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Julia Fox
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Fox in 2019
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| Born | February 2, 1990 Milan, Italy
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| Years active | 2015–present |
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Peter Artemiev
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| Children | 1 |
Julia Fox (born February 2, 1990) is an Italian-American actress and model. As an actress, she is known for her debut performance in the 2019 film Uncut Gems, for which she was nominated for the Breakthrough Actor Award at the 2019 Gotham Awards. Fox is also known for her eccentric style and online presence.
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Early life and education
Fox was born in Milan to an Italian mother and an American father. She spent her early years living with her grandfather. In Italy, she lived in a one-bedroom apartment with her family, though she noted that she "never felt like we were poor there, life wasn't hectic. Everything around was deserted but full of love and lots of good food." At the age of six, she moved to New York City with her father and lived in Yorkville, Manhattan. She then briefly moved back to Italy for two years when she was 14, but by that time she felt the cultural differences more strongly. She worked several service jobs including at a shoe store, an ice cream shop, and a pastry shop.
Career
Modeling, art, and fashion design
Fox started as a clothing designer and launched a successful women's knitwear luxe line, Franziska Fox, with her friend Briana Andalore. She also worked as a model and as an exhibiting painter and photographer. She self-published two books of photography, Symptomatic of a Relationship Gone Sour: Heartburn/Nausea, published in 2015, and PTSD, published in 2016. In 2017, Fox hosted an art exhibit titled "R.I.P. Julia Fox'", which featured silk canvases painted with her own blood.
She has since appeared in campaigns for Tiffany & Co., Diesel, Coach New York, and Supreme; and in editorials for CR Fashion Book, The Last, Office, Wonderland, Vogue, Vogue Italia, The Face, Paper, V, and Interview. She has also appeared on the covers of Vogue Czechoslovakia, Elle Brasil, and New York Magazine.
Acting and directing
Fox made her feature film debut in the 2019 Safdie brothers Netflix film Uncut Gems, playing a showroom saleswoman and mistress of the film's protagonist Howard Ratner (played by Adam Sandler), an erratic jewelry dealer and gambling addict. Fox had known the Safdie brothers for almost a decade after meeting Josh Safdie through a chance encounter at a café in SoHo, Manhattan. She was subsequently nominated for Breakthrough Actor in the 2019 Gotham Awards.
Fox starred in Ben Hozie's PVT Chat. The film was released in the United States on February 5, 2021. She was seen in No Sudden Move which released in the United States on July 1, 2021.
She starred in the drama movie Puppet, which was released in late 2022. Fox is also set to portray Hollywood hairdresser Carrie White in upcoming biopic Upper Cut based on White's memoir. In March 2022, it was announced that Fox is set to star in the dark comedy The Trainer opposite Vito Schnabel, who also writes, and Steven Van Zandt, led by director Tony Kaye.
Writing
On March 27, 2022, Fox mentioned during an interview that she had begun working on her first book. On March 24, 2023, Fox took to Instagram to announce the completion of her memoir Down the Drain, which was published on October 10, 2023 by Simon & Schuster. Fox drew inspiration from William S. Burroughs' Junkie and James Frey's A Million Little Pieces.
Business ventures
Fox was previously a co-owner and investor of a nightclub in the Lower East Side named Happy Ending, now defunct.
Personal life
In November 2018, Fox married private pilot Peter Artemiev. Their divorce was finalized in July 2020. They resided together in Yorkville, Manhattan. Their son, Valentino, was born on January 17, 2021; Fox announced the birth on February 14. In October 2022, she said that she experienced postpartum depression. She also said she has obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) and attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), and that she is autistic.
In an article she wrote for Interview in January 2022, Fox confirmed that she was dating rapper Kanye West. The two broke up the following month. Shortly after the break-up, a doctored headline of Fox, claiming the relationship ended due to West's dislike of her going "goblin mode" went viral online, prompting the phrase "goblin mode" to become widely used. Fox confirmed that the headline was false.
In October 2023, her memoir Down the Drain, was published by Simon & Schuster.
Filmography
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Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2018 | The Great American Mud Wrestle | The Bride | Short film |
| 2019 | Uncut Gems | Julia De Fiore | Feature film debut |
| 2020 | PVT Chat | Scarlet | |
| Paradise | Elle | Short film | |
| 2021 | No Sudden Move | Vanessa Capelli | |
| 2022 | Puppet | Julia | |
| 2023 | The Trainer |
TBA | Post-production |
| 2024 | Presence | TBA | Post-production |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2020 | Acting for a Cause | Titania / Hippolyta | Episode: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" |
| 2022 | Ziwe | Herself | Episode: "Men!" |
Music video
| Year | Title | Artist | Notes |
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| 2019 | "JACKBOYS" | JackBoys | |
| 2020 | "Nothing Good" | Goody Grace feat. G-Eazy & Juicy J |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2019 | Uncut Gems | Chicago Film Critics Association | Most Promising Performer | Nominated | |
| Georgia Film Critics Association | Breakthrough Award | Nominated | |||
| Gotham Awards | Breakthrough Actor | Nominated | |||
| Toronto Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
See also
In Spanish: Julia Fox para niños
