Déa Julien is an actor, singer, writer, and director born and raised in NYC. Current projects in development include Belle, a limited series co-created with Olivia Khoshatefeh, and Did You Know, a Wave Grant Finalist short film in which she starred as well as wrote, directed, and produced. Déa's opera film "de jadis" won the audience award at the Catapult Film Festival, and her play Sanctuary was commissioned by the Muse Project. As an actor, Déa has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in National Tours, at the Metropolitan Opera, and in various film projects. She is a recipient of Glamour Magazine's College Women of the Year Award, and received her BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Déa is a first-generation American of Arab and Slavic descent, and is passionate about giving voice to dynamic female characters who subvert expectations, especially within queer and immigrant communities.