20 Facts About Julie Carmen

Julie Carmen was born on April 4,1954 and is an American actress, dancer and a licensed psychotherapist.

Julie Carmen came to prominence onscreen in the 1980s and 1990s, for her roles in John Cassavetes' Gloria, Robert Redford's The Milagro Beanfield War and John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness.

Julie Carmen starred in Fright Night Part 2 and Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid as well as a recurring role on the TV series Condo and Falcon Crest.

Julie Carmen plays La Dona in Tales of the Walking Dead.

Julie Carmen's acting training was with Sanford Meisner at Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and with Uta Hagen and Alice Spivak at HB Studio.

Julie Carmen was on the Board of Directors of Women in Film for three years during which time she was the keynote speaker at the WIF Gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, speaking about "The New Wave of Latinos and Latinas in Hollywood".

Julie Carmen has starred in a variety of films including Gloria directed by John Cassavetes, Night of the Juggler, Comeback opposite Eric Burdon, Last Plane Out, Condo, Blue City, Robert Redford's The Milagro Beanfield War, Fright Night Part 2 as vampire Regine Dandrige, Paint It Black, John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness, NYPD Blue and King of the Jungle opposite John Leguizamo.

Julie Carmen starred in Dawn Patrol, You Can't Say No opposite Peter Fonda, and Windows on the World opposite Edward James Olmos.

Julie Carmen appeared on television most recently starring as La Dona on Tales of the Walking Dead and guest starring as Sarah in the 2022 Fall season of Grey's Anatomy.

Julie Carmen played the female lead in the 1992 NBC mini-series Drugs Wars: The Cocaine Cartel, as well as playing the mother of Angelina Jolie's character in the 1997 Hallmark Entertainment miniseries True Women and the female lead opposite Val Kilmer in Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid directed by Billy Graham.

Julie Carmen was a series regular, as Linda Rodriguez Kirkridge, on the short-lived ABC sitcom Condo, and guest starred as Nina, the environmental revolutionary in three first-season episodes of the HBO original comedy series Dream On.

Julie Carmen danced on Broadway in Luis Valdez's Zoot Suit, and was resident choreographer at INTAR under the direction of Max Ferra.

Julie Carmen studied dance at the Merce Cunningham and Erik Hawkins Studios, and Pilates at the original Joseph Pilates studio in NYC, which led to her 1979 teaching position at Ron Fletcher's Pilates Studio in Los Angeles.

Julie Carmen is certified through the International Association of Yoga Therapists and Yoga Alliance at the ERYT-500 level.

Julie Carmen is Director of Mental Health at Loyola Marymount University Yoga Therapy Rx and Director of Yoga Therapy for Behavioral Health supervised clinical practicum in co-operation with Venice Family Clinic.

Julie Carmen published the article, "Informed Consent for Yoga Therapists" in Yoga Therapy Today through the International Association of Yoga Therapists.

Julie Carmen was trained as a drama therapist by Ramon Gordon of Cell Block Theater.

Julie Carmen designed and led the drama therapy and yoga therapy programs at Passages Drug and Alcohol Residential Treatment Center.

Julie Carmen was a yoga therapist at Monte Nido Eating Disorder Centers and the Los Angeles School Districts Program for Pregnant Teens.

Julie Carmen was referenced in actress Suzanne Somers' books, A New Way to Age and Ageless: The Naked Truth About Bioidentical Hormones in the chapters titled Julie Carmen Yoga.