Julia Obst is a German Brazilian actor, director, and art enthusiast based in Berlin and New York City. She has been involved in the performing arts from early childhood, from ballet lessons at age 3, to becoming a familiar face on German television for almost two decades. Starting off as an award-winning child performer on Mini Playback shows, Julia continued on to play Jenny, the adopted daughter on Die Fallers (SWR, 2004-present), Germany’s longest-running family drama. Other stops along the way include Kann denn Liebe Sünde sein? (Sat.1, 2011) and Um Himmels Willen (ARD, 2012).
In 2010, Julia was accepted onto the prestigious RADA’s Young Actors Summer School in London, where she thrived. She then went on to complete their Contemporary Drama Course in 2013. Her thirst for learning and growing didn’t stop at acting, because she pursued Romance Studies, with a focus on Portuguese and Italian literature, at the University of Hamburg (2013-2016).
Fluent in three languages (German, English, Portuguese), Julia moved to Berlin in 2016, appearing in numerous short films and then turning her hand to directing. Her directorial debut was the music video Loving You for Ocean and the Waves (2019). Julia’s first short film, the multi-award-winning Aquaria, premiered at Light Year and was projected onto Manhattan Bridge (NYC) in 2021. Now truly embedded in the international short film and video community, Julia has a variety of acclaimed music videos and other short features within her repertoire. Her efforts behind and in front of the camera have appeared in New York City, Germany, Italy, India, and other sites across the world.
As a director, Julia is drawn to heritage duality, themes of belonging, melancholia, rebirth, and her favourite genre is horror. In her spare time, she takes photographs of her artist friends and enjoys curating art shows.