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In an interview with Highsnobiety, Fox spoke about her upbringing and said her dad is “like a mad scientist recluse”. Though Fox said he’s “not really around” currently, she was raised primarily by him.

“I pretty much grew up with him,” she said. “Single dad. Poor guy. My mum stayed in Italy. And I have two younger brothers. One is close in age to me, and the other one is 15. The 15-year-old lives in Italy with my mum, but the older one grew up with me in New York.”

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2. She doesn’t discuss her age

Fox is reportedly in her late 20s (or maybe by now early 30s), but doesn’t discuss her actual age.

When Insider profiled Fox in 2020, her specific age was a notably mysterious detail.

“The late twenty-something (her team won’t confirm her actual age, which only just adds to her mystique) has done more already than many will ever do in a lifetime,” the publication wrote.

3. She worked as a dominatrix when she was 18

“My after school job was a dominatrix, so you know, it was fantasy role play,” Fox told Paper in an interview. “And it’s legal. There’s no nudity, no penetration. It was all just role play. “

She continued: “So I would have to go into a room with a stranger and put on this act like, ‘I’m gonna dominate you!’ I was thrown into that as a teenager, so I’m good under pressure and I can read someone and know what it is that they want. I pick up subtle cues very well and pay attention to detail.”

4. She wrote and directed the film Fantasy Girls

Fantasy Girls is a short film about child sex trafficking inspired by a real life ring in Reno, Nevada.

In an interview with Elle, Fox said she and her friend went to Reno to make a film. On the side of the road, they met a group of kids who told them about an underground prostitution ring.

“So many children are being trafficked and girls go missing all the time, and they were at risk,” Fox said. “I was like, ‘I want to tell this story in an artful way, not like a documentary.’”

5. She has a son with her ex-husband

She shares a son named Valentino with her ex-husband Peter Artemiev. She gave birth to Valentino in January 2021 and announced the surprise on Instagram, calling it the “best day of [her] life”.

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6. She designed a knitwear line

“Briana and I had always dreamed of creating a fashion label, and we felt as if the time had come to venture forth and be fearless,” Fox told Elle in 2014.

7. She posed for Playboy’s last-ever nude issue

Fox posed for the magazine – in what would become its last-ever nude issue – in 2015, presumably when she was in her 20s.

8. She published two books of photography

They are titled PTSD and Symptomatic of a Relationship Gone Sour: Heartburn/Nausea.

Symptomatic of a Relationship Gone Sour: Heartburn/Nausea is a photography book that details three of her tumultuous romantic relationships.

Her second book, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (or PTSD) details her experiences during an unexpected months-long sabbatical in a poverty-stricken bayou of Louisiana.

9. She created paintings using her own blood

She created a multimedia exhibition called “R.I.P. Julia Fox” that featured paintings with her own blood on silk. According to HuffPost, the 2017 exhibition was curated by Richie Shazam.

“I wanted the show to be as authentic and personal as possible,” she told HuffPost in an interview. “I extracted the blood with a syringe and used the syringe to paint on the silk.”

10. Her role in Uncut Gems was specifically written for her

...but she had to audition anyway.

Fox played the role of Howard’s mistress and employee in the 2019 film Uncut Gems, co-starring alongside Adam Sandler.

As reported by Insider, Fox had befriended the movie’s co-creator Josh Safdie by 2017. Safdie (and his brother) were in the early stages of writing Uncut Gems, and Fox would talk with him about the character of Julia.

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“The Julia character being into photography, tattooing a guy’s name on her, even having an all-out fight with a guy in front of a club are all things from Fox’s real life (though the tattoo of an ex is not on her rear end),” the publication wrote in a 2020 profile of the star.

But as the project moved ahead with superstar Sandler, the role of Julia wasn’t guaranteed for Fox.

“Going up against hundreds, she fought for the role and got the part that was written for her,” Guerrasio reported.

11. She built a bond with Uncut Gems co-star Kevin Garnett

“I’m obsessed with him,” Fox said in an interview with Vanity Fair. “We became really good friends.”

12. She has posed in Paper magazine

13. And, of course, she is currently dating Kanye West

The pair met on New Year’s Eve, according to a penned open letter from Fox.

For Interview magazine, Fox detailed their luxurious date featuring professional photographs taken of them.

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