Edna Julie Harris is a multifaceted creative talent, born on June 26, 1976, in the vibrant city of New York. From a tender age of three, she embarked on a showbiz career, initially modeling for print advertisements. By the time she was six, Harris was already performing in local theatre, doing commercials, and lending her voice to numerous voice-overs and jingles for radio and television commercials.
As a child, Harris recorded an astonishing 200 voice-overs for radio, television, and animation, showcasing her impressive range and versatility. Her Broadway debut came at the tender age of nine, starring alongside Christopher Reeve in The Marriage of Figaro. She made numerous television appearances, including a supporting role in the 1988 made-for-television movie Gryphon, starring Amanda Plummer.
Harris's writing talents also blossomed early on, with teachers and family members remembering her as a "very prolific" writer. At the age of 13, she became published for the first time, and has since gone on to have various writings published, receiving numerous writing awards. Her career as a stand-up comic began at the age of 14, when she started writing and performing comedy routines around Manhattan's top comedy clubs.
Considered one of the youngest comics to work the nightclub scene, Harris also began studying and performing comedy improvisation. By the age of 17, she was teaching comedy improvisation and directing it. After high school, she attended the School of Visual Arts in New York, majoring in filmmaking, and won a four-year merit scholarship based on a student film she wrote and directed while still in high school.
Harris's first short movie was directed at the age of 10, using her family's home video camera and auditioning real actors for parts. It came as no surprise when, after receiving her BFA in film directing in 1999, she formed her first production company. Her first independent film project, "Generation Gap," aired on PBS in 2004, which she wrote, directed, co-produced, and co-starred in the role of "Julie." The project co-starred Aileen Quinn, former child star of the 1982 classic film "Annie."
