Julia Brown is a Scottish / Irish actor. She grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland and moved to London at the age of 18. She started her career at 16 in BBC's "MI High". After a stint at drama school, Julia worked again with the BBC on crime-drama series "Shetland".
In 2019, Julia landed the lead role of Lois Bennett in BBC/PBS' "World On Fire". Her character finds a wartime role that exploits her remarkable singing talent. Brown herself is a gifted vocalist and sang much of the soundtrack that accompanies the episodes. In 2022, she reprised her role after a long gap in filming due to the pandemic. The show was released globally in 2023.
In 2024, Julia lead psychological thriller horror, "Daddy's Head", directed by Benjamin Barfoot. Mathew James Wilkinson (Yesterday) produces alongside Patrick Tolan (T.I.M) for Stigma Films. distributed by AMP.
Julia joined the cast of World Production's "Karen Pirie" in 2024, with the second series due to release in 2025.
In other work, she has performed a host of roles on prominent TV series. Recently in Jed Mercurio's crime-drama "Payback". Julia made a return as a recurring character in the sixth season of the critically acclaimed mystery crime drama "Shetland", rejoining the team after a series break. In "Anthony", we see her lead alongside Toheeb Jimoh as Jimmy McGovern pens the life that Anthony Walker could have lived. In the same year, she was seen as Ecgywn, future Queen consort of Wessex, in Netflix's popular "The Last Kingdom", based on Bernard Cornwell's stirring Saxon Stories, reprising her role from series 3. She was also seen in Netflix's The Alienist sequel: "The Angel Of Darkness".
In Flight(2025)as Amy, Amy McCallum
Karen Pirie(2022)as Catriona Grant
Daddy's Head(2024)as Laura
Payback(2023)as Manda Willis
Fort Solis(2023)as Jessica Appleton
Pointless Celebrities(2010)as Self - Contestant
The One Show(2006)as Self - Guest
