Julia Garner
{{short description|American actress (born 1994)}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2020}}
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| image = Julia Garner in 2020, cropped.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|02|1}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
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| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2010–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Mark Foster|2019}}
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Julia Garner (born February 1, 1994) is an American actress. She gained recognition for playing Ruth Langmore in the Netflix crime drama series Ozark (2017–2022), for which she received critical acclaim and won three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Garner also had roles in the FX drama series The Americans (2015–2018), the Netflix miniseries Maniac (2018), and the Bravo true crime series Dirty John (2018–2019). In 2022, she portrayed Anna Sorokin in the Netflix miniseries Inventing Anna, for which she received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.
In film, Garner has appeared in Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014). She also had lead roles in the films Grandma (2015), The Assistant (2019), The Royal Hotel (2023), and Wolf Man (2025).
Early life and education
Julia Garner was born on February 1, 1994{{cite web |last=Payne |first=Laura |title= Julia Garner|website=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=28 January 2025 |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julia-Garner |access-date=10 March 2025}} in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, New York.{{cite news |url=http://filmmakermagazine.com/people/julia-garner/|title=Julia Garner|last=Macaulay|first=Scott|year=2012|work=Filmmaker|access-date=March 18, 2014|department=25 New Faces of Independent Film (story series)|archive-date=February 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214102809/https://filmmakermagazine.com/people/julia-garner/|url-status=live}} Her mother, Tamar Gingold, is a therapist who had a successful career as an actress and comedian in Israel. Her father, Thomas Garner, is a painter and an art teacher originally from Shaker Heights, Ohio.{{cite news |last=Shattuck |first=Kathryn |title=Already a Cinema Veteran at 19 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/movies/julia-garner-in-electrick-children.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 1, 2013 |access-date=February 27, 2017 |archive-date=March 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307060016/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/movies/julia-garner-in-electrick-children.html |url-status=live }} Garner is Jewish through her mother.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/julia-garner-ozark-netflix-ruth|title=Julia Garner Had a Hand Double For One Unexpectedly Terrifying Scene in Ozark|last=Cusumano|first=Katherine|date=July 24, 2017|magazine=W|access-date=October 2, 2017|archive-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003025715/https://www.wmagazine.com/story/julia-garner-ozark-netflix-ruth|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/movies/julia-garner-in-electrick-children.html|title=Already a Cinema Veteran at 19|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 2013|last1=Shattuck|first1=Kathryn|access-date=February 27, 2017 |archive-date=March 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307060016/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/movies/julia-garner-in-electrick-children.html|url-status=live}} Her older sister is artist Anna Garner.{{Cite web|date=April 27, 2020|title=18 Things to Know About Julia Garner|url=https://www.heyalma.com/18-things-to-know-about-julia-garner/|access-date=2022-02-13|website=Alma|first=Emily|last=Burack|archive-date=February 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213034348/https://www.heyalma.com/18-things-to-know-about-julia-garner/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/artbyannagarner/ |title=@artbyannagarner |website=Instagram |access-date=February 15, 2022 |archive-date=March 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316180343/https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/?next=/artbyannagarner/ |url-status=live }} She understands Hebrew because her mother speaks it, but is not fluent in speaking it herself.{{Cite web |url=https://xnet.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5615305,00.html |title=הסטייל של ג'וליה גארנר: זוכת האמי הצעירה מוצאת את מקומה באופנה p|trans-title=Julia Garner's Style: Young Emmy winner finds her place in fashion |website=xnet.ynet.co.il |date=November 11, 2019 |access-date=February 11, 2022 |archive-date=February 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211200744/https://xnet.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5615305,00.html |url-status=live |language=he}}{{Cite web |url=https://e.walla.co.il/item/3431557 |title='ישראל זה הבית השני שלי. אני שמחה שהסרט שלי מופץ אצלכם' |trans-title='Israel is my second home. I'm glad my film is distributed to you' |website=e.walla.co.il |date=April 27, 2021 |access-date=February 11, 2022 |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213091244/https://e.walla.co.il/item/3431557 |url-status=live |language=he}}
Garner attended Eagle Hill School in Greenwich, Connecticut.{{cite news|url=https://www.ctinsider.com/entertainment/article/2023-golden-globe-nominees-ct-17649036.php|title=These 2023 Golden Globe winners have ties to Connecticut|newspaper=Connecticut Insider|date=January 23, 2023|last1=Weiss|first1=Abby|access-date=April 13, 2023}} She began taking acting lessons at age 15 to overcome her shyness.{{Cite web|title=Julia Garner Discusses Netflix's "Ozark"| date=July 20, 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h30eKqnPvI&feature=youtu.be&t=115|access-date=August 12, 2020|via=YouTube|archive-date=September 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912184958/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h30eKqnPvI&feature=youtu.be&t=115|url-status=live}}
Career
File:Paul Weitz, Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner and Mo Aboul-Zelof at Sundance 2015.jpg, Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, and Mo Aboul-Zelof at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival]]
Garner made her film debut at age 17 in Sean Durkin's Martha Marcy May Marlene, playing the role of Sarah.
In 2012, director David Chase invited her to play a small role he had written specifically for her in his film Not Fade Away. Also in the same year, she landed her first leading role in the film Electrick Children. 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 Marcie, a young stripper who crosses paths with another new character, Johnny (Joseph Gordon-Levitt).{{cite web |last=Chitwood |first=Adam |title=Eva Green to Lead SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR; Julia Garner Joins Cast |url=https://collider.com/sin-city-a-dame-to-kill-for-eva-green-julia-garner/ |website=Collider |date=January 29, 2013 |access-date=April 17, 2020 |archive-date=February 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202210903/http://collider.com/sin-city-a-dame-to-kill-for-eva-green-julia-garner/ |url-status=live }} This marked the first time she acted against a green screen.
In 2015, Garner starred in the Paul Weitz-directed comedy film Grandma alongside Lily Tomlin. Garner played a teenaged student eliciting the help of her lesbian poet grandmother (Tomlin) for an abortion. In 2016, she appeared in an episode of Lena Dunham's HBO comedy series Girls titled "The Panic in Central Park".
Garner continued acting in television and was cast in a recurring role in the third season of the FX period spy-thriller series The Americans.{{cite news|last1=Emami|first1=Gazelle|title=Making the Americans Great, Again|url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/03/the-americans-season-4-c-v-r.html|access-date=March 16, 2016|website=Vulture.com|date=March 2016|archive-date=March 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316003126/http://www.vulture.com/2016/03/the-americans-season-4-c-v-r.html|url-status=live}} She continued the role through season six. She was to have made her off-Broadway debut in Noah Haidle's play Smokefall at MCC Theater in 2016, but had to drop out during rehearsals because of scheduling conflicts.{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/former-annie-joins-mccs-smokefall|title=Former Annie Joins MCC's Smokefall|work=Playbill|date=January 25, 2016|access-date=April 28, 2017|archive-date=July 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706192930/http://www.playbill.com/article/former-annie-joins-mccs-smokefall|url-status=live}}
Beginning in 2017, Garner starred as Ruth Langmore in the Netflix crime drama series Ozark, opposite Jason Bateman and Laura Linney.{{cite web|last=Petski|first=Denise|url=https://deadline.com/2016/07/laura-linney-star-jason-bateman-netflix-drama-series-ozark-1201783401/|title=Netflix Drama 'Ozark' Adds Julia Garner Opposite Jason Bateman and Laura Linney|work=Variety|date=October 25, 2016|access-date=October 26, 2016|archive-date=July 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728141320/https://deadline.com/2016/07/laura-linney-star-jason-bateman-netflix-drama-series-ozark-1201783401/|url-status=live}} The role gained her critical acclaim and three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.{{Cite web |last=Tinoco |first=Armando |date=2022-09-13 |title=Julia Garner Wins At Emmys & Takes 3rd Award For 'Ozark': "Thank You For Writing Ruth, She's Changed My Life" |url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/julia-garner-winner-emmys-ozark-netflix-1235115924/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Julia Garner |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/julia-garner |access-date=March 8, 2022 |website=Television Academy |archive-date=March 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308083256/https://www.emmys.com/bios/julia-garner |url-status=live }}
In 2018, Garner appeared in the Netflix miniseries Maniac as Ellie, the sister of Emma Stone's character.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/maniac-sonoya-mizuno-cast-regular-julia-garner-recur-emma-stone-jonah-hill-netflix-series-1202153907/|title='Maniac': Sonoya Mizuno Cast As Regular & Julia Garner To Recur In Emma Stone-Jonah Hill Netflix Series|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=August 22, 2017|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=October 3, 2018|archive-date=July 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730234941/https://deadline.com/2017/08/maniac-sonoya-mizuno-cast-regular-julia-garner-recur-emma-stone-jonah-hill-netflix-series-1202153907/|url-status=live}} Garner also made regular appearances in the Bravo true crime anthology series Dirty John (2018–19). She starred as Terra Newell, the daughter of Connie Britton's character.{{cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |title='Dirty John': Julia Garner & Juno Temple To Co-Star In Bravo True Crime Anthology Series |url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/dirty-john-julia-garner-juno-temple-co-star-bravo-true-crime-anthology-series-1202424939/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=January 30, 2022 |date=July 11, 2018 |archive-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131030034/https://deadline.com/2018/07/dirty-john-julia-garner-juno-temple-co-star-bravo-true-crime-anthology-series-1202424939/ |url-status=live }}
File:Julia Garner-6708.jpg in 2020]]
In 2019, Garner appeared in the Amazon anthology series, Modern Love. She was featured in two episodes of its first season as a woman who has a crush on a much older man, played by Shea Whigham. In the same year, she starred in the independent drama film The Assistant as a production assistant in a toxic work environment. The film which was directed by Kitty Green, addressed the current culture surrounding the MeToo movement. The film premiered at the 2019 Telluride Film Festival to critical acclaim. Garner received acclaim for her performance as well as an Independent Spirit Award nomination.{{cite web|last= Warren|first= Matt|url= https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/2021-film-independent-spirit-award-nominations-announced/|title= 2021 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations Announced!|website= Indie Spirit Awards|date= January 26, 2021|access-date= January 26, 2021|archive-date= January 26, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210126162015/https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/2021-film-independent-spirit-award-nominations-announced/|url-status= live}}
Garner also co-stars in the Netflix miniseries Inventing Anna, playing the title role of fraudster Anna Delvey. The series was created and produced by Shonda Rhimes, based on the New York article "How Anna Delvey Tricked New York's Party People" written by Jessica Pressler.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/anna-chlumsky-julia-garnercast-in-shonda-rhimes-netflix-series-based-on-anna-delvey-katie-lowes-laverne-cox-alexis-floyd-1202773977/|title=Anna Chlumsky & Julia Garner Among 5 Cast In Shonda Rhimes' Netflix Series Based On Anna Delvey|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|last2=Petski|first2=Denise|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=October 31, 2019|access-date=November 1, 2019|archive-date=October 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031233419/https://deadline.com/2019/10/anna-chlumsky-julia-garnercast-in-shonda-rhimes-netflix-series-based-on-anna-delvey-katie-lowes-laverne-cox-alexis-floyd-1202773977/|url-status=live}} It was released on Netflix on February 11, 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/shondaland-netflix-series-slate-1202430614/|title=Shondaland Unveils Netflix Series Slate: 'The Warmth Of Other Suns', White House Drama 'The Residence', Ellen Pao Project, More|website=Deadline Hollywood|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|last2=Petski|first2=Denise|date=July 20, 2018|access-date=November 22, 2021|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109003321/https://deadline.com/2018/07/shondaland-netflix-series-slate-1202430614/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/video/inventing-anna-shondaland-netflix-series-gets-premiere-date-first-look-teaser/|title='Inventing Anna': Shondaland Netflix Series Gets Premiere Date, First-Look Teaser|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=November 22, 2021|access-date=November 22, 2021|archive-date=November 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122160535/https://deadline.com/video/inventing-anna-shondaland-netflix-series-gets-premiere-date-first-look-teaser/|url-status=live}}
In 2022, Garner was cast in thriller film Apartment 7A which serves as a prequel to 1968's Rosemary's Baby, directed by Natalie Erika James.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/ozark-julia-garner-apartment-7a-paramount-players-sunday-night-productions-platinum-dunes-1234905594/|title=Julia Garner To Star in Thriller 'Apartment 7A' For Paramount Players, Sunday Night And Platinum Dune|first=Justin|last=Kroll|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=January 7, 2022|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-date=January 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111091627/https://deadline.com/2022/01/ozark-julia-garner-apartment-7a-paramount-players-sunday-night-productions-platinum-dunes-1234905594/|url-status=live}} Her company Alma Margo also signed a first look deal with Tomorrow Studios.{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/julia-garner-alma-margo-first-look-deal-tomorrow-studios-1234983835/ | title=Julia Garner's Alma Margo Signs First-Look Deal with Tomorrow Studios | date=March 22, 2022 }} In June of the same year, Garner was chosen by Madonna to play her in her self-produced biopic Who's That Girl; the project was put on hold while the singer was touring,{{cite web |url=https://people.com/movies/madonna-and-julia-garner-pose-together-months-after-musicians-biopic-was-put-on-hold-were-madonna/ |title=Madonna and Julia Garner Pose Together Months After Musician's Biopic Was Put on Hold: 'We're Madonna' |website=People |first=Tommy |last=McArdle |date=2023-05-03 |accessdate=2023-10-03}} and work on it had reportedly restarted in 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/madonna-biopic-film-actress-julia-garner-b1161745.html|title=Madonna's long-delayed biopic to 'begin filming in next 12 months starring Julia Garner'|date=June 3, 2024|access-date=June 3, 2024|work=The Evening Standard|last=Campbell|first=Tina}}{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/madonna-returns-work-biopic-screenplay-reveals-title-whos-that-girl-8678656|title=Madonna returns to work on delayed biopic, reveals movie title Who's That Girl with Julia Garner still set to star|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}
In 2023, she starred in The Royal Hotel directed by Kitty Green.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/julia-garner-to-star-in-royal-hotel-from-the-assistant-director-1234968347/|title=Julia Garner To Reunite With Her 'Assistant' Director Kitty Green On 'The Royal Hotel'|first=Justin|last=Kroll|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=March 1, 2022|access-date=March 2, 2022|archive-date=March 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302014722/https://deadline.com/2022/03/julia-garner-to-star-in-royal-hotel-from-the-assistant-director-1234968347/|url-status=live}}
In April 2024, Garner was cast as Shalla-Bal / Silver Surfer in the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe film, The Fantastic Four: First Steps.{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=April 3, 2024 |title='The Fantastic Four': Julia Garner Joins Marvel Studios Movie As A Shalla-Bal Version Of Silver Surfer |url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/fantastic-four-julia-garner-silver-surfer-1235873034/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403210540/https://deadline.com/2024/04/fantastic-four-julia-garner-silver-surfer-1235873034/ |archive-date=April 3, 2024 |access-date=April 3, 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}
Personal life
Garner married singer Mark Foster, lead vocalist of Foster the People, in a December 2019 ceremony at New York City Hall,{{cite news|url=https://people.com/tv/julia-garner-weds-mark-foster/|title=Julia Garner Is Married! Actress Weds Foster the People Frontman Mark Foster|first=Karen|last=Mizoguchi|work=People|date=December 29, 2019|access-date=January 7, 2020|archive-date=January 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104211009/https://people.com/tv/julia-garner-weds-mark-foster/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/julia-garner-mark-foster-new-york-city-hall-wedding|title=Actress Julia Garner Planned the Ideal New York City Hall Wedding|last=Macon|first=Alexandra|website=Vogue|date=March 25, 2020|language=en|access-date=2020-03-25|archive-date=March 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325184349/https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/julia-garner-mark-foster-new-york-city-hall-wedding|url-status=live}} eight months after they got engaged.{{cite news|last1=Nahas|first1=Aili|last2=Stone|first2=Natalie|url=https://people.com/tv/julia-garner-mark-foster-engaged/|title=Julia Garner and Musician Mark Foster Are Engaged: Source|website=People|date=May 3, 2019|access-date=August 29, 2019|archive-date=October 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021201512/https://people.com/tv/julia-garner-mark-foster-engaged/|url-status=live}}
Filmography
=Film=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2011
|Sarah | |
| rowspan="3" |2012
|Rachel McKnight | |
| {{sortname|The|Perks of Being a Wallflower|The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film)}}
|Susan | |
| Not Fade Away
|Girl in Car | |
| rowspan="3" |2013
|Rose Parker | |
| {{sortname|The|Last Exorcism Part II}}
|Gwen | |
| Hair Brained
|Shauna Holder | |
| rowspan="2" |2014
|Cassidy | |
| Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
|Marcie | |
| 2015
|Sage | |
| 2016
|Tinsley | |
| rowspan="3" |2017
|Jamalee Merridew | |
| One Percent More Humid
|Catherine | |
| Everything Beautiful Is Far Away
|Rola | |
| 2019
|{{sortname|The|Assistant|The Assistant (2019 film)}} |Jane | |
| 2023
| Hanna | |
| 2024
|Terry Gionoffrio | |
| rowspan="3"| 2025
|Charlotte Lovell | |
| The Fantastic Four: First Steps
|rowspan="2" |Post-production |
| Weapons
|Justine Gandy |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2015–2018
|{{sortname|The|Americans}} |Kimberly Breland |Recurring role; 10 episodes |
| 2016
|Charlie's Roommate |Episode: "The Panic in Central Park" |
| 2016–2017
|{{sortname|The|Get Down}} |Claudia Gunns |2 episodes |
| 2017–2022
|Ruth Langmore |Main role |
| rowspan="2" |2018
|Waco |Michelle Jones |rowspan="2" |Miniseries |
| Maniac
|Ellie Landsberg |
| 2018–2019
|Terra Newell |Main role (season 1) |
| 2019
|Maddy |2 episodes |
| 2020
|Various voices |Voice; episode: "Callie Greenhouse in: Fun. Sad. Epic. Tragic" |
| 2022
|Miniseries |
| rowspan="2" |2023
|rowspan="2" |Herself |Guest judge; episode: "The Crystal Ball: Episode 200" |
| RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
|Episode: "Untucked - The Crystal Ball: Episode 200" |
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