biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (September 2009) Julie Dawn Cole Born Julie Dawn Cole October 26, 1957 (1957-10-26) (age 53) Guildford, Surrey Julie Dawn Cole (born October 26, 1957) is an English television, film and stage actress with a nearly-four-decade career, who began as a child performer in what remains her best-remembered movie, 1971's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, playing the spoiled Veruca Salt. She has two children..