Julia Melim
- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Julia was born in Florianopolis but grew up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
In 2001, she was in the theater production "Journey to the Center of
the Earth" produced by Marcelo Serrado, which won the Shell Award
(Premio Shell), comparable to the Tony Award in the U.S. She also
worked as an actress and assistant director for acclaimed director
Augusto Boal at CTO-Rio, who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in 2008.
In recognition of her work, she was invited to represent the United
Nations (UNESCO) as a resident artist in India working with a theater
group in Chennai. She then received an acting scholarship from the
University of Kansas, which prompted her move to the U.S. and allowed
her to graduate with a B.A. in Theater & Film, and a B.S. in
Journalism. She has worked as an actress, producer and writer in
movies, TV shows and theater productions in the U.S. and Brazil.
