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.
Overview
Julie Ann Strain (February 18, 1962 – January 10, 2021) was an American actress and model. She was chosen by Penthouse as Pet of the Month in June 1991 and Pet of the Year in 1993. Her biggest mainstream acting role was Julie, the protagonist in Heavy Metal 2000.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / model / actor / erotic photography model / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Diablo Valley College
Awards & achievements
- 1993 Penthouse Pet of the Year
- 1991 Penthouse Pet
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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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 items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.