Julie Elizabeth Nelson BEM (born 4 June 1985) is an association football defender from Northern Ireland who plays for Crusaders Strikers.

Nelson played for Crusaders Newtownabbey Strikers from 2002 to 2010, with whom she won multiple championships and took part in 2010–11 UEFA Champions League qualifiers.

Qualifying for the 2015 World Cup, she played for Northern Ireland in all ten games of which only the last was won against the Faroe Islands, and again not missing a minute.

[5][6][7] Nelson was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to women's football.

In the playoffs, they prevailed with two victories (2-1 and 2–0) against Ukraine, who are higher in the FIFA world rankings, and qualified for a major football tournament for the first time.