Julia Barretto (born 10 March 1997) is a Filipino actress. She is a talent of ABS-CBN and Star Magic.
Barretto was born on 10 March 1997 in Marikina to actors Dennis Padilla and Marjorie Barretto. She has 2 siblings, Claudia and Leon, and an older maternal half-sister, Dani. She studied at Miriam College in Quezon City and graduated from high school at St. Paul College in Pasig in March 2015.
She rose to prominence after being cast in ABS-CBN's Kokey, where she played the lead role of Anna Calugdan. She has successfully starred as the protagonist of the 2014 melodrama fantasy series Mirabella. She also starred as a bida kontrabida (Villain) in And I Love You So. She's one of the Asap It Girls together with Liza Soberano, Janella Salvador and Kathryn Bernardo.