13 Facts About Julia Whelan

Julia May Whelan was born on May 8,1984 and is an American actress, narrator and author.

Julia Whelan returned to film acting in November 2008 with a role in the fantasy thriller Fading of the Cries.

Julia May Whelan was born in Oregon on May 8,1984.

Julia Whelan's father was a firefighter and her mother a teacher.

Julia Whelan first acted in community theater at the age of five, and yearly trips to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon deepened her interest in an acting career.

Julia Whelan moved to Los Angeles with Prysirr and his wife, Days of Our Lives actress Derya Ruggles, so that Julia Whelan could advance her career.

Julia Whelan was first introduced to a broader audience in the 1998 TV movie Fifteen and Pregnant as the younger sister of Kirsten Dunst, who portrayed the movie's pregnant protagonist.

In 1999 Julia Whelan landed the role for which she is still best known, playing insecure teenager Grace Manning on the family drama Once and Again.

Julia Whelan continued to take television roles through 2004, when she enrolled in Middlebury College.

Julia Whelan has won acclaim for her narration of many audiobooks, including Gillian Flynn's 2012 thriller Gone Girl, Nora Roberts' The Witness, for which she won Best Romance at the 2013 Audie Awards, and Tara Westover's Educated, for which she won Best Female Narrator in 2019 at the same awards.

Julia Whelan narrated the award-winning novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, the New York Times bestseller Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes, and her own novel, My Oxford Year.

Julia Whelan narrates long-form nonfiction journalism, including articles from The New Yorker, The Atlantic, ProPublica, and Vanity Fair.

In 2018, Julia Whelan published her debut novel, My Oxford Year, which Entertainment Weekly called "a breathtakingly perfect picture of Oxford" and "a powerfully heartbreaking and life-affirming tribute to love and to choice".