Janet Julian

Biography

Janet Julian is an American former actress best known for her work on television and in genre films during the late 1970s through the early 1990s. She began her acting career in the early 1970s, appearing on shows such as Alias Smith and Jones before landing one of her breakout roles as Nancy Drew in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries when she replaced Pamela Sue Martin in 1978. Around the same time she also appeared as Lt. Brie on Battlestar Galactica and as Tommy on the cult series B.J. and the Bear. Julian made guest appearances on a range of popular TV series including Knight Rider, Simon & Simon, Columbo, Swamp Thing, Murder, She Wrote and Diagnosis: Murder. In film, she had roles in the 1978 surf drama Big Wednesday and genre favorites like the slasher Humongous (1982), the crime thriller Fear City (1984), and the acclaimed Abel Ferrara picture King of New York (1990).

Most Known For

Columbo

as Jill

Murder, She Wrote

as Ellen Harper

Murder, She Wrote

as Bonnie Hartman

Miami Vice

Diagnosis: Murder

as Melanie

Knight Rider

as Jody Tompkins

Falcon Crest

as Diane 'Cookie' Nash

The Waltons

Battlestar Galactica

as Lieutenant Brie

Simon & Simon

Alias Smith and Jones

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

as Nancy Drew

B. J. and the Bear

Swamp Thing

as Dr. Ann Fisk

Here's Boomer

as Samantha

King of New York

as Jennifer

Choke Canyon

as Vanessa Pilgrim

Enos

240-Robert

Fudge

as Jaguar Maiden