In February 2000, Julianna Margulies had the opportunity to host an edition of the popular NBC late-night sketch show Saturday Night Live. She invited Noah Wyle, who plays her co-star in the television series ER, to take part in one of the sketches.
After leaving ER as a regular cast member, Margulies expanded her acting career by appearing in both stage shows and films. She performed on stage in pieces including Intrigue With Faye by Kate Robin and Ten Unknowns by Jon Robin Baitz, both of which were staged by Lincoln Center and MCC Theater, respectively. She also appeared in The Vagina Monologues.
Margulies acted in films including Evelyn (2002), in which she shared a screen with Pierce Brosnan, and Ghost Ship (2002), in which she shared a screen with Ron Eldard and Gabriel Byrne.
She also starred as Morgaine, the lead and narrator in the TNT miniseries The Mists of Avalon (2001), as well as the documentary film Searching for Debra Winger.
In two episodes of the critically acclaimed NBC comedy series Scrubs’ fourth season in 2004, Margulies portrayed Neena Broderick, a dishonest lawyer who sues Turk and briefly had sex with J.D.
The same year, she had an appearance in the TNT miniseries The Grid. In four episodes of the HBO crime drama series The Sopranos’ sixth season in 2006, she portrayed realtor Julianna Skiff.
What actor did Julianna Margulies date?
From 1991 through 2003, Margulies dated actor Ron Eldard, whom she met in an acting workshop. On November 10, 2007, Margulies married attorney Keith Lieberthal, who is also a student and the son of academic Kenneth Lieberthal, in Lenox, Massachusetts. Their child is Kieran Lindsay Lieberthal. They dwell in Manhattan.
Are Julianna Margulies and George Clooney still friends?
According to George Clooney, working on ER was “the job of a lifetime,” and he remains good friends with Julianna Margulies: They are very close buddies. Throughout his remarkable career, George Clooney has developed certain friendships that will last a lifetime.