Julia Butters

Julia Butters (born April 15, 2009)^[1] is an American actress. She began her career at the age of five, and starred as Trudi Fraser in the film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), for which she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Actor/Actress, and as Reggie Fabelman in The Fabelmans (2022). She rose to prominence for playing Anna-Kat Otto in American Housewife (2016–2020), and for playing Harper Coleman in Freakier Friday (2025).

Julia Butters
Butters in 2022
Born	(2009-04-15) April 15, 2009 (age 16) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2011–present
Known for	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood The Fabelmans American Housewife Freakier Friday

Early life

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]

Career

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]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi	Beverly Silva
	Term Life	young Cate Barrow
	A Family Man	Lauren Jensen
2019	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Trudi Fraser
2022	The Gray Man	Claire Fitzroy
	The Fabelmans	Regina "Reggie" Fabelman
2023	Queen of Bones	Lily
2025	Freakier Friday	Harper Coleman / Anna Coleman

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Criminal Minds	Gabby Hoffer	Season 9, episode 16
2015–2016	Best Friends Whenever	5-year-old Cyd	2 episodes
2015	The Kicks	Ashley McBride	Season 1, episode 5
2015–2016	Transparent	Ella	8 episodes
2016–2020	American Housewife	Anna-Kat Otto	Seasons 1–4; Main role
2020	Short Circuit	Little Girl	Voice; Season 1, episode 14
2021	I Think You Should Leave	Tammy Craps Doll Spokesperson	Season 2, episode 6
	Adventure Time: Distant Lands	Larry / Additional Voices	Voice; Season 1 episode 4
2024	Monsters at Work	Lorelei Worthington	Voice; 3 episodes
2025	The Paper	High School Student	Season 1, episode 4

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
2019	Chicago Film Critics Association	Most Promising Performer	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Nominated	[15]
	Las Vegas Film Critics Society	Youth in Film – Female		Won	[16]
	San Diego Film Critics Society	Breakthrough Artist		Nominated	[17]
	Seattle Film Critics Society	Best Youth Performance		Nominated	[18]
	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Youth Performance		Nominated	[19]
2020	Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Young Actor/Actress		Nominated	[20]
	Hollywood Film Critics Association	Best Actress 23 and Under		Nominated	[21]
	Music City Film Critics Association	Best Young Actress		Nominated	[22]
	Online Film and Television Association	Best Youth Performance		Nominated	[23]
2023	Music City Film Critics Association	Best Young Actress	The Fabelmans	Nominated	[24]