Julianna Luisa Margulies (born June 8, 1966) is an Emmy award-winning American actress known for her role as Nurse Carol Hathaway on the NBC medical drama ER.
Early lifeMargulies, the youngest of three daughters, was born in Spring Valley, New York, the daughter of Francesca, a ballet dancer and eurythmy teacher, and Paul Margulies, a writer who wrote the Alka-Seltzer catch phrase "Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz, oh what a relief it is".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's parents are Jewish, descended from immigrants from Austria, Hungary, and Romania;her mother converted to Christianity when Julianna was five years old.
Margulies obtained a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, where she appeared on campus in several plays. She studied with James Price at The Acting Studio, Inc. in New York City shortly after college.
CareerHer 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 supposed to die due to the suicide attempt, however, the producers changed the plot and she went on to play the role of Nurse Carol Hathaway for six years, winning an Emmy nomination for every year that she was on the show, and the award itself for her first year's performance. She was originally offered a $27 million contract to remain on the show for an additional three years, stretching into Season 9 of the show. However, Margulies turned it down which led to whirlwind of media speculation and buzz the year she exited the show.
Julianna Luisa Margulies TriviaMajored in art history at Sarah Lawrence College; spent junior year abroad in Florence, Italy.
Offered a role in Face/Off (1997) but turned it down.
Born to Paul Margulies, an advertising writer, best known for an Alka-Seltzer catch phrase, and his wife Francesca, a ballet dancer, she is the youngest of three daughters.
Attended grade School at Green Meadow School in Spring Valley.
One of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" (1998).
Is left handed.
Was offered one million dollars be in Anaconda (1997).
Met her former boyfriend, Ron Eldard, in an acting class in 1991. They broke up in 2003.
Was offered $27 million to renew her contract with "ER" (1994) but turned it down so she could move back to NYC and work in the theater.
Julianna's sister, Alexandra Margulies, appeared as a stewardess in her final episode of "ER" (1994).
Julianna is the only cast member of "ER" (1994) to have ever received an Emmy Award, plus she has been awarded the Screen Actors Guild Award for "Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series" two years in a row (1998 and 1999).
Has 2 Abyssinian cats.
Wears a size 5 dress.
Measurements: 35-23-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Pregnant with her first child, due January 2008. Father is her fiancé, Keith Lieberthal [August 1, 2007].
Has a B.A. degree in liberal arts from Sarah Lawrence College.
Wedding dress was designed by Narciso Rodríguez.
Her parents are Jewish, although her mother converted to Christianity when Julianna was five years old.
Julianna and her husband, Keith Lieberthal, became the parents of a boy, Kieran Lindsay Lieberthal, on January 17, 2008.
Since her departure, Margulies has worked sporadically on stage and screen, in increasingly smaller parts. 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, with whom she was romantically involved. 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. She starred in another miniseries on TNT, The Grid in 2004. In April 2006 she appeared in three 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 admitted 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. The interview went on to say that she appreciates the fact that the ER producers ask her back each and every year, she "love(s) that they do".
She had a minor role in 2007's The Darwin Awards. Her latest series, Canterbury's Law, premiered on Fox on March 10, 2008. She plays 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 cancelled after only a few episodes.
Personal lifeMargulies and her husband Keith Lieberthal were married on November 10, 2007 in Lenox, Massachusetts.Their son Kieran Lindsay Lieberthal was born on January 17, 2008.
Personal QuotesOn Steven Seagal, with whom she worked with on the movie Out for Justice (1991): "His trailer is around the corner from mine on the Warner Bros. lot, and I was walking by recently and he said, 'Margulies, come over here and show me some respect!' He's not someone I keep in touch with."
On September 11: "Everyone reacts differently. My reaction was I needed to go down there to help. Friends I had couldn't watch the television any more, couldn't go down there. But I needed to do whatever I could. And I did go down there and help. I cooked for the guys. I visited sick people. I felt, I'm from New York and it's my community and it's what I know and I wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere else."
On "The Grid" (2004)'s: "What I love about the script is that it shows many points of view instead of just one."
Works:(July 2003) Living in New York City with Ron Eldard.
(August 2007) Expecting her first child, due January, 2008.
(July 2008) She splits her time between Soho in New York City and Livingston, New York.
Awards for Julianna Margulies:| Emmy Awards |
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| 2000 | Nominated | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
for: "ER" (1994)
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| 1999 | Nominated | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
for: "ER" (1994)
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| 1998 | Nominated | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
for: "ER" (1994)
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| 1997 | Nominated | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
for: "ER" (1994)
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| 1996 | Nominated | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
for: "ER" (1994)
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| 1995 | Won | Emmy | Out |
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