- Born
- Birth nameJulie Bowen Luetkemeyer
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Julie Bowen was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and is the middle daughter of Suzanne and John Luetkemeyer Jr., a real estate developer. Her early education was at Calvert School in Baltimore, and Garrison Forest School, Maryland. She moved on to St. George's School, Rhode Island and then attended Brown University, graduating with a BA in Renaissance Studies.
During college, Bowen acted in stage productions such as "Guys and Dolls" and "Stage Door". After graduation, she relocated to New York and studied at the legendary Actors Studio. Success followed with a series of TV roles, and in 1996 she appeared as the love interest in Happy Gilmore (1996). Other supporting film roles followed. However, it was on television that she was destined to make the biggest impact, with strong turns in ER (1994), Ed (2000) and Boston Legal (2004), among others. From 2009 she has starred as Claire Dunphy in the hit series Modern Family (2009), for which she has won Emmy and Screen Actors Guild awards.
Julie was previously married to Scott Phillips, a real-estate investor, and they have three sons: Oliver, and twins Gus and John.- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpouseScott Phillips(September 9, 2004 - September 13, 2018) (divorced, 3 children)
- Children
- ParentsJohn Luetkemeyer Jr.Suzanne Luetkemeyer
- RelativesAnnie Luetkemeyer(Sibling)Molly Luetkemeyer(Sibling)
- Has a pacemaker.
- Is fluent in Italian.
- Says that, while she was at the tail end of filming her fake labor scene on Boston Legal (2004), she went into actual labor with her son Oliver.
- Graduated from Brown University in 1991 with a B.A. degree in Renaissance studies. She spent her junior year in Florence, Italy.
- Julie Benz is often mistaken for her and, when asked for her autograph, Benz would sign Bowen's name.
- [on preparing for the Emmy Awards] It gets insane. The dress, the hair, the makeup . . . I end up always picking the dress at the last second.
- Modern Family (2009) - $190,000 per episode
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