Julie Strain

Julie Ann Strain (February 18, 1962 – January 10, 2021) was an American actress A graduate of Diablo Valley College, she had an extensive athletic background. She moved to Las Vegas to begin her professional career, and later relocated to Hollywood, California.

Career Julie Strain was Penthouse Pet of the Month for June 1991 and Penthouse Pet of the Year for 1993.

With over 100 films to her credit, Strain was nicknamed the "Queen of B-movies". She modelled for many comic book artists, including Simon Bisley, Milo Manara, and Kevin Eastman, whom she would later marry. Her likeness was also used in animation. She provided the voice for the main character in the animated film Heavy Metal 2000, and was the basis for the third-person shooter video game Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2. She was a frequent guest panelist at comic book conventions like San Diego Comic-Con.

Strain was one of the main subjects and was interviewed for the documentaries Some Nudity Required (1998) and Something to Scream About (2004). Her sister, Lizzy Strain, was interviewed for the latter as well, but did not make the final cut. As a favor to Julie, Lizzy's interview was included as a Bonus Feature on the DVD release.

In 1997, Heavy Metal published Strain's autobiography, Six Foot One and Worth the Climb. It was heavily illustrated with stills from her film and modelling career, plus paintings by Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell and Olivia De Berardinis.

Personal life and death Strain was tall. By November 2018, her boyfriend Dave Gram announced that she was in the late stages of dementia, believed to be a result of the fall; she was receiving hospice care at home.

In January 2020, Malibu Bay Films, a studio which Strain worked with frequently, incorrectly reported that she had died; the studio quickly retracted their statement after it established the news had been an error. Strain actually died on January 10, 2021, at age 58.

Partial filmography Year Film Role Other notes 1990 Repossessed Aerobics / Locker Room Nude Girl (uncredited) 1991 Midnight Heat Carl's Breakfast Girl / Silver Statuette a.k.a. Sunset Heat Out for Justice Roxanne Ford Double Impact Student 1992 Soulmates Pretty Woman a.k.a. Blood Love (UK video title) / a.k.a. Evil Lives (USA video title) Kuffs Kane's Girl Mirror Images Gina Kaye Witchcraft IV: The Virgin Heart Belladonna Night Rhythms Linda The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter Creature a.k.a. H.P. Lovecraft's The Unnamable Returns / a.k.a. The Unnamable Returns 1993 Love Bites Female Jogger a.k.a. Love Bites: The Reluctant Vampire (USA) Psycho Cop Returns Stephanie a.k.a. Psycho Cop 2 (USA video box title) Enemy Gold Jewel Panther Love Is Like That Amber a.k.a. Bad Love / a.k.a. Wild Angel Fit to Kill Blu Steele Teasers Diva 1994 Play Time Sheraton The Devil's Pet Queen of Lost Island Naked Gun : The Final Insult Dominatrix Beverly Hills Cop III Annihilator Girl #2 Infernal Soldiers Tess a.k.a. The Mosaic Project (video title) The Dallas Connection Black Widow Baywatch Windsurfer (uncredited); Episode: Red Wind / a.k.a. Baywatch Hawaii (USA new title) 1995 Takin' It Off Out West Mary 'Mad Mary' Big Sister 2000 Interrogator Starstruck Johanna Blonde Heaven Illyana a.k.a. Morgana (USA DVD title) / a.k.a. Morganna (USA video title) Johnny Mnemonic: The Interactive Action Movie Pretty Temptress II Erica Barnes a.k.a. Sorceress Dark Secrets Mauri Victim of Desire Linda Hammond a.k.a. Implicated Midnight Confessions Mariana a.k.a. Voices of Seduction (UK video title) Virtual Desire Sascha 1996 Squanderers Jill a.k.a. Money to Burn Day of the Warrior Willow Black a.k.a. L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Day of the Warrior Hollywood: The Movie Dora Red Line Crystal 1997 The Last Road Maggie a.k.a. SpeedWay (USA video title) Hollywood Cops Madam Fortune Stella Busted Annette Bikini Hotel Raquel Guns of El Chupacabra Queen B Lethal Seduction Holly a.k.a. Lethal Betrayal Sorceress II: The Temptress Tara Coventry a.k.a. Legion of Evil: Sorceress II (UK DVD title) / a.k.a. Sorceress 2 (USA short title) 1998 Masseuse 3 Sascha a.k.a. Indiscretions (USA) L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach Willow Black Armageddon Boulevard Queen Bee Sex Court (TV series) Judge Julie 1999 Ride with the Devil The Temptress Wasteland Justice Raven Desirable Liaisons (TV series) Colonel Fedorova Bloodthirsty New Roommate / Narrator a.k.a. Blood Thirsty (USA video box title) Captain Jackson (TV series) Robot Mommy 2000 The Independent Ms. Kevorkian Heavy Metal 2000 Julie (voice) Heavy Metal F.A.K.K.2 (Germany) The Rowdy Girls Mick The Bare Wench Project The Bare Wench Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2 Julie (voice) Video game Centerfold Coeds: Girlfriends Miss Hardy 2001 Sex Court: The Movie Judge Julie The Bare Wench Project 2: Scared Topless The Bare Wench Bare Wench 2: Book of Babes (USA) / a.k.a. Book of Babes: Bare Wench 2 (USA video box title) BattleQueen 2020 Gayle a.k.a. Battle Queen 2020 (USA) The Man Show (TV series) Stripper Episode: Sperm Bank How to Make a Monster Herself 2002 God Squad! Julie Thirteen Erotic Ghosts Baroness Lucrezia .com for Murder Exotic dancer Planet of the Erotic Ape Unknown a.k.a. Babes in Kongland or World of the Erotic Ape (USA DVD titles) The Bare Wench Project 3: Nymphs of Mystery Mountain The Bare Wench a.k.a. Bare Wench III: The Path of the Wicked (USA) / a.k.a. Bare Wench: The Path of the Wicked (USA DVD title) Bleed Linda 2003 HorrorTales.666 Unknown Baberellas Coochinota Birth Rite Ms. Carlson Zombiegeddon Dispatcher Delta Delta Die! Marilyn Fitch Rock n' Roll Cops 2: The Adventure Begins Stella a.k.a. The Rock n' Roll Cops (USA DVD title) Bare Wench Project: Uncensored The Bare Wench 2004 Tales from the Crapper Ivanna Dance / Samantha Something to Scream About HerselfDVD features her sister Lizzy Strain. 2005 Bare Wench: The Final Chapter Bare Wench Azira: Blood from the Sand Azira No Pain, No Gain Amazon Beach Goddess Exterminator City Unknown 2007 Chantal Sinister Model Hollywood Scream Queens Herself 2008 Magus Madame Zelda 2009 Space Girls in Beverly Hills Queen Ziba Final film role