
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
March 8, 1989 (age 37)
Place of Birth
Adelaide, South Australia
Also Known As
Julie Ann Dokowicz
Leokadia Hope
Julie Ann Serrano
Biography
Julie Ann Serrano is an Australian comedic actress, host and producer who grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, and now resides in Los Angeles, California. She got her start in the entertainment industry at the age of 10. She spent her childhood and adolescence attending singing, dancing, acting classes, and performing at events and shows across her hometown, as well as competing in dance competitions around Australia. She also attended weekly private vocal lessons at Paradise Church, where popular singer Guy Sebastian began his musical career.
At age 18, she was accepted into the Dance Performance Diploma course at the Dance Factory and moved to Melbourne for this reason and to pursue a career in Musical Theater. Whilst living in Melbourne, she trained with exceptional choreographers in the styles of jazz, contemporary, ballet and hip hop and when she wasn't in a dance class, she was busy completing on camera acting studies at the Victorian College of the Arts. Whilst in Melbourne, she filmed a few episodes of Rebel Wilson's "Bogan Pride." Soon after, her adventurous spirit lead her to traveling around Europe and she ended up living in London briefly to audition for musicals, live shows and television, but decided Los Angeles was where she wanted to be.
At age 21, she won a full talent scholarship to the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles. Whilst studying acting full time, she worked professionally as a print model and corporate spokesmodel. In addition to acting, she decided to try stand up comedy also. She has since performed at Gotham Comedy Club New York, Comedy Store Los Angeles and the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival in Austin, Texas. She has trained at Lesly Kahn, Killian's Commercial Workshop, Groundlings, Judy Kain and can also be spotted in several commercials and infomercials around the United States, Australia, Europe and South America.
Since landing in Los Angeles she has appeared in several TV shows such as House, The Raw Word, Celebrities Undercover, Drug Lords, Real Housewives of Orange County, Un Nuevo Dia (Telemundo).
What makes her unique is her love of Latin culture, which has lead to her learning salsa and bachata dancing (she performed at the Los Angeles Bachata Festival in 2019), teaching herself to speak Spanish and was also a strong contender for a Spanish T-Mobile Ad where she got to dance to one of her favorite reggaeton artists, J Balvin.
Known For

TV
House
Model (uncredited)
2004

TV
Private Practice
Pregnant Teen (uncredited)
2007

TV
Private Practice
Hospital Patient (uncredited)
2007

Film
StreetDance 3D
Mall Shopper (uncredited)
2010
TV
Celebrities Undercover
Self - Coco's Dancer
2014

TV
Drug Lords
Young Kath Pettinghill
2018

TV
Penn & Teller Tell a Lie
Love Interest
2011

TV
Bogan Pride
Rollerskater
2008

Film
Swinging with the Finkels
Party Guest (uncredited)
2011
TV
Rove LA
Self
2011

Film
The Sex Addict
Tiffany
2017
TV
The Car Show
Model
2011
Filmography
2018TVDrug Lordsas Young Kath Pettinghill2017FilmThe Sex Addictas Tiffany2014TVCelebrities Undercoveras Self - Coco's Dancer2011TVPenn & Teller Tell a Lieas Love Interest2011TVRove LAas Self2011FilmSwinging with the Finkelsas Party Guest (uncredited)2011TVThe Car Showas Model2010FilmStreetDance 3Das Mall Shopper (uncredited)2008TVBogan Prideas Rollerskater2007TVPrivate Practiceas Pregnant Teen (uncredited)2004TVHouseas Model (uncredited)