Julia Jones
Julia Jones (born January 23, 1981) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Leah Clearwater in The Twilight Saga film series and Angela Bishop in the television series Dexter: New Blood, and for guest starring as Kohana in "Kiksuya", acclaimed as one of the best episodes in the four-year run of the series Westworld.
Julia Jones

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- Name
- Julia Jones
- Born
- 23 January 1981
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Education
- Columbia University
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- United States.
- Fields
- acting.
- Languages
- English.
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Julia Jones (born January 23, 1981) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Leah Clearwater in The Twilight Saga film series and Angela Bishop in the television series Dexter: New Blood, and for guest starring as Kohana in "Kiksuya", acclaimed as one of the best episodes in the four-year run of the series Westworld.
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Key facts
• Name — Julia Jones • Born — 23 January 1981 • Birthplace — Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. • Education — Columbia University • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 2003–present
Early life and education
Early life and education
Julia Jones was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Frank Jones and Penny Wells. She has a younger brother named Cody. She has stated that her mother is of English descent, and that her father "is part Choctaw, Chickasaw, and African-American". She was raised in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, and frequented the first JP Licks ice cream store, which was close to her home. Jones studied at Boston Ballet School from the age of 4. She began working in commercials and local theatre when she was eight. In 1999, Jones graduated from Boston Latin School, the oldest public school in the United States. She subsequently attended Columbia University where she earned her bachelor's degree in English in 2005.
Career
Career
Jones has modeled in catalogues for Levi Strauss & Co., Gap Inc., Esprit Holdings, and L'Oréal. She appeared in Chuck Wicks's music video for "Hold That Thought". Jones appeared in a number of independent films before being cast in the Quentin Tarantino-produced biker remake Hell Ride, which premiered at Sundance in 2008. She played Dr. Kaya Montoya on ER in its final two seasons. In 2009, she appeared in the Culture Clash play Palestine, New Mexico, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. In 2010, Jones was cast in Jonah Hex and in the last three installments of The Twilight Saga. In 2015, she played the female lead opposite Adam Sandler in The Ridiculous 6 and Gab on the Netflix series Longmire. In 2018, she guest starred as Kohana in "Kiksuya", acclaimed as one of the best episodes in the four-year run of the series Westworld. She guest starred on the 2019 Disney+ series The Mandalorian in the episode "Chapter 4: Sanctuary". She portrayed Chafa, the first Choctaw, in the 2024 miniseries Echo in an uncredited role.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2008 — ER — Dr. Kaya Montoya — 4 episodes • 2012 — In Plain Sight — Heather Pierce — Episode: "Reservations, I've Got a Few" • 2013 — The Thanksgiving House — Victoria — Television film • 2015 — Longmire — Gabriella Langton — Recurring role (Season 4) • 2017 — High School Lover — Samantha Winters — Television film • 2018 — Westworld — Kohana — 2 episodes • 2019 — Goliath — Stephanie Littlecrow — Main cast (Season 3) • 2019 — The Mandalorian — Omera — Episode: "Chapter 4: Sanctuary" • 2021–2022 — Rutherford Falls — Sally — Recurring role • 2021–2024 — The Ghost and Molly McGee — Miss Lightfoot (voice) — Recurring role • 2021–2022 — Dexter: New Blood — Angela Bishop — Main cast • 2024 — Echo — Chafa — Miniseries, 5 episodes (uncredited)
Video games
Video games
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2025 — Marvel's Deadpool VR — Spiral
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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2017
Excellent dementia care in hospitals: a guide to supporting people with dementia and their carers / Jo James, Beth Cotton, Jules Knight, Rita Freyne, Josh Pettit and Lucy Gilby; with contributions by Nicci Gerrard and Julia Jones; foreword by Tommy Dunne., dated 2017, held by Wellcome Collection.
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2003 — The — Gigi • 2004 — Black Cloud — Sammi • 2007 — The — Gina — Short film • 2008 — Hell Ride — Cherokee Kisum • 2008 — Three Priests — Abby • 2010 — Jonah Hex — Cassie • 2010 — The — Leah Clearwater • 2011 — The — Leah Clearwater • 2011 — California Indian — April Cordova • 2012 — Missed Connections — Tess Wright • 2012 — The — Leah Clearwater • 2012 — Rich Girl Problems — Celeste — Short film • 2013 — Winter in the Blood — Agnes First Raise • 2015 — The — Smoking Fox • 2017 — Wind River — Wilma Lambert • 2018 — Tao of Surfing — Amber • 2018 — Angelique's Isle — Angelique Mott • 2019 — Cold Pursuit — Aya • 2020 — Think Like a Dog — Agent Munoz • 2024 — Rez Ball — Gloria Holiday • 2026 — The Weight — Anna • 2026 — Sour Minnows
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reference work
- “Julia Jones”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q239240: Julia Jones
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scholarly publication
- Jones, Julia Marian (1923–2015), actress and television scriptwriter, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2019
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2019
Awards
• (2004) FAITA Award for Best Actress for Black Cloud

Twilight movie actors Jackson Rathbone and Julia Jones join Marines for a pre-Thanksgiving newscast with Fox 5 San Diego at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Nov. 23. Newscasters Shally Zomorodi and Raoul Martinez interviewed the actors, who are best known for their roles as Jasper and Leah in Breaking Dawn, the latest movie in the Twilight saga.
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Twilight movie actress Julia Jones.
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- 1.Berumen, Frank Javier Garcia. American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood. McFarland. 251. 2020. 9781476636474.
- 2.Multuracial Generation Spurns Categories. Chicago Tribune. 2021-08-21.
- 3.O'Leary, Janice. Twilight's Julia Jones: A Wolf in Chic Clothing. bostoncommon-magazine.com. November 13, 2011.
- 4.Goldstein, Meredith. Thanks to a major role in the next 'Twilight' movie, fame is about to bite Boston's Julia Jones in a big way. The Boston Globe. January 26, 2010.
- 5.Edwards, Sara. Catching Up with Julia Jones. Boston. February 17, 2012.
- 6.Soroff, Jonathan. Soroff On: Julia Jones (interview). The Improper Bostonian. 2010.
- 7.Boston Latin School Association. Jones '99: Actress Attends NYC Premiere. 2014-08-22.
- 8.Columbia College Alumni Association. Alumni in the News: September 23, 2019. Columbia College Today. September 23, 2019.
- 9.Photo Flash: PALESTINE, NEW MEXICO Opens at Mark Taper Forum. Losangeles.broadwayworld.com.
- 10.Alex Meraz, Chaske Spencer and Julia Jones (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) Interview Celebrity Interviews. showtimes.com. March 11, 2016.
- 11.The Weight. 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
- 12.Behind The Voice Actors. Julia Jones (visual voices guide).
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