Julia Sweeney

Julia Sweeney 2008

Julia Sweeney (born October 10, 1959 in Spokane , Washington ) is an American actress and comedian. As a civil rights activist, she advocates atheism .

Life

Sweeney discovered her acting talent early on, but initially studied economics. She became a member of the comedian group The Groundlings . She became known through her participation in Saturday Night Live . Sweeney was first raised Catholic. Over time, however, she began to see the contradictions of religion. In her work she deals very critically with the dangers and ideologies of religions. She is on the board of directors for the Secular Coalition for America . She received the Richard Dawkins Award and the Humanist Pioneer Prize of the American Humanist Association for her commitment . Sweeney lives in Hollywood.

Her program Letting Go of God was released on DVD in 1998.

Filmography (selection)

• 1990: Gremlins 2: The Return of the Little Monsters ( Gremlins 2: The New Batch )
• 1990-1994: Saturday Night Live
• 1992: Honey , Now We Have a Giant Baby ( Honey I Blew Up the Kid )
• 1993: The Coneheads
• 1994: What is Pat? ( It's Pat )
• 1994: Pulp Fiction
• 1995: Stuart Stupid - A Family Sucks (Stuart Saves His Family)
• 1997: The Shrill Four in Las Vegas ( Vegas Vacation )
• 1997: Behind the moon just left ( 3rd Rock from the Sun ; guest appearance)
• 1999: Stuart Little
• 1999: Susan ( Suddenly Susan ; guest appearance)
• 2000: Beethoven: Holiday with Obstacles ( Beethoven's 3rd )
• 2000–2001: My Family - Really Embarrassing ( Maybe It's Me )
• 2001: Beethoven 4 - Double barks better ( Beethoven's 4th )
• 2002: Clockstoppers
• 2002: Again and Again Jim ( According to Jim ; guest appearance)
• 2003: Frasier (guest appearance)
• 2004: Sex and the City (guest appearance)
• since 2019: Work in Progress

Web links

Commons : Julia Sweeney  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Julia Sweeney in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• JuliaSweeney.com
• juliasweeney.blogspot.com