Juliette Collazo joins The Real Housewives of New Jersey in Season 15 as one of five new full-time Housewives, and she arrives with a twin sister on the same cast, a makeup school she built herself, and a busy household she runs on a strict schedule. She is the founder and chief executive of the Artist Makeup Academy in New Jersey, and she has done Melissa Gorga’s makeup for ten years. She is the twin sister of fellow newcomer Xio Cammarota, and Season 15 is her first season on the show.
Season 15 premieres in December 2026 on Bravo, with episodes streaming the next day on Peacock. No exact premiere date has been announced, and no trailer has been released yet.
The short version is simple. Juliette runs the makeup academy, she is working to repair a strained relationship with her twin sister Xio, and she shares two young children and a stepson with her husband Juan. The rest of this profile covers who she is, how the academy started, who her family is, and what she brings to the new season.
Who Is Juliette Collazo
Juliette Collazo is reported to be 39 years old. That figure comes from a single reporting chain, published in October 2026, and no date of birth has been verified. Until a date of birth is published, the age should be read as reported, not settled. We will update this page as soon as our research team has the latest data.
The twin ages make the question easy to see. Her twin sister Xio Cammarota is reported as 46 in one report and 47 in a later report that quotes Xio herself, and twins share a birth date, so Juliette and Xio cannot be 39 and 47 at the same time. No date of birth has been published for either sister, and no report has explained the gap. Until one is published, this page gives the reported ages and treats the question as unconfirmed.
Juliette is one of five new full-time cast members in Season 15, alongside Malvina Blloshmi, Xio, Deeba Patel, and Natia Rufolo. Vanessa Barerra joins as a friend of the cast. The three returning women are Teresa Giudice, Melissa Gorga, and Dolores Catania. Nine women make up the Season 15 cast in total.
Juliette knew Teresa and Melissa for a decade before filming, and she did Melissa’s makeup for ten years. She says she is closest now to Dolores. She enters the season with a history with the veterans that the other newcomers do not have, and that history runs through her work, not through a family tie.
The full cast was announced on October 21, 2026. Filming began in spring 2026, after the show’s return was announced in March 2026, and filming wrapped by August 4, 2026. The show had been off air for more than two years, and Season 14 had ended without a reunion in August 2024. Juliette filmed her first season inside that return, and she had no earlier reality television credit confirmed before it.
The Artist Makeup Academy
Juliette is the founder and chief executive of the Artist Makeup Academy, a New Jersey makeup school. The academy trains people to become professional makeup artists, and it also takes students who are learning for fun. The school is her own business, built under her own name.
Her twin sister Xio worked alongside her at the academy before recently quitting to launch her own marketing firm. Natia Rufolo, a fellow newcomer and a friend of six years, is one of the firm’s clients. The academy sits at the center of Juliette’s working life, and the season shows what happens when the woman who runs it has to share the spotlight with the sister who used to work there.
Juliette runs the academy in what she calls boss mode, and that habit is part of her story this season. She has said she is learning that she cannot always run friendships and family like a business, and the season will show whether that lesson holds when the pressure is on. The academy is not a side project. It is the job she goes back to when filming stops.
Family With Juan, Carter and Camila
Juliette is married to Juan, and his surname has not been given. The two have a son, Carter, 8, and a daughter, Camila, 7, born 15 months apart. Juliette also has a stepson, and his name and age have not been given. The family lives in New Jersey.
The household also includes eight chickens, and Juliette jokes that she has ten kids, basically. She wakes at 4:30 a.m. to work out, and she describes an insanely strict household. The early start and the strict schedule are part of how she fits a full-time business around a young family.
Balancing that career with her husband and children is one of her storylines this season. The academy takes her time, the children take the rest of it, and the season follows how the two fit together. The family is not a backdrop to her story. It is the reason the schedule is so strict.
The Twin Dynamic With Xio
Xio Cammarota is Juliette’s twin sister, and the two are new cast members together. Xio is launching her own marketing firm after working at Juliette’s academy, and the sisters share a workplace history, a family, and now a television show.
The sisters are complete opposites in how they describe themselves. Juliette has said she is the storm to Xio’s calm, and the two have talked about that split openly. Juliette takes charge first and sorts the rest out later, and Xio watches first and speaks second.
The relationship between the sisters is strained. The two were once close, and they are working to rebuild the relationship now. No report has given a specific cause for the strain, and this page does not guess at one. The repair work is one of the storylines Season 15 follows.
Juliette’s take-charge habit may make the repair harder. Her own words are that she is learning she cannot run friendships and family like a business, and the season will show whether she can switch that habit off with the person she knows best. The twins are the only pair on the cast who share a childhood, a workplace, and a falling out, and the season follows all three.
What Juliette Brings to Season 15
Juliette brings a take-charge personality to a group full of strong voices. Dolores has described her as funny, witty, very principled, and morally correct, and said her comebacks are funny when she fights. That is a different kind of presence from the quieter newcomers, and it gives the season a voice that pushes back.
She also brings ten years of history with Melissa, and a decade of knowing Teresa. She did Melissa’s makeup for ten years before filming, so she arrives knowing how the veterans work and what they expect. The other newcomers start from scratch with the returning women. Juliette does not.
She has known Natia Rufolo for six years, and the two have travelled together, to Italy, Florida, and New York City. Juliette did Natia’s wedding makeup, and Natia has done Juliette’s face for years. The friendship is older than the show, and it gives Juliette an ally inside the new group.
Juliette posts updates on Instagram at @jglam. Season 15 premieres in December 2026, and the full season will show whether the academy, the family schedule, and the twin repair hold together, or whether the storm runs into trouble of its own making.
FAQs
How old is Juliette Collazo?
Juliette is reported to be 39 years old, from a single reporting chain published in October 2026. No date of birth has been verified, so the age is reported, not settled. Her twin sister Xio is reported as 46 in one report and 47 in a later report, and twins share a birth date, so the two reported ages cannot both be right. We will update this page as soon as our research team has the latest data.
Who is Juliette Collazo’s twin sister?
Her twin sister is Xio Cammarota, a fellow new full-time Housewife in Season 15. Xio used to work at Juliette’s Artist Makeup Academy and has now quit to launch her own marketing firm. The sisters were once close, their relationship is strained now, and they are working to rebuild it.
What is the Artist Makeup Academy?
The Artist Makeup Academy is a New Jersey makeup school founded and run by Juliette Collazo as chief executive. It trains people to become professional makeup artists, and it also takes students who are learning for fun. Her sister Xio worked at the academy before leaving to start her own marketing firm.
Who is Juliette Collazo’s husband?
Juliette is married to Juan, and his surname has not been given. They have a son, Carter, 8, and a daughter, Camila, 7, born 15 months apart. Juliette also has a stepson, and his name and age have not been given. The family also keeps eight chickens.
How did Juliette Collazo know Melissa Gorga before RHONJ?
Juliette knew Teresa Giudice and Melissa Gorga for a decade before filming, and she did Melissa’s makeup for ten years. She says she is closest now to Dolores Catania. The connection came through her work at the Artist Makeup Academy, not through a family tie.
When does RHONJ Season 15 premiere?
Season 15 premieres in December 2026 on Bravo, with episodes streaming the next day on Peacock. No exact premiere date has been announced as of November 2026, and no trailer has been released. No episode count has been announced either. An insider report has pointed to December 3, but that date has not been confirmed, so treat that date as unconfirmed. We will update this page as soon as our research team has the latest data.
