Julia Fox

Julia Francesca Fox (born February 2, 1990) She is also known for her eccentric style and online presence.

In October 2023, Fox released her debut book, a memoir titled Down the Drain. She has since released a song by the same name. She also hosts a Spotify podcast with Niki Takesh, titled Forbidden Fruits.

Early life Fox was born in Milan to Gracie and Thomas Fox, an Italian mother and an American father, who worked as a contractor. The couple split up when Julia and her two siblings were children. outside of Milan, while her mother finished college. They lived in a one-bedroom apartment with her mother's family, At age six, Julia moved to New York City to live with him in Manhattan's Yorkville neighborhood, but continued to visit her mother regularly in Italy.

At age 14, Fox moved back to Italy to stay with a host family near her mother's hometown and attend a private Catholic school. But she was asked to leave the host family due to smoking and skipping school, and then lived alone in her mother's empty apartment for some time before returning to New York.

While growing up, Fox experienced periods of relative homelessness, went clubbing, She was put on probation for three years for stealing and grand larceny for credit card fraud. After a suicide attempt at age 16, she was placed in a psychiatric ward, where she was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. and as an exhibiting painter and photographer. She self-published two books of photography, Symptomatic of a Relationship Gone Sour: Heartburn/Nausea, published in 2015, and PTSD, published in 2016.

She has since appeared in campaigns for Tiffany & Co., Diesel, Coach New York, and Supreme; and in editorials for CR Fashion Book, The Last, Office, Wonderland, Vogue, Vogue Italia, The Face, V, and Interview. She has also appeared on the covers of Vogue Czechoslovakia, Elle Brasil, and New York Magazine.

Acting

Fox made her feature film debut in the 2019 Safdie brothers A24 film Uncut Gems, playing a showroom saleswoman and mistress of the film's protagonist Howard Ratner (played by Adam Sandler), an erratic jewelry dealer and gambling addict.

She starred in Ben Hozie's PVT Chat, playing a cam girl named Scarlet. The film was released in the United States on February 5, 2021. She also starred in No Sudden Move which released in the United States on July 1, 2021. She starred in the drama movie Puppet, which was released in late 2022.

Fox starred in the 2024 dark comedy The Trainer opposite Vito Schnabel and Steven Van Zandt, directed by Tony Kaye. In 2024 it was announced that she is set to star in the action-thriller, The Deputy, alongside Tiffany Haddish and William H. Macy. In February 2024, It was announced she would act in the film HIM directed by Justin Tipping and co-produced by Jordan Peele; the film was released in September 2025. She is also to star in Night Always Comes, a Netflix ensemble film. In August 2024, it was announced she will appear in Northbound, a road trip comedy with Bruce Dern, Hunter Parrish, and Joanna Cassidy. In the same month, it was also announced that Fox will be starring in the sapphic romance, Perfect, opposite Ashley Moore and Micaela Wittman. In 2024, Fox starred in the American TV-series Fantasmas. In 2025, Fox guest starred in Adults.

In March 2025, Fox starred in the American ensemble comedy film Idiotka and was credited as an executive producer.

Other work Fox wrote and directed Fantasy Girls, a short film about a group of teenage girls involved in sex work living in Reno, Nevada, which was released in 2021.

Fox was previously a co-owner and investor of a nightclub on the Lower East Side named Happy Ending, which closed in 2013.

In October 2023, her memoir Down the Drain was published by Simon & Schuster. She drew inspiration from William S. Burroughs' Junkie, James Frey's A Million Little Pieces, and David Sedaris' Naked. The memoir will be developed into a TV series by Joey Soloway.

In February 2024, she performed her debut song, which shares the same name as the title of her 2023 memoir, at Charli XCX's Party Girl DJ warehouse rave set for the Boiler Room. Variety included "Down the Drain" in their Worst Songs of 2024 list. Later that year, Charli XCX paid tribute to Fox on her single "360", declaring "I'm so Julia", a nod to her ubiquity in pop culture.

Personal life In November 2018, Fox married Peter Artemiev. They resided together in Yorkville, Manhattan. Their son was born in 2021. Their divorce was finalized in July 2020.

In October 2022, she stated that she experienced postpartum depression. She also said she has bipolar disorder, obsessive–compulsive disorder, and ADHD,

In 2019, a close friend of Fox's died of a fentanyl overdose. Fox has spoken about how her friend's death influenced her to remain sober.

In an article she wrote for Interview in January 2022, Fox confirmed that she was dating rapper Kanye West. The two broke up the following month. Shortly after the break-up, a doctored headline claiming the relationship ended due to West's dislike of her going "goblin mode" went viral online, prompting the phrase "goblin mode" to become widely used. Fox confirmed that the headline was false.

Julia Fox became celibate sometime in late 2021 or early 2022. She first publicly revealed this decision on May 11, 2024, in a comment under a TikTok video. Fox's abstinence began when she felt like she was "done with men" after giving dating her "best shot". After Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, she said she turned her abstinence into a "subtle rebellion".

In July 2024, Fox publicly identified herself as a lesbian in a TikTok video, though the statement was made humorously. She later stated in an August 2025 Allure profile that she is in fact pansexual, and claimed that "If it were just down to the physical, I'm more attracted to the female body. Men don't do it for me at all [physically], but I can be attracted to a man's mind. I'm a vibes person".

In October 2025, Fox received backlash for dressing in a bloody replica of the pink Chanel suit that First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy was wearing when her husband, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated. Fox wore the suit to a Halloween party in New York City. She defended herself on Instagram by writing that it was "a statement." She wrote, "[Jacqueline's] decision not to change clothes, even after being encouraged to, was an act of extraordinary bravery. It was performance, protest, and mourning all at once. A woman weaponizing image and grace to expose brutality. It's about trauma, power, and how femininity itself is a form of resistance."

Filmography

Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 2020 Acting for a Cause Titania / Hippolyta Episode: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" 2022 Ziwe Herself Episode: "Men!" 2024 Fantasmas Mrs. Claus Episode: "Toilets” 2025 - present Adults Herself 2 episodes 2025Elsbeth Raquel Drabowski Episode: "Good Grief"

Music videos

Awards and nominations Year Nominated work Award Category Result 2019Uncut GemsChicago Film Critics AssociationMost Promising Performer Georgia Film Critics AssociationBreakthrough Award Gotham AwardsBreakthrough Actor Toronto Film Critics AssociationBest Supporting Actress