Julie Mare Fernandez (born 20 April 1974 in Hampstead, London) is a British actress and model best known for her role as Brenda in the BBC comedy The Office.
Fernandez was hired by Casarotto Ramsay & Associates in 2023 as an agent to represent, train and develop talent, supporting all those with access requirements across the film, television and theatre industries.
[4] Her acting career began in 1992 when she starred as Vanessa Lockhead in the short-lived BBC soap opera Eldorado.
The company was set up by Fernandez to improve the representation of disabled people in the media but no longer focus on disability-related material.
Fernandez also runs an arts and craft small business in Cambridgeshire, Bee Crafty, specialising in patchwork and quilting.