Shelley Long visits Hallmark’s “Home & Family” at Universal Studios Hollywood on November 3, 2017. ; Juliana Long Tyson arrives during the 2012 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards ceremony held at the Los Angeles Theatre on Monday, Nov. 12, 2012.Photo:David Livingston/Getty ; Ryan Miller/Invision/AP
David Livingston/Getty ; Ryan Miller/Invision/AP
Juliana is the daughter of Shelley and Bruce Tyson, a securities broker. Shelley and Bruce got married in 1981 and had Juliana on March 27, 1985, before divorcing in 2004.
Now 39 years old, Juliana is married with a successful business and a list of creative endeavors on her résumé. She even followed in her mother’s footsteps with a few acting roles.
From her stationery brand to her family, here’s everything to know about Shelley Long’s daughter, Juliana Tyson Kissick.
She grew up in California
Shelley Long and Bruce Tyson during the “A Very Brady Sequel” Hollywood Premiere.Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection/Getty
Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection/Getty
Juliana grew up in California with her parents. According to herLinkedIn profile, she attended Marymount High School in Los Angeles, and then studied theater, dance and fine arts at Wesleyan University.
From there, she minored in theater at the University of South Carolina, where she also did an interdisciplinary thesis program on gender studies, religion and international relations. She eventually moved to San Francisco, where she now resides.
She owns a stationery brand
Juliana Long Tyson arrives during the 2012 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards ceremony held at the Los Angeles Theatre on Monday, Nov. 12, 2012.Ryan Miller/Invision/AP
Ryan Miller/Invision/AP
“Once I decided that greeting cards and stationery were the perfect way for me to marry my love of art with my love of writing, I decided to use Pinterest as a means of teaching myself about the world of graphic illustration,” Juliana explained in a 2019 interview with the blogShe’s So Bright.
Some of the inspiration to start Good Juju Ink came from her mother, as well as Juliana’s childhood love of writing letters. “My mom traveled a lot for work (and often worked very late hours), so phone calls were difficult and writing letters was a great way to stay connected when she was gone,” Juliana told She’s So Bright.
She went on to say that she used to love going through her mother’s stationery and greeting card collection. “To this day, letter writing and card-giving maintain the most giggly, magical and poignant place in my life,” she added.
Her nickname is Juju
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According to her bio on the Good Juju Ink website, this name was given to her “when her 1-year-old sister decided it was the only logical way to pronounce her name,” indicating that Juliana has a younger half-sister.
It stuck, and it even became part of the inspiration for the name of her company, Good Juju Ink.
She is married
Juliana and her husband, Ryan, got married on Sept. 28, 2015. According to theirwedding website, the two met when they were just 3 years old, living as neighbors in Pacific Palisades, California. They eventually became close childhood friends, despite going to different schools.
Twenty years later, they met again at a bar in Santa Monica, California while at a birthday party for a mutual friend. A year later, they ended up going on their first date, which ended with Juliana coming home to tell her friends, “I just ate mac and cheese with the man I’m going to marry!”
Juliana and Ryan got married at the Ashford Castle in Ireland after visiting and falling in love with the spot two years prior.
The couple also work together – Ryan is the head of business development for Good Juju Ink. In an interview with the blog She’s So Bright, Juliana said she likes working with Ryan, saying, “I’m just so dang proud of how we’ve been able to evolve as life partners while also evolving as professional partners.”
She even explained to the outlet that working together has had a positive impact on their marriage.
“Being able to calmly and productively listen to your partner, especially when you strongly disagree with their point of view, and then move forward with a reasonable compromise is something you have to get really, really good at in business if you want things to go anywhere. And our marriage has only benefited from our ability to get better at this invaluable skill,” she explained.
She’s a mom
While Juliana keeps her family’s life behind closed doors on social media, her Instagram bio says “Josephine & Caspian’s mama,” indicating that she is also now mom to both a son and a daughter. However, her social media account is private, so there are no photos to see of her growing family.
She has done some acting
Shelley Long wins award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series at the 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on September 25, 1983 in Pasadena, California.Joan Adlen/Getty
Joan Adlen/Getty
In an interview with the blog She’s So Bright, Juliana said that acting was always part of her overall love of storytelling, explaining, “acting was a way to put myself in other people’s shoes, a way to really imagine what it is like to live inside the circumstances of another human being.”
She’s a dancer
Before starting Good Juju Ink, Juliana was a dancer. She is a multiple Ovation-nominated choreographer and even founded the Boom Kat Dance Company in Los Angeles.
source: people.com
