Photo: Julie Strain / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Julie Strain is one of those figures who lived squarely at the intersection of cult cinema and pin-up fame. Penthouse Pet of the Year in 1993, then a run through B-movies, and finally voicing and modeling Julie in Heavy Metal 2000, which feels like the role she was destined for given her larger-than-life screen presence. I find that animated lead oddly fitting, a real person becoming the template for an exaggerated heroine. Her death in 2021 closed a career that never chased mainstream respectability but built a devoted following anyway. To me she represents a very specific, very nineties strain of genre stardom.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Julie Strain
- Name (Japanese)
- ジュリー・ストレイン
- Reading
- じゅりー・すとれいん
- Born
- February 18, 1962 – January 10, 2021
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Tiger
- Origin
- Concord, California, United States
- Occupation
- film actor / model / actor / erotic photography model / voice actor
2. Background
- University
- Diablo Valley College
Awards & achievements
- 1993 Penthouse Pet of the Year
- 1991 Penthouse Pet
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Julie Strain born?
February 18, 1962 – January 10, 2021.
Where is Julie Strain from?
Julie Strain is from Concord, California, United States.
What does Julie Strain do?
Julie Strain works as film actor, model, actor, erotic photography model, voice actor.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.