Julie Bowen

Julie Bowen Luetkemeyer is an American actress.
==Biography==
Bowen portrayed Claire on Modern Family. She has starred on many TV shows like Ed and Boston Legal. The movies she is known for are Happy Gilmore, Joe Somebody, and Crazy on the Outside. On Modern Family, she has been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series five times, winning in 2011 and 2012. Bowen was born in Baltimore, Maryland to Jack and Susie Luetkemeyer and is the middle child of her older sister Molly and younger sister Annie. She attended Roland Park Country School and later graduated from Brown University in 1991 with a B.A. degree in Renaissance studies. She married Scott Phillips, a real-estate investor, when she was starring as schoolteacher "Carol Vessey" on the TV show Ed. The two have been married since September 2004. They became the parents of a boy, Oliver McLanahan Phillips, on April 10, 2007 in Los Angeles as well as twins, John and Gus, born on May 8, 2009, with whom she was visibly pregnant when shooting the pilot for Modern Family. She also recently experienced a crazy accident where her the two twins put hot sauce in her eyes.
==Trivia==
* Julie guest starred in an episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Trials), like fellow Modern Family co-stars Sarah Hyland (Repression, Hothouse) and Ty Burrell (Execution).
* On her hit series Modern Family, she is married to a real estate broker played by Ty. In real life, she is married to a real estate investor, Scott Phillips.
* She has a pacemaker.
* She has said she regretted making The Last Man on Planet Earth (1999), because she was the non-lesbian character.
* She is fluent in Italian.
* Julie Benz is often mistaken for her and, when asked for her autograph, Benz would sign Bowen's name.
* She is a spokesperson for Neutrogena.
* While she was at the tail end of filming her fake labor scene on Boston Legal (2004), she went into actual labor with her son Oliver.
* Practices Yoga.
* She was considered for the role of Vickie Kittie in Mercy (2000).
* Her salary, like her parent co-stars, for Modern Family is $190,000 per episode.
* She directed the episode "Red Alert"
==Filmography==
=== Film ===	
=== Film === 	
=== Film === 	
=== Film ===
Year 	Film 	Role 	Other notes
1992 	Five Spot Jewel 	 	
1996 	Confessions of a Sleep Addict 	P.J. 	
1996 	Happy Gilmore 	Virginia Venit 	
1996 	Multiplicity 	Robin 	
1997 	An American Werewolf in Paris 	Amy Finch 	
2001 	You're Killing Me 	Jamie Quinn 	
2001 	Amy's Orgasm 	Nicki 	Also known as Amy's O
2001 	Venus and Mars 	Lisa 	
2001 	Joe Somebody 	Meg Harper 	
2002 	Stella shorts 1998-2002 	Mother Nature 	Direct-to-DVD release
2005 	Kids in America 	Principal Weller 	
2005 	Partner(s) 	Katherine 	
2007 	Sex and Death 101 	Fiona Wormwood 	
2010 	Crazy on the Outside 	Christie 	
=== TV === 	
=== TV === 	
=== TV === 	
=== TV ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1992 	Loving 	 	
1993 	Lifestories: Families in Crisis 	Chris 	Episode: No Visible Bruises: The Katie Koestner Story
1993 	Class of '96 	Kristie Lewis 	Episode: Educating David
1993 	Acapulco H.E.A.T. 	Danielle Perkins 	Episode: Code Name: Body Double
1994 	Runaway Daughters 	Angie Gordon 	TV-movie
1994 	Where Are My Children 	Kirstie 	TV-movie
1995 	Extreme 	Andie McDermott 	7 episodes
1996 	Party of Five 	Shelley 	Episode: Unfair Advantage
1996 	Strange Luck 	Leigh Anne 	Episode: Healing Hands
1998 	Three 	Amanda Webb 	2 episodes
1998-1999 	E.R. 	Roxanne Please 	9 episodes
1999 	The Last Man on Planet Earth 	Hope Chayse 	TV-movie
2000 	Oh Baby 	Nikky 	Episode: What It Should Be and What It Is
2000 	Dawsons's Creek 	Aunt Gwen 	Episode: Stolen Kisses
2000-2004 	Ed 	Carol Vessey 	83 episodes
2002 	Justice League 	Aresia 	2 episodes
2005 	Jake in Progress 	Brooke 	4 episodes
2005-2007 	Lost 	Sarah 	5 episodes
2005-2008 	Boston Legal 	Denise Bauer 	52 episodes
2007 	Wainy Days 	Cheryl 	Episode: Tough Guy
2008 	Weeds 	Lisa 	7 episodes
2008 	Law and Order: Special Victims Unit	Gwen Sibert 	Episode: Trials
2009 	Monk 	Marilyn Brody/Patrice Gesner	Episode: Mr. Monk and the Bully
2009-Present	Modern Family 	Claire Dunphy 	Currently running
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