Julie-Anne McDowell

Biography

She was born in Belfast, Ireland, and trained with RADA both in classical ballet and speech and drama, has a Joint Hons Degree in languages, an International Marketing Diploma and a Masters with Distinction in Script and Screenwriting.

She is Fluent in French and Spanish and performed in numerous musical and repertory theatre productions around Northern Ireland before coming to Johannesburg in 2006 to marry her now husband.

Some roles in that period include "Elizabeth Proctor" in The Crucible, "Model" in Beauty (NI Best Supporting Actress Award), "Julia" in Me and My Best Friend (NI Best Actress Award), "Catherine" in The Memory Of Water, "Elvire" in Don Juan, as well as countless pantos.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

As actress

She returned to acting in 2017, appearing in Couplet at the National Arts Festival and the Theatre On The Square. Other appearances have been In 2018/19 she appeared as "Marilyn" in The Revlon Girl at the National Arts Festival, the Theatre On The Square and the Hilton Arts Festival which earned her a Naledi Best Supporting Actress Nomination. In 2022 and 2023 She played Maureen in The Beauty Queen Of Leenane at The Theatre On The Square Sandton and The Baxter Pam Golding Theatre for which she was nominated for a Naledi Best Actress Award.

Fluent in French and Spanish, Julie-Anne holds a Email Julie-Anne

Roles have included The Beauty Queen of Leenane (), My Name is Lucy Barton (2024)