# Julie Cox

Julie Cox is an English actress. She played Princess Irulan in the Sci Fi Channel's 2000 miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune and its 2003 sequel, Frank Herbert's Children of Dune. She also played The Childlike Empress in The Neverending Story III.

## Career

One of Cox's earliest roles was the Childlike Empress in the 1994 film The NeverEnding Story III. She played Diana, Princess of Wales in Princess in Love by David Greene, a film released in 1996 based upon the publication by Anna Pasternak. Cox played the character Sophie Aronnax in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea in 1997, and in 1999 she appeared as Giulietta in the film adaptation of Alegría.
Cox portrayed Princess Irulan in the 2000 Sci Fi Channel miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune and its 2003 sequel, Frank Herbert's Children of Dune.
Cox starred with Jean-Claude Van Damme in Second in Command (2006), and in 2007 was the female lead in The Riddle. She starred as Beth Eagleton in The Oxford Murders in 2008.
Cox portrayed a fictionalised Mary Shelley, a companion of the Eighth Doctor, in the Big Finish Productions Doctor Who audio dramas The Company of Friends (2009), The Silver Turk (2011), The Witch from the Well (2011), and Army of Death (2011).

## Personal life

Cox lives in Bristol with her partner and they have one child.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | The NeverEnding Story III | The Childlike Empress | |
| 1994 | The Knickerbocker Gang: The Talking Grave | Melissa Kramer | |
| 1998 | Brand New World | Angela | AKA, Woundings |
| 1999 | Alegría | Giulietta | |
| 1999 | Felicia's Journey | Marcia Tibbits | |
| 2001 | The War Bride | Sophie | |
| 2003 | The Death of Klinghoffer | Young Hannah | |
| 2005 | The Headsman | Margaretha | |
| 2006 | Second in Command | Michelle Whitman | Video |
| 2006 | Almost Heaven | Hilary Wooler | |
| 2007 | The Riddle | Kate Merrill | |
| 2008 | The Oxford Murders | Beth Eagleton | |
| 2012 | The Prisoner | Julia | |
| 2018 | 2036 Origin Unknown | Lena Wilson | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1992 | Une maman dans la ville | Betsy | TV film |
| 1995 | Tears Before Bedtime | Katherine | TV series |
| 1995 | Zoya [fr; nl; ru] | Maria | TV film |
| 1995 | La vie de Marianne [fr] | Mademoiselle Varthon | TV film |
| 1996 | Tales from the Crypt | Marlys | "Last Respects" |
| 1996 | Princess in Love [it] | Princess Diana | TV film |
| 1996 | The Ring | Giselle | TV film |
| 1997 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Sophie Arronax | TV film |
| 1999 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Helene de Rochambeau | "Valentin Gautier" |
| 2000 | Frank Herbert's Dune | Princess Irulan | TV miniseries |
| 2000 | David Copperfield | Dora Spenlow | TV film |
| 2002 | King of Texas | Claudia Lear | TV film |
| 2002 | The American Embassy | Fiona Humphrey | Episode: "Long Live the King" |
| 2002 | An Angel for May [it] | Alison Wheeler | TV film |
| 2003 | Frank Herbert's Children of Dune | Princess Irulan | TV miniseries |
| 2003 | Spooks | Maxi Baxter | Episode: “Blood & Money” Broadcast in some countries as MI-5 |
| 2003 | Byron | Annabella Milbanke | TV film |
| 2003 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Elsa Greer | Episode: "Five Little Pigs" |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Miss Marple | Young Miss Marple | Episode: "The Murder at the Vicarage" |
| 2006 | Nostradamus | Gemelle | TV film |
| 2007 | HolbyBlue | Mandy French | Recurring role (series 1) |
| 2008 | New Tricks | Jacinta Felspar | Episode: "Couldn't Organise One" |
| 2011 | Zen | Mara | Episode: "Cabal" |
| 2012 | Lewis | Miranda Thornton | Episode: "Generation of Vipers" |
| 2013 | Midsomer Murders | Olivia Carr | Episode: "The Sicilian Defence" |
| 2013 | Jo | Sharon | Episode: "Le Marais" |
| 2017 | Broadchurch | Angela Dyer | Episode #3.1 |