Julia Whelan

Julia May Whelan is an American actress and author, born on May 8, 1984, in Oregon. She gained recognition for her role as Grace Manning in the television series Once and Again (1999-2002), and her co-starring role in the Lifetime movie The Secret Life of Zoey (2002). Whelan started her acting career at the age of 11 and continued to take television roles until she enrolled at Middlebury College in 2004. She graduated magna cum laude from Middlebury in 2008, after spending a year as a visiting student at Lincoln College, Oxford. Whelan returned to film acting in 2008 with a role in the fantasy thriller Fading of the Cries.