American actress and ballet dancer Julia Goldani Telles is best known for her roles in the ABC family sitcom “Bunheads” and the “Showtime” original series “The Affair.” She was born in Los Angeles, California, but spent her early years in Rio de Janeiro until the family moved back to Los Angeles. Telles began taking dance lessons in Brazil when she was a little child and kept doing so after moving back to the US. Before being forced to take a sabbatical from dancing owing to an accident, she appeared in a number of ballet performances. Telles enrolled in a theatre class and was accepted for the TV show “Bunheads” after a successful audition. Then, in the well-known series “The Affair,” “Whitney Solloway” played several guest roles before taking the lead. Additionally, she has acted in movies including “Slender Man,” “Most Likely to Murder,” and “The Wind.”
Early Childhood & Life
Julia Goldani Telles, the daughter of sociologist Edward Eric Telles and Ana Maria Goldani, was born on March 18, 1995, in Los Angeles, California. Her father is Mexican, while her mother is Brazilian. She is the only child. Her parents moved to Rio de Janeiro when she was two years old. At age five, she started taking ballet lessons. Her family returned to Los Angeles in 2000.
She was accepted into the summer program of the “School of American Ballet” when she was nine years old. She worked arduously to develop her talent. The “Ballet Academy East” is where she also received training. She enrolled in the ‘Professional Children’s School’ in Manhattan, New York, when she was 13 years old.
Telles took the stage in a number of ballet productions, including as “Don Quixote,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “Swan Lake,” and “Nutcracker.” She had to take a year off from ballet dancing when she was 15 due to tendinitis and labral tears in her hips. She enrolled in a theatrical course in the interim. She was introduced to an acting coach by one of her friends, who then recommended her to an agent.
Career of Julia Goldani Telles
She went through an audition to play “Sasha Torres” in the “ABC Family” sitcom “Bunheads” in 2011. She had no prior acting experience and no resume, yet she was hired after a successful audition and appeared in the 18-episode series that debuted on June 11, 2012. She made an appearance in the Nat and Alex Wolff song “Greatest Prize” music video in 2012.
She had a brief appearance in the 2014 television series “Blue Bloods.” In “The Carrie Diaries” (2014), she played the character “Amelia Strong.” She played the part of “Mandy” in three episodes of the 2014 television series “Nurse Jackie.”
Telles discovered a strong and intriguing character of “Whitney Solloway” in the Showtime (2014–present) series, “The Affair,” not long after “Bunheads” was canceled. She gained popularity and notoriety as a result of her role in this enduring series. She appeared in the 2016 television miniseries “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.”
In the 2018 American supernatural horror film “Slender Man,” Telles made her acting debut as “Hallie,” sharing the screen with Joey King, Jaz Sinclair, and Javier Botet, among others. In 2018, she also had appearances in “Most Likely to Murder” and “The Wind.” The Space Between and Looks That Kill are two of her next projects.
Personal Life of Julia Goldani Telles
Telles is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese but considers Portuguese to be her native tongue.
Telles currently balances managing her acting career with attending “Columbia University” for academic purposes.
Julia Goldani Telles Net Worth
One of the wealthiest actors in the United States is Julia. Julia Goldani Telles has a $5 million net worth, per our analysis of data from sources like Wikipedia, Forbes, and Business Insider.