| Julianne Michelle | |
| Birth Name: | Julianne Michelle Di Palma[1] |
| Other Names: | Julianne Michelle Reeves[2] |
| Alma Mater: | Marymount Manhattan College |
| Birth Date: | 5 September 1987 |
| Birth Place: | Teaneck, New Jersey |
| Years Active: | 1990–present |
| Children: | 1 |
| Occupation: | Actress |
Julianne Michelle (also known as Julianne Michelle Di Palma and Julianne Michelle Reeves; born September 5, 1987) is an American film and television actress.[3]
Julianne Michelle, daughter of Joycelyn Engle and Joseph A. Di Palma, was born in Teaneck, New Jersey, and lives in New York City.[4] [5] She lived as a child in Manhattan, Beverly Hills, and Las Vegas, and was briefly homeschooled. She attended Marymount School ('02) in Manhattan, and then Columbia University, Cornell University, and Marymount Manhattan College ('06).[6] [4] [7] [8]
In 2015, socialite squatter Melissa Berkelhammer and her mother were kicked out of the Fifth Avenue Upper East Side one-bedroom apartment of Julianne Michelle where they had been squatting without permission for more than a year.[1] [9] [10]
On November 21, 2015, less than a year after they met, Julianne Michelle married Karl Christian Reeves, the CEO of a New York City based elevator installation and maintenance business in Manhattan that is an offshoot of his father Karl Revesz’s company, Consolidated Elevator Industries of Queens, named Consolidated Elevator (C.E.I. New York).[2] [5] They were wed at St. Ignatius Loyola church by a Roman Catholic priest. They had a daughter together shortly after.[11]
As of 2019, Michelle and Reeves were divorcing, and Michelle had retained 10 different divorce attorneys.[2]
Julianne Michelle began her acting career when she was discovered by a producer at the age of six. In 1991 she was nominated for her guest appearance on the television series Who's The Boss?;[12] and in 1993 for "Best Actress Under Age 10" for the movie Family Prayers.[13] In 1996, she voiced the character Dot Hugson from the direct-to-video series The Oz Kids. In 1998, she was nominated for "Best performance in a TV movie/pilot/made for video young ensemble" along with three other actors in the 1998 pilot Bus No. 9.[14] In its 2001 WB TV special, Teen People magazine named Michelle "One of 20 Teens Who Would Change the World".[7] [15] [16]
Julianne Michelle is two-time Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film winner, for her roles in the feature films The House Is Burning (2006) also starring Melissa Leo and Awakened (2013) also starring Steven Bauer and Edward Furlong.[17] She also acted in Amazing Racer (2009) with Darryl Hannah and Claire Forlani, and with Eric Roberts in the feature film Intent Unknown 2023.
She was host committee chair for a Children at Heart Celebrity Auction and Dinner to benefit the children of Chernobyl.[18] Michelle has been featured in Teen People and Metropolitan Magazine.[19]
| Year | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The House Is Burning | Terry | |
| 2009 | Amazing Racer | Shannon Greene | |
| 2012 | Apartment 1303 3D | Janet Slate |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Who's the Boss? | Katie Havlock | "This Sold House" | |
| 1991 | Roseanne | Child | "Santa Claus" | |
| 1993 | Phenom | Heather | "There's No Place Like Home" | |
| 1996 | The Oz Kids | Dot Hugson | Voice | |
| 1998 | Bus No. 9 | Delia | TV film | |
| 2018 | New Dogs, Old Tricks | Max | 3-4 episodes | |
| 2020 | Ivy & Mistletoe | Ivy Anderson | TV film | |
| 2020 | Little Cupid | Miss Taylor | "Little Cupid" |
| Year | Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Episode dated 28 January 1990 | ||
| 1999 | Episode 4.5 | ||
| 2001 | Episode dated 7 February 2001 | ||
| 2014 |
| Year | Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Director & writer, "The Di Palma Forum Julianne and Guests" | ||
| 2013 | Awakened | Producer, composer | |
| 2014 | Director |