Age: 62
Birthplace: Redstone Arsenal, near Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
Julia Campbell (born March 12, 1962) is an American film and television actress. Her most noted role to date was "mean girl" Christie Masters-Christensen, in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.
Campbell had a starring role in the feature film, Tillamook Treasure (2006), in which she plays Kathryn Kimbell, the mother of the story's lead character. She has appeared on such television shows as Still Standing, Martial Law, and Herman's Head, Ally McBeal, Seinfeld ("The Frogger" episode), Friends, House M.D, The Mentalist, The Practice, The Pretender, and Dexter.
Some of her earliest notable roles were on the daytime soap operas Ryan's Hope (in which she played Ryan granddaughter Maura "Katie" Thompson) and Santa Barbara (in which she played Courtney Capwell) and the comedy film Livin' Large. In 2009, she guest starred on the NBC drama Heroes as Mary Campbell, mother of a new recurring character, Luke, in the episode "Trust and Blood".
She appeared on the last episode of the series The Shield, on which her husband Jay Karnes played the character of Dutch Wagenbach, as a lawyer for Dutch's partner, Steve Billings, who is instantly attracted to Dutch.
Campbell was born in Redstone Arsenal, near Huntsville, Alabama, the daughter of a model mother and an army officer father. She is married to actor Jay Karnes. Before that, she was married to actor Bernard White.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986 | The Eleventh Commandment | Felicia | |
1987 | Body Count | ||
1990 | Opportunity Knocks | Dr. Annie Malkin | |
Johnny Ryan | Eve Manion | TV movie. | |
1991 | Livin' Large! | Missy Carnes | |
1992 | Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life | Jilly Blue | TV movies. |
The Witches of Eastwick | Jane Hollis | ||
1994 | Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics | Maureen | Segment "Where the Dead Are" |
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies | Kitty | TV movie. | |
1997 | Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | Christy Masters | |
1998 | Rough Draft | Juliette | |
Legion of Fire: Killer Ants! | Laura Sills | TV movies. | |
Poodle Springs | Miriam 'Muffy' Blackstone-Nichols | ||
1999 | A Slight Case of Murder | Patricia Stapelli | |
2000 | Hey Neighbor | Barbara | |
Bounce | Sue | ||
2001 | Thank Heaven | Victoria Brady | |
2002 | The Funkhousers | Mom | TV movie. |
2005 | Kicking & Screaming | Janet Davidson | |
2006 | The Tillamook Treasure | Kathryn Kimbell |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1984 | Ryan's Hope | Katie Thompson | 5 episodes 1984-1985 |
1986 | Santa Barbara | Courtney Capwell | 2 episodes |
1987 | Werewolf | Sally | Ep: Running with the Pack |
Women in Prison | Vicki Springer | 13 episodes 1987-1988 | |
1989 | Knight & Daye | Janet Glickman | Ep: Pilot Ep: New York! New York? Ep: Goodbye, Mr. Scrimshaw |
1992 | Herman's Head | Elizabeth | 5 episodes |
1993 | Cutters | Lynn | |
Murder, She Wrote | Sharon Baskin | Ep: A Virtual Murder | |
1994 | Blue Skies | Ellie | |
1995 | A Whole New Ballgame | Meg O'Donnell | 7 episodes |
Party of Five | Monica | Ep: Best Laid Plans | |
1996 | Champs | Doris | 6 episodes |
Men Behaving Badly | Cherie Miller | Ep: The Bed Ep: Jamie's in Love |
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1998 | Seinfeld | Lisi | Ep: The Frogger |
The Practice | A.D.A. Fields | Ep: Reasons to Believe | |
The Pretender | Kristi Kincaid | Ep: Someone to Trust | |
1999 | Martial Law | Melanie George | Ep: Extreme Measures Ep: Captive Hearts Ep: Nitro Man Ep: Requiem Ep: End Game |
Oh, Grow Up | Julie Sheffield | ||
2000 | Bull | Dr. Mary Parker | Ep: To Have and to Hold |
Friends | Whitney | Ep: The One with the Engagement Picture | |
2001 | Judging Amy | Calla Hawkins | Ep: Hold on Tight |
Reba | Caroline | Ep: You Make Me Sick | |
2002 | Rose Red | Ellen Rimbauer | TV mini-series |
Ally McBeal | Ms. Bridgeman | Ep: The New Day | |
2003 | Crossing Jordan | Maddy Whitford | Ep: Fire and Ice |
2004 | Still Standing | Shelly | Ep: Still Neighbors Ep: Still Fast Ep: Still Using |
2005 | |||
Malcolm in the Middle | Donna | Ep: Mrs. Tri-County | |
2006 | Two and a Half Men | Francine | Ep: And the Plot Moistens |
3 lbs. | Roberta Mack | Ep: Lost for Words | |
2007 | Desperate Housewives | Muriel | Ep: Now You Know |
Pushing Daisies | Emma Newsome | Ep: Corpsicle | |
2008 | In Treatment | Olivia | Ep: Sophie: Week Five Ep: Sophie: Week Eight |
The Shield | Ellen Carmichael | Ep: Family Meeting | |
2009 | Scrubs | Mrs. Fremont | Ep: My ABC's |
Heroes | Mary Campbell | Ep: Trust and Blood | |
Big Love | Vicky Nabors | Ep: Come, Ye Saints | |
House M.D. | Melanie | Ep: The Softer Side | |
Hawthorne | Beth Johnson | Ep: The Sense of Belonging | |
The Cleaner | Marcia Fisher | Ep: Path of Least Resistance | |
The Mentalist | Nina Hodge | Ep: Red Menace | |
Dexter | Sally Mitchell | 5 episodes | |
2010 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Janet Marsh | Ep: Lost & Found |
No Ordinary Family | Nina Claremont | Ep: No Ordinary Marriage | |
Lie to Me | Carol Ashlen | Ep: Beyond Belief | |
2011 | Awkward | Tamara's Mother | Ep: Queen Bee-atches |
CSI: Miami | Gretchen Cambridge | Ep: Stiff | |
Criminal Minds | Martha Slade | Ep: Painless | |
2012-2013 | Austin and Ally | Penny Dawson | Ep: Backups & Breakups Ep: Chapters & Choices Ep: Partners & Parachutes |
2013 | Justified | Eve Munro | 2 Episodes |