Julia Fox facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Julia Fox
Fox in 2019
Born	(1990-02-02) February 2, 1990 (age 35) Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Occupation	Actress model
Years active	2015–present
Spouse(s)	Peter Artemiev ​ ​ (m. 2018; div. 2020)​
Children	1

Julia Fox (born February 2, 1990) is an Italian and American actress, model, and media personality. Her debut performance was in the 2019 film Uncut Gems, for which she was nominated for the Breakthrough Actor Award at the 2019 Gotham Awards. She is also known for her eccentric style and online presence.

In October 2023, Fox released her debut book, a memoir titled Down The Drain. She has since released a single by the same name. She also hosts a Spotify podcast with Niki Takesh, titled Forbidden Fruits.

Early life

Fox was born in Milan, Italy, to an Italian mother, Gracie, and an American father, Thomas Fox, who worked as a contractor. The two split during her childhood. Fox has two siblings. Until age six, she was raised by her grandfather in the small town of Saronno, located outside of Milan, while her mother finished college. During this time, Fox's father lived on a boat docked off of New York City. In Italy, she lived in a one-bedroom apartment with her mother's family, and was raised in a Catholic household. At age six, she moved to New York City to live with her father in Yorkville, Manhattan, while also regularly visiting her mother in Italy.

At age 14, Fox moved back to Italy to stay with a host family that lived near her mother's hometown and attended a private Catholic school. She later lived alone in her mother's empty apartment for some time until she returned to New York.

Fox worked several service jobs as a teenager, including at a shoe store, an ice cream shop, and a pastry shop.

Fox briefly attended the New School in New York City as a media studies major, and later dropped out.

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 an exhibiting painter and photographer.

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

Fox made her feature film debut in the 2019 Safdie brothers A24 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.

She 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 starred in the dark comedy The Trainer opposite Vito Schnabel and Steven Van Zandt, led by director Tony Kaye. In 2024 it was announced that she is set to star in the action-thriller, The Deputy, alongside Tiffany Haddish and William H. Macy. She will also star in Night Always Comes, A Netflix ensemble film. In August 2024, it was announced she will appear in Northbound, a road trip comedy with Bruce Dern, Hunter Parrish, and Joanna Cassidy. In August 2024, it was also announced that Fox will be starring in the sapphic romance, Perfect, opposite Ashley Moore and Micaela Wittman.

Other work

Fox was previously a co-owner and investor of a nightclub in the Lower East Side named Happy Ending, now defunct.

In October 2023, her memoir Down the Drain was published by Simon & Schuster. The memoir will be developed into a TV series by Joey Soloway.

In February 2024, she performed her debut song, which shares the same name as the title of her 2023 memoir, at Charli XCX's Party Girl DJ warehouse rave set for the Boiler Room. Variety included "Down the Drain" in their Worst Songs of 2024 list.

Personal life

In November 2018, Fox married Peter Artemiev. Their divorce was finalized in July 2020. They resided together in Yorkville, Manhattan. Their son was born on January 17, 2021, and Fox announced the birth on February 14.

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.

In July 2024, Fox publicly came out as a lesbian.

Filmography

Film

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	The Great American Mud Wrestle	The Bride	Short film
2019	Uncut Gems	Julia De Fiore
2020	PVT Chat	Scarlet
	Paradise	Elle	Short film
2021	No Sudden Move	Vanessa Capelli
2022	Puppet	Julia
2024	Presence	Real estate agent
	The Trainer	TBA
2025	Him	TBA	Post-production
TBA	Night Always Comes	TBA	Post-production

Television

Music video

Awards and nominations