Julia Whelan

Julia May Whelan born May 8 1984 is an American actress narrator and author As an actress she is best known for her role as Grace Manning on the television family drama series Once and Again 19992002 and her costarring role in the 2002 Lifetime movie The Secret Life of Zoey A noted child actor Whelan first appeared on screen at the age of 11 and continued to take television roles until her matriculation into Middlebury College in 2004 Whelan graduated magna cum laude from Middlebury in 2008 after spending the 20062007 academic year as a visiting student at Lincoln College Oxford Whelan returned to film acting in November 2008 with a role in the fantasy thriller Fading of the Cries In the 2010s Whelan stepped away from her acting career to become an audiobook narrator As of July 2022 she has narrated over 400 audiobooks In 2018 she published her debut novel My Oxford Year