The Good Wife: A Material World
01:00 am - 02:00 am, Tuesday, December 23 on 5STAR (32)
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A Material World
Season 5, Episode 17
Alicia and Diane contemplate merging their two companies in the wake of Will's death, despite finding themselves on the opposing sides of a contentious divorce case. Meanwhile, Alicia offers help to Finn Polmar when it becomes evident the state's attorney is looking for a scapegoat in the Jeffrey Grant case. Legal drama, starring Julianna Margulies
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Julianna Margulies
(Actor)
.. Alicia Florrick
Christine Baranski
(Actor)
.. Diane Lockhart
Archie Panjabi
(Actor)
.. Kalinda Sharma
Matt Czuchry
(Actor)
.. Cary Agos
Matthew Goode
(Actor)
.. Finn Polmar
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Did You Know..
Julianna Margulies
(Actor)
.. Alicia Florrick
Born:
June 08, 1966
in
New York
Best Known For:
ER and The Good Wife.
Early-life:
Julianna Luisa Margulies was born on June 8, 1966, in Spring Valley, New York. She's the youngest of three daughters. Her father works in advertising, her mother is a former ballerina. The family moved around a lot while she was growing up, and lived in France and England before settling in New Hampshire, where she attended high school. She appeared in various plays while studying at the prestigious Sarah Lawrence College, later working as a waitress to make ends meet before landing acting roles.
Career:
Margulies' first movie was 1991's Out for Justice. She went on to appear in regional theatre, cropping up occasionally in such TV shows as Law & Order, and Murder, She Wrote. Her big break came in 1994 when she began playing nurse Carol Hathaway in ER. Thanks to her popularity, she was offered a $27million contract to stay with the show, but quit in 2000 to concentrate on theatre roles. Margulies then appeared in the movies Evelyn and Ghost Ship before returning to the small screen in several episodes of The Sopranos, The Lost Room and Canterbury's Law. She's currently the star of legal drama The Good Wife, for which she won a Golden Globe in 2010.
Quote:
"I don't want to crash and burn before I've gotten to where I want to go. I want to enjoy the ride."
Trivia:
Marguiles returned to ER for one episode during its final season.
Christine Baranski
(Actor)
.. Diane Lockhart
Archie Panjabi
(Actor)
.. Kalinda Sharma
Born:
May 31, 1972
in
London
Best Known For:
The Good Wife.
Early-life:
Archana Kaur Punjabi was born on May 31, 1972, in London to a Punjabi Sikh family from what is now Pakistan. She graduated from Brunel University in West London in 1996, with a degree in Management Studies. Archie always knew she wanted to become an actress. It was only when Nick Berry from EastEnders replied to her letter asking for advice that she started trying to find an agent. Her first casting call was for EastEnders - to play Ricky Butcher's girlfriend. She was recalled but never got the part.
Career:
Archie landed a supporting role in the 1999 comedy film East is East, and followed it up with several small TV roles, as well as the smash comedy flick Bend it Like Beckham. Her first Hollywood role was in 2005 as a British diplomat in the Oscar-winning The Constant Gardener in 2005. In the same year she won the Shooting Star Award for her role as the title character in Yasmin at the Berlin Film Festival, and in 2007, she appeared with Angelina Jolie in the movie adaptation of A Mighty Heart. Her performance earned her The Chopard Trophy for a Breakout Performance at the Cannes Film Festival. She joined the cast of critically-acclaimed legal drama The Good Wife in 2009.
Quote:
"I am always on my feet and always a little nervous, which I think is a good thing. It's always better to be a little paranoid, my mom always said."
Trivia:
In 2010, Panjabi won an Emmy Award for The Good Wife.
Matt Czuchry
(Actor)
.. Cary Agos
Matthew Goode
(Actor)
.. Finn Polmar
Born:
April 03, 1978
in
Exeter
Best Known For:
Dancing on the Edge.
Early-life:
Matthew William Goode was born in Exeter on April 3, 1978. His father was a geologist and his mother was a nurse who directed amateur theatre. He studied drama at the University of Birmingham and Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Early TV credits include guest roles in The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and Marple.
Career:
In 2004, Goode made his film debut in Chasing Liberty opposite Mandy Moore. Since then, he has starred on the big screen in Match Point (2005), Brideshead Revisited (2008), Watchman (2009), A Single Man (2009), Leap Year (2010), Cemetery Junction (2010) and Stoker (2013). He returned to TV with roles in Birdsong, The Poison Tree, Dancing on the Edge and Death Comes to Pemberley.
Quote:
"I'm always pretty tense about everything when it comes to work."
Trivia:
He tends to be cast in roles that require a posh accent.
