Julie Coker tsohuwar 'yar jaridar talabijin ce da kuma mai watsa shirye-shirye. Ta kasance fuskar da aka saba da ita a cikin watsa shirye-shiryen talabijin a Najeriya a farkon masana'antar. Mahaifin Coker ta kasance Ba Yarbiya ce daga birnin Abeokuta yayin da mahaifiyarta Itsekiri ce daga yankin Warri. Ta girma ne a Legas tare da mahaifiyarta da mahaifinta kuma ta halarci makarantar firamare ta St Mary, wadda mishanan darikar katolika suka kafa, kuma kuma sananniyar matan mu. A makaranta, Julie ta sami sha'awar mawaƙa da kuma wasan kwaikwayon wasan kwaikwayo, sha'awar da mata ke yi. Daga baya ta sami shiga Kwalejin Yara na Holy Holy. Lokacin da take da shekara goma sha huɗu, mahaifiyarta ta kamu da rashin lafiya kuma ta tafi ƙauyensu don murmurewa, Coker ta kasance tare da dangin mahaifinta wanda ke zaune a wata ƙungiya. Amma bayan shekara guda, ba tare da wasika ko wasika daga mahaifiyarta ba, sai ta yi kasada a cikin hanyoyin ruwan da baƙi za su je su neme ta a yankin Sapele na jihar Delta ta yanzu. Coker ya yi magana da Yarbanci kuma ba ya magana Itsekiri, yaren dangin mahaifiyarsa.