Julie Mayer
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| Julie Mayer | |
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 Andrea Bowen, the actress who plays Julie. |
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| First appearance | Pilot (episode 1.01) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Age | 16 |
| Occupation | None |
| Family | Susan Mayer (mother) Karl Mayer (father) |
| Relationships | Zach Young (ex-boyfriend) Austin McCann (ex-boyfriend) |
| Relatives | Sophie Bremmer Flickman (maternal grandmother) Morty Flickman (maternal step-grandfather) Addison Prudy (maternal biological grandfather) |
| Portrayed by | Andrea Bowen |
| Created by | Marc Cherry |
Julie Alexandra Mayer is the name of a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The character is played by actress Andrea Bowen. She is the daughter of Susan Mayer.
[edit] History
| “ | "Is sexy what you're going for at the funeral of your boyfriend's wife?" | ” |
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— Julie Mayer
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Julie usually helps Susan deal with problems regarding Susan's love life. She also helps to care for her mother after her divorce. She is briefly romantically involved with Zach Young, but she soon comes to find him disturbing, breaking up with him. She is intelligent and gets good grades at school, has a good singing voice, and is very helpful to other children of the Wisteria Lane. She is a good friend to Danielle Van De Kamp. The idea of her mother and father remarriage isn't a good thing to her, noting "I can't go through another divorce". For Susan, she is always there when needed. Julie is, ironically, far more mature than either her accident-prone mother or her cheating father.
In the third season beginning, Julie meets Edie's nephew, Austin McCann, who she likes but doesn't want to admit it. Edie soon tells Julie that Austin is bad news.
Julie is involved in a hostage situation - a supermarket held up by Carolyn Bigsby. She and Susan were fighting before she got held hostage. Austin and Julie form a bond when they are faced with a life and death situation. Susan has recently banned Julie from seeing Austin but Julie told her to forget because she was going to keep seeing him anyway.
In episode 3.11, "No Fits, No Fights, No Feuds", Julie decides to give up her virginity to Austin after a talk with Andrew made her think that if she didn't have sex with Austin, he would leave her. Shortly afterwards it is revealed that Austin is cheating on Julie with Danielle, who's supposed to be Julie's friend. As Susan finds out that Edie gave Julie Birth Control, she and Edie Britt walk in on Danielle and Austin in a compromising position which leads Susan to tell Julie, who is then seen crying on her mom's shoulder. They later reconcile only to have Austin leave town as he impregnanted Danielle, which Julie doesn't know.
[edit] Trivia
- Julie was originally planned to be named Jenna Meyer and to be a 10-year-old.
- She is the only main teen role credited as a regular (all other being "also starring").
- She and Danielle Van De Kamp were good friends but since Julie found out Danielle slept with Austin the girls' friendship is most likely over.
| Desperate Housewives | ||
| Episode list | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | ABC official site | ||
| Production | Marc Cherry | Characters | Actors | Awards | Broadcasting | DVD releases | Music | The Game | |
| Main characters |
Susan Mayer | Lynette Scavo | Bree Hodge | Gabrielle Solis | Edie Britt | Mary Alice Young Carlos Solis | Tom Scavo | Julie Mayer | Orson Hodge | Mike Delfino Andrew Van De Kamp | Danielle Van De Kamp | Preston and Porter Scavo | Parker Scavo | Ian Hainsworth |
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| Former main characters |
Betty Applewhite | Rex Van De Kamp | Paul Young | John Rowland | Zach Young | Karl Mayer |
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| Minor characters |
Carolyn Bigsby | Sophie Flickman | Maisy Gibbons | Ida Greenberg | Alma Hodge | Gloria Hodge |
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| Locations | Wisteria Lane | |
