Julia Whelan

Biography

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.

Most Known For

NCIS

as Greta Fensternacht

Castle

as Tina Massey

NCIS: Los Angeles

as Karen Davis

The Closer

as Natalie Gilbert

ER

as Laura

Nowhere Man

as Young Laura

Once and Again

as Grace Manning

Clubhouse

as Maggie Archer

Fifteen and Pregnant

as Rachel Spangler

Christmas Every Day

as Cousin Jacey Jackson

The Secret Life of Zoey

as Zoey

Fading of the Cries

as Emily