Julia Jones


Julia Jones is an American actress, known for playing Leah Clearwater in The Twilight Saga films and Kohana in the HBO series Westworld.

Early life and education

Julia Jones was born January 23, 1981 in Boston, Massachusetts to Frank Jones and Penny Wells. She has a younger brother named Cody. Through her mother, she is of English descent, and through her father, she is of African American, Choctaw, and Chickasaw descent.
She was raised in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, and often frequented the first JP Licks, which was close to her home. Jones studied at the 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 the historic Boston Latin School, the oldest public school in the United States. She subsequently attended Columbia University where she earned a degree in English.

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. Jones stated that she enjoyed seeing her character Leah Clearwater transform into her wolf form with the use of CGI. In 2015, she played the female lead opposite Adam Sandler in The Ridiculous 6 and Gab on the Netflix series Longmire. She also made an appearance on the 2019 Disney+ series The Mandalorian.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards