Dietze is the daughter of the
German artist,
illustrator and painter
Mathias Dietze. Her mother is from Marseille. Julia Dietze grew up with her two younger sisters in
Munich. She gained her first film experience in the movies
Soloalbum by
Gregor Schnitzler,
Do Fish Do It? from Almut Getto, and
Love in Thoughts by Achim von Borries, and in some
TV films, such as
Ghetto Kids,
Echte Männer? and
Die Stimmen. Her first TV starring role was in
Mädchen Nr. 1, directed by Stefan Holtz. In February 2009, it was announced that Dietze would play the lead role in the science fiction comedy
Iron Sky by the Finnish independent director
Timo Vuorensola. The film premiered in February 2012. She reprised her role in 2019's
Iron Sky: The Coming Race. In 2021, Dietze caused media outrage with a segment for the Daily Show when she compared U.S. health authorities' actions to combat the COVID-19 pandemic to "Hitler times." In the same interview, she claimed to take dietary advice from her cat. ==Filmography==