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Trained at the renown Sylvia Young Theatre School in London, Julie
Buckfield’s career has spanned over 20 years as both a child and adult
actress. As a child actress Julie is best known for playing the leading role
of Natalie Stevens in Grange Hill for four years. In addition Julie performed
the role of Young Eponine in Les Miserables and Anne in The Roses of
Eyam. Also during this time Julie played a Fairy in a Chuckle Brother’s
Christmas Special and toured in Old Time Music Hall.
As an adult actress Julie has made numerous guest appearances in The
Bill, London’s Burning, Scene, Expert Witness, Casualty, Holby City and Pie
in the Sky as well as co-presenting a Disney Club Summer Special from
Jersey. However Julie is best know on TV for the leading role of Julie
Matthews in Hollyoaks, and also the leading role of Annie Taylor in Extr@
which is exported globally.
Since 1997 Julie has built up an extensive career in the theatre, playing
leading roles in Don’t Rock the Boat, Much Ado about Nothing for the
British Shakespeare Company, A Slice of Saturday Night, and The Tart
andthe Vicar’s Wife - the latter two for the Theatre Royal in Lincoln.
Amongst the tours Julie has played leading roles in are the No 1 tours of
Passport to Pimlico, Bad Blood, and Caught in the Net along with the
revival The Ghost Train in 2006/07 for Ian Dickens Productions. Most
recently Julie has played the leading role of Tricia in The Naked Truth for Theatre Productions.
For the past decade Julie has built up a reputation as one of the countries leading actresses playing the Principal Boy role in pantomime, having played Peter Pan and incredible five times. This was too much acclaim for her dynamic interpretation of J. M. Barrie’s immortal hero. Recently, Julie has become the resident panto star of the Cambridge Arts Theatre pantomimes, playing the title roles in Jack and the Beanstalk - a role which she shall reprise this year, Dick Whittington, Aladdin and most recently Cinderella in which she finally got to play the Principal Girl role. In addition Julie also created the role of Cherry Kola in Rip van Winkle and the Fizziness Business which premiered at the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield and has appeared in Jack and the Beanstalk and Dick Whittington for the Lewisham Theatre.
As part of her career Julie has also made a number of voice over’s for DFS, W.H Smith, Bisto, Centrum Multivitamins, Synergie 3-in-1, Bon Jovi and Mykindofplace.com. While last year Julie recorded the role of Hedyla for a Doctor Who audio play entitled Return to the Web Planet for Big Finish Productions.
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