Julie Morkel

Julianne Shannon Morkel (born August 21, 1978) is an American actress, writer, voice actress and producer. Her voice credits include Morgana in This Is The Way to Tinseltown. In live action, she is best known for playing various roles in Earth on Earth and Aurora Barretta in Enigma Beach. She is the sister of Phelan and Jason Morkel.

Early life
Julianne Shannon Morkel was born in. Her father Nicholas H. Morkel (born 1931) was born in, and her mother Cassandra Morkel (née Bergamo; 1930-2014) was born in , and settled in  at the age of 6. Her brothers are cartoonist, animator, writer, filmmaker, actor and singer Phelan Morkel (born 1975) and actor Jason Morkel (born 1980).

Morkel attended, which her brothers also attended. She went to the, but did not graduate before moving to to begin a career in television.

Career
Morkel's first acting roles came in 1997 when she did voice work on a few anime dubs for Gotaku at Boston City Sound Studios under the pseudonym "Julianne Bergamo". Morkel's big break was her role as supporting character Aurora Barretta in the last six seasons of RKO's Enigma Beach from 1999 to 2005; she later reprised that role in the sequel series Genesis.

In addition to voice acting in animated productions, Julie has also been involved in other aspects of animation, such as having been a production manager for Mole Miner since season 8, and she has also written episodes of Mole Miner, Living on an Edge and Dan & Marilyn.

In 2018, she was cast in her brother Phelan's longtime associate Ty Wojciehowicz's animated period comedy-drama series This Is The Way to Tinseltown, where she voices the free-spirited dancer Morgana.