- Principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre. (2001)
- Made debut appearing as the ballerina love interest of Mikhail Baryshnikov in the dance film, Dancers (1987).
- She retired as a dancer in 2015, after a 29-year career with American Ballet Theatre.
- Son is named William Spencer Barbee and was born in 2004.
- In 2016 she was appointed artistic director of the Washington (DC) Ballet.
- She grew up near Washington DC, and studied at Maryland Youth Ballet. The first professional stage she performed on was the Kennedy Center Opera House, where as a child she was a supernumerary in "Coppelia", in a production which starred Mikhail Baryshnikov and Patricia McBride.
- After retirement in 2015 from American Ballet Theater, In 2016 Julie became Artistic Director of Washington Ballet. In 2023, Julie became Co-Artistic Director of Houston Ballet.
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