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Julie Bowen

 
Actor: Julie Bowen
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  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '90s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
  • Career Highlights: Happy Gilmore, Ed, Joe Somebody
  • First Major Screen Credit: Runaway Daughters (1994)

Biography

It seems appropriate that Julie Bowen, an actress who helps tutor high school students in her spare time and says she usually prefers staying home with a good novel to going out to a party, would rise to fame playing Carol Vessey, the pretty and quick-witted high school teacher on the popular comedy-drama series Ed. Born Julie Bowen Luetkemeyer in Baltimore, MD, on March 3, 1970, Bowen first acquired a taste for acting as a child, when she began putting on plays with her sisters at home. Bowen developed a more serious interest in the theater while studying at Brown University, where she received a degree in Italian Renaissance studies; she appeared in a number of student theater productions, including Guys and Dolls and Lemon Sky, and in her senior year she was cast in her first film, an independent feature called Five Spot Jewel. After graduating, she began honing her craft by studying at the Actor's Institute, Shakespeare and Company, and Will Geer's Theatricum, and began pursuing a career in television, landing roles in television commercials and eventually winning a supporting role on the daytime drama Loving. (She also appeared in a student film directed by Edward Burns, several years before he made his breakthrough independent feature The Brothers McMullen). In 1994, Bowen was cast in the leading role in Joe Dante's made-for-cable feature Runaway Daughters, and appeared on the TV series Class of '96. In 1995, Bowen became a regular on a short-lived adventure series, Extreme, and the following year she earned a showy role in the hit comedy feature Happy Gilmore, playing Virginia, Happy's girlfriend. In 1998, Bowen began a nine-episode run as Roxanne (the love interest for Dr. Carter, played by Noah Wyle) on the hit series E.R., and was cast in another short-lived action series, Three; her performance as the crime-fighting ex-con Amanda Webb soon earned her a cult following. In 2000, Bowen debuted on Ed, which received enthusiastic reviews and solid ratings, finally earning her an unqualified success on television; she also continued to pursue film roles, most notably the Tim Allen-vehicle Joe Somebody. ~ All Movie Guide
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Julie Bowen

Julie Bowen at the Toronto International Film Festival, 2008
Born Julia Bowen Luetkemeyer
March 3, 1970 (1970-03-03) (age 39)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1992–present
Spouse(s) Scott Phillips (September 9, 2004-present)

Julie Bowen (born March 3, 1970)[1][2][3] is an American film and television actress.

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Biography

Early life

Bowen was born Julia Bowen Luetkemeyer in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Suzanne (née Frey) and John Alexander Luetkemeyer, Jr., a commercial developer.[4] She first attended the Calvert School and Garrison Forest School in Baltimore and then St. George's School. She continued on to Brown University, majoring in Italian Renaissance studies. In her junior year, Bowen spent a year abroad in Florence, Italy. During college, she had roles in Guys and Dolls, Stage Door, and Lemon Sky. Before graduating, Bowen had the lead role in the independent film Five Spot Jewel. Among other places, Bowen studied acting at the Actor's Institute.

Career

After graduation, Bowen had a role in the soap opera Loving and made her primetime debut on an episode of the college drama Class of '96. She also had the lead role in the 1994 television film Runaway Daughters, playing opposite Paul Rudd.

In films, Bowen played the love interest of the title character in Happy Gilmore. Roles in other films include An American Werewolf in Paris and Multiplicity. On television, she has had guest roles on Party of Five, Strange Luck, and a recurring role on ER as the girlfriend of Dr. Carter. On the sketch comedy program Stella Shorts, Bowen played an angel in the "Raking Leaves" episode.

Perhaps Bowen's best-known role was on the television series Ed, where she played high school English teacher Carol Vessey and the love interest of the protagonist, Ed Stevens. Since then, Bowen guest starred as the character of Sarah Shephard in five episodes of Lost. In the fall of 2005, Bowen joined the cast of Boston Legal, playing attorney Denise Bauer. She left the series in 2007, but returned for guest appearances in 2008. In 2008, Bowen joined the cast of Showtime comedy Weeds playing a single mother and love interest of Silas (Hunter Parrish).

Since fall 2009, Bowen co-stars in the ABC sitcom Modern Family, playing the character of Claire Dunphy.

Bowen was a spokesmodel for Neutrogena, most recently advertising the Pure Glow products.

Personal life

Bowen is the middle child of three sisters. Her older sister, Molly Luetkemeyer, is an interior designer who has appeared on Clean Sweep, and her younger sister, Annie Luetkemeyer, is a doctor at the University of California, San Francisco in the HIV/AIDS Division. Bowen married Scott Phillips, a software developer, on September 9, 2004; their son Oliver McLanahan Phillips was born April 10, 2007, in Los Angeles.[5]

On November 4, 2008, Bowen announced that she was pregnant for the second time. On May 8, 2009, she gave birth to twin sons, John and Gus.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100866/
  2. ^ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/celeb/bowen.htm
  3. ^ http://www.tv.com/julie-bowen/person/1162/summary.html
  4. ^ "Julie Bowen (Luetkemeyer)". RootsWeb.com. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/celeb/bowen.htm. 
  5. ^ Hamm, Liza (11 April 2007). "Boston Legal’s Julie Bowen Has a Boy". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20034422,00.html. 

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