And she certainly isn’t a criminal mastermind, even though she plays one on television.
So what else is there to know about Garner, whose career is still in its early stages?
How did she land the role of Ruth Langmore onOzark, and what roles has she done before?
Read on to discover the untold truth of Julia Garner.
But when Julia Garner was first cast in the drama, she didn’t know what to expect.
“I knew she was my part.”
Looks like she hedged her bets well on this one!
“I don’t even have a driver’s license,” she revealed toThe Cut.
Well, you really don’tneedone in the Big Apple!
“That’s why I liked acting,” she continued.
“Because I could say other people’s words.”
Garner was also super interested in films as a kid, even though some of them were awfully scary.
“The first place that I was getting recognized was in coffeehouses in Brooklyn,” she toldVulture.
“It was film students and hipsters in Brooklyn referencingElectrick ChildrenorWe Are What We Are.”
And both of those films are art house fare, as opposed to Hollywood blockbusters.
Garner appeared inten episodesof that show, in the role of Kimberly Breland.
Of course, now Garner is most widely recognized by fans ofOzarkno matter where she is in the city.
“I have the worst fear of rodents.
I can’t stand them.”
Who knew a mouse would be scarier than confronting the Snells or running away from an ambush?
“They had to use a hand double,” she continued.
“I couldn’t breathe and I nearly got a panic attack.”
So there was little evidence of her burgeoning acting career.
That made for some interesting conversations with her classmates when Garner would be absent from school for work.
“They were like, ‘Where are you going?’
and I’m like, ‘I’m going to the Sundance Film Festival,'” she continued.
“‘It’s this film festival that this actor named Robert Redford started.'”
But still, they didn’t believe her and many didn’t even know who Redford was.
“I couldn’t remember my lines when I wasn’t doing the accent,” she continued.
“So, I just had to do the accent and it worked.”
Well done, Julia!
For one, she’s quite gentle, and she definitely isn’t leading a life of crime.
“I’ve always loved fashion,” she gushed in an interview withNet-A-Porter’sPortermagazine.
“I’ve always loved clothes.”
Rather, she instead follows her instinct when it comes to making fashion choices.
She added that if you feel like dynamite wearing a paper bag, chances are you’ll look good.
Looking back on that time, Garner is still a bit rattled, too.
They wondered who the “new girl” was!
But long before the big day rolled around, Garner knew exactly what she wanted to wear.
“I wanted a Carrie Bradshaw moment.”
But she wanted another outfit a “more soft and feminine” one for the reception.
Fortunately, one seriously skilled designer came to Garner’s rescue.
She added, “It was an Instagram miracle!”
“Not that I’m ugly, but I’m not Hollywood-standard beautiful or that simplebeauty.”
“So, I get cult members.
I get pregnant Mormon girls.
I get cannibals,” she continued.
“I got a girl who was in love with a KGB secret agent who wore weird glasses.
And even now, I’ve got Ruth.”
“I don’t remember anything,” she revealed in an interview withNet-A-Porter’sPortermagazine.
And she found the experience to be absolutely terrifying.
“I’m still a little frazzled by it,” she continued.
“I can’t believe I was even nominated, to be honest.
It was scary-surreal.”
“I’m not crazy about social media,” she revealed toNME.
“I was probably born in the 1800s or something.”
“It almost felt like I had been hit with a frying pan every single night.”
Given what the character goes through inOzark, that’s not at all surprising.
“Not that I get depressed, but I think ‘why am I so down?'”
“But then I think ‘oh!
No shame in that, Julia!
That definitely sounds like Walker’s dreamy calling card!
