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Julia Francesca Barretto Baldivia (born March 10, 1997), known as Julia Barretto (), is a Filipino actress, commercial model and entrepreneur. Known for playing lead roles in romantic comedy and drama, she began her acting career as a child actress in several television . She has starred in numerous blockbuster films such as Vince and Kath and James (2016), Love You to the Stars and Back (2017), Unexpectedly Yours (2017) and Un/Happy for You (2024). Her accolades include two FAMAS Awards and three Box Office Entertainment Awards, including nominations for an Asian Television Awards and two Luna Awards.
She finished grade school (Grades 1 to 7) at Miriam College in Loyola Heights Katipunan Avenue Quezon City in March 2011. She started high school at Miriam College from freshman to sophomore year, where she played as a member of their varsity volleyball team in the WNCAA, until she transferred to St. Paul College in Pasig in 2013 during her junior year under their curriculum for professional talents after signing a contract with Star Magic. She graduated high school in 2015.
In 2017, Barretto teamed up with Garcia for the third time and starred in the film Unexpectedly Yours with Sharon Cuneta and Robin Padilla. The film garnered bigger numbers at the box office, grossing ₱249 million worldwide. In August 2018, the tandem made their television series debut in the drama series Ngayon at Kailanman. The show was a consistent top rater, garnered its highest national TV rating of 34.7% in the finale. The same year, the pair starred with Kris Aquino in the film I Love You, Hater. In May 2019, she starred in the romance drama film Between Maybes opposite Gerald Anderson, her first project without Garcia in more than two years. Barretto has earned consecutive nominations for Movie Loveteam of the Year at the PMPC Star Awards for Movies from 2017 to 2022 (excluding 2020).
In 2023, Barretto was featured on the cover of Preview Magazine for their September issue, her first in over a decade. In November, she was announced as the newest calendar girl for the local liquor brand Tanduay.
In 2024, Barretto starred alongside Korean actor Sang Heon Lee and Indonesian actor Nicholas Saputra in the Viu Philippines web series entitled Secret Ingredient. She was nominated for Best Leading Female in a Digital Series at the 2024 Asian Television Awards for her performance in the series.
Barretto reunited with Garcia after four years in the 2024 romantic drama movie Un/Happy for You, which was a massive box-office success.
In May 2025, Barretto joined as Eat Bulaga! co-host during Sugod Campus, Mga Kapatid! campus tour on Cavite State University - Don Severino delas Alas Campus. Prior to joining as roster of Dabarkads, she appeared as celebrity guest on Bawal Judgemental! segment.
On April 7, 2020, Julia and her sisters Dani and Claudia launched a fund raising event #ParaMayBukas to fund an emergency quarantine facility to prevent overcrowding in the hospital. The Barretto sisters were able to raise more than 600,000 thousands pesos and half of the money were used to build a COVID-19 Quarantine Facility at Fe Del Mundo Medical Centre in Quezon City and the remaining 300,000 pesos were used to buy meals and PPE or Personal Protective Equipment for health-workers.
In March 2021, she joined Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) mission with her boyfriend Gerald Anderson, Lt. Commander of PCG in distributing relief goods to 300 Aeta people. In July of the same year, Barretto participated in another Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) relief mission with her boyfriend in distributing food packs to 100 families in San Antonio, Zambales.
In November 2024, Barretto was among of the celebrities who supported the Red Charity Gala which raised over 5 million pesos for the benefit of Hope for Lupus Foundation, Philippine Red Cross and Assumption High School Batch 1981 Foundation. She donated Christmas presents to 500 scholars at the charity event with Project Pearls Learning Center in December 2024.
She took part in Run to Share event organized by I Want to Share Foundation and was able to successfully raised 1 million pesos with all the proceeds donated to pediatric cancer patients at UP-Philippine General Hospital Pedia Hema-Onco Division in April 2025.
Currently, Barretto is in a relationship with actor and Between Maybes co-star Gerald Anderson. Anderson confirmed the relationship in a 2021 interview with Boy Abunda.
In 2020, Barretto filed a legal complaint against former broadcaster Jay Sonza for cyber libel and violation of the Safe Spaces Act at the National Bureau of Investigation due to his malicious social media posts alleging her pregnancy.
| Unexpectedly Yours | Yanni Gonzales | ||
| Chino's rescue | Guest appearance | ||
| Expensive Candy | Candy | ||
| Un/Happy For You | Zy Angeles | ||
| Hold Me Close | Lynlyn | ||
| Kokey | Anna | |
| Petra | ||
| Alexandra "Alex" | ||
| Karen G. Nobleza | ||
| Allysa | ||
| Abigail Marquez | ||
| Sasha Santillan | ||
| Aika Dare | ||
| Masked Singer Pilipinas | Herself | Guest judge |
| It's Showtime | Herself | Guest performer |
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| 2018 | Most Popular Love Team of Movies & Television | Love You to the Stars and Back | ||
| 2019 | Princess of Philippine Movies and Television | Ngayon at Kailanman | ||
| 2016 | Best Supporting Actress | Para sa Hopeless Romantic | ||
| 2018 | Best Actress | Love You to the Stars and Back | ||
| Female Celebrity of the Night | Herself | |||
| 2018 | Love You to the Stars and Back | |||
| Movie Loveteam of the Year | ||||
| 2018 | Movie Love Team of the Year | Love You to the Stars and Back | ||
| Movie Supporting Actress of the Year | Unexpectedly Yours | |||
| 2019 | Movie Love Team of the Year | I Love You, Hater | ||
| 2021 | Movie Love Team of the Year | Between Maybes | ||
| 2022 | Movie Loveteam of the Year | Block Z | ||
| German Moreno Power Tandem Award | Herself | |||
| 2018 | Female Star of the Night | Herself | ||
| 2014 | Best Dressed | |||
| 2017 | Belle of the Ball | |||
| 2021 | Gold Play Button |
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