JULIANNA JAFFE  is a native of Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a graduate of the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and holds a Bachelors of Fine Arts from Ithaca College. She has been a versatile actor in Portland since 2002.

Julianna's most recent performances include the roles of Yitzhak in Hedwig and The Angry Inch and Dr. Scott and Eddie in The Rocky Horror Show with triangle productions!, and Fatima in Insight Out's September 2005 production of ONE - The Musical. She has performed in many Insight Out productions including: Woman #3 in the Drammy award winning production of CORNERED in the Dark, as Fanny in On the Verge, Taurra Eliot in Live at the Rose Garden and ensemble member in We The People. She has also performed with The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Black Swan Theatre), PCPA Theatrefest, Kitchen Theatre, and Theatre! Theatre! Julianna also works with Tracy Broyles’ Theory 1:dance company, performed in He was Costuming Angels last fall.

Some of her favorite roles include Yitzhak in Drammy Award winning Hedwig and The Angry Inch, Lysistrata in Lysistrata, Lady in Orange in For Colored Girls..., Mrs. Bassette in Summer and Smoke, Hecuba in Trojan Women, Kamala/Karuna in ONE - A Revelation Has Begun, Woman #1and #3 in CORNERED in the Dark. Julianna has been a guest instructor at The Northwest Academy, teaching acting techniques to middle and high school students.

Currently, Julianna is a Booking Manager and performer with CITE/Sight Educational Theatre, a multicultural school-touring troupe associated with Insight Out  that performs shows about Bully Prevention, Diversity, Recycling, Energy and Water conservation. Julianna most recently performed in Insight Out's production of The Yellow Boat, by David Saar in January.