- Julia began acting as a child as a member of Arrabona Youth Theatre in Gyor, Hungary, where she made her stage debut in a production of Oscar Wilde's "Happy Prince". At the age of 15 she received an acting award for her role in the one-act high school play "The Middle Boys" when it was presented at the Kid Comedy Festival in Gyor, Hungary. She appeared in many more productions through her teens until she decided that she wanted to make acting her career. After finishing high school she appeared in Two Gentlemen of Verona and played Princess Auda In 80 Days Around The Earth at the National Theatre in Gyor.
She moved to Budapest to study acting. She graduated from the Hungarian Academy of Dramatic Arts in Budapest. During drama school she appeared in many theatre performances including My Fair Lady, The Man of La Mancha, The Merry Wives of Windsor and Gogol's The Nose.
She began her professional on-screen career with an appearance in Gyorgy Palfi's controversial film Taxidermia (2006). Because of their Hungarian location she had a chance to play some small roles in international movies The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, The Debt, Hellboy II, La Rafle (The Round Up) and some television productions The Pillars of The Earth, The Memories of Anne Frank and Robin Hood.
She attended the Western Hungary University for two years, but quit and moved to London to pursue her acting career.
Her theatre credits include Abigail in The Crucible, Nina in The Seagull, Sonya in Uncle Vanya, Natasha in Three Sisters, Rosalind in As You Like it, Imogen in Cymbelin and Diana in The Dog In The Manger.- IMDb Mini Biography By: JP - In 2013 Julia portrayed the lead Elizabeth in short film Aquarius' Mule, a drug addict who has to face the consequences of her drug abuse. In 2014, Papp played the female lead role of a young prostitute Magdolna in the film Tariro, a story about human trafficking. Papp portrayed the lead character Anna in the 2015 film Archie, a story about a young mother and her six-year-old autistic son. Later in the year Julia played Catherine in Pulitzer Prize winning play Proof. Her performance was well-received by critics. "The cast is led by Julia Papp, who gives a powerfully emotional performance" Carn's Theatre Passion. "At the centre of this production of Proof is the moving and multifaceted performance of Julia Papp" Theatre Truffles. "Julia Papp gives a strong and believable performance" West End Wilma. "...especially the absolutely brilliant, heartbreaking and emotional Julia Papp's performance" At Stage Door. "The acting was absolutely superb with Julia Papp displaying every possible emotion" Broke In The Big Smoke. In the same year, Julia won an Accolade Award of Merit as Best Supporting Actress for her feature film Seven Devils playing the troubled psychic Rita. The film also won the Silver Screen Award at the Nevada International Film Festival and Silver Award at the International Independent Film Awards. Papp can also be seen in Hungarian TV series Maganyomozok (2014), EngineX4 (2015), Daniel (2015), and Hidden Angel (2016). Most recently she played the role of Claire in the 2016 film Forever Tomorrow (2016).- IMDb Mini Biography By: OP
- She can also sing and play the piano.
- Graduated from the Hungarian Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2006.
- Won her role in Thelomeris after the director saw her perform Abigail in Arthur Miller's The Crucible.
- Auditioned for Marina's role in Terrence Malick's To The Wonder but lost out to Olga Kurylenko.
- Appeared in the Groovehouse music video for 'Legyen ez egy örült vágy'.
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