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Julianna Margulies

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Julianna Margulies was born on June 8, 1966, in Spring Valley (near New York City), as the youngest of three daughters of Francesca (Goldberg), a teacher and dancer in American ballet, and Paul Margulies, an advertising writer and philosopher. She is of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage (from Romania, Austria, Hungary, and Russia). Until beginning high school in New Hampshire at age 14, she lived several years with her family in Paris and in England. She obtained a B.A. degree in liberal arts from Sarah Lawrence College, where she appeared in several plays on campus. She jobbed as a waitress until her first role as a prostitute looking to go straight in Out for Justice (1991). It took more than a year to find another role; during that time, she managed to support herself from several regional theater productions and national TV ads. Until she became a regular in ER (1994), she guest starred in several television series and a pilot. Since then, she has starred in several films, including Ghost Ship (2002), Evelyn (2002), and Snakes on a Plane (2006), and headlines the CBS drama The Good Wife (2009), for which she has won both an Emmy and a Golden Globe.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>

Cites her seven minutes of screen time in the pilot of ER (1994) as the turning point in her career. Michael Crichton and Steven Spielberg had been duly impressed with her death scene, as filmed through the eyes of series boyfriend Doug Ross (George Clooney), a decision was made to 'resurrect' her character.
Gave birth to her first child at age 41, son Kieran Lindsay Lieberthal. Child's father is her husband, Keith Lieberthal.
Born to Paul Margulies, an advertising writer, best known for an Alka-Seltzer catchphrase, and his wife Francesca, a ballet dancer; she is the youngest of three daughters. Her parents were both born Jewish, although her mother converted to Christianity when Julianna was five years old. Her parents' families were from Romania, Austria, Hungary, and Russia. As a child, Julianna lived in New York, England, and France.
Is the only cast member of ER (1994) to have ever received an Emmy Award, plus she has been awarded the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series two years in a row (1998 and 1999).
She was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6621 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Small gestures can have a big impact. If you walk down the street and smile at someone, that will get passed on to the next person. That has the power to change someone's day.
We figured we'd celebrate Kieran's father's Irish side, since the last name is quite Jewish.
I think the most important thing you can be to someone else is dependable. In this world, it's nice to have a person you can count on!

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