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This article is about the American actress. For other people with the same name, see Julia Jones (disambiguation).
Julia Jones
Jones in November 2011
Born (1981-01-23) January 23, 1981 (age 43)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma materColumbia University
OccupationActress
Years active2003–present

Julia Jones (born January 23, 1981)[1] is an American actress, known for playing Leah Clearwater in The Twilight Saga films and Kohana in the HBO series Westworld.[2][3] She also co-stars on Dexter: New Blood.

Early life and education

Julia Jones was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Frank Jones and Penny Wells.[4] She has a younger brother named Cody.[4] She has stated that her mother is of English descent,[4] and that her father "is part Choctaw, Chickosaw, [sic] and African-American".[5] She was raised in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, and 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 her bachelor's degree in English in 2005.[5][10]

Career

Jones has modeled in catalogues for Levi Strauss & Co., Gap Inc., Esprit Holdings, and L'Oréal.[1] 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.[12] In 2015, she played the female lead opposite Adam Sandler in The Ridiculous 6 and Gab on the Netflix series Longmire. She guest-starred on the 2019 Disney+ series The Mandalorian in the episode "Chapter 4: Sanctuary".

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2003 The Look Gigi
2004 Black Cloud Sammi
2007 The Reckoning Gina Short film
2008 Hell Ride Cherokee Kisum
2008 Three Priests Abby
2010 Jonah Hex Cassie
2010 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Leah Clearwater
2011 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Leah Clearwater
2011 California Indian April Cordova
2012 Missed Connections Tess Wright
2012 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 Leah Clearwater
2012 Rich Girl Problems Celeste Short film
2013 Winter in the Blood Agnes First Raise
2015 The Ridiculous 6 Smoking Fox
2017 Wind River Wilma Lambert
2018 Tao of Surfing Amber
2018 Angelique's Isle Angelique Mott
2019 Cold Pursuit Aya
2020 Think Like a Dog Agent Munoz
TBA Rez Ball TBA In production[13]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2008 ER Dr. Kaya Montoya Recurring role; 4 episodes
2012 In Plain Sight Heather Pierce Episode: "Reservations, I've Got a Few"
2013 The Thanksgiving House Victoria Television film
2015 Longmire Gabriella Langton Recurring role; 4 episodes
2017 High School Lover Samantha Winters Television film
2018 Westworld Kohana Recurring (season 2)
Episodes: "Kiksuya" and "The Passenger"
2019 Goliath Stephanie Littlecrow Main cast (Season 3)
2019 The Mandalorian Omera Guest star
2021–2022 Rutherford Falls Sally Recurring
2021–present The Ghost and Molly McGee Miss Lightfoot (voice) Recurring
2021–2022 Dexter: New Blood Chief Angela Bishop Main cast

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c Berumen, Frank Javier Garcia (2020). American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood. McFarland. p. 251. ISBN 9781476636474.
  2. ^ "Julia Jones Cast as Leah Clearwater and BooBoo Stewart Cast as Seth Clearwater in Eclipse | Eclipse Movie". Archived from the original on January 7, 2010. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  3. ^ Empire (April 10, 2018). "Westworld Adds Tao Okamoto, Julia Jones And More For Season 2". Empire. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c Globe, Vanessa E. Jones, The Boston. "MULTIRACIAL GENERATION SPURNS CATEGORIES". chicagotribune.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ a b "Twilight's Julia Jones: A Wolf in Chic Clothing :: Articles :: Boston Common Magazine". November 13, 2011. Archived from the original on November 13, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  6. ^ Goldstein, Meredith (January 26, 2010). "Thanks to a major role in the next 'Twilight' movie, fame is about to bite Boston's Julia Jones in a big way". Boston.com. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  7. ^ "Catching Up with Julia Jones". Boston Magazine. February 17, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  8. ^ "Tag: Feature - Improper Bostonian". Improper.com. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
  9. ^ "Jones '99: Actress Attends NYC Premiere". bls.org. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  10. ^ "AitN: September 23, 2019". Columbia College Today. September 23, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  11. ^ "Photo Flash: PALESTINE, NEW MEXICO Opens at Mark Taper Forum". Losangeles.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
  12. ^ "Alex Meraz, Chaske Spencer and Julia Jones (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) Interview | Celebrity Interviews". showtimes.com. March 11, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  13. ^ Grobar, Matt (April 17, 2023). "Rez Ball': Netflix Sets Jessica Matten, Julia Jones, Amber Midthunder, Kiowa Gordon & More For Sydney Freeland's Native American Basketball Underdog Pic". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

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