Julie James | |
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I Know What You Did Last Summer character | |
![]() Jennifer Love Hewitt as Julie James in I Know What You Did Last Summer | |
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Created by | Lois Duncan |
Portrayed by | Jennifer Love Hewitt |
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Gender | Female |
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Significant other | Ray Bronson |
Origin | Southport, North Carolina |
Status | Alive |
Julie James is a fictional character in the I Know What You Did Last Summer franchise. The character was created by American writer Lois Duncan and appears in her 1973 suspense novel I Know What You Did Last Summer. In the story, Julie is a young woman whose friend group is involved in a hit-and-run accident. Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt portrayed Julie in the Kevin Williamson-scripted feature film I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), in which she is the final girl. She returns in the sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998).
In 2018, Bianca Giselle portrayed the character in the musical parody I Know What You Did Last Summer: The Unauthorized Musical that premiered at the El Cid in Los Angeles. Over the years, the character has received generally weak reception because of her role in the film, with many arguing that other characters in the story were more compelling and should have survived over Julie.