Biography

Julia Yorks was born in New Hope, PA. At an early age, she began landing roles on commercials, TV shows, and films, such as "Late Night With Conan O'Brien," "Unbreakable," "Hack," and "The Happening." Julia also started writing at the age of nine, creating a guide book to her hometown called, "The Kids Guide to New Hope." Years later, Julia chronicled her experience writing the book in an edition of the popular "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series. Julia attended the prestigious Lawrenceville School and Northwestern University before graduating from University of Southern California. Soon after, she landed the role of "Chrissy Farrior" in Chris McQuarrie's "Jack Reacher." On the writing side of things, Jula worked as a script coordinator before being promoted to staff writer on DreamWorks/Netflix's "The Adventures of Puss in Boots." Julia was also on the staff of "Trolls: The Beat Goes On," and wrote freelance episodes of Activision Blizzard's "Skylanders Academy," as well as a yet-to-be-announced series for Hasbro. Julia is in development with Freeform on an original project.
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