Julia Lester (born January 28, 2000) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Ashlyn Caswell in the Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and for her portrayal of the role of Little Red Ridinghood in the 2022 Broadway revival of Into the Woods, for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 28, 2000 (26)
- Los Angeles, California, U.S
- Actor and producer
- 11 on MovieCove
Known for
What are Julia Lester's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3
Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heroas Hannah in Prom Dates (2024)
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Julia Lester's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (7).
Subscription and free streaming for Julia Lester's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
11 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Four Seasons(2025)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Prom Dates(2024)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
What She Said(2021)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
Prince of Peoria(2018)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
Spirit Riding Free(2017)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
Game Shakers(2015)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows
Bella and the Bulldogs(2015)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows
The Thundermans(2013)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Mom(2013)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 79th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 11 titles from 2013 to 2025.
Highest rated
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Special (2019)
Most popular right now
The Four Seasons (2025)
Film career
- 2017Screen debut· Spirit: Riding Free
- 2024First film· Prom Dates
- 2024First top-billed film· Prom Dates
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Julia Lester's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 28th percentile, the median of all 2; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 37th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 11 titles are Mixed.
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic3
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 46/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 18. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Julia Lester's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Julia Lester work with?
People who share at least 2 of Julia Lester's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Dara Reneé shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Dara ReneéShared titles: Disney Princess Remixed - An Ultimate Princess Celebration (2021), High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019), High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Special (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Dara Reneé
- Frankie A. RodriguezShared titles: Disney Princess Remixed - An Ultimate Princess Celebration (2021), High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019), High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Special (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Frankie A. Rodriguez
- Joshua BassettShared titles: High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019), High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Special (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Joshua Bassett
- Kate ReindersShared titles: High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019), High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Special (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Kate Reinders
