Julie Strain

The American actress and model Julie Ann Strain built a career in B-movies and modeling, with more than 100 film credits. Born in Concord, California, she moved to Las Vegas before settling in Hollywood. She was chosen as Penthouse Pet of the Month in June 1991 and Penthouse Pet of the Year in 1993. She became known as the Queen of B-movies. Her best known mainstream role was Julie, the lead in the animated film Heavy Metal 2000, for which she provided the voice. She also modeled for comic book artists such as Simon Bisley, Milo Manara, and Kevin Eastman, and her likeness was used in animation and in the video game Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2. Strain appeared in the documentaries Some Nudity Required (1998) and Something to Scream About (2004), and in 1997 Heavy Metal published her autobiography, Six Foot One and Worth the Climb. She was a guest panelist at comic book conventions.