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Julianna Margulies
Margulies at the 2009 premiere of City Island
Born	Julianna Luisa Margulies (1966-06-08) June 8, 1966 (age 58) Spring Valley, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1991–present
Spouse(s)	Keith Lieberthal (2007-present; 1 child)

Julianna Luisa Margulies (born June 8, 1966) is an American actress.

After several small television roles, Margulies achieved success in her continuing role as Nurse Carol Hathaway on the NBC medical drama ER, for which she won an Emmy Award. After her departure from ER in 2000, Margulies appeared in the 2001 miniseries The Mists of Avalon and voiced the female iguanadon Neera in the animated film Dinosaur (2000). In 2009 she took the lead role in the American legal drama The Good Wife on CBS, for which she won a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Early life and education

Margulies, the youngest of three daughters, was born in Spring Valley, New York. Her mother, Francesca (née Gardner), was a ballet dancer and eurythmy teacher, and her father, Paul Margulies, was a writer who wrote the Alka-Seltzer catch phrase "Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz, oh what a relief it is". Her parents are Jewish, descended from immigrants from Austria, Hungary and Romania. The family lived in Israel for a time before Margulies was born, before moving back to the Upper West Side of New York.

Margulies attended grade school at Green Meadow Waldorf School and high school at High Mowing School. As a child, she lived in New York, France and England. Margulies obtained a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, where she appeared on campus in several plays.

Career

Margulies' first movie role was as a prostitute looking to go straight in the Steven Seagal film Out for Justice. In 1994, Margulies was cast in a role in the pilot episode of ER as a character who, despondent over her relationship with George Clooney's character, Doug Ross, attempted suicide. Her character was originally intended to die; however, the producers changed the plot and she went on to play the role of Nurse Carol Hathaway for six years. She won an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Drama in 1994, and was nominated for this award every year during her tenure. She is also notable for being the only series regular cast member to win an Emmy Award.

Since her departure, Margulies has worked on stage and screen. On stage she has appeared in a MCC Theater production of Kate Robin's Intrigue With Faye, a Lincoln Center production of Jon Robin Baitz's Ten Unknowns, and The Vagina Monologues. Her film work since ER includes Evelyn with Pierce Brosnan and Ghost Ship with Gabriel Byrne and Ron Eldard. She starred as the protagonist and narrator (Morgaine) in the 2001 TNT miniseries The Mists of Avalon and participated in the 2002 documentary film Searching for Debra Winger. In 2004, she guest-starred in a two-episode arc in season 4 of the hit TV show Scrubs as Neena Broderick, an unscrupulous lawyer who sues Turk and has a brief sexual relationship with J.D. She starred in another miniseries on TNT, The Grid in 2004. In April 2006 she appeared in four episodes of the sixth season of The Sopranos, portraying realtor Julianna Skiff. In August 2006, she appeared in Snakes on a Plane as flight attendant Claire Miller. In December 2006 she played Jennifer Bloom in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries The Lost Room.

In an August 2006 interview with tvguide.com, Margulies said that she was close to accepting an offer to return to ER for a four-episode arc with Noah Wyle that filmed in Hawaii during the 2005-2006 season. However, she decided against it at the last minute. Margulies was again invited to return during ER's final season, but the actress turned down the offer, saying that she felt like she left Carol Hathaway in the perfect place and could not imagine bettering her departure episode. However, in 2009, Margulies returned to ER for one episode during its 15th and final season.

She had a minor role in 2007's The Darwin Awards. One of her more recent series, Canterbury's Law, premiered on Fox on March 10, 2008. She played the title character, Elizabeth Canterbury, a lawyer described as "a tough-minded defense attorney who isn't afraid to push boundaries in order to protect innocent clients." The series was impacted by the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike and was cancelled after 6 episodes.

Margulies currently stars as Alicia Florrick in the CBS series The Good Wife. She plays an attorney returning to legal practice after her husband (played by Chris Noth) resigns as Chicago State's Attorney amidst a sex and corruption scandal. On October 7, 2009, CBS gave the series a full-season pickup, extending the first season from 13 to 22 episodes. In 2009, she received a NYWIFT Muse Award celebrating the achievements of women who work in film and television. On January 17, 2010, Margulies won a Golden Globe award for her role in "The Good Wife." On January 23, Margulies won her record third Screen Actors Guild award for a role. Margulies was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Drama Series, her seventh Emmy nomination.

Personal life

Margulies and Keith Lieberthal were married on November 10, 2007, in Lenox, Massachusetts. Their son, Kieran Lindsay Lieberthal, was born on January 17, 2008.

Filmography

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References

1. Julianna Margulies Biography (1968?-)
2. ^ Davis, Patti (2009). The Lives Our Mothers Leave Us: Prominent Women Discuss the Complex, Humorous, and Ultimately Loving Relationships They Have with Their Mothers. Hay House, Inc. pp. 173–174. ISBN1401921620. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
3. Pinsker, Beth (1998-04-04). "Director Yakin mines `Rubies' at a price Jewish neighborhood doesn't find film kosher". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2010-01-25. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help): ""I think I'm the only Jew, even though I'm not really religious," says Julianna Margulies, who plays the sister-in-law who leads the charge..."
4. Vincent, Mal (1998-04-05). "Margulies nursing film career `The Newton Boys' gives `ER' star a meaty big-screen role". Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved 2009-09-21. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help): "Actually, she's Eastern-European Jewish - Austrian, Hungarian and Romanian..."
5. Julianna Margulies at IMDb
6. Julianna Margulies Biography - Yahoo! Movies
7. "Margulies turns down ER comeback". 2008-11-17. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
8. "ER Bringing Back Clooney with Margulies before Checking Out". TVGuide.com. 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
9. IMDb "Canterbury's Law" (2008). Retrieved 2009-08-20.
10. Ken Tucker (2009-09-15). "TV Review: The Good Wife". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
11. James Hibberd (2009-10-07). "CBS picks up 'NCIS: LA,' 'Good Wife'". The Hollywood Reporter: The Live Feed. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
12. "29th ANNUAL MUSE AWARDS". www.nywift.org. 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2009-12-0. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
13. Julianna Margulies Quietly Gets Married - Weddings, Julianna Margulies : People.com
14. Julianna Margulies & Her Husband Welcome a Son - Babies, Julianna Margulies : People.com

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