Julia Garner is a well-known American actress.

She is best recognized for her performance as Ruth Langmore in the Netflix crime thriller Ozark, for which she gained critical praise and two Primetime Emmy Awards.

Does Julia Garer have an accent? Why does Ruth from Ozark have a Southern accent?

Garner revealed that she spoke that way on purpose.

She added;

“So reading about Ruth and knowing that she grew up in a trailer, I immediately thought, This girl’s got a Missouri accent,”

As a result, Garner prepared for the audition-only with the accent, feeling it provided another element to the character.

Why does Ruth from Ozark have a Southern accent?

Julia Garner, star of Inventing Anna, explains that she mistakenly mixed up her tough Anna Delvey accent with her Ozark accent because she was filming both episodes at the same time.

Julia Garner admitted that filming Ozark and Inventing Anna at the same time caused her accents to clash.