Julia Campbell

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Julia Campbell
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OccupationActress
Years active1984–present
Spouse(s) Bernard White (m. 1988; div. 19??)
(m. 1997)
Children2

Julia Campbell is an American film and television actress. Her most noted role to date was "mean girl" Christie Masters in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion .

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Career

Campbell had a starring role in the feature film, Tillamook Treasure (2006), in which she plays Kathryn Kimbell, the mother of the story's lead character. She has appeared on such television shows as Still Standing , Martial Law , Herman's Head , Ally McBeal , Malcolm in the Middle , Seinfeld ("The Frogger" episode), Friends , House , The Mentalist , The Practice , The Pretender , and Dexter

Some of her earliest notable roles were on the daytime soap operas Ryan's Hope (in which she played Ryan's granddaughter Maura "Katie" Thompson) and Santa Barbara (in which she played Courtney Capwell) and the comedy film Livin' Large . In 2009, she guest starred on the NBC drama Heroes as Mary Campbell, mother of a new recurring character, Luke, in the episode "Trust and Blood".

She appeared on the last episode of the series The Shield , on which her husband Jay Karnes played the character of Dutch Wagenbach, as a lawyer for Dutch's partner, Steve Billings, who is instantly attracted to Dutch.

Personal life

Campbell was born in Redstone Arsenal, near Huntsville, Alabama, the daughter of a model mother and an army officer father. She is married to actor Jay Karnes. Before that, she was married to actor Bernard White.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 Opportunity Knocks Annie Malkin
1991 Livin' Large Missy Carnes
1997 Romy and Michele's High School Reunion Christie Masters
1998Rough DraftJuliette
2000 Bounce Sue
2001Thank HeavenVictoria Brady
2005 Kicking & Screaming Janet Davidson
2006 Tillamook Treasure Kathryn Kimbell
2012 Arcadia Mrs. Acres
2023 Jesus Revolution Kay Smith

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984-1985 Ryan's Hope Katie Thompson GreenbergTV series
1986 Santa Barbara Courtney Capwell Regular role
1987 Werewolf SallyEpisode: "Running with the Pack"
1987–88 Women in Prison Vicki SpringerMain role
1989 Knight & Daye Janet GlickmanEpisodes: "Pilot", "New York! New York?", "Goodbye, Mr. Scrimshaw"
1990Johnny RyanEve ManionTV film
1992 Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life Jilly BlueTV film
1992 The Witches of Eastwick Jane HollisTV film
1992 Herman's Head ElizabethRecurring role (season 2)
1993 Cutters Lynn FletcherMain role
1993 Murder, She Wrote Sharon BaskinEpisode: "A Virtual Murder"
1994 Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics MaureenSegment: "Where the Dead Are"
1994 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies KittyTV film
1994 Blue Skies Ellie BaskinMain role
1995 A Whole New Ballgame Meg O'DonnellMain role
1995 Party of Five MonicaEpisode: "Best Laid Plans"
1996 Men Behaving Badly Cherie MillerMain role (season 1)
1996 Champs Doris HeslovMain role
1998 Seinfeld LisiEpisode: "The Frogger"
1998 Legion of Fire: Killer Ants! Laura SillsTV film
1998 Poodle Springs Miriam 'Muffy' Blackstone-NicholsTV film
1998 The Practice A.D.A. FieldsEpisode: "Reasons to Believe"
1998 The Pretender Kristi KincaidEpisode: "Someone to Trust"
1998–99 Martial Law Melanie GeorgeRecurring role (season 1)
1999A Slight Case of MurderPatricia StapelliTV film
1999 Oh, Grow Up Julie SheffieldTV film
2000 Bull Dr. Mary ParkerEpisode: "To Have and to Hold"
2000 Friends WhitneyEpisode: "The One with the Engagement Picture"
2000Hey NeighborBarbaraTV film
2001 Judging Amy Calla HawkinsEpisodes: "Redheaded Stepchild", "Hold on Tight"
2001 Reba CarolineEpisode: "You Make Me Sick"
2002 Rose Red Ellen RimbauerTV miniseries
2002 Ally McBeal Kelly BridgemanEpisode: "The New Day"
2003 Crossing Jordan Maddy WhitfordEpisode: "Fire and Ice"
2004–05 Still Standing ShellyEpisodes: "Still Neighbors", "Still Fast", "Still Using"
2005 Malcolm in the Middle DonnaEpisode: "Mrs. Tri-County"
2006 Two and a Half Men FrancineEpisode: "And the Plot Moistens"
2006 3 lbs Roberta MackEpisode: "Lost for Words"
2007 Desperate Housewives MurielEpisode: "Now You Know"
2007 Pushing Daisies Emma NewsomeEpisode: "Corpsicle"
2008 In Treatment OliviaEpisodes: "Sophie: Weeks Five & Eight"
2008 The Shield Ellen CarmichaelEpisode: "Family Meeting"
2009 Heroes Mary CampbellEpisode: "Trust and Blood"
2009 Scrubs Mrs. FremontEpisode: "My ABC's"
2009 Big Love Vicky NaborsEpisode: "Come, Ye Saints"
2009 House MelanieEpisode: "The Softer Side"
2009 Hawthorne Beth JohnsonEpisode: "The Sense of Belonging"
2009 The Cleaner Marcia FisherEpisode: "Path of Least Resistance"
2009 The Mentalist Nina HodgeEpisode: "Red Menace"
2009 Dexter Sally MitchellRecurring role (season 4)
2010 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Janet Marie MarshEpisode: "Lost & Found"
2010 No Ordinary Family Nina ClaremontEpisode: "No Ordinary Marriage"
2010 The Event Val BuchananEpisodes: "I Haven't Told You Everything", "A Matter of Life and Death"
2010 Lie to Me Carol AshlandEpisode: "Beyond Belief"
2011 The Craigslist Killer Susan McAllisterTV film
2011 CSI: Miami Gretchen CambridgeEpisode: "Stiff"
2011 Criminal Minds Martha SladeEpisode: "Painless"
2011, 2016 Awkward Tamara's MomEpisodes: "Queen Bee-atches", "Living in Sin"
2012–13 Austin & Ally Penny DawsonEpisodes: "Backups & Breakups", "Chapters & Choices", "Partners & Parachutes"
2013 Justified Eve MunroEpisodes: "Truth and Consequences", "Outlaw"
2016 Recovery Road Pamela GrangerEpisodes: "The Weaklings", "Your Side of the Street", "(Be)coming Clean"
2016Who Killed JonBenét? Patsy Ramsey TV film
2018–19 The Resident Vivian BetournayEpisodes: "Nightmares", "Stuck as Foretold"
2019 Tell Me a Story CoraEpisodes: "Writer’s Block", "Number One Fan"

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