Julie Berry | |
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Born |
Lewiston, Maine, U.S. |
December 15, 1980
Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Education | |
Occupation | Television producer, MFT, TV personality, youth mentor |
Television | Survivor: Vanuatu |
Julie Catherine Berry (born December 15, 1980) is an American television personality and producer. She is best known for competing on the reality competition show Survivor, as well as her subsequent relationship with its host, Jeff Probst.
Julie was born on December 15, 1980, in Lewiston, Maine. A Native American from the Maliseet tribe, she was later adopted at the age of four by Les Berry, an engineer, and his wife Judith, an adoption lawyer. As a result of the adoption, Julie Berry gained an older brother, Chris, but she also was separated from her biological sister, whom she would not see again for another two decades.
Berry grew up in Gorham, Maine, where she attended Gorham High School. There, she played soccer and softball, and also took a physics class taught by Bob Crowley, the eventual winner of Survivor: Gabon. After high school, she attended East Carolina University, earning her Bachelor of Science degree in family and community development. Her junior year of college was spent at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), as part of a student exchange program. She would later return to CSUN for her Master of Science degree in educational psychology and counseling. In December 2003, she was accepted into the Peace Corps, although she ultimately did not join.