Julia Garner

Garner was born in the Riverdale neighborhood of The Bronx, New York.[3] Her 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.[4] Garner is Jewish, as is her mother.[5][6] Her older sister is artist Anna Garner.[1][7] Garner has described herself as "half-Israeli".[8][9] She has relatives on her mother's side who reside in Israel, whom Garner visits frequently.[8][9] She understands Hebrew, thanks to her mother speaking it around their household, although Garner is not fluent.[8][9]

She attended Eagle Hill School in Greenwich, Connecticut. She began taking acting lessons at age 15 to overcome her shyness.[10] Garner graduated with a degree in psychology from Indiana University in 2015.[1]

Paul Weitz, Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner and Mo Aboul-Zelof at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival

Garner had 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 which he wrote specifically for her in his film Not Fade Away.[4] Her first starring role was in the 2012 film, Electrick Children.[4] 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).[11] This marked the first time she acted against a green screen.[4]

In 2015, Garner starred in the Paul Weitz directed comedy film Grandma alongside Lily Tomlin. Garner played a teenage 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 as a recurring role in the third season of the FX period spy thriller series The Americans.[12] 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.[13]

Starting in 2017, Garner starred as Ruth Langmore in the Netflix crime drama series Ozark, opposite Jason Bateman and Laura Linney.[14] The role garnered her critical acclaim and two consecutive 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.[15] 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.[16]

Garner at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival in 2020

In 2019, Garner appeared in the Amazon anthology series, Modern Love. She was featured in two episodes of its first season including, "So He Looked Like Dad. It Was Just Dinner, Right?" as a woman who has a crush on a much older man, played by Shea Whigham. The episode was directed by Emmy Rossum. That same year she starred in the independent drama film The Assistant as a production assistant in a toxic work environment. The film, 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 any Independent Spirit Award nomination.[17]

Garner also co-stars in the Netflix miniseries Inventing Anna, playing the titular antagonistic role of Russian-born German fraudster Anna (Sorokin) 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" by Jessica Pressler.[18] It was released on Netflix on February 11, 2022.[19][20]

In 2022, Garner was cast in thriller film Apartment 7A, directed by Natalie Erika James[21] and was set to star in The Royal Hotel directed by Kitty Green.[22]

Garner married singer Mark Foster, lead vocalist of Foster the People, in a December 2019 ceremony at the New York City Hall,[23][24] eight months after they got engaged.[25]

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