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Julianna Luisa Margulies is an actress whose role
on the NBC drama ER (television)|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. Despite what may be assumed from her
surname, she was raised Catholic by her mother.
 
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 Award|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 (movie)|Evelyn with Pierce Brosnan and
Ghost Ship with Gabriel Byrne.

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