Julie Strain
Encyclopedia
Julie Strain is an American
actress and model
who was Penthouse
Pet of the Month in June 1991 and later chosen as the magazine's Pet of the Year in 1993.
. A graduate of Diablo Valley College
, she had an extensive athletic background. Much of her youth was wiped from her memory, however, when she was left with a case of retrograde amnesia
due to a severe head injury suffered in a fall from a horse. She eventually made her way to Las Vegas
and later Hollywood, California and her career took off.
s". In addition, she was Penthouse
Pet of the Month for June 1991, and Penthouse Pet of the Year for 1993. She has also had her likeness attached to numerous comic book characters and animation items. For example, she did the voice acting for the main character in the animated movie Heavy Metal 2000
and was the basis for the third person shooter Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.²
.
Strain, who stands , was married to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
co-creator and Heavy Metal
magazine Editor in Chief Kevin Eastman
. According to Eastman's blog
and Strain's MySpace
page, they separated several years prior but maintained a relationship in public for undisclosed reasons. They have since undergone a "friendly divorce". She has also retired from show business. Strain often appears in the magazine in photos or pictures painted by her close friends Olivia De Berardinis
, Simon Bisley
, and Luis Royo
.
She also became very popular for performing in the program Sex Court
on Playboy TV
.
, Julie Bell
and Olivia De Berardinis
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actress and model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
who was Penthouse
Penthouse (magazine)
Penthouse, a men's magazine founded by Bob Guccione, combines urban lifestyle articles and softcore pornographic pictorials that, in the 1990s, evolved into hardcore. Penthouse is owned by FriendFinder Network. formerly known as General Media, Inc. whose parent company was Penthouse International...
Pet of the Month in June 1991 and later chosen as the magazine's Pet of the Year in 1993.
Early life
Strain was born in Concord, CaliforniaConcord, California
Concord is the largest city in Contra Costa County, California, USA. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 122,067. Originally founded in 1869 as the community of Todos Santos by Salvio Pacheco, the name was changed to Concord within months...
. A graduate of Diablo Valley College
Diablo Valley College
Diablo Valley College is a two-year community college in Pleasant Hill in Contra Costa County, California.DVC is one of three publicly supported two-year community colleges in the Contra Costa Community College District , and was first opened in 1949...
, she had an extensive athletic background. Much of her youth was wiped from her memory, however, when she was left with a case of retrograde amnesia
Retrograde amnesia
Retrograde amnesia is a loss of access to events that occurred, or information that was learned, before an injury or the onset of a disease....
due to a severe head injury suffered in a fall from a horse. She eventually made her way to Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
and later Hollywood, California and her career took off.
Career
With over 100 films to her credit, Strain has come to be known as the "Queen of the B-movieB-movie
A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
s". In addition, she was Penthouse
Penthouse (magazine)
Penthouse, a men's magazine founded by Bob Guccione, combines urban lifestyle articles and softcore pornographic pictorials that, in the 1990s, evolved into hardcore. Penthouse is owned by FriendFinder Network. formerly known as General Media, Inc. whose parent company was Penthouse International...
Pet of the Month for June 1991, and Penthouse Pet of the Year for 1993. She has also had her likeness attached to numerous comic book characters and animation items. For example, she did the voice acting for the main character in the animated movie Heavy Metal 2000
Heavy Metal 2000
Heavy Metal 2000 is the 2000 follow-up to the 1981 animated cult film Heavy Metal, based on the fantasy magazine of the same name. The story itself is based on the graphic novel, The Melting Pot, written by Kevin Eastman, Simon Bisley and Eric Talbot...
and was the basis for the third person shooter Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.²
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.²
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.² is a third-person shooter video game made by Ritual Entertainment in 2000. A sequel to the Heavy Metal 2000 animated movie, the game stars Julie in her quest to save her home planet of Eden from GITH, an ancient entity seeking to conquer the universe...
.
Strain, who stands , was married to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a fictional team of four teenage anthropomorphic turtles, who were trained by their anthropomorphic rat sensei in the art of ninjutsu and named after four Renaissance artists...
co-creator and Heavy Metal
Heavy Metal (magazine)
Heavy Metal is an American science fiction and fantasy comics magazine, known primarily for its blend of dark fantasy/science fiction and erotica. In the mid-1970s, while publisher Leonard Mogel was in Paris to jump-start the French edition of National Lampoon, he discovered the French...
magazine Editor in Chief Kevin Eastman
Kevin Eastman
Kevin Brooks Eastman is an American comic book artist and writer, best known as the creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Eastman is also the current owner, editor and publisher of the magazine Heavy Metal.-Early life:Eastman was born on May 30, 1962 in Springvale, Maine...
. According to Eastman's blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
and Strain's MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
page, they separated several years prior but maintained a relationship in public for undisclosed reasons. They have since undergone a "friendly divorce". She has also retired from show business. Strain often appears in the magazine in photos or pictures painted by her close friends Olivia De Berardinis
Olivia De Berardinis
"Olivia De Berardinis" is an American artist known for paintings of women, often referred to as pinup or cheesecake art. She has been working in this genre since the mid-70's...
, Simon Bisley
Simon Bisley
Simon Bisley is a British comics artist best known for his 1990s work on ABC Warriors, Lobo and Sláine. His style, reliant on paints, acrylics, inks and multiple-mediums, is strongly influenced by Frank Frazetta, Bill Sienkiewicz, Gustav Klimt, Salvador Dalí, Egon Schiele, and Richard Corben...
, and Luis Royo
Luis Royo
Luis Royo is a Spanish artist, known for his sensual and dark paintings, its apocalyptic imagery, his fantasy worlds and mechanical life forms...
.
She also became very popular for performing in the program Sex Court
Sex Court
Sex Court is a US adult-themed cable TV show that was produced by 'Playboy Magazine Productions that made its debut on Playboy TV in 1998. It starred Julie Strain, Alexandra Silk, an unknown man who played the Sex Court 'Bodyguard', Henry, and of course the people who wanted cases 'tried'. Usually,...
on Playboy TV
Playboy TV
Playboy TV is a premium monthly subscription television channel. Since its launch in 1982 in partnership with Cablevision which eventually sold their share back to Playboy, Playboy TV has become a leading entertainment channel for adult entertainment...
.
Autobiography
In 1997, Heavy Metal published Strain's autobiography, "Six Foot One and Worth the Climb". It was heavily illustrated with stills from her film and modelling career, plus paintings by Boris VallejoBoris Vallejo
Boris Vallejo is a Peruvian-born American painter. He immigrated to the United States in 1964, and he currently resides in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He frequently works with Julie Bell, his wife, painter, and model....
, Julie Bell
Julie Bell
Julie Bell is an American painter. A fantasy artist and wildlife artist, she is a former bodybuilder and fantasy model for her husband, painter Boris Vallejo.-Career:...
and Olivia De Berardinis
Olivia De Berardinis
"Olivia De Berardinis" is an American artist known for paintings of women, often referred to as pinup or cheesecake art. She has been working in this genre since the mid-70's...
.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Repossessed Repossessed Repossessed is a 1990 comedy film that spoofs the 1973 horror film The Exorcist. It was written and directed by Bob Logan. The film features the original star of The Exorcist, Linda Blair, as well as Leslie Nielsen and Anthony Starke... |
Aerobics/ Locker Room Nude Girl | (uncredited) |
| 1991 | Night Visions | ||
| Midnight Heat | Carl's Breakfast Girl/Silver Statuette | aka Sunset Heat | |
| Out for Justice Out for Justice Out for Justice is a 1991 action film directed by John Flynn and starring Steven Seagal.- Plot :Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who has strong ties within his neighborhood... |
Roxanne Ford | ||
| Double Impact Double Impact The score by Kempel was released as the Double Impact Original Soundtrack Recordings on 1993 by Silva America. The soundtrack was released on CD contained twelve tracks with a runtime of 40 minutes.... |
Student | ||
| Carnal Crimes | Ingrid | ||
| 1992 | Soulmates | Pretty Woman | aka Blood Love (UK: video title)/ aka Evil Lives (USA: video title) |
| Ambitious Desires | |||
| Penthouse Satin & Lace | Penthouse Pet | ||
| Erotic Dreams | |||
| Kuffs Kuffs Kuffs is a 1992 comedy film directed by Bruce A. Evans and produced by Raynold Gideon. It stars Christian Slater and Milla Jovovich. The film also features Ashley Judd in her first movie role.... |
Kane's Girl | ||
| Mirror Images | Gina Kaye | ||
| Witchcraft IV: The Virgin Heart | Belladonna | ||
| Night Rhythms | Linda | ||
| 1993 | Love Bites | Female Jogger | aka Love Bites: The Reluctant Vampire (USA) |
| Psycho Cop Returns | Stephanie | aka Psycho Cop 2 (USA: video box title) | |
| Enemy Gold Enemy Gold Enemy Gold is a 1993 action/adventure film starring Bruce Penhall, Mark Barriere and Suzi Simpson. It was directed by Christian Drew Sidaris and written by Wess Rahn and Christian Drew Sidaris.... |
Jewel Panther | ||
| Future Shock | Female Dancer | (unrated version only) | |
| Bikini Squad | Actress | ||
| Penthouse Satin & Lace II: Hollywood Undercover | Model | ||
| The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter is a 1993 horror film. It incorporates elements from the short story "The Statement of Randolph Carter" by H.P... |
Creature | aka H.P. Lovecraft's The Unnamable Returns/ aka The Unnamable Returns | |
| Love Is Like That | Amber | aka Bad Love/ aka Wild Angel | |
| Fit to Kill Fit to Kill Fit to Kill is a 1993 action adventure film starring Dona Speir, Roberta Vasquez, Cynthia Brimhall, Julie Strain, Bruce Penhall, Chu Chu Malave and Geoffrey Moore. It was written and directed by Andy Sidaris.... |
Blu Steele | ||
| Teasers | Diva | ||
| 1994 | Play Time | Sheraton | |
| The Devil's Pet | Queen of Lost Island | ||
| Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult | Dominatrix | ||
| Beverly Hills Cop III Beverly Hills Cop III Beverly Hills Cop III is a 1994 action-comedy film starring Eddie Murphy and directed by John Landis, who had previously worked with Murphy on Trading Places and Coming to America... |
Annihilator Girl | ||
| Infernal Soldiers | Tess | aka The Mosaic Project (Video title) | |
| The Dallas Connection The Dallas Connection The Dallas Connection is a 1994 action adventure film starring Bruce Penhall, Mark Barriere and Julie Strain. It was written and directed by Christian Drew Sidaris and is part of the "Triple B" film series produced by Andy Sidaris.-External links:... |
Black Widow | ||
| Baywatch Baywatch Baywatch is an American action drama series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, starring David Hasselhoff. The show ran in its original title and format from 1989 to 1999, sans the 1990-1991 season, of which it was not in production... |
Windsurfer | (uncredited); episode Red Wind/ aka Baywatch Hawaii (USA: new title) | |
| 1995 | Takin' It Off Out West | Mad Mary | |
| Big Sister 2000 | Interrogator | ||
| Starstruck | Johanna | ||
| Married People, Single Sex II: For Better or Worse | S&M Woman | ||
| Penthouse: Behind the Scenes | Herself | ||
| Blonde Heaven | Illyana | aka Morgana (USA: DVD title)/ aka Morganna (USA: video title) | |
| Johnny Mnemonic: The Interactive Action Movie | Pretty | ||
| Temptress II | Erica Barnes | aka Sorceress | |
| Victim of Desire | Linda Hammond | aka Implicated | |
| Midnight Confessions (film)>Midnight Confessions | Mariana | aka Voices of Seduction (UK: video title) | |
| Virtual Desire | Sascha | ||
| 1996 | Squanderers | Jill | aka Money to Burn |
| Penthouse: All Access | Herself | ||
| Sorceress II: The Temptress | Tara Coventry | aka Legion of Evil: Sorceress II (UK: DVD title) aka Sorceress 2 (USA: short title) | |
| Day of the Warrior Day of the Warrior Day of the Warrior is a 1996 B-Movie written and directed by Andy Sidaris. The film follows The Legion to Ensure Total Harmony and Law as they attempt to track a criminal known only as The Warrior. The Warrior is a former Olympic gold medalist, ex-CIA agent, pro wrestler, fine art dealer, diamond... |
Willow Black | aka L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Day of the Warrior | |
| Hollywood: The Movie | Dora | ||
| Red Line Red Line (1996 film) Red Line is a 1996 American action film directed by John Sjogren and written by him, Rolfe Kanefsky, and Scott Ziehl. It stars Chad McQueen, Dom DeLuise, Michael Madsen, Roxana Zal, Jan-Michael Vincent, and Corey Feldman... |
Crystal | ||
| 1997 | The Last Road | Maggie | aka SpeedWay (USA: video title) |
| Heavenly Hooters | |||
| Hollywood Cops | Madam Fortune Stella | ||
| St. Patrick's Day | Molly | ||
| Busted Busted (film) Busted is a 1996 comedy film, starring Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Dominick Brascia and Ava Fabian.-Plot:The police force of the somewhat-quiet town of Amity decide to get crime off the streets and decide that the prostitutes are better off working out of the police station... |
Annette | ||
| Bikini Hotel | Raquel | ||
| Guns of El Chupacabra Guns of El Chupacabra Guns of El Chupacabra is a 1997 martial arts based monster film that was directed by Donald G. Jackson and was produced by and stars Scott Shaw. The co-stars of this film include: Julie Strain, Kevin Eastman, Conrad Brooks, Joe Estevez, and Robert Z'Dar.... |
Queen B | ||
| Lethal Seduction | Holly | aka Lethal Betrayal | |
| 1998 | Masseuse 3 | Sascha | aka Indiscretions (USA) |
| Lingerie Kickboxer | |||
| L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach, sometimes credited as Return to Savage Beach, is the 1998 Andy Sidaris' sequel to Day of the Warrior. Written and directed by Bryan Davis, it features the return of much of the original cast, including Marcus Bagwell reprising the role as Warrior but... |
Willow Black | ||
| Armageddon Boulevard | Queen Bee | ||
| Dark Secrets | Mauri | ||
| Sex Court Sex Court Sex Court is a US adult-themed cable TV show that was produced by 'Playboy Magazine Productions that made its debut on Playboy TV in 1998. It starred Julie Strain, Alexandra Silk, an unknown man who played the Sex Court 'Bodyguard', Henry, and of course the people who wanted cases 'tried'. Usually,... (TV series) |
Judge Julie | ||
| 1999 | Ride with the Devil | The Temptress | |
| The Escort III | Debbie | ||
| Wasteland Justice | Raven | ||
| Vampire Child | |||
| Devin's Barefoot Initiation | |||
| Desirable Liaisons (TV series) | Col. Fedorova | ||
| Bloodthirsty | New Roommate/Narrator | aka Blood Thirsty (USA: video box title) | |
| Babewatch Biker Babes | |||
| Captain Jackson (TV series) | Robot Mommy | ||
| 2000 | The Independent The Independent (film) The Independent is a mockumentary comedy film made in 2000, directed by Stephen Kessler, starring Jerry Stiller as an independent film maker, who makes little-known B movies with titles like Twelve Angry Men and a Baby. The film spoofs independent directors and independent film... |
Ms. Kevorkian | |
| Heavy Metal 2000 | Julie (voice) | Heavy Metal F.A.K.K.2 (Germany) | |
| The Rowdy Girls | Mick | ||
| The Bare Wench Project | The Bare Wench | ||
| Heavy Metal F.A.K.K.2 | Julie (voice) | Video game | |
| Centerfold Coeds: Girlfriends | Miss Hardy | ||
| 2001 | Sex Court: The Movie | Judge Julie | |
| Purgatory Blues | |||
| The Bare Wench Project 2: Scared Topless | The Bare Wench | Bare Wench 2: Book of Babes (USA)/ aka Book of Babes: Bare Wench 2 (USA: video box title) | |
| BattleQueen 2020 | Gayle | aka Battle Queen 2020 (USA) | |
| The Man Show The Man Show The Man Show is an American comedy television show on Comedy Central. It was created in 1999 by its two original co-hosts, Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla, and their executive producer Daniel Kellison.-Format:... TV episode |
Stripper | Episode Sperm Bank | |
| How to Make a Monster How to Make a Monster (2001 film) How To Make A Monster is a 2001 film starring Clea DuVall, Steven Culp, Jason Marsden and Tyler Mane. It is the third release in the Creature Features series of film remakes produced by Stan Winston. Julie Strain made a cameo appearance in the film as herself. How To Make A Monster debuted on... |
Julie | ||
| 2002 | God Squad! | Julie | |
| Thirteen Erotic Ghosts | Baroness Lucrezia | ||
| Exquisite Feet | |||
| Smoke Pot Till You Fucking Die | Miss Ogeny | ||
| .com for Murder .com for Murder .com for Murder is a 2001 science fiction crime drama film written by Nico Mastorakis and Phill Marr and directed by Mastorakis, starring Nastassja Kinski, Nicollette Sheridan, Roger Daltrey, and Huey Lewis... |
Internet Stripper | ||
| Planet of the Erotic Ape | aka Babes in Kongland (USA: DVD title)/ aka World of the Erotic Ape (USA: DVD title) | ||
| The Bare Wench Project 3: Nymphs of Mystery Mountain | The Bare Wench | aka Bare Wench III: The Path of the Wicked (USA) / aka Bare Wench: The Path of the Wicked (USA: DVD title) | |
| BabeWatch: Dream Dolls | |||
| Bleed Bleed (film) Bleed is a 2002 direct-to-DVD horror film starring Debbie Rochon, Danny Wolske, Brinke Stevens, Julie Strain, Lloyd Kaufman, Orly Tepper, Ronnie Gene Blevins and Allen Nabors. Directed by Dennis Petersen and Devin Hamilton.-Plot:The film begins on a cold night. Two men are dressed-up as a nun and... |
Linda | ||
| 2003 | HorrorTales.666 | ||
| Baberellas | Coochinota | ||
| Birth Rite | Ms. Carlson | ||
| Zombiegeddon Zombiegeddon Zombiegeddon is a 2003 film directed by Chris Watson. The horror/comedy, distributed by Troma Films.- Plot :The movie follows two bad cops who find themselves engaged in a battle against evil Hellspawn.- Cast :... |
Dispatcher | ||
| Delta Delta Die! | Marilyn Fitch | ||
| Rock n' Roll Cops 2: The Adventure Begins | Stella | aka The Rock n' Roll Cops (USA: DVD title) | |
| Barefoot Superstar | Barefoot Model | ||
| Bare Wench Project: Uncensored | The Bare Wench | ||
| 2004 | Hellcats in High Heels 3 | Primary Model | |
| Tales from the Crapper Tales from the Crapper Tales from the Crapper is a 2004 straight-to-video anthology film that was a spoof of the Tales from the Crypt comics. The film was released by Troma Entertainment.-Plot:... |
Ivanna Dance/Samantha | ||
| Blood Gnome | BDSM Goddess | ||
| 2005 | Bare Wench: The Final Chapter | Bare Wench | |
| Azira: Blood from the Sand | Azira | ||
| No Pain, No Gain | Amazon Beach Goddess | ||
| Exterminator City | |||
| 2006 | Evil Ever After | Stripper | |
| 2007 | Chantal Chantal (film) Chantal is a 2007 Direct to Video film Written and Directed by Tony Marsiglia about a small town girl wanting to make it big in Hollywood.-Plot:... |
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| Black Dahlia Movie: The Elizabeth Short Story | Julie | aka Black Dahlia Movie: The Elizabeth Short Story (USA: new title) / aka The Devil's Muse (USA: new title); special thanks was given to Julie | |
| Hollywood Scream Queens | Herself | ||
| 2008 | The Lusty Busty Babe-a-que | ||
| Magus | Madame Zelda |
External links
- JulieStrain.com biography, URL retrieved June 23, 2006
- MySpace page, URL retrieved April 15, 2009