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Date of Birth

19 February 1966, Rye, New York, USA

Birth Name

Justine Tanya Bateman

Height

5' 6" (1.68 m)

Mini Biography

New York raised actress Justine Bateman is the daughter of a film producer father and flight attendant mother. She began acting at the age of eleven, appearing in numerous theatrical productions including "Up the Down Staircase," "Barefoot in the Park," and "A Midsummer's Night's Dream."

Bateman made her professional theatrical debut in 1984 in the searing drama "Journey to the Day," in which she played Katherine, a suicidal young woman forced to come to terms with herself in a mental institution. The cast included her younger brother Jason, and her father Kent directed the play while her mother Victoria assisted behind the scenes.

In 1985 she starred in the ABC-TV movie, Right to Kill? (1985) (TV) and a year later, in the NBC-TV movie Can You Feel Me Dancing? (1986) (TV) in which she played a spirited blind girl who overcomes her handicap. She hosted the original videocassette dealing with issues of teen dating, "How Can I Tell I'm Really in Love?"

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Mini Biography

The first time Justine Bateman stepped in front of the cameras was for a Wheaties commercial. She was sixteen years old and shortly after the commercial aired, she had already landed her role of Mallory Keaton on TV's highly rated show, "Family Ties" (1982).

Justine, born February 19, 1966 in Rye, New York, is the daughter of Kent and Victoria. She is very close to her younger brother, actor Jason Bateman.

When Justine was three, her family moved from Rye to Boston, where they lived for four years. They spent another four years in Salt Lake City before finally settling down in California. Her role as ditzy Mallory Keaton won Justine two Emmy nominations for supporting actress.

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Spouse

Mark Fluent

(January 2001 - present) 2 children

Trivia

Dated singer Leif Garrett.

Suffered from anorexia and bulimia for 10 years, during her "Family Ties" (1982) days; completed a 12 step program and turned to Christianity as ways to beat the diseases; is now recovering.

Daughter of Kent Bateman and sister of Jason Bateman.

Was originally considered for the role of Veronica in the cult classic film Heathers (1988).

In the mid/early 1990s Justine was sometimes a camp counselor for the YMCA in the LA valley area.

Son, Duke Kenneth Fluent, born 18 June 2002.

Sister-in-law of actress Amanda Anka.

Measurements: 34B-23-35 (in 1997), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Her second child, daughter, Gianetta, was born in January 2004.

Attended William Howard Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California.

Is an avid knitter.

Had close relationship with LA legendary graffiti artist and actor 'Galo Make Canote'.

Was considered for the role of Emmeline in The Blue Lagoon (1980) that later went to Brooke Shields.

Where Are They Now

Has left acting and in 2000 started her own design firm in L.A. She now has both a couture and a ready-to-wear line.

(February 2007) Currently playing "Lynn Barstow" on the drama _"Men In Trees" (2006)_.

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