Julia Butters

Julia Butters (born April 15, 2009)^[1] is an American actress. She began her career as a child, 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 2020
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, California. Her father is a Disney animator who has worked on films such as Frozen and Ralph Breaks the Internet.^[2][3]

Career

Julia Butters began her career doing commercials. Her first speaking role was the role of Gabby in Criminal Minds.^[4] In 2016, Butters portrayed the recurring role of Ella in the Amazon Prime Video series Transparent.^[5] Later that year, she began starring in the ABC sitcom American Housewife as Anna-Kat Otto.^[6] When 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.^[7] After she received critical acclaim for this role, Butters decided to pursue similar opportunities, leading her to leave American Housewife after four seasons.^[8] In December 2020, Butters was cast in Netflix’s The Gray Man.^[9]

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.^[10] In August 2022, Butters was cast as Lily in the film Queen of Bones.^[11] In 2024, she was cast in Freakier Friday (2025), the sequel to the 2003 film Freaky Friday.^[12] She played Harper Coleman, the daughter of Anna Coleman (Lindsay Lohan) and granddaughter of Tess Coleman (Jamie Lee Curtis).^[13]

Filmography

Film

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

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

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Criminal Minds	Gabby Hoffer	Season 9, Episode 16
2015	The Kicks	Ashley McBride	Season 1, Episode 5
2016–2020	American Housewife	Anna-Kat Otto	Main role (season 1-4)
2021	I Think You Should Leave	Tammy Craps Doll Spokesperson	Season 2, Episode 6
2024	Monsters at Work	Lorelei Worthington (voice)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
2019	Chicago Film Critics Association	Most Promising Performer	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Nominated	[14]
	Las Vegas Film Critics Society	Youth in Film – Female		Won	[15]
	San Diego Film Critics Society	Breakthrough Artist		Nominated	[16]
	Seattle Film Critics Society	Best Youth Performance		Nominated	[17]
	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Youth Performance		Nominated	[18]
2020	Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Young Actor/Actress		Nominated	[19]
	Hollywood Film Critics Association	Best Actress 23 and Under		Nominated	[20]
	Music City Film Critics Association	Best Young Actress		Nominated	[21]
	Online Film and Television Association	Best Youth Performance		Nominated	[22]
2023	Music City Film Critics Association	Best Young Actress	The Fabelmans	Nominated	[23]