JULIA

 Julia Channel : An eclectic and captivating woman.

During her professional career as an actress, from which she never hides, Julia Channel had to draw on all of her strength and determination. For the last twenty years, her passions for music, photography, and health and fitness, have been her driving force.

Julia has made an asset out of her mixed-race heritage. Born in Paris of a Malian father and French mother, she has been able to draw upon this racial and ethnic diversity in her work. Her difficult childhood in the suburbs of Paris was softened by the passion of her father, an artist, and American Musicals of the 50’s. No cartoons for little Julia, rather all the films of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. Added to this, the music of Stevie Wonder, George Benson, and Michael Jackson completed her artistic infancy. Her musical roots lie there.

At the turn of the millennium, Julia was fully immersed in the international Hip Hop scene; she was the face of the “Homecore” street clothing brand alongside Joey Starr. Julia appeared in music videos alongside artists such as Method Man (Judgement Day), Lord Kossity (Dancehall Soldier), Menelik (Bye Bye), Stomy Bugsy (Ho Le Le), and rock band Silmarils (Cours Vite). Julia presented various TV and Web shows for Canal+ in France before starting her own music program “Hip Hop Channel” on the MCM network in 2001 where she interviewed the likes of Alicia Keys, Busta Rhymes, Eve, Xibit, etc.