About
Julia Voth was born on May 16, 1985, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Starting out as a teen model and later moving into acting, she has worn many creative hats across entertainment and, more recently, real‑estate. Audiences most readily recognize her as the live‑action likeness of Jill Valentine in Capcom’s Resident Evil franchise and as the tough-yet-charming Trixie in the cult action film Bitch Slap (2009). On Canadian television, she anchored the sitcom Package Deal, proving she could switch from action heroine to comedic lead with ease.
Before Fame
Voth’s acting career was launched nearly by accident. At 14, she visited a modeling convention in Vancouver where a Tokyo scout signed her up for a two‑month contract. That brief trip became the launchpad for a world‑traveling model career that would ultimately lead to working for Calvin Klein and Guess. Those initial years in front of the lens honed the poise and physical narrative she would eventually employ in on‑camera performances. Her entry into pop‑culture history came in 2002 when Capcom digitized her looks for the GameCube reissue of Resident Evil, inseparably entwining her countenance with one of the most iconic heroines in gaming.
Trivia
- A cosplay circle: After a fan mailed her a hand‑stitched blue beret—the signature accessory of Jill Valentine—she staged a photoshoot that went viral among gamers, cementing her status as both muse and participant in cosplay culture.
- Festival honors: Her performance in Bitch Slap earned Best Actress at the Idyllwild Festival of Cinema, a welcome nod for an indie film that has since gathered a loyal following.
- Height advantage: Standing 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m), she often jokes that being tall helped her book runway work long before acting auditions arrived.
- Game to screen: Because her likeness is hard‑wired into multiple Resident Evil titles—including RE 5 and The Umbrella Chronicles—new fans discover her in pixels before they ever watch her live performances.
Family Life
Off the set lights Voth maintains life grounded in family. In 2018, she wed talent manager and producer David Zonshine. Their daughter, Willow Jupiter, was born in 2020, with a second child born in 2022. The couple divides time between Los Angeles and Vancouver, where Julia is able to juggle industry work, raising her children, and a growing side business assisting friends in finding houses in L.A.’s competitive housing market. She regularly posts lighthearted photos of “mom life” on social media, referring to parenthood as the best job she has had so far.
Associated With
On Bitch Slap, Voth joined action leads America Olivo and Erin Cummings, all of whom have become friends, whose comic‑con reunions frequently reveal. Guest appearances on TV shows cast her against series regulars like Nathan Fillion on Castle and Jensen Ackles on Supernatural, experiences for which she thanks sharpening her timing and dramatic instincts. Her longest‑running affiliation, naturally, is with Capcom and the international Resident Evil community—developers, cosplayers, and players who still refer to her as Jill Valentine, trending online.
