Julia Ogden is a pathologist who works with the Toronto police force. She's a forward-thinking, modern woman who can be quite blunt and straightforward. She shares Murdoch's fascination with forensic science and has become one of his staunchest allies. Though her family supports her ambitions, they can't help but feel a little scandalized that she’s not married, lives alone, and spends her life cutting up dead people instead of raising children.