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.