Born in New York, Julie Carmen is of Spanish, Cuban and German descent. She began her acting career off-off-Broadway, danced on Broadway in "Zoot Suit" and won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival for her role in John Cassavetes' Gloria (1980). She studied extensively with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse and with Uta Hagen at HB Studio. More recently she has studied with Patsy Rodenburg. Julie joined the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in the class of 2016. She was inducted into the New Mexico Film and Television Hall of Fame in 2018. She is extremely grateful to have co-starred in films for Michael Mann (I), Robert Redford (I), John Carpenter (I), Nicolas Roeg, William A. Graham, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Reinhard Hauff, Christel Buschmann, Alfonso Ungria and on television for Karen Arthur (I), Betty Thomas (I), David Milch and Quentin Tarantino. Julie holds a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology and works part-time as a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified yoga therapist. Her great-grandfather, Jose Manuel (Lico) Jimenez, was a famous pianist from Cuba who emigrated to Germany to perform and teach at the Hamburg Conservatory. He won the Franz Liszt Award in Paris. She was the resident choreographer at INTAR Theater in Manhattan when it was under the artistic direction of Cuban-American Max Ferra, choreographing the plays, "Yoruba", "Espetaculo Valle Inclan" and "The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife" by Lorca. Her most recent films--Windows on the World (2017) opposite Edward James Olmos and Ryan Guzman; You Can't Say No (2018), opposite Peter Fonda (I) and Dawn Patrol (2014/III) opposite Scott Eastwood (I)--mark her return to the big screen after taking some family time. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Julie Carmen (corrections by [email protected])
