Julie Powell is a beautiful woman with a well-maintained body figure, the American author is best known for her blog, “The Julie/Julia Project,” and the Nora Ephron movie ‘Julie & Julia,’ which is based in part on Powell’s experience.
Profile Summary of Julie Powell
| Name | Julie Powell |
| Gender | Female |
| Age | (aged 49) |
| Nationality | American |
| Marital Status | Married to Eric Powell |
| Net Worth | $ 5 million dollars |
| Occupation | Blogger and Author |
Who Is Julie Powell?
Writer Julie Powell received national attention for her blog, “The Julie/Julia Project,” which she subsequently adapted for a memoir. Nora Ephron wrote and directed a 2009 culinary comedy-drama, Julie & Julia, based on Powell’s work and the life of Julia Child in 1950s Paris.
Early Life
Powell was born in Austin, Texas on April 20, 1973. She attended Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts, graduating in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater and dance/fiction writing. She later married Eric Powell, an editor at Archaeology magazine, and the couple settled in New York City.
Marital Status
Talking about the relationship status of Julie Powell, she is straight and a married woman. She tied the knot with Eric Powell, an editor for the magazine ‘Archaeology’.
Julia and Eric started dating shortly after and married. Currently, this lovely couple is living a comfortable life in the United States.
Professional Life
In August 2002, Julie Powell started her Julie & Julia Project, while she was working for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. This project was a blog that describes her attempt to cook all the recipes in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
Therefore, the blog received a large following, and Julie signed a book with Little, Brown, and Company.
In the year 2005, her books, Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, and 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen were published. Similarly, the film ‘Julie & Julia’ directed by Nora Ephron, was released on August 7, 2009.
Likewise, this film was made by both Julie Powell’s book and Julia Child’s autobiography My Life in France. Moreover, Amy Adams appeared as Julie Powell and Meryl Streep as Julia Child. Whereas, Julie’s husband, Eric Powell starred as Chris Messina.
Whereas, Julie’s second book, ‘Cleaving: a Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession’ was published on 30th November 2009. Therefore, Julie received many negative reviews based on the content of the book and her openness about affairs.
Besides that, Powell has published in several magazines such as Bon Appetit, Food and Wine, Washington Post, House Beautiful, Archaeology, and The New York Times Magazine.
Awards
Talking about her awards and achievements, in 2009, Julia received an honorary diploma award from Le Cordon Bleu, the cooking school from which she graduated in 1951.
Reflecting upon social media, Julia Powell is active only on Twitter. Likewise, she has an official Twitter account with the username @licjulie and has more than 4500 followers.
“The Julie & Julia Project” Blog
Powell’s blog developed a large following after appearing in an article in The New York Times. On the strength of her writing and her newfound popularity, the publishing group Little, Brown and Company offered Powell a contract to develop a book about her experience. Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen was published in 2005; the paperback was published under an alternate title, Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously.
‘Julie/Julia’
Powell received further national attention when Ephron adapted her story as a screenplay. Ephron also directed the resulting film, Julie & Julia. The screenplay is based on Powell’s work, as well as Child’s autobiography, My Life in France. In the film, Powell and Child appear in parallel story lines, with Powell working through Child’s book and finding her voice as an author, while Child, in 1950s Paris, attends Le Cordon Bleu and begins her culinary career.
Powell was not deeply involved in the film adaptation of her book. Julie & Julia was released in August of 2009, with Amy Adams playing Powell and Meryl Streep as Julia Child. Streep’s performance earned her an Academy Award nomination for best actress. While praising Adams’s performance in Julie & Julia, Powell has distanced herself from Adams’s character in the film, calling the portrayal “a rom-com version of my life.”
Julie’s Projects
Powell’s second book, Cleaving: a Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession, was published in 2009. The book details Powell’s experiences learning the trade of butchery, first in several New York City establishments and ultimately in a butcher shop in the Catskills.
In addition to butchery, Powell’s second book touches on extramarital affairs that she pursued, as well as one pursued by her husband, Eric. These events took place following Powell’s initial success as an author. The tone and graphic content in these sections of Cleaving provoked unsympathetic reviews. Powell has expressed surprise at the harsh reactions she received, pointing out the essential role of candour in a memoir and the ultimately constructive outcomes of the affairs, in terms of her marriage.
Julie’s Net Worth
Julie Powell’s net worth is estimated around $5 million dollars.
Julie’s Death
Julie Powell, who found fame with an early food blog that was turned into a best-selling book and a hit movie, has died at the age of 49. On October 26th, she died of Cardiac arrest at Upstate New York.
