Julianne Nicholson

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Julianne Nicholson (born July 1, 1971) is an American actress.

Biography

Personal life

Nicholson was born and raised in Medford, Massachusetts (outside Boston), and is the oldest of four siblings. After graduating from Arlington Catholic High School, she modeled in New York for six months, quit for a year, then resumed her modeling career in Paris for another six months. After returning to New York, she attended Hunter College as a general studies major for two years. While in New York, Nicholson supported herself by waitressing and eventually left school to study acting and begin her professional career.

In 2004, she married British actor Jonathan Cake in Italy; their son Ignatius was born in September 2007. They met playing a couple on an unaired HBO pilot called "Marriage".

One of Nicholson's favorite movies is "Living in Oblivion", by director Tom DiCillo. [http://www.buddytv.com/articles/law-and-order-criminal-intent/exclusive-interview-julianne-n-4516.aspx "Exclusive interview: Julianne Nicholson, of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"."] "BuddyTV", February 27, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-09-08.]

Career

In her first feature film role she starred opposite Michael Caine and James Spader in "Curtain Call". Later she won what proved to be both her breakthrough and favorite role as a headstrong young feminist in "The Love Letter" with Tom Selleck and Kate Capshaw. Her other feature film credits include the independent films "Tully" and "Passion of Mind", as well as "One True Thing", "Harvest" and "Long Time Since".

Among Nicholson's television credits are a starring role in the television miniseries "Storm of the Century" and guest-starring roles in "ER" and "Law & Order". She was also one of the main cast members of hit show "Ally McBeal" for half a season. Nicholson played Christina Finn on the short-lived NBC television drama, "Conviction". She replaced Annabella Sciorra as a detective, Megan Wheeler, in the sixth season of '. [ [http://TheReelVincentDonofrio.com The Reel Vincent D'Onofrio Entry Page ] ] Nicholson said her favorite "Criminal Intent" episode was ', which she described it as "really different from a lot of the ones we've done before and very exciting and current."

Nicholson is to play the lead role of Sara Quinn in John Krasinski's adaptation of David Foster Wallace's "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men", for release in 2008.

Filmography

Movie/mini-series:

*"Long Time Since" - Vivian James / Phoebe James (1997)
*"One True Thing" - College Student (1998)
*"Harvest" - Lou Yates (1998)
*"Curtain Call" - Sandra Hewson (1999)
*"The Love Letter" - Jennifer McNeely (1999)
*"Storm of the Century" TV miniseries - Cat Withers (1999)
*"Tully" - Ella Smalley (2000)
*"Godass" - Nancy (2000)
*"The Others" TV series - Marian Kitt (2000)
*"Passion of Mind" - Kim (2000)
*"Dead Dog" - Charity (2000)
*"Hero" - Young German Woman (2000)
*"Strike a Light" - herself (2001)
*"Ally McBeal" (1997) - Jenny Shaw (episodes 91-103) (2001-2002)
*"Speakeasy" - Rebecca (2002)
*"I'm with Lucy" - Jo (2002)
*"Presidio Med" TV series - Dr. Jules Keating (2002)
*"Kinsey" - Alice Martin (2004)
*"Seeing Other People" - Alice (2004)
*"Little Black Book" - Joyce (2004)
*"Her Name is Carla" - Carla (2005)
*"Flannel Pajamas" - Nicole (2005)
*"Two Weeks" - Emily Bergman (2006)
*"Conviction" - Christina Finn (2006)
*"Puccini for Beginners" - Samantha (2006)
*"" - Det. Megan Wheeler (2006-Present)
*"Brief Interviews with Hideous Men"- Sara Quinn (2008) [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0790627/ Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2008) ] ]

Guest appearances

*"Law & Order" - Jessie Lucas (episode 11.20 "All My Children") (2001)
*"ER" - Jordan Dunn (episodes 10.19 "Just a Touch" and 10.20 "Abby Normal") (2004)

References

External links

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