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Julia Whelan
Actor, WriterBorn May 8, 1984 (41 years)
Julia May Whelan (born May 8, 1984) is an American actress, narrator and author. As an actress, she is best known for her role as Grace Manning on the television family drama series Once and Again (1999–2002), and her co-starring role in the 2002 Lifetime movie The Secret Life of Zoey. A noted child actor, Whelan first appeared on screen at the age of 11 and continued to take television roles until her matriculation into Middlebury College in 2004; Whelan graduated magna cum laude from Middlebury in 2008 after spending the 2006–2007 academic year as a visiting student at Lincoln College, Oxford. Whelan returned to film acting in November 2008 with a role in the fantasy thriller Fading of the Cries. In the 2010s, Whelan stepped away from her acting career to become an audiobook narrator. As of July 2022, she has narrated over 400 audiobooks. In 2018, she published her debut novel My Oxford Year.
Julia Whelan Filmography
| 2013 | The Confession · as Alyson |
| 2009 | NCIS: Los Angeles (TV Series) · as Karen Davis |
| 2009 | Castle (2009) (TV Series) · as Tina Massey |
| 2008 | Fading of the Cries · as Emily |
| 2005 | The Closer (TV Series) · as Natalie Gilbert |
| 2004 | Clubhouse (TV Series) · as Maggie Archer |
| 2004 | Dr. Vegas (TV Series) · as Claire |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Greta Fensternacht |
| 2002 | The Secret Life of Zoey · as Zoey |
| 1999 | Once And Again (TV Series) · as Grace Manning |
| 1998 | Fifteen and Pregnant · as Rachel Spangler |
| 1996 | Christmas Every Day · as Cousin Jacey Jackson |
| 1996 | Promised Land (TV Series) · as Mazie Andrus |
| 1995 | Nowhere Man (TV Series) · as Young Laura |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Laura |
| 2025 | My Oxford Year · as Novel |
| 2012 | CBS Saturday Morning (TV Series) · as Self |