Mini Biography

Screenwriter and former actress Julie Ann Sipos grew up in Southern California's San Fernando Valley. At fifteen, a family move to Miami abruptly ended her young life. She managed to graduate Palmetto Senior High School without actually attending and went on to earn a B.A. in English and Theater from Tulane University.

Performing as a founding member of "Mental Floss," a Coconut Grove comedy improvisation theater company, she was discovered by a local talent agent. She starred in innumerable television commercials, most notably as a large cat in a series of flea collar ads. By day, she worked for a Palm Beach newspaper and accidentally became a prominent travel writer. She once had so many stamps in her passport that she had to return it to Washington to have extra pages installed. She has met one pope, dined with several heads of state and viewed the eerily well-preserved body of Evita Peron, who, she notes, is still wearing Dior.

She holds an M.F.A. in Screenwriting from UCLA School of Film & Television (2004), where she is a Visiting Assistant Professor. There, she co-created the nationally broadcast lifestyle magazine series "UCLA: Next," a 2005 recipient of the ATAS College Television Award.

More recently, she was hired by Universal Pictures to write a comedy feature for Edward Norton's Class 5 Films.

Julie has a blog, as well, ...

Actors: Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews ...