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Julia Garner (born February 1, 1994) is an American actress. She gained recognition for playing Ruth Langmore in the Netflix crime drama series Ozark (2017–2022), for which she received critical acclaim and won three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Garner also had roles in the FX drama series The Americans (2015–2018), the Netflix miniseries Maniac (2018), and the Bravo true crime series Dirty John (2018–2019). In 2022, she portrayed Anna Sorokin in the Netflix miniseries Inventing Anna, for which she received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.
In film, Garner has appeared in Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), (2014), and (2025). She also had lead roles in the films Grandma (2015), The Assistant (2019), The Royal Hotel (2023), Wolf Man (2025), and Weapons (2025).
Garner attended Eagle Hill School in Greenwich, Connecticut. She began taking acting lessons at age 15 to overcome her shyness. During the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, Garner studied clown under Philippe Gaulier at École Philippe Gaulier in France.
In 2012, director David Chase invited her to play a small role he had written specifically for her in his film Not Fade Away. Also in the same year, she landed her first leading role in the film Electrick Children. In 2013, she starred alongside Ashley Bell in the horror film The Last Exorcism Part II, and played the lead in the American remake of the Mexican horror film We Are What We Are.
Garner co-starred in (2014) as new character Marcie, a young stripper who crosses paths with another new character, Johnny (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). This marked the first time she acted against a green screen.
In 2015, Garner starred in the Paul Weitz-directed comedy film Grandma alongside Lily Tomlin. Garner played a teenaged student eliciting the help of her lesbian poet grandmother (Tomlin) for an abortion. In 2016, she appeared in an episode of Lena Dunham's HBO comedy series Girls titled "The Panic in Central Park".
Garner continued acting in television and was cast in a recurring role in the third season of the FX period spy-thriller series The Americans. She continued the role through season six. She was to have made her off-Broadway debut in Noah Haidle's play Smokefall at MCC Theater in 2016, but had to drop out during rehearsals because of scheduling conflicts.
Beginning in 2017, Garner starred as Ruth Langmore in the Netflix crime drama series Ozark, opposite Jason Bateman and Laura Linney. The role gained her critical acclaim and three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
In 2018, Garner appeared in the Paramount Network miniseries Waco as Michelle, the sister of Melissa Benoist's character; and in the Netflix miniseries Maniac as Ellie, the sister of Emma Stone's character. Garner also made regular appearances in the Bravo true crime anthology series Dirty John (2018–19). She starred as Terra Newell, the daughter of Connie Britton's character.
Garner also co-stars in the Netflix miniseries Inventing Anna, playing the title role of fraudster Anna Sorokin. The series was created and produced by Shonda Rhimes, based on the New York article "How Anna Delvey Tricked New York's Party People" written by Jessica Pressler. It was released on Netflix on February 11, 2022.
In 2022, Garner was cast in thriller film Apartment 7A which serves as a prequel to 1968's Rosemary's Baby, directed by Natalie Erika James. Her company Alma Margo also signed a first look deal with Tomorrow Studios. In June of the same year, Garner was chosen by Madonna to play her in her self-produced biopic Who's That Girl; the project was put on hold while the singer was touring, and work on it had reportedly restarted in 2024.
In 2023, she starred in The Royal Hotel directed by Kitty Green.
In April 2024, Garner was cast as Shalla-Bal in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film, . That same year, she was cast in Leigh Whannell's Wolf Man, along with Zach Cregger's horror film, Weapons. All three films premiered in 2025.
Following the October 7 attacks in 2023, Garner signed an open letter published by Creative Community for Peace praising President Joe Biden for "unshakable moral conviction, leadership, and support for the Jewish people", as well as calling for the release of all hostages kidnapped during the attacks.
| 2011 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | Sarah | |
| 2012 | Electrick Children | Rachel McKnight | |
| Susan | |||
| Not Fade Away | Girl in Car | ||
| 2013 | We Are What We Are | Rose Parker | |
| Gwen | |||
| Hair Brained | Shauna Holder | ||
| 2014 | I Believe in Unicorns | Cassidy | |
| Marcie | |||
| 2015 | Grandma | Sage | |
| 2016 | Good Kids | Tinsley | |
| 2017 | Tomato Red | Jamalee Merridew | |
| One Percent More Humid | Catherine | ||
| Everything Beautiful Is Far Away | Rola | ||
| 2019 | Jane | ||
| 2023 | The Royal Hotel | Hanna | |
| 2024 | Apartment 7A | Terry Gionoffrio | |
| 2025 | Wolf Man | Charlotte Lovell | |
| Shalla-Bal | |||
| Weapons | Justine Gandy |
| 2015–2018 | Kimberly Breland | Recurring role; 10 episodes | |
| 2016 | Girls | Charlie's Roommate | Episode: "The Panic in Central Park" |
| 2016–2017 | Claudia Gunns | 2 episodes | |
| 2017–2022 | Ozark | Ruth Langmore | Main role |
| 2018 | Waco | Michelle Jones | Miniseries |
| Maniac | Ellie Landsberg | ||
| 2018–2019 | Dirty John | Terra Newell | Main role (season 1) |
| 2019 | Modern Love | Maddy | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Robot Chicken | Various voices | Voice; episode: "Callie Greenhouse in: Fun. Sad. Epic. Tragic" |
| 2022 | Inventing Anna | Anna Sorokin | Miniseries |
| 2023 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Herself | Guest judge; episode: "The Crystal Ball: Episode 200" |
| Episode: "Untucked - The Crystal Ball: Episode 200" | |||
| The Altruists | Caroline Ellison | Miniseries, also executive producer |
! scope="row" | Boston Society of Film Critics | 2020 | Best Actress | The Assistant | ||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Ozark | |||||
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| Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries | Inventing Anna | |||||
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| Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Inventing Anna | |||||
| 2020 | Ozark (episode: "In Case of Emergency") | |||||
| 2022 | Ozark (episode: "Sanctified") | |||||
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | Inventing Anna | |||||
| Outstanding Female Actor in a Drama Series | ||||||
| 2020 | Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series | Ozark (season 3) | ||||
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| 2022 | Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series | Ozark (season 4) | ||||
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| Outstanding Female Actor in a Miniseries Series or Television Movie | Inventing Anna |
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