Julianna Margulies

Julianna Margulies
Margulies in 2015
Born (1966-06-08) June 8, 1966 (age 58)
EducationSarah Lawrence College
OccupationActress
Years active1991–present
Spouse
Keith Lieberthal
(m. 2007)
PartnerRon Eldard (1991–2003)
Children1
FatherPaul Margulies
RelativesKenneth Lieberthal (father-in-law)
AwardsFull list

Julianna Margulies (/ˈmɑːrɡjʊls/; born June 8, 1966)[1] is an American actress. After several small television roles, Margulies received wide recognition for her starring role as Carol Hathaway in the NBC medical drama series ER (1994–2000; 2009), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award and six Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to four Golden Globe Award nominations. In 2009, she took on the lead role of Alicia Florrick in the CBS legal drama series The Good Wife (2009–2016). Her performance garnered critical acclaim, winning an additional two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Television Critics Association Award.

Margulies also had roles in the TNT miniseries The Mists of Avalon (2001), the HBO crime drama series The Sopranos (2006–2007), the National Geographic miniseries The Hot Zone (2019), and as Laura Peterson in the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show (2021–2023).

She starred in the adventure film Dinosaur (2000), the drama film Evelyn (2002), the supernatural horror film Ghost Ship (2002), the action horror film Snakes on a Plane (2006), the comedy drama film City Island (2009), the crime comedy film Stand Up Guys (2012), and the comedy drama film The Upside (2017).

Margulies has received one Golden Globe Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and eight Screen Actors Guild Awards, making her the second most awarded woman ever within SAG after Julia Louis-Dreyfus.[2][3][4] She is also the recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2015, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[5]

  1. ^ "Monitor". Entertainment Weekly. June 7, 2013. Archived from the original on October 6, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "More SAG Awards Presenters Named". SAG-AFTRA. January 17, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  3. ^ Beachum, Chris (December 10, 2014). "SAG Awards: Edie Falco sets record with 21st nomination; Julianna Margulies could win record 9th time". goldderby.com. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  4. ^ "Julianna Margulies". Television Academy. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  5. ^ Gillibrand, Kirsten (April 16, 2015). "Julianna Margulies – 2015 'Time' 100: The Most Influential People in the World". Time. Retrieved December 21, 2015.