Julie Warner
Juliet Mia Warner (born February 9, 1965) is an American actress. She is best known as Danni on "Family Law" (1999–2001) and Megan on "Nip/Tuck" (2003-2006), Elaine in "Mr. Saturday Night" (1992), Michelle in "Tommy Boy" (1995), Micki in "Wedding Bell Blues" (1996), and Dean York in "Chalk It Up" (2016). She also appeared in the 1989 HBO Special “The Diceman Cometh” with comedian Andrew Dice Clay. Early life. Warner was born in Manhattan on February 9, 1965. Her mother, Naomi (née Bernstein), is a literary agent, an independent marketing consultant, and a licensing director. Her  father, the late Neil Warner, was a jingle composer, a pianist, an arranger, and a former jazz bandleader. Her paternal grandfather was Hollywood composer Jack Shilkret, the brother of composer Nathaniel Shilkret. Warner attended the Dalton School at age twelve. There she met an agent who advised Warner to consider acting. Shortly thereafter, Warner landed a role on the soap opera "Guiding Light". Warner studied theater arts at Brown University. After her graduation, Warner moved to Los Angeles, where she worked as a waitress while auditioning for acting. She is Jewish. Career. Warner performed in conservatory theater and summer stock  theater and appeared in two episodes of "", "Booby Trap" in 1989 and "Transfigurations" in 1990. She also made commercials for products, including Pert Plus. Warner's most famous roles include her 1991 breakout co-starring performance with Michael J. Fox in "Doc Hollywood", then her co-starring role with Billy Crystal in 1992's "Mr. Saturday Night". She was in "Indian Summer" in 1993, "The Puppet Masters", based on Robert A Heinlein's novel of the same name in 1994, and "Tommy Boy" in 1995. Also in 1995, she portrayed Amy Sherman in "Pride and Joy". She played the role  of Danni Lipton in the TV series "Family Law", and the recurring character Megan O'Hara in "Nip/Tuck". In 2005, Warner began starring as the wife to Howie Mandel in his short-lived hidden camera/situation comedy "Hidden Howie: The Private Life of a Public Nuisance" and later appeared in the 2006 film "Stick It". Other screen credits include a guest appearance on an episode of "House". She starred in the 2008 Hallmark Channel movie "Our First Christmas", where she plays a mother trying to navigate the difficult waters of combining two families after the deaths of her own and  her new husband's spouses. In 2009, she played Rose Pinchbinder in the children's TV show "True Jackson, VP" in the episode "Keeping Tabs". In 2012, she guest starred in a season seven episode of "Dexter", "Chemistry", as the sister of Hannah McKay's dead husband. Personal life. In June 1995, Warner married writer-director Jonathan Prince. They have a son named Jackson, born in 1997. They are now divorced.