JULIANNA MARGULIES

Julianna Margulies
Nurse Carol Hathaway


A 1995 Emmy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Julianna Margulies has earned three consecutive Emmy nominations playing ER's head nurse, Carol Hathaway. Born in Spring Valley, New York (just outside New York City), Margulies is the youngest of three daughters. Her father is an advertising writer, and her mother is a former
dancer with the American Ballet Theater.

Almost before she could walk, Margulies and her family were off to Paris, where they lived for two years before relocating to England. When she was five, they returned to Spring Valley, and five years later they moved back to England. At 14, Margulies began high school in New Hampshire. She eventually obtained a B.A. in liberal arts from Sarah Lawrence College, where she appeared on campus in several plays. After college, she supported herself by appearing in regional-theater productions, including the Yale Repertory Theater.
 
Later, writer/producer Tom Fontana wrote her into a recurring role on NBC's Homicide: Life on the Street as a waitress and violinist who attracted Detective Bolander (Ned Beatty). She received critical acclaim in Bruce Beresford's Paradise Road starring opposite Glenn Close. She also starred in The Traveler with Bill Paxton. Her most recent films include The Newton Boys with Matthew McConaughey, and A Price Above Rubies with Renee Zellweger.
Margulies was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and won a
Screen Actors Guild Award for her work on ER. Her birthday is June 8.