Julie Dawn Cole Net Worth

What is Julie Dawn Cole's Net Worth?

Julie Dawn Cole is an English actress and psychotherapist who has a net worth of $1 million. Julie Dawn Cole began her career as a child actress in the 1971 musical fantasy film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," and after that appeared mostly on television, including on the series "Angels," "Poldark," and "Married for Life." In 2007, she became a licensed and practicing psychotherapist.

Early Life

Julie Dawn Cole was born on October 26, 1957 in Guildford, England.

Child Actress

Cole made her screen-acting debut playing the spoiled, greedy, imperious brat Veruca Salt in the 1971 musical fantasy film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory." Immediately after she filmed the movie, she was cast in a recurring role on the ITV sitcom "…And Mother Makes Three." Cole played Arabella, another stuck-up character. She left the show after its second season in 1972, and in 1973 she starred in the children's film "Paganini Strikes Again." Cole also appeared in episodes of the anthology series "ITV Sunday Night Theatre" and "Orson Welles Great Mysteries" during this time.

In the 1990s, a band called "Veruca Salt" had a hit with the song "Seether."

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Further Screen Acting

Cole had a big year in 1975, appearing in the comedy film "That Lucky Touch" and landing her first lead television role, on the BBC medical drama series "Angels." She played kind student nurse Jo Longhurst for the first three seasons of "Angels." Cole subsequently joined the cast of the costume drama "Poldark" for its second season in 1977, playing the louche Rowella Solway. She followed that with roles of varying sizes on "The Many Wives of Patrick," "People Like Us," "Emmerdale," "The Mill on the Floss," and "Dick Turpin." In the early 1980s, Cole appeared in episodes of such programs as "Rings on Their Fingers," "Grundy," and "Tales of the Unexpected." She had a supporting role in the 1984 CBS television film adaptation of "Camille," and guest roles on the sitcoms "Up the Elephant and Round the Castle" and "Terry and June" in 1985. In 1987, Cole appeared in an episode of the Channel 4 sitcom "Tandoori Nights" and made her first of four appearances on the BBC One medical drama series "Casualty."

In 1991, Cole played Geraldine in two episodes of the long-running BBC One soap opera "EastEnders." The following year, she starred on the short-lived ITV children's series "WYSIWYG" and appeared in two episodes of the ITV sitcom "The Upper Hand." Cole was next in the Channel 4 miniseries "The Politician's Wife," which premiered in 1995. In 1996, she had a main role on the short-lived ITV sitcom "Married for Life," a British version of the American sitcom "Married… with Children." Cole's final roles of the decade consisted of guest appearances on "Animal Ark" and "Noah's Ark" in 1998. Her first role of the new millennium was as Stella Jordan in a 2001 episode of the medical soap opera "Doctors." She followed that with further guest roles on "Down to Earth" and "Fortysomething," both in 2003. Cole appeared in the television films "The Second Quest" and "Angel Cake" in the years after that. Her acting output slowed during this time, and she had her final role for a while as guest character Pam Feeny on the medical drama "Holby City" between 2012 and 2013.

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Radio and Stage

Beyond the screen, Cole has done acting for the radio and stage. Her radio credits include pantomime broadcasts of "Puss in Boots," "Mother Goose," and "Dick Whittington." On the stage, Cole has appeared in various "Willy Wonka"-related shows over the years, including "Willy Wonka Explained (The Search for Veruca Salt)" at the 2004 Melbourne Comedy Festival and "Willy Wonka Revisited: The Veruca Salt Sessions" at the 2010 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She later returned to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2024 with a role in the musical "Willy's Candy Spectacular."

Personal Life

In 1991, Cole married fellow actor Nick Wilton. They had two children together and divorced in 2002.

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