page_title: Julia Sweeney
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Julia Sweeney / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: Julia Sweeney speaking at the Atheist Alliance International Convention in Long Beach, California
context_page_description: Julia Anne Sweeney is an American actress, comedian and author. She was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1994. She played Mrs. Keeper in the film Stuart Little and voiced Brittany in Father of the Pride. She currently co-stars in the Hulu series Shrill and the Showtime series Work in Progress.
context_section_description: Sweeney  was born in Spokane, Washington, the daughter of Robert Mark Sweeney and Jeraldine "Jeri" Sweeney (née Ivers). Her father was an attorney and federal prosecutor, while her mother was a homemaker. Sweeney has an Irish Catholic background. Sweeney is the oldest of five children. She had two brothers, William Robert "Bill" Sweeney, and Michael Ivers Sweeney, who both died, and a brother, Jim Sweeney, and a sister, Meg Sweeney.
  Sweeney was raised in Spokane. As a child, she was drawn to imitating voices and inventing characters.
  Sweeney attended Marycliff High School and Gonzaga Preparatory School, where she appeared in a number of plays. She graduated with a double major in economics and European history at the University of Washington. There she was student body vice president and became a member of Delta Gamma sorority.
  After graduation, Sweeney moved to Los Angeles, where she worked as an accountant for Columbia Pictures and United Artists.
caption: Sweeney speaking at the Atheist Alliance International Convention in 2008
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