Julia Nicole Schlaepfer"Tonight's Best". The Pioneer-News. April 3, 2017. p. A5. Retrieved December 13, 2025. "Madam Secretary 9 p.m. on WLKY: A popular young actress (guest star Julia Nicole Schlaepfer) teams with Elizabeth (Tea Leoni) to try to convince a foreign leader to op- pose human trafficking in the new episode 'Good Bones.'" (born March 3, 1995) is an American actress, best known as Alice Charles in The Politician (2019–2020) and Alexandra Dutton in 1923 (2023–2025).
Early life and career Born on March 3, 1995, at the Group Health Eastside Hospital in Redmond, Washington, and raised in Woodinville and Bellevue, Schlaepfer is one of at least three children born to Lesli (née Boyer) and Phil Schlaepfer."Vital Statistics: Births". The Daily Herald. March 12, 1995. p. 4B. Retrieved December 13, 2025. "Group Health Eastside Hospital, Redmond: HOLLAND, Lisa and Rob, Edmonds, boy, March 2. SCHLAEPFER, Lesli and Phil, Woodinville, girl, March 3.""Obituaries: Doris Ritter Fuller". Whidbey News-Times. April 15, 2009. p. A8. Retrieved December 13, 2025. "step grandchildren [include] Lesli and husband Phil Schlaepfer of Bellevue. [...] Step great-grandchildren include Matt and Alexa Holmly of Oak Harbor and Andrew, Chris and Julia Schlaepfer of Bellevue.""Navy Man Honored". Whidbey News-Times. September 19, 1984. p. 40. Retrieved December 13, 2025. "Captain Van Westfall congratulates Lieutenant Phil Schlaepfer on his receipt of the Achievement Medal. [...] Schlaepfer is leaving the Navy in October and will be making his home in Bellevue. He is married to the former Lesli Boyer of Oak Harbor"
A ballerina with Seattle's Pacific Northwest Ballet for 12 years, Schlaepfer graduated in 2013 from Lakeside High School,"Valuing individual service, self-improvement and free market policy: Meet The Schlaepfer Family". Scott-Schlaepfer Family Foundation. Retrieved December 13, 2025. whose drama teacher Alban Dennis she credits for having "got[ten] me into acting", adding, "I wouldn’t be here without him."Chávez, Krystyna (October 1, 2019). "Alice From 'The Politician' Is My New Stone Cold Inspiration".Marie Claire . Retrieved December 14, 2025. "I dug deep to get us a little background on Julia [...] She is also a blue-eyed Taurus and her birthday is on March 3. Julia used to be a ballerina with Pacific Northwest Ballet until an injury in high school, and credits her drama teacher for getting her into acting. 'I went to Lakeside High School and (drama teacher) Alban Dennis is my angel,' she said. 'He got me into acting and I wouldn’t be here without him.'" She continued her studies at the Atlantic Acting School at New York University Tisch School of the Arts,"Notable Alumni". Atlantic Acting School.org. Retrieved December 14, 2025. "SHABANAS AZEEZ: Credits Include 'The Pitt,' 'Metro Sexual,' 'In Limbo'. JULIA SCHLAEPFER: Credits Include 'Madame Secretary,' 'American Horror Stories,' '1923'." and graduated in 2017 on the Dean’s List.
Filmography Television YearTitleRoleNotes2017Madam SecretaryAshley Whittaker1 episode2018InstinctMaggie Fallon1 episode2019–2020The PoliticianAlice Charles15 episodes2022American Horror StoriesCeleste1 episode2022–20251923Alexandra Dutton15 episodes
Film YearTitleRoleNotes2018Charlie SaysSandra Good2022The Sky Is EverywhereRachel Brazile2025The BardCaroline HentzTBARoosterPost-production
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