Julia Butters

Julia Butters (born April 15, 2009) is an American actress.

In 2016, Butters portrayed the recurring role of Ella in the Amazon Prime Video series Transparent.

Later that year, she began starring in the ABC sitcom American Housewife as Anna-Kat Otto.

When Quentin Tarantino was writing the script of his ninth film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, he spotted Butters on television, and later cast her in the role of precocious child actress Trudi Fraser.

After she received critical acclaim for this role, Butters decided to pursue similar opportunities, leading her to leave American Housewife after four seasons.

She is known for her role in the film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), for which she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Actor/Actress, and for her role as Reggie Fabelman in The Fabelmans (2022).

Butters was born in Los Angeles, California, to parents Lorelei and Darrin; her father is a Disney animator who has worked on films such as Frozen and Ralph Breaks the Internet.

Julia Butters began her career doing commercials.

Her first speaking role was the role of Gabby in Criminal Minds.

In December 2020, Butters was cast in Netflix’s The Gray Man.

In June 2021, it was announced that Butters was cast in The Fabelmans, Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical coming-of-age film as Reggie Fabelman, a character based on Spielberg's sister Anne.

In August 2022, Butters was cast as Lily in the film Queen of Bones.