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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

34

Gender

Female

Birthday

1981-01-23 (44 years old)

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

ジュリア・ジョーンズ

朱莉亞·瓊斯

جولیا جونز

Julia Jones

Biography

Julia Jones (born January 23, 1981) is an American stage, film and television actress, best known for portraying Leah Clearwater in The Twilight Saga feature film franchise. Julia Jones was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Frank Jones and Penny Wells She has a younger brother named Cody. She has stated that her mother is of English descent, and that her father "is part Choctaw, Chickasaw, and African-American". She was raised in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, and frequented the first JP Licks ice cream store, which was close to her home. Jones studied at Boston Ballet School from the age of 4. She began working in commercials and local theatre when she was eight. In 1999, Jones graduated from Boston Latin School, the oldest public school in the United States. She subsequently attended Columbia University where she earned her bachelor's degree in English in 2005. Jones has modeled in catalogues for Levi Strauss & Co., Gap Inc., Esprit Holdings, and L'Oréal. She appeared in Chuck Wicks's music video for "Hold That Thought". Jones appeared in a number of independent films before being cast in the Quentin Tarantino-produced biker remake Hell Ride, which premiered at Sundance in 2008. She played Dr. Kaya Montoya on ER in its final two seasons. In 2009, she appeared in the Culture Clash play Palestine, New Mexico, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. In 2010, Jones was cast in Jonah Hex and in the last three installments of The Twilight Saga. In 2015, she played the female lead opposite Adam Sandler in The Ridiculous 6 and Gab on the Netflix series Longmire. She guest starred on the 2019 Disney+ series The Mandalorian in the episode "Chapter 4: Sanctuary". She portrayed Chafa, the first Choctaw, in the 2024 miniseries Echo.

Known For

Acting

Three Priests

2008

Three Priests

as

Abby

Black Cloud

2004

Black Cloud

as

Sammi

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

2010

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

as

Leah Clearwater

Hell Ride

2008

Hell Ride

as

Cherokee Kisum

Rez Ball

2024

Rez Ball

as

Gloria Holiday

Missed Connections

2012

Missed Connections

as

Tess Wright

California Indian

2011

California Indian

as

April Cordova

The Ridiculous 6

2015

The Ridiculous 6

as

Smoking Fox

Wind River

2017

Wind River

as

Wilma Lambert

Jonah Hex

2010

Jonah Hex

as

Cassie

High School Lover

2017

High School Lover

as

Samantha

Cold Pursuit

2019

Cold Pursuit

as

Aya

Clover

2020

Clover

as

Virginia

Think Like a Dog

2020

Think Like a Dog

as

Agent Munoz

ER

ER

as

Kaya Montoya

The Ghost and Molly McGee

The Ghost and Molly McGee

as

Ms. Lightfoot (voice)

Dexter: New Blood

Dexter: New Blood

as

Angela Bishop

Westworld

Westworld

as

Kohana

Echo

Echo

as

Chafa (uncredited)

Goliath

Goliath

as

Stephanie Littlecrow

The Ghost and Molly McGee

The Ghost and Molly McGee

as

Miss Lightfoot (voice)

Longmire

Longmire

as

Gabriella Langton

Production

Crew

Directing