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'''Julia Kathleen Murney''' (born January 14, 1969) is an [[United States|American]] [[actress]] and [[singing|singer]], also known for [[television commercial]] [[voice-overs]]. Until 2005, she was commonly known as the [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] actress who had technically never appeared on Broadway. This was because her fame came mostly from her performances on the Broadway charity circuit, and not traditional Broadway productions. She played the role of [[Elphaba]] in the musical ''[[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]'', both on the US national tour (2006) and on Broadway (2007). She is also a two-time [[Drama Desk Award]] nominee, for ''[[The Wild Party]]'' (2000) and ''Falling'' (2013).
==Early life==
The daughter of actor [[Christopher Murney]] and Anne Murney, Murney was named after the song "Julia" from [[The Beatles]] ''White Album''. She has a younger sister, Caitlin (born 1977), who is a film producer and lives in LA and younger brother, Patrick (born 1987), who is an actor and graduated from Syracuse University with a drama degree in 2009.
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