| Julie Bowen | |
|---|---|
 Julie Bowen appears as attorney Denise Bauer-Chase on the series. | |
| Personal Information | |
| Birth name: | Julie Bowen Luetkemeyer |
| Born: | March 3, 1970 |
| Birthplace: | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Career/Family | |
| Occupation/ Career: |
Actress |
| Years active: | 1992–present |
| Related to: | 3 sons |
| Spouse(s): | Scott Phillips, 2004-present |
| Character information | |
| Appeared on: | Boston Legal |
| Character played: | Denise Bauer |
Julie Bowen (born March 3, 1970) is an American film and television actress who appears as Denise Bauer on Boston Legal. In addition to her "BL" appearances, Juile is perhaps best known for playing Carol Vessey on Ed (2000–2004),and her current role as Claire Dunphy on the ABC-TV sitcom Modern Family, with Modern Family earning her four nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, winning in 2011 and 2012.
Throughout Bowen's career, she has played supporting roles in films including Happy Gilmore (1996), Multiplicity (1996), Venus and Mars (2001), Joe Somebody (2001), Kids in America (2005), Sex and Death 101 (2007), Crazy on the Outside (2010), Jumping the Broom (2011), and Horrible Bosses (2011).
Early life[]
Born Julie Bowen Luetkemeyer in Baltimore, MD, she was born the middle of three daughters of Suzanne (née Frey) and John Alexander Luetkemeyer, Jr., a commercial real estate developer. She is of English, Irish, French, and German descent. 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 n the HIV/AIDS Division. Her parents were socially prominent in Baltimore.[1] Raised in suburban Ruxton, she first attended Calvert School, then Roland Park Country School, and also attended St. George's School, Newport, in Rhode Island. High Pie Classmate of Nigel Sterne of The Tony Kornheiser Show. She matriculated at Brown University, majoring in Italian Renaissance studies.[2] In her junior year, Bowen spent a year in Florence, Italy.[1] 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 prime-time debut on an episode of the college drama Class of '96. She also had the lead role in the 1994 television film Runaway Daughters, opposite Paul Rudd.
In films, Bowen played the love interest of the title character in Happy Gilmore.[1] 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.
Bowen first gained prominence on the television series Ed, where she played high school English teacher Carol Vessey, the love interest of the protagonist, Ed Stevens. Bowen then guest starred as 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 and returned for guest appearances in 2008. In 2008, she had a recurring role on Weeds, playing Silas's love interest, Lisa.
Since fall 2009, Bowen has co-starred on the ABC sitcom Modern Family, playing Claire Dunphy. For her portrayal, Bowen received four consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (2010-13), winning the award in 2011 and 2012.
Bowen was a spokesmodel for Neutrogena, most recently advertising the Pure Glow products. She also appeared on an episode of Jeopardy! on August 31, 2010.
Describing her feelings on winning Emmy awards, Bowen told an interviewer:
You are assuming everyone gets high from an award. Some of us are more like German soldiers in the trenches of the world wars. When you win the award, it is like being pulled out of the trench. And as exciting and wonderful as it is not to be in the trench, and to be recognised for what you do, it also means everyone has got a clear shot at you and that is a very frightening prospect for most of us. The first year, when I was nominated but didn’t win, I was so relieved. I can’t deny winning felt lovely and amazing and great – but now I am just worried about next year.[3]
Personal life[]
Bowen married Scott Phillips, a real estate investor and software developer, on September 9, 2004. Their son, Oliver McLanahan Phillips, was born April 10, 2007 in Los Angeles.[4] On May 8, 2009, she gave birth to twins, John and Gustav, with whom she was visibly pregnant when shooting the pilot for Modern Family.[5] Bowen has had a pacemaker since her early twenties due to heart problems.[6]
She is mentioned throughout Episode 11 in Season 4 of Arrested Development.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Stated on Inside the Actors Studio, 2011
- ↑ Marbella, Jean. "Julie Bowen's modern life," Sun Magazine (The Baltimore Sun), Sunday, September 12, 2010.
- ↑ Julie Bowen: I feel like a sham actress because I haven’t done Broadway, Metro (UK), Nov 9, 2012 accessed January 7, 2013.
- ↑ Boston Legal’s Julie Bowen Has a Boy, by Liza Hamm for People magazine, April 11, 2007.
- ↑ Julie Bowen Welcomes Twin Boys|, by Ulrica Wihlborg for People magazine, 2009-05-08, people.com article, accessed July 18, 2011.
- ↑ "Julie Bowen: Modern Mother, Modern Family" Web MD
External links[]
- Julie Bowen at AllRovi
- Julie Bowen at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
- Julie Bowen at Emmys.com
- Julie Bowen at TriviaTribute.com