JULIANNA MARGULIES
Name: Julianna Luisa Margulies
Born: 8 June 1966 Spring Valley, New York, United States
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.
Margulies, 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 Green Meadow Waldorf
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 in
New York shortly after college.
Her 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.
Since her departure, Margulies has worked regularly on stage and screen. 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.
Name: Julianna Luisa Margulies
Born: 8 June 1966 Spring Valley, New York, United States
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.
Margulies, 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 Green Meadow Waldorf
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 in
New York shortly after college.
Her 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.
Since her departure, Margulies has worked regularly on stage and screen. 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.