Julia Sawalha Biography

Fast Facts

• Height: 5' 3" (1
• 60 m)
• Is the Kate Winslet of the small screen, refusing to fit into the "skinny actress" syndrome
• However, unlike Winslet, Julia has never deliberately made an effort to slim down for parts
• She admits that she is overweight, happy to be so and still gets plenty of work
• Attended the same high school as her Press Gang (1989) cast-mate Gabrielle Anwar
• Dated Press Gang (1989) co-star Dexter Fletcher
• In 1999, Sawalha left her cell phone in a hotel bar
• The man who found it called her parents and, as a prank, pretended to be a policeman informing them that their daughter had been killed in an automobile accident
• Sister-in-law of Mark Adderley