Julie Nolke

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Julie Marie Nolke
Born
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Education York University (BFA in Acting)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedian
  • YouTuber
  • writer
Years active2014–present
Known forExplaining The Pandemic to my Past Self
Tastemade videos and show
PartnerSamuel Larson[ citation needed ]
Children1
YouTube information
Channel
Genres
  • Skits
  • parodies
  • vlogs
Subscribers1.07 million [1]
Total views171.36 million [1]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2020
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2022
Last updated: 07 Nov 2023

Julie Marie Nolke is a Canadian comedian, actress, writer, and YouTuber. She is best known for her comedic YouTube series Explaining the Pandemic to my Past Self. [2] [3] [4]

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Career

Nolke initially started her YouTube channel Feeling Peckish in May 2015 as a hobby with her boyfriend Sam where she uploaded cooking videos. [5] She was then hired by Tastemade to make videos, develop ideas for content, and to produce branded content. [6] [7] She has also starred in the Tastemade show One for the Road with Andrew Gunadie. [8] She later changed her YouTube channel name to Julie Nolke, where she now uploads skits, parodies and vlogs.

According to Nolke, the inspiration for her channel is: "I want to debunk this idea that women aren't funny. I think you can not only be a funny woman, but you can talk about things from a woman's perspective and have it be funny. That's the main mantra of the channel." [9] Her YouTube video Are We Bad Feminists? won the "Excellence in Writing" award at the 2019 Buffer Festival. [10] She also directed, wrote, and starred in a YouTube video When you buy ADULT TOYS online, which was nominated for the 2020 Outstanding Comedy Short at the Toronto Sketchfest "Best of the Fest" award show. [11]

In April 2020, Nolke uploaded the first episode of Explaining the Pandemic to My Past Self to YouTube, a comedy sketch depicting her time-traveling to talk to her past self before the COVID-19 pandemic [12] [13] where she vaguely discusses various social and political issues that have arisen in the future with her past self, [14] such as the pandemic, [15] [13] the George Floyd protests, [16] and the 2020 Beirut explosion. [4] The first several videos in the series collectively had more than 25 million views by October 2020. [3] By January 2022, she had uploaded seven videos in the series. [17] Explaining the Pandemic to My Past Self was nominated for a 2021 Webby Award in the Viral, General Video category. [18] [19] Nolke won 2021 Webby Awards in Best Individual Performance and two Audience Choice Awards for best viral video and best writing. [2]

In addition to her YouTube channel, she has had roles in movies, short films, and television shows, including Oil Men, What We Do in the Shadows , [5] TallBoyz , Workin' Moms , [20] and Run the Burbs . [21] She starred in the comedy short Hashtag Apocalypse, which received an award of distinction at the 2019 Canada Shorts Film Festival. [22] Nolke had a small role in Secret Society of Second-Born Royals , but has said her part was cut in the final version. [23]

In September 2022, she founded YouTube comedy group Pulp Comedy which features six Canadian comedy actors and writers. [24]

Personal life

Nolke was born in Calgary, Alberta. [9]

Filmography

Julie Nolke filmography
YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2014ExquisiteDestiny [25]
2017Oil MenLeanne Romanko
2019 TallBoyz Stephanie [20]
2019Hashtag ApocalypseElliot
2020 What We Do in the Shadows Witch No. 1 [26]
2020 Workin' Moms Bank Manager
2022–present Run the Burbs Sam [27]
2022 Coroner CoriEpisode: "Safe Space"
2023 You're My Hero Peyton
2023The Wedding RuleGemma (lead)

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