Born in Tucson, Arizona, to parents David (a dentist) and Marcia (an art teacher). She began acting at the age of 5 in theater and had her first agent by the age of 6. Julie relocated to Perth, Western Australia, at the age of 16. She became one of the youngest persons to co-found an acting company called Teen Theatre Spotlight at Muse in Tucson. In 2003, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career. Currently in school in Los Angeles, she is expected to be attending Australia's prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Arts in the near future.