Vito Schnabel and Steven Van Zandt, led by director Tony Kaye.{{cite web |title= Vito Schnabel, Julia Fox & Steven Van Zandt To Star In Dark Comedy The Trainer; American History X{{'}}s Tony Kaye Directing From Script By Schnabel And Jeff Solomon |url= https://deadline.com/2022/03/julia-fox-steven-van-zandt-vito-schnabel-to-star-in-tony-kayes-the-trainer-1234982012/ |website= Deadline Hollywood |date= March 18, 2022 |first= Matt |last= Grobar |access-date= July 27, 2022 |archive-date= March 18, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220318180117/https://deadline.com/2022/03/julia-fox-steven-van-zandt-vito-schnabel-to-star-in-tony-kayes-the-trainer-1234982012/ |url-status= live }} In 2024 it was announced that she is set to star in the action-thriller, The Deputy, alongside Tiffany Haddish and William H. Macy.{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=2024-05-16 |title=Duke Nicholson, William H. Macy, Tiffany Haddish, Stephen Dorff, Jake Weary & Julia Fox Set For Action-Thriller 'The Deputy' From 'Narcos' Co-Creator — Cannes Market |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/tiffany-haddish-julia-fox-william-h-macy-deputy-movie-1235918698/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710224953/https://deadline.com/2024/05/tiffany-haddish-julia-fox-william-h-macy-deputy-movie-1235918698/ |archive-date=2024-07-10 |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} In February 2024, It was announced she would act in the film HIM directed by Justin Tipping, with exclusive producer Jordan Peele, that is set to be released in 2025.{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=2024-02-21 |title=Julia Fox Joins Universal And Monkeypaw's Psychological Horror Pic 'Goat' |url=https://deadline.com/2024/02/julia-fox-monkeypaw-goat-1235833255/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221211551/https://deadline.com/2024/02/julia-fox-monkeypaw-goat-1235833255/ |archive-date=2024-02-21 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} She is also to star in Night Always Comes, a Netflix ensemble film.{{Cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=2024-05-23 |title=Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stephan James, Zack Gottsagen, Julia Fox and Randall Park Among Ensemble Cast Joining Vanessa Kirby in Netflix Thriller 'Night Always Comes' (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/vanessa-kirby-jennifer-jason-leigh-julia-fox-eli-roth-randall-park-night-always-comes-netflix-1236014303/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523162640/https://variety.com/2024/film/global/vanessa-kirby-jennifer-jason-leigh-julia-fox-eli-roth-randall-park-night-always-comes-netflix-1236014303/ |archive-date=2024-05-23 |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} In August 2024, it was announced she will appear in Northbound, a road trip comedy with Bruce Dern, Hunter Parrish, and Joanna Cassidy.{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=2024-08-19 |title=Bruce Dern, Hunter Parrish, Julia Fox & Joanna Cassidy To Star In Road Trip Comedy 'Northbound' |url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/bruce-dern-julia-fox-hunter-parrish-to-star-road-trip-comedy-northbound-1236042514/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819161935/https://deadline.com/2024/08/bruce-dern-julia-fox-hunter-parrish-to-star-road-trip-comedy-northbound-1236042514/ |archive-date=2024-08-19 |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} In the same month, it was also announced that Fox will be starring in the sapphic romance, Perfect, opposite Ashley Moore and Micaela Wittman.{{Cite web |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=2024-08-27 |title=Julia Fox to Star in LGBTQ Romantic Drama 'Perfect' (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/julia-fox-film-perfect-1236119438/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828022501/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/julia-fox-film-perfect-1236119438/ |archive-date=2024-08-28 |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} In 2024, Fox starred in the American TV-series Fantasmas.{{Cite web |last=Coggan |first=Devan |date=2024-04-30 |title=Julio Torres shares first look at his dreamy new HBO comedy 'Fantasmas' |url=https://ew.com/julio-torres-fantasmas-exclusive-first-look-8640815 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430182434/https://ew.com/julio-torres-fantasmas-exclusive-first-look-8640815 |archive-date=2024-04-30 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=EW |language=en}}

In March 2025, Fox starred in American comedy directorial debut Idiotka by Nastasya Popov and was credited as a exclusive producer.{{Cite web |last=Han |first=Angie |date=2025-03-13 |title='Idiotka' Review: Reality TV Satire and Heartwarming Family Dramedy Collide in a Messy but Winning Directorial Debut |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/idiotka-review-anna-baryshnikov-1236159795/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250316170516/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/idiotka-review-anna-baryshnikov-1236159795/ |archive-date=2025-03-16 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

Fox wrote and directed Fantasy Girls, a short film about a group of teenage girls involved in sex work living in Reno, Nevada, which was released in 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.papermag.com/coolest-person-julia-fox-2641229503.html|last=Walschlager|first=Megan|title=Coolest Person in the Room: Julia Fox|date=November 6, 2019|website=Paper|language=en|access-date=December 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220123457/https://www.papermag.com/coolest-person-julia-fox-2641229503.html|archive-date=December 20, 2019|url-status=live}} In 2022, Fox was a exclusive producer on the Canadian film Something You Said Last Night.{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-07-11 |title=Why Julia Fox is spreading the word about the Canadian film Something You Said Last Night |url=https://www.cbc.ca/arts/q/julia-fox-something-you-said-last-night-q-tom-power-interview-1.6902961 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725192650/https://www.cbc.ca/arts/q/julia-fox-something-you-said-last-night-q-tom-power-interview-1.6902961 |archive-date=2023-07-25 |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=CBC}}

Fox was previously a co-owner and investor of a nightclub in the Lower East Side named Happy Ending, now defunct.{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Jessica |date=2023-02-13 |title=The Gospel According to Julia Fox |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/a42816827/julia-fox-interview-2023/ |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=Elle |archive-date=September 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928062733/https://www.elle.com/culture/a42816827/julia-fox-interview-2023/ |url-status=live }}

In October 2023, her memoir{{Cite magazine |first=Cady |last=Lang |date=October 11, 2023 |title=Julia Fox Perfects the Art of the Overshare |url=https://time.com/6320806/julia-fox-memoir-down-the-drain-review/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |magazine=Time |language=en |archive-date=October 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019093729/https://time.com/6320806/julia-fox-memoir-down-the-drain-review/ |url-status=live }} Down the Drain was published by Simon & Schuster. She drew inspiration from William S. Burroughs' Junkie, James Frey's A Million Little Pieces, and David Sedaris' Naked.{{Cite web |last=Testa |first=Jessica |date=September 25, 2023 |title=Julia Fox Gets Dirty to Come Clean |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/25/style/julia-fox-memoir-down-the-drain.html |access-date=September 25, 2023 |website=The New York Times |archive-date=September 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925230004/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/25/style/julia-fox-memoir-down-the-drain.html |url-status=live }} The memoir will be developed into a TV series by Joey Soloway.{{Cite book |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Down-the-Drain/Julia-Fox/9781668011508 |title=Down the Drain |date=October 10, 2023 |isbn=978-1-6680-1150-8 |language=en |access-date=October 19, 2023 |archive-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015041010/https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Down-the-Drain/Julia-Fox/9781668011508 |url-status=live |last1=Fox |first1=Julia |publisher=Simon and Schuster }}

In February 2024, she performed her debut song, which shares the same name as the title of her 2023 memoir, at Charli XCX's Party Girl DJ warehouse rave set for the Boiler Room. Variety included "Down the Drain" in their Worst Songs of 2024 list.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/lists/worst-songs-2024/julia-fox-down-the-drain|title=The Worst Songs of 2024|date=2024-12-23|access-date=2024-12-24|website=Variety|last1=Willman|first1=Chris|last2=Garcia|first2=Thania|first3=Steven J. |last3=Horowitz}} Later that year, Charli XCX paid tribute to Fox on her single "360", declaring "I'm so Julia", a nod to her ubiquity in pop culture.{{Cite web |last=Nevins |first=Jake |date=2023-12-01 |title="I Don't Want Any Boners in My Direction": Julia Fox, in Conversation with Charli XCX |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/i-dont-want-any-boners-in-my-direction-julia-fox-in-conversation-with-charli-xcx |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Interview Magazine |language=en-US}}

In November 2018, Fox married Peter Artemiev. Their divorce was finalized in July 2020.{{cite web |last=Thompson |first=Eliza |title=Julia Fox Details Dating Kanye West After Her 'Toxic' Marriage: You Never Know Who Could Be Waiting |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/julia-fox-talks-dating-kanye-west-after-toxic-marriage/ |website=Us Weekly |access-date=January 17, 2022 |date=January 7, 2022 |archive-date=January 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108005937/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/julia-fox-talks-dating-kanye-west-after-toxic-marriage/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Tashjian |first=Rachel |title=How Uncut Gems Actress Julia Fox Is Keeping Nightlife Alive in Quarantine |url=https://www.gq.com/story/julia-fox-in-the-city |website=GQ |access-date=January 17, 2022 |date=May 14, 2020 |archive-date=May 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519190139/https://www.gq.com/story/julia-fox-in-the-city |url-status=live }} They resided together in Yorkville, Manhattan.{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Eve |date=January 13, 2020 |title=Has Julia Fox had plastic surgery? Uncut Gems fans think the newbie actress is too beautiful! |url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/01/13/has-julia-fox-had-plastic-surgery-uncut-gems-fans-think-the-newb/ |access-date=August 5, 2020 |website=HITC |language=en-GB |archive-date=January 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113195909/https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/01/13/has-julia-fox-had-plastic-surgery-uncut-gems-fans-think-the-newb/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine |last=Ziegler |first=Hannah |title=So You Watched Uncut Gems and Want to Know More About Julia Fox |url=http://www.ellecanada.com/culture/movies-and-tv/so-you-watched-uncut-gems-and-want-to-know-more-about-julia-fox |date=January 13, 2020 |access-date=August 5, 2020 |magazine=Elle |language=en |archive-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128000024/https://www.ellecanada.com/culture/movies-and-tv/so-you-watched-uncut-gems-and-want-to-know-more-about-julia-fox |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine |last=Specter |first=Emma |date=January 6, 2022 |title=Who, Exactly, Is Julia Fox? 5 Things to Know About the Uncut Gems Star |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/who-is-julia-fox-uncut-gems |access-date=January 7, 2022 |magazine=Vogue |language=en-US |archive-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107022631/https://www.vogue.com/article/who-is-julia-fox-uncut-gems |url-status=live }} Their son was born in 2021.{{Cite magazine |last=Bjornson |first=Greta |title=Julia Fox Celebrates Baby Son Valentino's First Birthday: 'My Masterpiece' |url=https://people.com/parents/julia-fox-celebrates-baby-son-valentino-first-birthday/ |date=January 18, 2022 |access-date=November 14, 2022 |magazine=People |language=en-US |archive-date=November 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114134829/https://people.com/parents/julia-fox-celebrates-baby-son-valentino-first-birthday/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Kiefer |first1=Halle |title=Julia Fox Had a Pregnancy Photoshoot, Then a Baby Boy Immediately Afterward |url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/02/julia-fox-posts-pregnancy-photoshoot-birth-announcement.html |website=Vulture |access-date=February 15, 2021 |date=February 14, 2021 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215020206/https://www.vulture.com/2021/02/julia-fox-posts-pregnancy-photoshoot-birth-announcement.html |url-status=live }}

In October 2022, she stated that she experienced postpartum depression.{{Cite magazine |last=Etienne |first=Vanessa |title=Uncut Gems Julia Fox Says It's 'Very Difficult' Managing Her OCD and ADHD |url=https://people.com/health/uncut-gems-julia-fox-says-its-very-difficult-managing-her-ocd-and-adhd/ |date=October 3, 2022 |access-date=November 14, 2022 |magazine=People |language=en-US |archive-date=November 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114103457/https://people.com/health/uncut-gems-julia-fox-says-its-very-difficult-managing-her-ocd-and-adhd/ |url-status=live }} She also said she has bipolar disorder,{{cite web|url=https://officemagazine.net/interview/julia-fox|title=Julia Fox - Interview|website=Office Magazine|date=September 12, 2016|access-date=July 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008132323/https://officemagazine.net/interview/julia-fox|archive-date=October 8, 2016|url-status=live}} obsessive–compulsive disorder, and attention deficit hyperactive disorder, and that she is autistic.{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Meredith |title=Julia Fox tells TikTok she has autism after fans point out her display of random knowledge |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/julia-fox-autism-tiktok-facts-b2218439.html |date=November 5, 2022 |access-date=November 17, 2022 |work=The Independent |language=en-GB |archive-date=November 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117084815/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/julia-fox-autism-tiktok-facts-b2218439.html |url-status=live }}

In 2019, a close friend of Fox's died of a fentanyl overdose. Fox has spoken about how her friend's death influenced her to remain sober.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-09 |title=Julia Fox [VIDEO] - Call Her Daddy - {{!}} Podcast on Spotify |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/2AqZ8qqwwYJXklic1PU3Jm?si=cf9da9c542ea41ad |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=Spotify |archive-date=September 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928062740/https://open.spotify.com/episode/2AqZ8qqwwYJXklic1PU3Jm?si=cf9da9c542ea41ad |url-status=live }}

In an article she wrote for Interview in January 2022, Fox confirmed that she was dating rapper Kanye West.{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=Glenn |title=Kanye West and Julia Fox Confirm Their Romance and Share Intimate Photos of Lavish Second Date |url=https://people.com/music/julia-fox-kanye-west-and-julia-fox-confirm-their-romance-share-intimate-photos-date/ |date=January 6, 2022 |access-date=2022-01-08 |website=People |language=en |archive-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107020407/https://people.com/music/julia-fox-kanye-west-and-julia-fox-confirm-their-romance-share-intimate-photos-date/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Fox |first1=Julia |title=Date Night |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/date-night |website=Interview |access-date=January 8, 2022 |date=January 6, 2022 |archive-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107004343/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/date-night |url-status=live }} The two broke up the following month.{{cite web |last1=VanHoose |first1=Benjamin |title=Julia Fox Splits from Kanye West After Whirlwind Romance: 'I Have Love for Him But I Wasn't in Love' |url=https://people.com/movies/julia-fox-splits-from-kanye-west-after-whirlwind-romance-i-have-love-for-him-but-i-wasnt-in-love/ |website=People |access-date=February 15, 2022 |date=February 14, 2022 |archive-date=February 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191912/https://people.com/movies/julia-fox-splits-from-kanye-west-after-whirlwind-romance-i-have-love-for-him-but-i-wasnt-in-love/ |url-status=live }} Shortly after the break-up, a doctored headline of Fox, claiming the relationship ended due to West's dislike of her going "goblin mode" went viral online, prompting the phrase "goblin mode" to become widely used. Fox confirmed that the headline was false.{{Cite web |first=Kari |last=Paul |date=March 14, 2022 |title=Slobbing out and giving up: why are so many people going 'goblin mode'? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/mar/14/slobbing-out-and-giving-up-why-are-so-many-people-going-goblin-mode |access-date=September 14, 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en-GB |archive-date=March 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314074012/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/mar/14/slobbing-out-and-giving-up-why-are-so-many-people-going-goblin-mode |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-02-24 |title='Goblin mode': How the fake news spread amid Julia Fox, Kanye break-up |url=https://www.thefocus.news/celebrity/julia-fox-goblin-mode/ |access-date=September 14, 2022 |website=The Focus |language=en-GB |archive-date=February 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216143544/https://www.thefocus.news/celebrity/julia-fox-goblin-mode/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Dodgson |first=Lindsay |title=The person behind a fake Julia Fox headline about 'goblin mode' says they did her a favor by distracting from her breakup with Ye |url=https://www.insider.com/goblin-mode-julia-fake-headline-creator-2022-2 |date=February 24, 2022 |access-date=September 14, 2022 |website=Insider |language=en-US |archive-date=October 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008051138/https://www.insider.com/goblin-mode-julia-fake-headline-creator-2022-2 |url-status=live }}

Julia Fox became celibate{{Cite web |last=Phillip |first=Charlotte |author-link=Charlotte Phillipp |date=July 8, 2024 |title=Julia Fox Says She's Been Celibate for Over Two Years prior to a May 2024 interview.}} sometime in late 2021 or early 2022. She first publicly revealed this decision on May 11, 2024, in a comment under a TikTok video. Fox's abstinence began when she felt like she was "done with men" after giving dating her "best shot". After Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, she said she turned her abstinence into a "subtle rebellion".{{citation needed |date=April 2025}}

In July 2024, Fox publicly came out as a lesbian.{{Cite web |last=Bernard |first=Riese |author-link=Riese Bernard |date=July 8, 2024 |title=Julia Fox Comes Out as a Lesbian and Lesbians Everywhere Are Singing 'I'm So Julia' |url=https://www.autostraddle.com/julia-fox-says-shes-a-lesbian/ |access-date=July 8, 2024 |website=Autostraddle |language=en-US}}

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