Career Modeling, art, and fashion design įox started as a clothing designer and launched a successful women's knitwear luxe line, Franziska Fox, with her friend Briana Andalore.

įox briefly attended the New School in New York City as a media studies major, and later dropped out. At age 17, she overdosed and had a near-death experience. After a suicide attempt at age 16, Fox was placed into a psychiatric ward, where she was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. She was put on probation for three years for stealing and grand larceny for credit card fraud. At age 15, Fox was caught shoplifting from Bloomingdale's and banned from the store. Fox also drank, attended parties, went clubbing, and was arrested several times. While attending City-As-School High School, she worked as a dominatrix for six months in the East Village, after discovering the job in a Craigslist 'adult gigs' section. įox worked several service jobs as a teenager, including at a shoe store, an ice cream shop, and a pastry shop. Fox ended their relationship after he sent her a death threat that also targeted her family. After he was imprisoned, she moved into a friend's home. At age 15, she left home to live with her boyfriend, who was a drug dealer. Her father was 'volatile and verbally abusive', and her mother was 'absent for long stretches' when Fox visited her, and the two also 'fought explosively'. While growing up, Fox experienced periods of relative homelessness, and had a difficult relationship with her parents. She was asked to leave the host family due to smoking and skipping school, and lived alone in her mother's empty apartment for some time until she returned to New York. Īt age 14, Fox moved back to Italy to stay with a host family that lived near her mother's hometown, and attended a private Catholic school. At age six, she moved to New York City to live with her father in Yorkville, Manhattan, while also regularly visiting her mother in Italy. In Italy, she lived in a one-bedroom apartment with her mother's family, and was raised in a Catholic household. During this time, Fox's father lived on a boat docked off of New York City.

Until age six, she was raised by her grandfather in the small town of Saronno, located outside of Milan, while her mother finished college. Fox is also known for her eccentric style and online presence.įox was born in Milan, Italy, to an Italian mother, Gracie, and an American father, Thomas Fox, who worked as a contractor. As an actress, she is known for her debut performance in the 2019 film Uncut Gems, for which she was nominated for the Breakthrough Actor Award at the 2019 Gotham Awards. Julia Fox (born February 2, 1990) is an Italian-American actress and model.

Julia fox in uncut gems