Julianne Margulis is an American actress and producer, best known for her television roles. She became famous thanks to the medical drama "Ambulance", later she played the main character of the legal series "Good Wife". Also as a guest star appeared in the popular TV series "Clinic" and "Clan Soprano". Winner of the Emmy and Golden Globe Awards.
Childhood and youth
Julianna Margulis was born on June 8, 1966 in a suburb of New York called Spring Valley. Parents of the actress have Russian, Jewish, Romanian and Austrian roots. Julianne has two older sisters. Shortly before her birth, the family moved to Israel, but soon returned to the United States.
As a child, Julianne often moved with her family, managed to live in France and the UK. After graduating from high school, Margulis entered Sarah Lawrence's prestigious college, where she became interested in acting and began to appear in student productions. Year, the future actress studied exchange in Florence. Received a diploma in historian.
Carier start
In 1991, Julianne Margulis appeared in the action movie with Stephen Seagal "In the Name of Justice" in a small role. She also appeared as an actress in an episode in the successful series Law and Order and She wrote the murder.
In subsequent years, Julianne continued to receive small roles in popular television projects, appearing in the sitcom "Ellen", the detective drama "The Slaughter Department" and the comedy program "The Larry Sanders Show".
Ambulance
In 1994, a fateful event occurred in the biography of Julianne Margulis. The actress was cast for the role of nurse Carol Hattay in the medical series "Ambulance". Initially, the character was conceived as secondary, in the pilot series she received only seven minutes of screen time, the creators of the project even planned to kill the heroine, but Carol became a real favorite of fans and soon became one of the main characters in the series.
Julianna Margulis became the only ambulance actor to be nominated for the prestigious Emmy Television Award, she has six nominations and one victory. The relationship between Carol and Doug Ross, a doctor performed by the rising star of George Clooney, became one of the main storylines of the series, critics noted the chemistry between the actors and even included Doug and Carol in the lists of the best television pairs in history.
Thanks to the project, a young, unknown actress became a real star. Photo of Julianne Margulis began to appear on the covers of glossy magazines, in 1998 she was included in the rating of the most beautiful people on the planet according to People magazine.
Also, the actress began to appear in feature films. She played a major female role in the crime drama The Traveler, appeared in the episode in Richard Linklater’s western, The Newton Brothers, and performed one of the roles in the military drama Road to Paradise. In 1997, she refused the main female role in the action movie "Without a Face" due to a mismatch in the shooting schedules.
Leaving the series
In 1999, after the fifth season, “Ambulance” left George Clooney, who decided to concentrate on a film career. Julianne Margulis became the main star of the project, according to rumors, in one season she earned about twenty-seven million dollars.
However, a year later, the actress decided to leave the project. The scriptwriters reunited Carol and Doug, the nurse decided to move to another city to be with her beloved. Then, in an interview, Margulis stated that she decided to leave the series in order to have more creative freedom and realize old plans.
After leaving the project, Julianne worked for several years on Broadway. The actress also continued to work actively in films, appearing in the horror film "The Ghost Ship", the drama "Evelyn" and the television movie "Jennifer." In addition, Margulis took part in two successful mini-series "Mists of Avalon" and "Hitler. Ascent of the Devil."
In 2004, Julianne Margulis appeared as a guest star in another medical series, the comedy Clinic. Two years later, she also played in several episodes of the legendary Soprano Clan project. Also in 2006, Julianne played the main female role in the thriller "Snake Flight". In 2009, one of the most successful films with Julianna Margulis, the tragicomedy City Island, was released.
Also in 2009, the actress, along with George Clooney, returned to the series "Ambulance", appearing in the final of the project. Prior to this, Margulis several times rejected offers to return as an invited star to several episodes, believing that this would ruin the effect of saying goodbye to the character.
"Good wife"
In 2009, the actress received a major role in the legal series "The Good Wife." She played Alicia Florik, a lawyer, forced to return to work after several years of interruption, after her husband, an influential politician, was forced to resign after a sex scandal.
The new television project was also a huge success for the actress. Julianna Margulis received an award from the National Council of Television Critics and Golden Globe for her work in the first season of the series, was also nominated for an Emmy four times, and twice received an award. The series lasted seven seasons on air and was completed in 2016. Starting from the third season, Julianne also acted as one of the producers of the project.
In 2012, the actress appeared in the crime comedy Real Boys along with Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin. More during the filming of the series did not work in the movies.
Recent projects
After graduating from Good Wife, Julianne Margulis appeared in two films in 2017, Neil Berger's tragicomedy The Untouchables, a remake of the famous French painting, and the drama Three Christ.
In 2018, Julianne's new television project, the black comedy Dietland, was released. In the series, the actress portrayed the cruel Kitty Montgomery, who hires an overweight girl and begins to scoff at her in every possible way. "Dietland" received positive reviews from critics.
Personal life
In 1991, acting classes Julianna Margulis met with actor Ron Elrad, known for his roles in the films "Sleeping" and "Ghost Ship." They met for twelve years and broke up in 2003.
In 2007, the actress married attorney Keith Libertal. The couple has a son, Kieran. The family lives in New York.
In 2016, Julianna Margulis was included in the list of the most influential people in the world according to the popular Time magazine, this was largely due to her charitable activities and her active participation in the adoption of the law on the mandatory inclusion in the school curriculum of all states of the course on sexual violence and child abuse to prevent crimes in the future.
The actress loves animals, she has two cats. He is friends with George Clooney and Griffin Dunn, an actor known for his role as Reed Richards in the movie Fantastic Four.