Crystal Carson

Crystal Carson (born June 24) is an American actress and acting coach. She is best known for playing Julia Barrett on the ABC soap opera General Hospital from 1991 to 1993. She is also an acting coach who has had many well known Hollywood clients.

Early life Carson was born in Nebraska. She is the oldest of four children. Her father, who managed the circulation department at the Omaha World Herald, died from cancer when Carson was seven. After her father's death, her mother took over his business and the circulation department was moved to their family home. Carson began answering phones, using different voices to respond. When Carson was a teenager, her mother remarried and had another child. On television, she landed guest appearances on Thirtysomething and Simon & Simon.

Carson played the contract role of Julia Barrett on the ABC soap opera General Hospital from 1991 to 1993, returning for guest appearances in 1997 and 1998.

In 2024, she played Teresa in the romantic comedy film A Wall Away.

Personal life Carson met her husband, computer programmer Peter Bradley, while she was waitressing at a bar in Lincoln, Nebraska. His car had broken down in front of the bar. They were married in July 1990 in a church on the Maine coastline, near Kennebunkport.

Carson announced in 2021 that she was undergoing treatment for stage three breast cancer. She was initially misdiagnosed when her MRI results were misfiled under another woman's test results.

Filmography

Film

Television 1997;1998General HospitalJulia BarrettContract role;