Julie Mayer (Desperate Housewives)
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| Desperate Housewives character | |||||||||
| Portrayed by | Andrea Bowen | ||||||||
| Duration | 2004 - 12 | ||||||||
| First appearance | "Pilot" 1x01, October 3, 2004 |
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| Last appearance | "Finishing the Hat" 8x23, May 13, 2012 |
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| Created by | Marc Cherry | ||||||||
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| Occupation | Post-Graduate Former Tutor Medical Student Waitress |
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| Parents |
Susan Mayer Karl Mayer Mike Delfino (stepfather) |
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| Siblings |
M.J. Delfino (maternal half-brother) Evan Mayer (paternal half-brother) |
| Children | Sophie Mayer-Scavo (daughter, with Porter) |
| Other relatives |
Sophie Bremmer-Flickman (grandmother) Addison Prudy (grandfather) Irene Mayer (paternal great-grandmother) Claire Bremmer (great aunt) Ella Bremmer (great aunt) Frank Bremmer (great uncle) Regina Bremmer (great aunt) Tim Bremmer (cousin) Nick Delfino (step-grandfather) Adele Delfino (step-grandmother) James Delfino (step-great grandfather) Maynard (step-great grandfather) |
Julie Mayer is a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The character is played by actress Andrea Bowen, and first appeared in the pilot episode of the series in 2004. She is the daughter of Susan Delfino (Teri Hatcher) and Karl Mayer (Richard Burgi). They share custody of Julie, though she lives primarily with Susan. Julie is characterized as "bright and self-sufficient and extremely mature for her age." She often acts as the parental figure in her relationship with Susan, especially following Susan's divorce from Karl. However, since the 6th season, Julie's personality has changed quite a bit, with her saying she was no longer the "perfect" daughter.
Prior to being cast in the role, Bowen did not think she would get it, explaining, "they were looking for a 12-year-old brunette ... and I was a 13-year-old blonde." As a result, Bowen was asked to dye her hair for the role. Bowen was initially attracted to the series because of the amount of attention paid to the younger characters. She stated, "If you watch a lot of other television shows, the kids don't have that much [of a] part in it. On this show, the writers give us each our own individual storylines that have a lot of layers to them." For the show's third season, the character's storylines began revolving around themes of teenage rebellion and angst. Bowen commented: "She’s going to have, you know, primarily one love interest, and he’s a bit of a bad boy. We’re going to see if she has a positive effect on him, or if he has a negative effect on her. I’m definitely very excited about it ... because you kind of get to see a different side to her."
At the beginning of the series' fourth season, Bowen commented on the possibility that her character would be leaving the show for college, stating that the writers had briefly alluded to the character's departure early in the season but removed it from the script. She continued: "Do I want my character to go off to college? No, I'm very happy where I am but I wouldn’t be too devastated if it happened because none of us feel too secure with their jobs being that people get killed left and right. I think we all live with the suspicion that we're going to be going." The Julie character was written off the series for the fifth season. Hatcher expressed disappointment in the decision, but series creator Marc Cherry promised that Bowen would return to the series. Bowen returned to the series for one episode during season five and rejoined the main cast as a series regular for the sixth season. She appeared once in the seventh season and returned for a string of episodes in the show's eighth and final season.
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