Justine Bateman

Justine Tanya Bateman (born February 19, 1966) is an American writer, director, producer, and actress. Her acting work includes Family Ties, Satisfaction, Men Behaving Badly, The TV Set, Desperate Housewives, and Californication. Five Minutes, the film short she wrote, directed, and produced, premiered at the 2017 Toronto Film Festival. Bateman earned her Computer Science and Digital Media Management degree from UCLA in 2016.
== Early life ==
Bateman was born in Rye, New York, US,[1] to Victoria Elizabeth, a former flight attendant for Pan Am who was originally from the United Kingdom, and Kent Bateman. She is the sister of actor Jason Bateman.[2]
She attended Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California. However, Bateman could not attend college due to her contractual obligations with Family Ties. Bateman stated that she was informed by the series' line producer Carol Himes, "You’re under contract to Paramount Studios."[3] Bateman instead earned her college degree later, in 2016, from UCLA.
== Career ==
=== Acting ===
==== Television ====
Bateman's most prominent acting role began when she was a teenager, playing the role of superficial Mallory Keaton on the television sitcom Family Ties in 1982; she continued the role throughout the show's run which ended in 1989.[4]In 1984, Bateman starred in the episode "Mookie and Pookie" in Tales from the Darkside. She hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live during its 13th season in 1988.[1] From her work on Family Ties she was nominated for two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.[5]
In 1996, she guest-starred on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as the character Sarah/Zara in four episodes — two at the end of season 3, and two at the beginning of season 4.[1] In the 1996–97 NBC American version of the British TV comedy Men Behaving Badly,[6] featuring Rob Schneider and Ron Eldard, she starred as Sarah, Eldard's character's girlfriend.[1] Bateman returned to TV with the 2003 Showtime mini-series Out of Order, alongside Eric Stoltz, Felicity Huffman and Bill Macy.[7]
In the third-season Arrested Development episode "Family Ties," which was broadcast in February 2006,[8] her character is initially believed to be Michael Bluth's sister, but she turns out to be a prostitute taken advantage of by his father, and pimped by his brother. Michael Bluth was played by Bateman's brother Jason.[9]
Recurring roles included Men in Trees, Still Standing, and Desperate Housewives.
==== Feature films ====
In 1988, Bateman starred in the lead role in the motion picture Satisfaction.[1]The film, about an all-girl musical band, also featured Julia Roberts, Liam Neeson, and Britta Phillips. Bateman starred as the lead vocalist and also performed the vocals on the soundtrack. Other films include The Night We Never Met, with Matthew Broderick, and The TV Set, with David Duchovny and Sigourney Weaver.
==== Other media ====
She has acted in several web series. She acted in John August's Remnants, Illeana Douglas’ IKEA-sponsored Easy to Assemble[10][11] (for which in 2010 Bateman was among the winners of the Streamy Award for Best Ensemble Cast and was nominated for a Streamy Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Web-Series),[12] and Anthony Zuiker's digi-novel series Level 26: Dark Prophecy, in which she plays a tarot card reader.[13]
==== Theater ====
Bateman's theater experience includes Arthur Miller's The Crucible (Roundabout Theater), David Mamet's Speed the Plow (Williamstown Theater Fest), and Frank Wedekind's Lulu (Berkeley Rep).[citation needed]
=== Writer ===
Bateman wrote her directorial debut, Five Minutes. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2017 [14]. She made her first script sale to Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place.[15] She also co-wrote the adaptation of Lisi Harrison's teenage book series The Clique for a Warner Bros. internet series.[16] Bateman's first book, Fame: The Hijacking of Reality, was published in 2018 by Akashic Books.[17]
=== Producer ===
In the fall of 2007, Bateman helped produce the Speechless campaign in support of the Writers Guild of America strike. In 2004, she also launched FM78.tv, a digital production company[3][16] which became the digital production and consulting company Section 5.[citation needed] Her producing credits include the film shorts Z and Five Minutes,as well as Easy to Assemble, which garnered more than 5.1 million views during its second season.[6]
Bateman also co-produced and co-presented with fashion maven Kelly Cutroneon their internet talk show Wake Up and Get Real (WUAGR).[18] Described as an alternative to the television series The View, WUAGR was last broadcast in June 2011.[19]
=== Director ===
Her directorial debut, Five Minutes, was an official selection at various film festivals, including the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
=== Other work ===
During a hiatus from the entertainment business, Bateman established a clothing design company in 2000. She managed it until its closure in 2003. Justine Bateman Designs was known for one-of-a-kind hand knits. It sold to BendelsNY, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Fred Segal.[20]
She served on the National Board of Directors of the Screen Actors Guild[21] until July 2009, when she resigned just before the end of her initial three-year term.[22]
== Personal life ==
Bateman dated Leif Garrett in the late 1980s.[23]
In 2001, Bateman married Mark Fluent, with whom she has two children. Bateman is an outspoken supporter of net neutrality.[24] In 2008, Bateman testified before the United States Senate Commerce Committee in support of net neutrality.[25]
Bateman is a licensed pilot of single-engine planes and a certified scuba diver.[26]
== Filmography ==
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1982–1989 	Family Ties 	Mallory Keaton 	176 episodes
Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Comedy Series
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (1986 and 1987)
Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Comedy Series
1984 	It's Your Move 	Debbie 	Episode: "Pajama Party"
1984 	Tales from the Darkside 	Susan 'Pookie' Anderson 	Episode: "Mookie and Pookie"
1985 	ABC Afterschool Special 	Sara White 	Episode: "First the Egg"
1985 	Right to Kill? 	Deborah Jahnke 	Television movie
1985 	Family Ties Vacation 	Mallory Keaton 	Television movie
1986 	Can You Feel Me Dancing? 	Karin Nichols 	Television movie
1988 	Satisfaction 	Jennie Lee 	
1988 	Mickey's 60th Birthday 	Mallory Keaton 	Television movie
1990 	The Fatal Image 	Megan Brennan 	Television movie
1990 	The Closer 	Jessica Grant 	
1992 	Deadbolt 	Marty Hiller 	Television movie
1992 	In the Eyes of a Stranger 	Lynn Carlson 	Television movie
1992 	Primary Motive 	Darcy Link 	
1992 	How Can I Tell If I'm Really In Love 	Herself 	Educational classroom video
1993 	Beware of Dog 	Linda Irving 	
1993 	The Night We Never Met 	Janet Beehan 	
1994 	Terror in the Night 	Robin 	Television movie
1994 	Another Woman 	Lisa Temple 	Television movie
1995 	A Bucket of Blood 	Carla 	Television movie
1996 	The Acting Thing 	Unknown 	Short film
1996 	God's Lonely Man 	Meradith 	
1996 	Kiss & Tell 	Molly McMannis 	
1996 	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman 	Sarah/Zara 	4 episodes
1996 	Men Behaving Badly 	Sarah Stretten 	22 episodes
1997 	Highball 	Sandy 	
1999 	Rugrats 	Art Patron 	Episode: "Opposites Attract"/"The Art Museum"
1999 	Say You'll Be Mine 	Chelsea 	
2002 	Ozzy & Drix 	Rota 	Episode: "Gas of Doom"
2003 	Out of Order 	Annie 	6 episodes
Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
2004 	Still Standing 	Terry 	3 episodes
2004 	Humor Me 	Paula 	Television movie
2004 	The Hollywood Mom's Mystery 	Lucy Freers 	Television movie
2005 	Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula	Attia, Imperial Courtesan	Short film
2006 	Arrested Development 	Nellie Bluth 	Episode: "Family Ties"
2006 	The TV Set 	Natalie Klein 	
2006 	To Have and to Hold 	Meg 	TV movie
2006 	Men in Trees 	Lynn Barstow 	10 episodes
2007 	Hybrid 	Andrea 	Television movie
2008, 2012	Desperate Housewives 	Ellie Leonard 	5 episodes
2008, 2012	Californication 	Mrs. Patterson 	2 episodes
2008, 2012	Easy to Assemble 	Justine Bateman 	12 episodes
2009 	Psych 	Victoria 	Episode: "Tuesday the 17th"
2009 	Celebrity Ghost Stories 	Herself 	Episode: "1.7"
2010 	Private Practice 	Sydney 	Episode: "Short Cuts"
2011 	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behaviour 	Margaret 	Episode: "See No Evil"
2013 	Modern Family 	Angela 	Episode: "The Future Dunphys"
2013 	Deep Dark Canyon 	Cheryl Cavanaugh