Julia Butters

Butters was born in Los Angeles. Her father Darrin Butters is a Disney animator who has worked on films such as Frozen and Ralph Breaks the Internet.^[2][3][4]

Julia Butters began her career doing commercials. Her first speaking role was the role of Gabby in Criminal Minds.^[5] In 2016, Butters portrayed the recurring role of Ella in the Amazon Prime Video series Transparent.^[6] Later that year, she began starring in the ABC sitcom American Housewife as Anna-Kat Otto.^[7] While Quentin Tarantino was writing the script of his ninth film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, he spotted Butters on television, and later cast her in the role of precocious child actress Trudi Fraser.^[8] After she received critical acclaim for this role, Butters decided to pursue similar opportunities, leading her to leave American Housewife after four seasons.^[9] In December 2020, Butters was cast in Netflix's The Gray Man.^[10]

In June 2021, it was announced that Butters was cast in The Fabelmans, Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical coming-of-age film as Reggie Fabelman, a character based on Spielberg's sister Anne.^[11] In August 2022, Butters was cast as Lily in the film Queen of Bones.^[12] In 2024, she was cast in Freakier Friday (2025), the sequel to the 2003 film Freaky Friday.^[13] She played Harper Coleman, the daughter of Anna Coleman (Lindsay Lohan) and granddaughter of Tess Coleman (Jamie Lee Curtis).^[14]