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Julianna Marguilles (Nurse Carol Hathaway)
Julianna Margulies has has won and been nominated for many US awards, for playing ER's head nurse, Carol Hathaway. Born in Spring Valley, New York (just outside New York City), Julianna 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, Julianna 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, Julianna 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. She starred opposite Glenn Close in Bruce Beresford's Paradise Road and 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. Julianna was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and won a Screen Actors Guild Award for her work on ER.