Julie Strain is an American actress and model who has come to be known as the “Queen of the B-movies”. She has over one hundred films to her credit. In addition, she was Penthouse Pet of the Month for June 1991, and Penthouse Pet of the Year for 1993. She has also had her likeness attached to numerous comic book characters and animation items. For example, she did the voice acting for the main character in the animation movie Heavy Metal 2000 and was the basis for the third person shooter Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.².
Strain, who stands 6’1″ (1.85m), is married to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman. Eastman is also the Editor in Chief of Heavy Metal magazine. Julie often appears in the magazine in photos
or pictures painted by her close friends Olivia De Berardinis and Simon Bisley.
Strain is also the focus of Immanuel Sebastian’s obsession in Gilad Elbom’s book Scream Queens of the Dead Sea. In addition, she played a role of herself in the 2001 television movie
How to Make a Monster.
She also became very popular for performing in the program Sex Court on Playboy TV.
Julie was hired to portray Kirk Lindo’s Vampress Luxura for a photo shoot and short video about the project. With costume design by Michael Bush Julie created the very first official live version of the Vampress Luxura. The photos were featured on several of the comic and magazine covers as well as several trading cards.
