Julie Dretzin is an American actress and audiobook reader. Her fame and popularity came through hard work and commitment. Despite many celebrities becoming famous by association, Julie’s marriage has only made her work more interesting.
She debuted her acting career at Broadway before shifting to mainstream movies along the way. Her career as an audiobook reader can be called a kind of art through the use of accents to tell stories.
Her marriage to Sam Caitlin complements their work in the movie industry.
Who is Julie Dretzin?
She is an American actress whose marriage has added to her popularity. Julie was born on May 24 1968 in America. Her parents, David Duff Dretzin and Joanna Merlin were involved in the movies right from when Julie was a little girl. Julie and her sister are products of her mother’s second marriage to David.
Having this early exposure to the cinema from her parents encouraged her love for acting. This and her love for acting motivated her into pursuing a career in acting.
Julie is a studious type. Having completed her studies for a diploma at Hampshire College, she planned to go for her master’s in Theatre at Rutgers University. The plan came at a time she got the audition for The Sisters Rosensweig Broadway production. The role turned out to be her first professional role.
Interesting Details To Know About Julie Dretzin
1. Her Marriage And Children
Despite all the media attention Julie Dretzin is taking, she keeps her family life under the wraps. She is married to popular American writer and producer Sam Catlin. Together they have built a life that goes beyond a romantic relationship to a professional one.
They have collaborated on many projects. Their greatest collaboration is having two kids and raising them as parents. The names of their children are not known though.
2. Julie Dretzin Parents Marriage
An interesting angle to Julie Dretzin’s life is her parent’s relationships and marriage. Her father, David Dretzin was a lawyer that worked for labor and employment. He was also into directing and producing of theater works. Her mother, on the other hand, is popular for her recurring role on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit as Judge Lena Petrovsky.
Before meeting and marrying Julie’s dad she was married to Martin Paul Lubner from 1950 to 1957. After her divorce from him. She met and married Julie’s dad in 1964. Their marriage lasted over four decades at his death in 2006.
3. Julie Dretzin Made Her Acting Debut In 1993
Talking about Tess Goode is incomplete without linking Julie’s role as the character that connects the scripts for the big characters to take over. The year is 1993 and having completed a diploma, an opportunity is open for Julie to pursue a master’s degree, then came a role on Broadway.
It marked a turnaround point in her career. The show ran between March and August of the same year. Importantly it laid the foundation for her other stage productions.
4. Julie Dretzin Audio Reading
She has proven her great narration skill as an audio reader for different brands. Julie has narrated audiobooks for children, young adults, magazines, and her husband’s plays. Having established herself on Broadway, she branched out to audiobooks with her consistent narration of book after book.
Starting from 1999, Julie narrated There’s a Girl in My Hammock for Recorded books. In 2003, her narration of The Beetle and Me: A Love Story was selected by the Young Adult Library Services Association in its list.
5. Her Husband Produced And Wrote Breaking Bad
It is an admirable trait to see a couple working within the same cycle to produce awesome works. This is a fine attribute between Julie and Sam. Over the years, they have worked on different parts of the project.
Julie favors the screen with her acting while Sam works behind the scene either producing or writing. Breaking Bad is one of his most recognized works. He wrote and produced the second season of the series starting from 2009.
6. Her Aunt Convinced Schulz To Add A Black Character To Peanuts Comic
Julie’s mom’s elder sister was Harriet Glickman. At the time of her death at the age of 93 in 2020, many remembered her contribution to the civil rights movement in America. She wrote to Charles M. Schulz, the creator of the popular Peanuts comic to add a black character.
This followed after the killing of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. Glickman was responsible for the introduction of Franklin, a black character in the comic.
7. Julie Dretzin Movies
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She has steadily built her acting career over the years with many movie roles to her credit. Some of the roles she took are in the following movies:
- Bull (2021) as Carol Atkins
- Monsterland (2020) as Sherman
- The Handmaids Tale (2018-2019) as Eleanor Lawrence
- Grey’s Anatomy (2013) as Carmen Hall
- 30 Rock (2012) as Amy
- Beastly (2011) as Rob’s assistant
- Bamboozled (2000) as Beth
- Breaking Bad (2010) as Pamela
- Six Feet Under (2004-2005) as Barb
