Julianna Margulies

Julianna Margulies is an actress whose role on the NBC drama ER brought her recognition and fame.

She was born in Spring Valley, New York on June 8, 1966, the youngest of three daughters. Her father is an advertising writer, and her mother is a former dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. As a child, she lived in New York, France and England.

She obtained a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, where she appeared on campus in several plays. Her first movie role was as a prostitute looking to go straight, in the Steven Seagal film Out for Justice.

In 1994 she landed a role in the pilot episode of ER, as a character who attempted suicide, despondent over her relationship with George Clooney's character. Due to audience response, the plot was changed, and she went on to play the role of Nurse Hathaway for six years, winning an Emmy nomination every year she was on the show, and the award itself for her first year's performance.

She turned down a $27 million offer to stay on the hit show, which would have made her one of the best-paid actresses on television. Since her departure, she has worked regularly on stage and screen. On stage she has appeared in Kate Robin's Intrigue With Faye, a Lincoln Center production of Jon Robin Baitz's Ten Unknowns, and The Vagina Monologues. Her film work since ER includes Evelyn with Pierce Brosnan and Ghost Ship with Gabriel Byrne.


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Her film work since ER includes Evelyn with Pierce Brosnan and Ghost Ship with Gabriel Byrne. Mitchell was married to the film and theatre critic David Monsey, and died of cancer in 1979, at the age of fifty-three. On stage she has appeared in Kate Robin's Intrigue With Faye, a Lincoln Center production of Jon Robin Baitz's Ten Unknowns, and The Vagina Monologues. She wrote an acclaimed biography of the French writer Colette, and her own autobiography was published in 1957. Since her departure, she has worked regularly on stage and screen. Outside of acting, Mitchell was also an established writer, penning several books for children and adults as well as winning awards for playwriting. She turned down a $27 million offer to stay on the hit show, which would have made her one of the best-paid actresses on television. She continued to act occasionally on television until the late 1970s, appearing in guest roles in series such as Out of the Unknown (in 1966); her final screen role was in the BBC science-fiction series 1990 in 1977.

Due to audience response, the plot was changed, and she went on to play the role of Nurse Hathaway for six years, winning an Emmy nomination every year she was on the show, and the award itself for her first year's performance. On television, Mitchell was voted Television Actress of the Year for 1953 by the Daily Mail newspaper, mainly for her role as Cathy in the Nigel Kneale / Rudolph Cartier adaptation of Emily Brontė's novel Wuthering Heights. The following year, she appeared in another Kneale / Cartier literary adaptation when she took the role of Julia opposite Peter Cushing as Winston Smith in their controversial and well-remembered adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four, which was to prove her most memorable role on the small screen. In 1994 she landed a role in the pilot episode of ER, as a character who attempted suicide, despondent over her relationship with George Clooney's character. She went on to appear in several prominent film roles over the following three decades, winning a British Film Award for The Divided Heart (1954) and the Berlin Film Festival Award for Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957). Her first movie role was as a prostitute looking to go straight, in the Steven Seagal film Out for Justice. Already an experienced stage actress, she did not make her speaking debut in film until the age of twenty-four in The Queen of Spades (1949), although she had played an uncredited minor role in Love on the Dole eight years earlier. from Sarah Lawrence College, where she appeared on campus in several plays. Yvonne Mitchell (born July 7, 1925 in London, England, UK; died March 24, 1979 in London, England, UK) was a British stage, television and film actress, probably best remembered for her role as Julia in the 1954 BBC Television adaptation of George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

She obtained a B.A. As a child, she lived in New York, France and England. Her father is an advertising writer, and her mother is a former dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. She was born in Spring Valley, New York on June 8, 1966, the youngest of three daughters.

Julianna Margulies is an actress whose role on the NBC drama ER brought her recognition and fame.