Julie Delpy was born in Paris, France, in 1969 to show business parents.

She was first featured in Jean-Luc Godard's Détective at the age of fourteen. She has starred in many American and European productions since then, including Disney's The Three Musketeers, Killing Zoe, and Three Colors: White.

She graduated from NYU's film school, and wrote and directed the short film Blah Blah Blah, which screened at the Sundance Film Festival. She is currently a resident of Los Angeles.
Was named one of People Magazine's "25 Most Beautiful" in 1995. Daughter of actor Albert Delpy and actress Marie Pillet. Beginning in 1990, she has been studying filmmaking at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, directing, writing and acting in more than 30 films. Loves sewing and making her own clothes. Shares birthday with The Three Musketeers co-star Kiefer Sutherland. Good friends with actor Ethan Hawke. She released a self-titled album in 2003. Is a fan of Marilyn Monroe. Good friends with Adam Goldberg. Has a very poor eyesight. She neither has a sense of depth nor the three dimensional vision.