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Julia Butters – Biography & Career Highlights

🎂 Early Life

• Born April 15, 2009, in Los Angeles, California. Her father, Darrin Butters, is a Disney animator (credits include Frozen and Ralph Breaks the Internet) and her mother, Lorelei, is a homemaker tvguide.com+15en.wikipedia.org+15imdb.com+15.

• Began appearing in commercials around age 2 and landed her first speaking role at age 4 in Criminal Minds (CBS, 2014) tvguide.com+6fandango.com+6biographygen.com+6.

📺 Television Career

• Played young Cyd Ripley in Disney’s Best Friends Whenever (2015) and had a recurring role as Ella in Amazon’s Transparent (2016) risingtales.com+7fandango.com+7americanhousewife.fandom.com+7.

• From 2016–2020, she starred as Anna-Kat Otto on ABC’s sitcom American Housewife, appearing for four seasons before departing to take on bigger roles popsugar.com+13en.wikipedia.org+13imdb.com+13.

🎬 Breakthrough & Film Career

• Landed her breakout role in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) as Trudi Fraser — the director cast her after seeing her on TV. Her performance earned a Critics’ Choice nomination and several critics’ group wins themoviedb.org+6thefamouspeople.com+6actorzwiki.com+6.

• Starred in Netflix’s The Gray Man (2022) as Claire and in Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans (2022) as Reggie Fabelman — a role inspired by Spielberg’s sister actorzwiki.com+7en.wikipedia.org+7filminight.com+7.

• Played Lily in the folk-horror film Queen of Bones (2023) directed by Robert Budreau tvinsider.com+5en.wikipedia.org+5en.wikipedia.org+5.

• Set to appear in Freakier Friday (2025) as Harper Coleman, a sequel to Freaky Friday tvinsider.com+5outlookindia.com+5filminight.com+5.

🏆 Awards & Recognition

• Winning accolades include the Las Vegas Film Critics’ Youth in Film – Female for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, along with nominations from Chicago, Seattle, San Diego, Washington D.C., and Critics’ Choice tvguide.com+4en.wikipedia.org+4biographygen.com+4.

• Continued recognition for The Fabelmans in 2023 with nominations like Music City Film Critics Association’s Best Young Actress themoviedb.org+4en.wikipedia.org+4actorzwiki.com+4.

🎨 Personality & Interests

• A budding artist who enjoys drawing and painting, often showcased on her Instagram thefamouspeople.com+2popsugar.com+2risingtales.com+2.

• Also experimenting with filmmaking: she created, wrote, directed, and edited short films—“Giant Tarantula” being one example popsugar.com.

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📊 Filmography Highlights

Film

• 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016) – Beverly Silva

• Term Life (2016) – Young Cate

• A Family Man (2016) – Lauren Jensen

• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) – Trudi Fraser

• The Gray Man (2022) – Claire

• The Fabelmans (2022) – Reggie Fabelman

• Queen of Bones (2023) – Lily

• Freakier Friday (2025, upcoming) – Harper Coleman

Television

• Criminal Minds (2014) – Gabby Hoffer

• Best Friends Whenever (2015) – Young Cyd Ripley

• Transparent (2016) – Ella (recurring)

• American Housewife (2016–2020) – Anna-Kat Otto

• I Think You Should Leave (2021) – cameo

• Monsters at Work (2024) – Lorelei (voice)

In Summary
Julia Butters is a remarkably talented young actress whose performances range from sitcom charm to critically acclaimed film roles. With key roles in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and The Fabelmans, along with ventures into art and filmmaking, she’s quickly becoming one of Hollywood’s most promising young performers.