Close-Up with Hannah Cheramy
Close-Up is Stardust’s short-form digital cover series spotlighting talent through what feels most revealing: current obsessions, routines, creative process, and a few wild-card hypotheticals that capture them in the moment.
Across four seasons, Hannah Cheramy has emerged as one of FROM’s most compelling and emotionally layered presences. In a series driven by dread, mystery, and the sense that danger is always just out of sight, her work as Julie leaves a different kind of mark. She gives the chaos a pulse. As the show has grown darker and more intense, Cheramy has continued to shape Julie with a depth that makes every emotional turn feel fully inhabited. Julie isn’t simply enduring the nightmare around her. She’s being shaped by it in real time, hurt by what she’s seen, altered by what she’s survived, and still reaching for some steady sense of self within it all.
That tension is a large part of what makes Cheramy so effective in the role. A character like Julie could easily be pushed into something overly polished or prematurely hardened by everything happening around her, but Cheramy keeps her grounded in a way that feels honest. Fear is there, of course, though so are instinct, sensitivity, and flashes of defiance. Even as the world around Julie becomes more unforgiving, Cheramy never loses sight of the qualities that keep her recognizably young. You can feel it in her emotional impulsiveness, in the empathy she continues to carry, and in the brief moments of humor or lightness that still manage to break through. With FROM heading into its fourth season, that emotional anchor matters more than ever. Julie has already carried more than many characters do in a lifetime, and Cheramy understands that what makes her journey resonate goes far beyond survival.
Now, in conversation with Stardust for our Close-Up series, Cheramy reflects on Julie’s evolution, the emotional core that grounds her performance, and the habits, passions, and personal touchstones that shape who she is away from the screen.
Stardust: What’s your current obsession?
Hannah Cheramy: Well, I mean, Heated Rivalry, but come on, who isn’t!
Stardust: What’s one part of your routine you can’t skip, even on a busy day?
Hannah Cheramy: My skincare routine 100%. My fellow acne-prone girlies will know that this is non-negotiable.
Stardust: What’s the last movie you watched that genuinely stuck with you?
Hannah Cheramy: There have been so many, it’s hard to pick just one. This might not be the most recent example, but I watched Heretic last year for the first time, and for at least a few days after that, I found myself just staring into space thinking about that film. Recently, I was having a conversation with some friends, and they brought up how that movie really stuck with them, which took me back to the night that I first watched it and couldn’t fall asleep! A creepy old dude tricking young girls by playing mind games with them to break them down? Hello… creepy!
Stardust: Is there a tiny hill you’ll always die on?
Hannah Cheramy: Ross and Rachel WERE on a break, but that didn’t mean he was justified in sleeping with someone that night.
Stardust: What’s something people assume about you that’s completely wrong?
Hannah Cheramy: I have a crazy resting bitch face, paired with downturned lips, and people always think I’m going to be mean or that I’m upset about something. But I swear I’m not! I’ve even had directors tell me to watch my face because I border on ‘scowl’ territory even when I’m just resting my face [laughs].
Stardust: If you could step into any film or TV universe for a season, which would you choose, and why?
Hannah Cheramy: Anything fantasy, I want to be an immortal fae chilling in a beautiful palace, but also a trained assassin who rides dragons. Is that too much to ask?
Stardust: What’s been the most challenging part of finding Julie’s voice in FROM?
Hannah Cheramy: Remembering her youth. When writing, it's easy to just go, ‘Well, she’s been through trauma, so now she's going to mature faster and act like every other adult character in the town.’ But the beauty of John Griffin’s writing is the ability to keep Julie's youth while still experiencing this forced maturity. That means I have to navigate the fine line between an emotional teenage girl and a traumatized young adult.
Stardust: As the seasons progress, what’s surprised you most about Julie’s evolution?
Hannah Cheramy: Her inner strength and resilience. Without giving anything away, Julie sees some crazy shit this season, and the fact that she keeps going and holds on through it all is amazing to me. I don’t think season one Julie would be able to handle what season four Julie experiences.
Stardust: What’s one strength Julie doesn’t fully realize she has yet?
Hannah Cheramy: One of Julie’s biggest strengths is her emotionality and her empathy for others. Though this can land her in sticky situations where she acts irrationally based off of her emotions, her empathy for others is what allows her to feel any sense of normalcy in this place. She will never forget to thank someone for saving her or helping her through rough spots, and she returns the favour to those who need it most.
Stardust: What do you think motivates Julie most at this point in the story?
Hannah Cheramy: Her family. They are the main driving force for Julie at this stage in her life. Everything she does is for her family, especially Ethan, who she is extremely protective of.
Stardust: What’s a subtle detail you’ve built into Julie that viewers might not catch on first watch?
Hannah Cheramy: Her sense of humour. There are subtle beats that I like to throw in when the scene isn’t too heavy, just to remind the audience, and myself, that she’s still a young girl with fire in her.
Stardust: Finally, in a survival situation, what role do you naturally fall into: strategist, protector, skeptic, or something else?
Hannah Cheramy: Since I’m very Type A, I think I lean more towards strategic. There is always going to be a plan if I’m involved, so I think that in a survival situation, I would definitely be involved in the brains before the brawn. A Jade type, if you will.
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