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JULIANNE CROSS is a FORMER ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE TURNED actor, comedian, WRITER, and Award-Winning FILMMAKER.

Julianne fell in love with comedy while taking classes on nights and weekends at The Upright Citizens Brigade.  Since quitting her corporate job, Julianne has been featured in comedic sketches for Above Average, Comedy Central, The New Yorker, and Funny or Die.  You can spot her in numerous commercials for companies such as Snickers, Synchrony Bank, Zappos, Grammarly, eyelove, Fireball Whisky, Venmo, and SeatGeek.

The pandemic redirected Julianne to the exploration of the bittersweet and her first film, Delete, is the result. It has been screened at numerous festivals including The Big Apple Film Festival, Atlanta Shortsfest, The San Jose International Short Film Festival, and The DC Shorts International Film Festival where she was nominated for Outstanding First Time Director.

Her childhood “big break” involved playing a bumble bee in a local pet store commercial in her hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania. She’s not bitter about it, but the Blind Melon girl totally stole her thunder.

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The Queen of Pentacles will show you the way forward whenever you seem to be stranded and confused. I showed myself the way through the dark this year and last night was a celebration of that.
If you knew me during my corporate phase in my 20s, swipe left to be teleported. I had the time of my life on this commercial shoot for Fireball Whisky. A dream crew, dream costars, and all the confetti in my mouth.
Traveled around the world this summer and officially came home to myself. 🌎 💕
The past two years have changed me profoundly. I am not the same woman I was in August of 2020 and I’m not the same woman I was when I took these photos a month ago. I’m very proud of that. Here’s to moving on. 🦋
The real shame is I only had three days in Dubrovnik. (I made the most of them.)
Flew to Oslo for this picture. Got the most poetic ending to a month-long adventure instead. 💎
I’ve lived in “New Amsterdam” for almost 18 years, but I would move to the original in a heartbeat.