Julia Jones

Julia Jones born January 23 1981 is an American stage film and television actress best known for portraying Leah Clearwater in The Twilight Saga feature film franchise Julia Jones was born in Boston Massachusetts to Frank Jones and Penny Wells She has a younger brother named Cody She has stated that her mother is of English descent and that her father is part Choctaw Chickasaw and AfricanAmerican She was raised in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston and frequented the first JP Licks ice cream store which was close to her home Jones studied at Boston Ballet School from the age of 4 She began working in commercials and local theatre when she was eight In 1999 Jones graduated from Boston Latin School the oldest public school in the United States She subsequently attended Columbia University where she earned her bachelors degree in English in 2005 Jones has modeled in catalogues for Levi Strauss Co Gap Inc Esprit Holdings and LOréal She appeared in Chuck Wickss music video for Hold That Thought Jones appeared in a number of independent films before being cast in the Quentin Tarantinoproduced biker remake Hell Ride which premiered at Sundance in 2008 She played Dr Kaya Montoya on ER in its final two seasons In 2009 she appeared in the Culture Clash play Palestine New Mexico at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles In 2010 Jones was cast in Jonah Hex and in the last three installments of The Twilight Saga In 2015 she played the female lead opposite Adam Sandler in The Ridiculous 6 and Gab on the Netflix series Longmire She guest starred on the 2019 Disney series The Mandalorian in the episode Chapter 4 Sanctuary She portrayed Chafa the first Choctaw in the 2024 miniseries Echo