Julianna Margulies

Maybe her reputation for being a difficult bitch finally caught up to her. And then, she's over 50 and in Hollywood for a woman, that's like being Methuselah.

Being a monumental bitch is what happened. She deserves all the work not coming her way.

I was a huge fan of The Good Wife. Last year I decided to binge watch all seven seasons. What a pleasure it was to view it again, and sorry haters, but Julianna WAS that show. Yes everyone loved Kalinda and there were so MANY other great characters throughout the series, but she was the glue and she was outstanding from start to finish.

R3 Exactly. The Diane Lockhart character can't carry a show. The Good Fight lost steam in its second season imho.

Diane slapping her at the end was very much a stand-in for a lot of fans sick of how awful Saint Alicia was.

I never understood her appeal. She doesn't come off as particularly fun or inviting, and is not interesting to look at.

R6 She has stunning eyes.

Me neither r6. She always seemed a sort of serviceable non-entity kind of actress. Kind of like Sela Ward.

I never liked how she uses a different font for each of her eyebrows.

She is talented, cool, and steely. So what if she has a rep for being a bitch? That's part of her appeal. Most talented successful women are accused of being bitches. If they don't get accused, they never really made it to the top.

Someone actually hired this hateful bitch again!

I never liked her, not even in ER. After what she did to Archie Panjabi (I would kill or die to make love to her!) she deserves it.

I’ll never understand how she scored such a hot husband

A lack of talent and being homely.

*cookie sniffer alert*

Her TV son has been flashing his big hearty dick. God bless exhibitionist twinks.

R16, your comment is....

agree with r10

R10 I don’t give a fuck if you’re male or female, if you treat crew like crap then you deserve to be overlooked for roles. Giving people a pass because they’re talented (debatable in this case) just allows shitty behaviour to proliferate.

In 2010, when [italic]The Good Wife[/italic] was still on air, she joined Andie MacDowell as L'Oreal's brand ambassador for their [italic]Revitalift[/italic] line, a global billion-dollar franchise that was slumping in America. She was quickly and quietly dropped, and L'Oreal returned to Andie MacDowell.

R17, see this thread.

I would have thought she made enough money from ER and its residuals to never have to work again.

I wonder if she and Clooney ever banged.

Do you though?

She gave me the most wicked, withering look I’ve ever received in my life and this was just a result of passing her on the set.

She did not know me, nor did I call attention on set.

She emanates frigid cold energy.

Honestly, The Good Wide would have been better with first choices Ashley Judd and Helen Hunt. Equally cunty, but vastly better actresses.

R26, “Equally Cunty” was the original title for Feud.

What happened OP? Too much talent. Too many jealous people around her

Thanks for your input Julianna/R28.

Ugh. I loved The Good Wife. When they cast two love interests for her - Steven Pasquale and Matthew Goode, both significantly younger than her - the season after Will died, I had a feeling she must have had a huge ego. The stories about her sabotaging Panjabi and the way she refused to film their last scene together sealed my dislike of her.

They wasted Matthew Goode, too. Such a shame.

[quote]What happened to her career? She is playing supporting in a third rate miniseries.

How about after the first run salary for fifteen years on ER and seven seasons of The Good Wife, then many years of syndication money she is set for life and doesn't want to work that hard and chooses roles she just wants to play?

Good wife was amazing television. The plot direction, writing, and acting all just worked. I miss it dearly.

R32, don’t forget the great guest stars.

I want to know what the deal is with her and her husband. Surely one of you bitches has had him?

She got lucky with ER. She was supposed to be killed off in the premiere, but her character tested so well with audiences they changed it so she survived her suicide attempt.

Sherri Springfield was actually the lead of the show but left two years into it, so Julianna wound up getting more time.

[quote] Sherri Springfield was actually the lead of the show but left two years into it, so Julianna wound up getting more time.

There is actually more to the story - After Julianna won an Emmy (in the supporting category) she was threatening to quit E.R. - the reason was storyline. She didn't have one. She said her character had been reduced to walking the halls and shouting out medical terms. She was very unhappy and was ready to walk

But then Stringfield suddenly quit, which elevated her to the lead actress of ER

Flash Forward years later and Julianna is the lead actress of "Good Wife" and does everything in her power to suppress the popularity of Archie Panjabi's character

Irony among ironies

R36, why do you hate periods?

Looks kinda MTF to me.

She's difficult and not a good actress. There are plenty of nicer and more talented women to cast instead of her.

She sounds like a bitch in real life but I loved me some Carol Hathaway and Alicia Florek.

r19 I've never heard any stories about her treating the crew like crap

It disappeared into the clouds of her general cuntiness.

[quote]She's difficult and not a good actress.

I have no doubt that she's difficult and a bitch, but she IS a good actress. Her awards were deserved.

I never watched ER but she was magnificent as Alicia Florrick. There was a scene in the show where she takes a visit from Eli Gold's daughter and is happy to see her, and then learns Marrisa is there to try to get Alicia to forgive Eli and she morphs into an ice queen in real time. I got chills

R43 I've seen her on stage and she sucks. She was embarrassingly bad (this was after ER). All she does on camera is move her eyes a certain way, and it appears to be great acting.

r30 I once read here somewhere that Will in real life got a big cock

She's a total blank.

The Good Wife definitely would have been better if Ashley Judd or Helen Hunt had accepted the offer of the lead role.

Big no to Helen Hunt as Alicia.

I saw The Good Wife years ago, I think she was perfect in the role, I don't think the show would have been as enthralling with a different actress, nor do I think it would have lasted (though I do remember the show losing itself towards the end). Margulies was restrained as Alicia Florrick, yet each look still said a lot, viewers were teetering on the edge with her, and of course whenever she broke it meant so much more.

I haven't seen her on stage, or on ER, and I don't know her personally so I've nothing to add there.

r47 Ashley Judd? Thank God that didn't happen.

Though Julianna was perfect, I might not have minded Helen Hunt. But Ashley Judd is as overrated as Ben Affleck or Jimmy Smits—one of those people who make me think, "How did she ever get a job acting?" I would probably not have watched The Good Wife if she had been in it.

Julianna’s wig was the true star of The Good Wife.

Juliana was great but I hated Alicia as a character by the end of the serires. She had become just as manipulative and morally questionable as Canning.

I think that was the point r52. I think it's interesting that she had producer credit (so she had some clout with the writers) and they wrote that last scene with Diane slapping her. For all the controversy with Archie P, she doesn't get any credit for agreeing to do the slap scene. She had to have known that the audience was all for it.

Ashley Judd should be in prison for what she did to her face.

I think she mainly lives in NY so I imagine it suits her as Billions is shot there? She is a good actress