Julia

Julia is an American comedy drama television series created by Daniel Goldfarb that premiered on HBO Max on March 31, 2022. It is based on the life of Julia Child in 1960s Cambridge, Massachusetts during the production of her television cooking show The French Chef. In May 2022, the series was renewed for a second season, which is scheduled to premiere on November 16, 2023. Cast and characters Main Sarah Lancashire as Julia Child, a cookbook author who develops and stars in The French Chef, a pioneering cooking show David Hyde Pierce as Paul Child, Julia's husband, an artist and retired diplomat Bebe Neuwirth as Avis DeVoto, Julia's close friend who volunteers to help with her show Fran Kranz as Russ Morash, producer and director of The French Chef at WGBH-TV Fiona Glascott as Judith Jones, Julia's book editor and friend who works at Knopf Brittany Bradford as Alice Naman, an associate producer at WGBH who champions Julia's show Recurring Jefferson Mays as P. Albert Duhamel, host of the literary program I've Been Reading Robert Joy as Hunter Fox, president of WGBH Lindsey Broad as Dorothy Zinberg, a scholar and new mother who works on The French Chef as a volunteer Judith Light as Blanche Knopf, Julia's publisher Adriane Lenox as Virginia Naman, Alice's mother Tosin Morohunfolo as Isaac, a lawyer whom Alice dates