The Good Wife: The Deconstruction
02:45 am - 03:35 am, Wednesday, December 31 on 5STAR (32)
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The Deconstruction
Season 6, Episode 20
Alicia faces an uncertain future when she is forced to resign as State's Attorney in the wake of the voter fraud scandal. Meanwhile, RD hires Diane and Cary to argue against two ultra-conservative lawyers for a test case involving mandatory minimum sentencing
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Julianna Margulies
(Actor)
.. Alicia Florrick
Matt Czuchry
(Actor)
.. Cary Agos
Christine Baranski
(Actor)
.. Diane Lockhart
Archie Panjabi
(Actor)
.. Kalinda Sharma
Oliver Platt
(Actor)
.. RD
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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.
Matt Czuchry
(Actor)
.. Cary Agos
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.
Oliver Platt
(Actor)
.. RD
Born:
January 12, 1960
in
Ontario, Canada
Best Known For:
The Three Musketeers.
Early-life:
Oliver James Platt was born on January 12th, 1960, in Canada to American parents, but moved back to America when he was three-months-old. His father, Nicholas Platt, was a career diplomat and worked as US ambassador to Pakistan, Zambia and the Philippines. He spent much of his childhood in Asia and was a keen sports fan. He attended 12 different schools, but found a sense of continuity in drama.
Career:
Platt's film career took off after a chance meeting with actor Bill Murray, who later recommended him for a role in Married to the Mob. From there, he appeared in popular films like Working Girl and The Three Musketeers. In 1998, he starred with Stanley Tucci in The Imposters, playing characters they devised while at Yale University. Then came The West Wing for which he received an Emmy nomination and Huff which saw him nominated for two Emmys and a Golden Globe. He finally made his Broadway debut in 2006, in a play called Shining City, set in Dublin. Most recently, he appeared back on Broadway, in Guys and Dolls. The re-run lasted for 113 performances. He was on movie screens in the blockbuster 2012, and won rave reviews for his role in TV drama The Big C alongside Laura Linney. He returned to the big screen in 2011 in X-Men: First Class.
Quote:
"The only thing I wanted to do when I was a young naive kid was to become a New York stage actor. I thought that would be nirvana. I think of myself as an actor."
Trivia:
He supports the New York Mets baseball team.
