Julie’s boyfriend is When Calls the Heart actor Chris McNally, whom she met in 2017 as they filmed the Hallmark movie The Sweetest Heart, according to Us Weekly. In the movie, Julie plays cupcake baker Maddie. Chris plays Nate, her first love, who comes back into her life after 14 years away.
“The first day we met, it was our camera and our make-up and hair testing,” she told FanSided in 2018, recalling her first interaction with Chris. “He was busy that weekend doing a play. But I was like, if you can squeeze me in at some point, I’d love to just sit down with you, run some lines, and run some scenes …. but mostly, just get to know you, get to know each other.”
“He’s such a wonderful, wonderful person and a terrific actor, so it was very easy with him,” she added.
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And in June 2022, Julie and Chris announced the birth of their child with an Instagram photo of their newborn gripping their pointer fingers. “Our hearts are full…” Julie wrote in her Instagram post. “Welcome, baby M.”
