Julia Goldani Telles Explained

Julia Goldani Telles
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years Active:2011–present
Alma Mater:Columbia University

Julia Goldani Telles[1] is a Brazilian-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.

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.[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, 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.

Goldani Telles trained at the School of American Ballet and Ballet Academy East, and appeared in numerous ballet performances including Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker, Don Quixote, and Swan Lake. 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.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7] 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 Torres Main role
2014 Blue Bloods Morgan Episode: "The Bogeyman"
2014 Amelia Strong Episode: "Hungry Like the Wolf"
2014 Nurse Jackie Mandy 3 episodes
2014–2019 Whitney Solloway Main role
2016 Sandee Martin Episode: "Spring"
2018 Most Likely to Murder Tami Film
2018 Slender Man Hallie Film
2018 Emma Harper Film
2020 Looks That Kill Alex Film
2020 Helpsters Ballerina Betsy Episode: "Ballerina Betsy/Pizza Pasquale"
2021 Julia Adams Film
2021 Iris Main role (season 3)
2023 Accused (US version) Alice Baylor Episode: "Samir's Story"
2023Law & Order SVU Kelsey Guest role (s24 e3)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Julia Goldani Telles . MediaBang . November 14, 2014 . dead . https://archive.today/20141114204243/http://www.mediabang.org/name-63061-julia-goldani-telles . November 14, 2014 .
  2. Web site: Brandão. Liv. Julia Goldani Telles, uma quase brasileira em 'The affair. Jornal O Globo. 2 November 2016. Portuguese. 5 October 2015.
  3. Web site: Sasha Torres by Julia Goldani Telles. ABC Family. https://web.archive.org/web/20141025030032/http://abcfamily.go.com/shows/bunheads/cast/sasha-torres. October 25, 2014. dead. mdy-all.
  4. Web site: Exclusive Q&A with Bunheads' Julia Goldani Telles. ABC Family. https://web.archive.org/web/20120622031454/http://abcfamily.go.com/shows/bunheads/blogs-details/exclusive-qa-bunheads-julia-goldani-telles/979153. June 22, 2012.
  5. Web site: Bunheads Julia Goldani Telles Does Teen Turmoil En Pointe. Martin. Denise. Vulture. New York. November 14, 2014. February 25, 2013.
  6. Web site: BunheadsBLOG Exclusive Q&A with Julia Goldani Telles . BunheadsBLOG . August 1, 2012 . June 26, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141019130919/http://bunheadsblog.com/2012/06/26/bunheadsblog-exclusive-qa-with-julia-goldani-telles/ . October 19, 2014 .
  7. Fuhrer . Margaret . Ballet in Your Living Room . . May 2012 . August 1, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120728052753/http://www.pointemagazine.com/issues/junejuly-2012/call-board . July 28, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
  8. February 14, 2012. Nat & Alex Wolff - Greatest Prize (Official Music Video) . August 1, 2012.
  9. Web site: Gilman. Hannah. Julia Goldani Telles, The Affair Interview. Teen Vogue. November 14, 2014. October 10, 2014.
  10. Web site: 'The Girlfriend Experience': 'The Affair's Julia Goldani Telles To Star In Season 3 Of Starz Anthology Series. Petski. Denise. 2019-10-01. Deadline. en. 2019-11-26.