Julia Goldani Telles

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Julia Goldani Telles
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Goldani Telles at Showtime's The Affair FYC Screening and Panel, May 6, 2015
Born
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater Columbia University
Occupations
  • Actress
  • ballet dancer
Years active2011–present

Julia Goldani Telles [1] is an American actress and ballet dancer. She is known for playing Sasha Torres on the short-lived ABC Family series Bunheads , Iris in the third season of The Girlfriend Experience and for her supporting role as Whitney Solloway on the Showtime original series The Affair.

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Early life

Goldani Telles was born in Los Angeles, California to a Brazilian mother and Mexican father. She moved with her parents to Rio de Janeiro when she was almost two years old. [1] [2] It was there that she was introduced to the world of ballet at the age of five. [3] When the family relocated back to Los Angeles that year, [1] Goldani Telles could speak only Portuguese and learned English after the family's move. [4] Goldani Telles moved to New York City when she was 13. [1]

Goldani Telles trained at the School of American Ballet and Ballet Academy East, [5] and appeared in numerous ballet performances including Sleeping Beauty , Nutcracker , Don Quixote , and Swan Lake . [3] A case of tendonitis and labral tears in her hips at the age of 15 forced Goldani Telles to stop practicing ballet for a year; to avoid depression, she decided to take a drama course. [6]

Career

Goldani Telles studied at Columbia University. Her first role in television came in 2011 when she successfully auditioned for the part of Sasha Torres in ABC Family's Bunheads. She did so having never had an acting job before and without head-shots or a résumé. [7] Her agent felt Bunheads should have been one of her first auditions as he felt she would be comfortable with the dancing aspect of the show. [5] The pilot episode was filmed in November 2011. Bunheads was picked up to series and ran for eighteen episodes from June 11, 2012, to February 25, 2013.

As well as Bunheads, Goldani Telles also appeared in the Nat & Alex Wolff music video for the song "Greatest Prize" in early 2012. [8]

She also guest starred on the Blue Bloods episode "The Bogeyman" which aired January 10, 2014.

Goldani Telles played the role of oldest daughter Whitney on the Showtime drama series The Affair. [9]

In May, 2021, Goldani Telles starred as Iris in the third season of the Starz series The Girlfriend Experience. [10]

Filmography

Television and film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2012–2013 Bunheads Sasha TorresMain role
2014 Blue Bloods MorganEpisode: "The Bogeyman"
2014 The Carrie Diaries Amelia StrongEpisode: "Hungry Like the Wolf"
2014 Nurse Jackie Mandy3 episodes
2014–2019 The Affair Whitney SollowayMain role
2016 Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Sandee MartinEpisode: "Spring"
2018 Most Likely to Murder TamiFilm
2018 Slender Man HallieFilm
2018 The Wind Emma HarperFilm
2020 Looks That Kill AlexFilm
2020 Helpsters Ballerina BetsyEpisode: "Ballerina Betsy/Pizza Pasquale"
2021 The Space Between Julia AdamsFilm
2021 The Girlfriend Experience IrisMain role (season 3)
2023 Accused (US version) Alice BaylorEpisode: "Samir's Story"
2023Law & Order SVUKelseyGuest role (s24 e3)

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  4. ↑ "Exclusive Q&A with Bunheads' Julia Goldani Telles". ABC Family. Archived from the original on June 22, 2012.
  5. 1 2 Fuhrer, Margaret (May 2012). "Ballet in Your Living Room". Pointe . Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
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