Julie White

Infobox actor
name = Julie White

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birthdate = Birth date and age|mf=yes|1961|6|4|mf=y
birthplace = San Diego, California
tonyawards = Best Leading Actress in a Play
2007 "The Little Dog Laughed"

Julie White (born June 4, 1961) is an American Tony Award-winning actress known to television audiences for her supporting role on the ABC sitcom "Grace Under Fire".

Biography

Personal life

White was born in the Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego, California, the daughter of Sue Jane, a therapist, and Edwin White, a dentist. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/5/Julie-White.html Julie White Biography (1962?-) ] ] White and her family moved to Austin, Texas, to take up ranching when she was three years old. She started acting in local plays and became a semi-professional at 16. While she was playing the lead role in the musical, "The Baker's Wife", the show's authors encouraged her to take her talent to New York City. After graduating from high school, she followed their advice, enrolling as a history major at Fordham University.

White is divorced, and has one daughter, Alexandra.

Career

White has been a prolific stage actress, getting her start in regional theatre. Her theater credits include roles in "Absurd Person Singular", "Money and Friends", "Marvin's Room", "Largo Desolato", and "On the Verge". White made her off-Broadway debut as the lead in "Lucky Stiff". Her other off-Broadway credits include "The Stick Wife", "Early One Evening", "Just Say No", "Over Texas", and a starring role in "Spike Heels" with Kevin Bacon and Tony Goldwyn. White also appeared in a one-woman show, Theresa Rebeck's "Bad Dates", written especially for her.

On Broadway, White appeared in a production of Wendy Wasserstein's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "The Heidi Chronicles". In 2006, she received rave reviews for "The Little Dog Laughed" by Douglas Carter Beane. She played the role of Diane, a screen agent, who, as one critic put it, is "a Mephistopheles in Manolos". [ [http://theater2.nytimes.com/2006/11/14/theater/reviews/14dog.html?adxnnl=1&ref=theater&adxnnlx=1163774550-COU0fQNyP0eqHfe6NgSz6w The Little Dog Laughed - Theater - Review - New York Times ] ] The show, originally produced off-Broadway, transferred to Broadway with a new cast, including former "Grace Under Fire" costar Tom Everett Scott. She won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her performance, over nominees Angela Lansbury, Vanessa Redgrave, Swoosie Kurtz, and Eve Best (mentioned by most critics as the favorite).

White's most high profile television role to date was as Nadine, the quirky neighbor on "Grace Under Fire". White joined the show when it launched in 1993 and appeared in the first four seasons. However, she did not appear in the show's final season. Her departure was attributed to conflict with the show's troubled star, Brett Butler. [ [http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/grace.htm Grace Under Fire | A Television Heaven Review ] ]

White has subsequently made several guest appearances on HBO's "Six Feet Under" as Mitzi Dalton-Huntley and on NBC's "" as Dr. Anne Morella. White also appeared on "Desperate Housewives" as "Amanda" in the season two finale but chose to turn down a recurring role when she was offered the role in The Little Dog Laughed. According to White, the character may at some point be brought back onto the show. [ [http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=540367&pn=3 Julie White, Q&A Interview: Broadway.com Buzz ] ] She plays Judy Witwicky, mother of Sam Witwicky, in the "Transformers" movie (2007).

White appeared in the ABC sitcom "Cavemen" in the Fall of 2007.

In 2008, White received a Drama Desk Award nomination for her role in the play "From Up Here".

She will reprise her role in .

References

External links

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*Julie White interview: [http://www.americantheatrewing.org/seminars/detail/leading_ladies_12_06 Leading Ladies] Working in the Theatre video from American Theatre Wing, December 2006
* [http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=24407 BroadwayWorld Article: Julie White to Star in 'From Up Here' at MTC]