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rawn to action-oriented projects, Julie starred
in such films as Rambo, Saw V, and the Punisher:
War Zone. Although she has accomplished a great
deal of success in both movies and television, there
seems to be one common thread in her career - it is
her predilection for dying or coming pretty darn
close to it! This actress tends to “play characters that

you care so much for and are shocked when they’re killed
off, or they are really evil and you have to kill them off.”
As a pregnant vampire on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
and its spinoff Angel, she has to scarf herself for her

human child. Julie begins to build her legion of fans
playing on these two shows as Darla, Angel’s sire
and long-time love in the cult classic. And Darla
builds a legion of fans, that still follow today,
dedicating websites to all things Julie and the
characters that she portrays. Yep, pretty cool.

We talked to Julie about her time on the Emmy
award-winning show Dexter. The actor played Rita,
a single mother and love interest to Michael C.Hall’s
title character, Dexter. “Rita came at a time in my life

where I needed to play a real woman who was struggling
with her life, even though she was a lesser part of the
storyline, she was an integral part.” Remembering her

time on the hit show, she felt Rita represented hope
while bringing light and love, to Dexter. “She allows
the audience to fall in love with him.” According to
Entertainment Weekly, her death is still ranked as one
of the most shocking deaths of all time in TV history.

At hearing the news, her character would be killed off,
two things go through the actress’ mind, “Oh my gosh,

I just lost my job and the second being, who’s going
to raise baby Harrison?” Method to the end, Julie

came to love the character that she played and
the story she was telling.

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