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Julia Morizawa has performed in nearly 100 film, television, stage and internet productions throughout her career. Based in Los Angeles, she is a member of SAG, AFTRA and Equity. Highlights of her career include the feature films Judas Kiss (screening at festivals throughout 2011) and Tied Up (awarded Best Supporting Actress at the Denver Underground Film Festival); TV appearances on Lewis Black\u2019s The Root of all Evil and ER; the title role in East West Players’ production of Masha No Home; and series regular roles in the webseries Star Trek: Odyssey and Frontier Guard. Julia has also written, produced and starred in some of her own original projects including:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Twenty-Two:<\/strong> A voyeuristic stage play about cocaine addiction that premiered at the Knightsbridge Theatre in January 2010. LA Theatre Review stated, “Well, if art is supposed to imitate life, Twenty Two has accomplished its mission. The characters are totally believable, the dialogue is as natural as it gets and the acting overall is amazingly realistic.” <\/p>\n

Sin & Lyle:<\/strong> A short film exploring the topics of suicide and depression, which earned Julia a Best Female Filmmaker nomination at the Action on Film International Film Festival and was an official selection at the Boulder Asian Film Festival in 2007. Currently available to view in full on IMDB.<\/p>\n

Memoirs of a Wannabe Sex Addict:<\/strong> A collection of short erotic stories, currently available on Amazon (paperback and Kindle). Erotica Revealed stated, “Morizawa is a first-rate writer. The quality of the writing blends literate prose with an accessible style that few authors can manage.”<\/p>\n

Asiance: Julia, you have garnered a number of awards and nominations. Among them, BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS award for \u201cTied Up\u201d at the 2004 Denver Underground Film Festival in Denver, Colorado. and nomination for BEST FEMALE FILMMAKER for \u201cSin & Lyle\u201d at the 2007 Action On Film Festival in Long Beach, California. When did you first decide you wanted to act? <\/h3>\n

Julia:<\/b> I think I decided that I wanted to be a professional actor from the first time I ever performed on stage. I was cast in a community theatre production at Albany Civic Theatre in Oregon, where I grew up. It was a small role, maybe two scenes, but I\u2019m pretty sure from that moment on acting became my passion and I began to pursue it professionally. In high school, I was reading books on how to become a professional actor and trying to learn the little details of the business before I came to Los Angeles. I even graduated a little early from high school for the sole purpose of moving down to California to start getting film and TV credits on my resume. But I\u2019m not sure what inspired me to audition for that first play and join the drama club as a teenager. I had spent about 10 years of my childhood as a competitive gymnast, and when I got burned-out and quit, I needed something else in my life outside of school. I remember a close friend of mine in high school had been involved with drama for several years, so I asked her if she liked it and when she said \u201cYes,\u201d I thought I\u2019d give it a try too. <\/p>\n

Asiance: Tell us about your latest project, “Judas Kiss.” <\/h3>\n

Julia:<\/b> \u201cJudas Kiss\u201d is a beautiful little independent feature film that I\u2019ve been in love with since I first read the script back in, I believe, 2008. The project was developed by J.T. Tepnapa and Carlos Pedraza, both whom I first knew through \u201cStar Trek: Hidden Frontier\u201d (a fan webseries in which I played a Vulcan). They asked me to be a part of a table read for one of the early, early drafts of the script. And over the next couple of years, I just periodically kept in touch with them, like, \u201cHow\u2019s the film coming along?\u201d \u201cI want to audition for you when the time comes,\u201d etc. Then in the beginning of 2010, I helped them read opposite some actors who had been called-back for the lead role, and that ended up being my audition. We filmed on location in Seattle in August 2010 and the film has been circulating lots of festivals this past year. I call it \u201cA gay-themed time travel drama about second chances.\u201d It\u2019s done well \u2013 won a handful of awards and made it on a few \u201cMust See\u201d lists. It will be released on DVD by Wolfe Video this October. There\u2019s more info on the film\u2019s website: www.judaskissmovie.com. <\/p>\n

Asiance: For “Sin and Lyle” you were the director, producer, writer and actor. It was a very personal film for you. Can you tell us about it? <\/h3>\n

Julia:<\/b> I\u2019ve openly told a handful of people the details of how this film was so personal to me, but for whatever reason, I feel a little hesitant to do so at this moment. I guess because it\u2019s something I\u2019ll share one-on-one but not so much otherwise. So let\u2019s just say, in the past, my writing\/producing projects have always been very personal \u2013 stories taken from my own life experience. Such was the case with \u201cSin and Lyle,\u201d which explored the topics of suicide and depression. Similarly, my play, \u201cTwenty-Two\u201d tackled the issues of drug addiction, abuse, unhealthy relationships (sexual and otherwise), and, once again, depression. Every once in a blue moon, I\u2019ll receive an e-mail from someone who watched \u201cSin & Lyle\u201d and felt that they could relate to it and wanted to discuss it in depth with me. In those cases, I do generally share more personally.<\/p>\n