Julianna Margulies facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Julianna Margulies
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Margulies in 2025
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| Born | June 8, 1966 Spring Valley, New York, U.S.
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| Education | Sarah Lawrence College |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Keith Lieberthal
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| Partner(s) | Ron Eldard (1991–2003) |
| Children | 1 |
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| Relatives | Kenneth Lieberthal (father-in-law) |
| Awards | Full list |
Julianna Margulies (born June 8, 1966) is an American actress. She became famous for playing Nurse Carol Hathaway in the medical TV show ER from 1994 to 2000. For this role, she won a Primetime Emmy Award and six Screen Actors Guild Awards.
In 2009, she began starring as lawyer Alicia Florrick in the TV show The Good Wife. Her acting was highly praised, and she won two more Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and other honors.
Margulies has also appeared in many movies and TV shows. These include the fantasy series The Mists of Avalon (2001), the animated movie Dinosaur (2000), and the action movie Snakes on a Plane (2006). More recently, she was in the TV shows The Hot Zone (2019) and The Morning Show (2021–2023).
She has won many awards for her acting, including three Emmys and eight Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards. She also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2015, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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Early Life and School
Julianna Margulies was born in Spring Valley, New York. She is the youngest of three daughters. Her mother, Francesca, was a ballet dancer, and her father, Paul Margulies, was a writer and advertising executive. Her parents divorced when she was one year old.
Margulies had an unusual childhood. She moved around a lot with her mother, living in different places like Sussex, England, and Paris, France. Because she lived in France, French was the first language she learned to speak.
She went to several different schools, including Green Meadow Waldorf School and High Mowing School. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a degree in art history and English. In college, she started acting in school plays and fell in love with it, even though she first planned to become a lawyer.
Acting Career
Breakthrough Role in ER
In 1994, Margulies was cast as Nurse Carol Hathaway in the TV show ER. Her character was only supposed to be in the first episode and was not meant to survive. However, audiences who saw the episode before it aired loved her character so much that the producers decided to keep her on the show.
At the time, another actor on the show, George Clooney, told her that he heard the producers might make her a regular character. He encouraged her to wait for their call instead of taking another job. He was right, and she became a main character on ER for six years.
She won a Primetime Emmy Award for her role in 1994 and was nominated every year she was on the show. She was the only main actor from the original cast to win an Emmy.
Why She Left ER
After six years, Margulies decided to leave ER even though she was offered $27 million to stay for two more years. She wanted to move back to New York from Los Angeles, where the show was filmed. She also wanted to act in plays and take on new roles, like in the miniseries The Mists of Avalon.
She said she felt her character, Carol, was not being written the same way and wanted to protect the character she loved. Although some people were upset by her decision, she felt it was the right choice for her as an actress. She later returned for one episode in the final season of ER in 2009.
Roles After ER
After leaving ER, Margulies acted in movies and on stage. She appeared in the movies Evelyn (2002) and Ghost Ship (2002). She also starred as the main character, Morgaine, in the TV miniseries The Mists of Avalon (2001).
She had guest roles on popular TV shows like Scrubs and The Sopranos. In 2006, she starred with Samuel L. Jackson in the movie Snakes on a Plane.
Success with The Good Wife
In 2009, Margulies began her next major role as Alicia Florrick in the TV show The Good Wife. She played a lawyer who returns to work after her husband, a politician, is involved in a scandal. The show was a huge success and ran until 2016.
For her performance, she won two more Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. She also became a producer for the show starting in its third season. Margulies has said that playing Alicia Florrick and Carol Hathaway were two of the best roles for women on television.
Recent Work
In recent years, Margulies has continued to act in interesting projects. In 2019, she starred as scientist Dr. Nancy Jaax in the National Geographic series The Hot Zone.
From 2021 to 2023, she joined the cast of the Apple TV+ show The Morning Show, acting alongside Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon. In 2024, she returned to acting on Broadway in a play called Left on Tenth.
Writing
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Besides acting, Margulies is also a writer. In 2016, she published a children's book called Three Magic Balloons. The book was based on a story her father wrote for her and her sisters when they were young.
In 2021, she released her memoir, Sunshine Girl: An Unexpected Life. In the book, she writes about her childhood, her travels, and how she became a successful actress.
Personal Life
Margulies married lawyer Keith Lieberthal on November 10, 2007. They have one son, Kieran, who was born in 2008. The family lives in Manhattan, New York City.
She is active in charity work. She supports research for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and helps an organization called Erin's Law, which works to protect children. She also helped create a program to teach students about the Holocaust.
Images for kids
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Margulies holding her award at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, in 2014
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See also
In Spanish: Julianna Margulies para niños
