Julia Jones

Julia Jones was born January 23, 1981 in Boston, Massachusetts to Frank Jones and Penny Wells.[3] She has a younger brother named Cody.[3] She has stated that her mother is of English descent,[3] and her father is of African American, Choctaw, and Chickasaw descent.[4][5] She was raised in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, and often frequented the first JP Licks ice cream store, which was close to her home.[6][7] Jones studied at the Boston Ballet School from the age of 4. She began working in commercials and local theatre when she was eight.[8] In 1999, Jones graduated from the historic Boston Latin School, the oldest public school in the United States.[9] She subsequently attended Columbia University where she earned a degree in English.[5][10]

Jones has modeled in catalogues for Levi Strauss & Co., Gap Inc., Esprit Holdings, and L'Oréal. She appeared in Chuck Wicks's music video for "Hold That Thought".

Jones appeared in a number of independent films before being cast in the Quentin Tarantino produced biker remake Hell Ride, which premiered at Sundance in 2008. She played Dr. Kaya Montoya on ER in its final two seasons. In 2009, she appeared in the Culture Clash play, Palestine, New Mexico, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.[11] In 2010, Jones was cast in Jonah Hex and in the last three installments of The Twilight Saga. Jones stated that she enjoyed seeing her character Leah Clearwater transform into her wolf form with the use of CGI.[12] In 2015, she played the female lead opposite Adam Sandler in The Ridiculous 6 and Gab on the Netflix series Longmire. She also guest starred on the 2019 Disney+ series The Mandalorian in the episode Chapter 4: Sanctuary.

• (2004) FAITA Award for Best Actress for Black Cloud

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