Julia Garner is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as 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 in 2019, 2020, and 2022, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2023.
Garner also had roles in the FX drama series The Americans (2015–2018), the Netflix miniseries Maniac (2018), 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 another Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe for Best Actress.
In films, she has starred in Grandma (2015), and The Assistant (2019), as well as having appeared in Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014).
Years active: 2010–present
Born: February 1, 1994, 30 years old and 8 months, The Bronx, New York City, U.S.
Sun sign: Aquarius
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Blonde
Height: 5 Feet 5 Inches – 165 cm
Measurements : 34-25-33 in – 86-63.5-84 cm
Bra Size : 32B US – 70B EU
Family
Father: Thomas Garner (painter/ art teacher)
Mother: Tami Gingold (therapist)
Sister: Anna (writer and producer)
Spouse of: singer Mark Foster (m. 2019)
Early life
Garner mother Tami Gingold is a therapist who had a successful career as an actress and comedian in her native Israel. Her father Thomas Garner is a painter and an art teacher, originally from Shaker Heights, Ohio. Garner is Jewish as is her mother. Her older sister is artist Anna Garner. She understands modern Hebrew because her mother speaks it, but is not fluent in speaking it herself.
Garner attended Eagle Hill School in Greenwich, Connecticut. She began taking acting lessons at age 15 to overcome her shyness.
Career
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. Her first starring role was in the 2012 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). 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. 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.
Beginning in 2017, Garner starred as Ruth Langmore in the Netflix crime drama series Ozark, opposite Jason Bateman and Laura Linney. The role gained her critical acclaim and three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
In 2018, Garner appeared in the Netflix miniseries Maniac as Ellie, the sister of Emma Stone‘s character. 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.
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.
Garner also co-stars in the Netflix miniseries Inventing Anna, playing the titular 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. It was released on Netflix on February 11, 2022.
In 2022, Garner was cast in thriller film Apartment 7A, directed by Natalie Erika James. Her company Alma Margo also signed a first look deal with Tomorrow Studios. In June of the same year, Garner was chosen by Madonna to play her in her self-produced biopic; the project was, however, put on hold.
In 2023, she starred in The Royal Hotel directed by Kitty Green.
Personal life
Garner married singer Mark Foster, lead vocalist of Foster the People, in a December 2019 ceremony at New York City Hall, eight months after they got engaged.
Favorite Movies
Babel
Rosemary Baby
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Annie Hall
Interesting Facts
Julia mother Tami Gingold was a successful comedian in the Israel.
Her father Thomas Garner is of Protestant background, while mother Tami Gingold is of Jewish background.
Julia lives with her parents in New York.
Bette Davis character in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?(1962) inspired Julia to get into acting profession.
Julia started her acting career at the age of 15 as a hobby, she wanted to do something to get out of her shyness.
Julia made a movie debut at the age of 17 with the movie Martha Marcy May Marlene(2011).
The Americans(2015) on FX became the first recurring TV appearance of Julia.
Julia has cute Blonde curly hair.
She gets dimples in her cheeks when she smiles.
Julia got her role in Electrick Children through a self taped audition, she auditioned on Monday, got the part on Wednesday, and was shooting on Tuesday.
She found the script of We Are What We Are so interesting that she read all of it one go.
She looks for the scope of the character before chooses a script, Is the character interesting? Is there stuff to do? Are there things that you can do with the character? How can you play it out? are according to her the things that matter.
Julia had a stint on Broadway before getting busy with movies and TV series.
Julia won the best actress award at the Mumbai International Film Festival and Buster International Children Film Festival for her role in Electrick Children.
She won Austin Fantastic Fest Award for Best Actress for We Are What We Are(2014).
She is scared of Bugs, rodents, Guns and stuff.
Hand double: Julia had a scene involving a mouse where she had to put a mouse in the water, she couldn’t do it herself, a double was hired at last to do the part.
She started using lipstick at the age of 14, she did it for herself and not to impress boys.
Friend of Juno Temple
Inspirations Monica Vitti (Italian Actress), Bette Davis (Actress)
Julia Garner Quotes
If you really love something just continue doing it.
The first time I fired the gun, I literally screamed.
I nearly got a panic attack the day we shot the scene with the mouse. I cannot stand rodents. I couldn’t even watch Ratatouille, which is an animated film.
There always something kind of wrong with my characters
First Fashion Show
Julia made her fashion show debut in the Summer /Spring 2016 Fashion Show by walking the ramp for Balenciaga.
First Film
Julia made her theatrical film debut as Sarah in the thriller drama movie, Martha Marcy May Marlene, in 2011.
First TV Show
She made her first TV show appearance as Kimberly Breland in the mystery crime drama series, The Americans, in 2015.
Julia Garner Favorite Things
Modeling Shows – Tom Ford, Marc Jacobs, Miu Miu
All-Time Favorite Movie – All About Eve (1950)
Films – Annie Hall (1977), Rosemary Baby (1968), Babel (2006) and The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
Actress – Bette Davis
Julia Garner Facts
In order to ward off her shy nature, Julia began taking acting classes at the age of 15.
She was 17 years old when she starred in Sean Durkin drama-mystery film, Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011).
She was also cast in the horror-thriller film, The Last Exorcism Part II (2013).
Julia hails from a family with artistic talent as her mother was a well-known comic in Israel and her father is an art teacher and painter. Julia older sister is also a writer, producer, and artist.
Two of her major influences are Italian actress Monica Vitti and American actress Bette Davis.
In 2016, she had to forfeit her debut role in Noah Haidle off-Broadway comedy-drama, Smokefall, held at the MCC Theater due to schedule clashes.
Actress Juno Temple and Garner are close friends.
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