Julie Gonzalo

Julieta Susana Gonzalo Martyniuk^[2] was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[3] She grew up in General San Martín Partido^[3] before her family emigrated to Miami Beach, Florida when she was 8 years old. She began her career as a model,^[1] and later became interested in acting, taking theater classes. Gonzalo moved to Los Angeles and made her feature film debut in the 2002 romantic comedy I'm with Lucy, opposite Monica Potter.

Gonzalo made her television debut on The WB comedy series Greetings from Tucson. In early 2003, she had the leading role in a WB comedy pilot called Exit 9, but the show was not picked up.^[4] The same year, she appeared on NCIS. In 2004, Gonzalo starred opposite Tori Spelling in another pilot, Me, Me, Me for UPN, which was also not picked up.^[5] She also guest-starred in the pilot episode of Drake & Josh on Nickelodeon in 2004.

Gonzalo appeared in several films in her early career. In 2003, she played Lindsay Lohan's character's rival in Freaky Friday. She played a similar role the following year in the romantic comedy A Cinderella Story, opposite Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray. Also in 2004, she played Justin Long's love interest in DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story and co-starred in Christmas with the Kranks as the daughter of Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis' characters. In 2005, she had a supporting role in the romantic comedy Must Love Dogs. Her other credits including the 2007 thriller Cherry Crush and the lead role in the 2013 comedy horror movie Vamp U.^[6]

In 2006, Gonzalo was cast as Parker Lee, a series regular on The CW's Veronica Mars. Following that series' cancelation in 2007, she was cast as one of the leads in an ABC comedy pilot, The News.^[7] The following year, Gonzalo began starring as Maggie Dekker in the ABC legal comedy-drama Eli Stone, opposite Jonny Lee Miller. In 2008 she won the ALMA Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her work in Eli Stone.^[1] The series was cancelled in 2009 after two seasons.^[8]

Gonzalo was cast as the lead in NBC's unaired science fiction series Day One in 2009. While originally intended to air as a 13-episode midseason show in 2009–2010, the project became a four-episode miniseries^[9] but by May 2010, it was reported that the show would likely never air.^[10] She later guest-starred on the series Castle, Nikita, The Glades and CSI: Miami.^[11]

In 2011, Gonzalo was cast as a series regular in the TNT revival series Dallas,^[12][13] which premiered on June 13, 2012.^[14] Her character, Rebecca Sutter, was later revealed to be Pamela Rebecca Barnes, the daughter of Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval) and Afton Cooper (Audrey Landers) from the original series.^[15][16][17] The new series ran for three seasons until it was canceled in 2014. Gonzalo next starred in a number of Hallmark Channel television movies, and guest starred on Grey's Anatomy and Lucifer.

In 2019, Gonzalo was cast as Andrea Rojas/Acrata, a series regular in the fifth season of Supergirl.^[18]

Gonzalo announced on a 2013 appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson that she had become an American citizen in 2011.^[19]

In 2017, she met fellow Hallmark Channel actor Chris McNally when they worked together on the TV movie The Sweetest Heart.^[20] They married in 2018, and had their first child in June 2022.^[21] In December 2025, the couple announced that they were expecting their second child.^[22]