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Date of Birth

8 June 1966, Spring Valley, New York, USA

Birth Name

Julianna Luisa Margulies

Height

5' 6" (1.68 m)

Mini Biography

Born in Spring Valley (near New York City) as youngest of three daughters of a former dancer in American Ballet and an advertising writer. Until beginning high school in New Hampshire at 14, she lived several years with her family in Paris and in England. Obtained a B.A. degree in liberal arts from Sarah Lawrence College, where she appeared in several plays on campus. Until her first role in Out for Justice (1991) she jobbed as waitress. 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 regular in "ER" (1994), she guest starred in several TV shows and a pilot.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>

Spouse

Keith Lieberthal

(10 November 2007 - present) 1 child

Trade Mark

Her raven-coloured ringlets

Trivia

Majored in art history at Sarah Lawrence College; spent junior year abroad in Florence, Italy.

Offered a role in Face/Off (1997) but turned it down.

Born to Paul Margulies, an advertising writer, best known for an Alka-Seltzer catch phrase, and his wife Francesca, a ballet dancer, she is the youngest of three daughters.

Attended grade School at Green Meadow School in Spring Valley.

One of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" (1998).

Met her former boyfriend, Ron Eldard, in an acting class in 1991. They broke up in 2003.

Julianna's sister, Alexandra Margulies, appeared as a flight attendant in her final "ER" (1994) episode, "ER: Such Sweet Sorrow (#6.21)" (2000).

Julianna 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).

Has 2 Abyssinian cats.

Has a B.A. degree in liberal arts from Sarah Lawrence College.

Wedding dress was designed by Narciso Rodríguez.

Her parents are Jewish, although her mother converted to Christianity when Julianna was five years old.

She has starred in two series that are set in Chicago: "ER" (1994) and "The Good Wife" (2009).

Gave birth to her 1st child at age 41, a son Kieran Lindsay Lieberthal on January 17, 2008. Child's father is her husband, Keith Lieberthal.

Husband Keith is a lawyer.

Personal Quotes

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.

Where Are They Now

(July 2003) Living in New York City with Ron Eldard.

(August 2007) Expecting her first child, due January, 2008.

(July 2008) She splits her time between SoHo in New York City and Livingston, New York.

(September 2009) Working on the new acclaimed series, "The Good Wife" (2009).