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Alicia Florrick
Alicia Florrick ( née Cavanaugh) is the lead character of CBS television series ''The Good Wife'' and is portrayed by Julianna Margulies, who has received widespread acclaim for her performance, winning two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Alicia's storyline focuses on her romantic relationships, including the struggle between staying with or divorcing her unfaithful husband, Peter Florrick, or pursuing other relationships with other men, most notably Will Gardner. Other storylines include Alicia's transformation from "the victim" to "the victimizer", her dealing with the negative consequences of her actions, her devotion to her children among political turmoil, her obsession with power, and her growth in confidence. Character biography Background Alicia Cavanaugh was born in 1967 to Veronica Cavanaugh ( Stockard Channing) and an unknown father, from whom Veronica separated prior to her first appearance in the series in Season 4. She is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julianna Margulies
Julianna Margulies (; born June 8, 1966) is an American actress. After several small television roles, Margulies achieved wide recognition for her starring role as Carol Hathaway on NBC's long-running medical drama series '' ER'' (1994–2009), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2009, she took on the lead role of Alicia Florrick in the CBS legal drama ''The Good Wife'' (2009–2016). Her performance garnered acclaim, winning two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, a Golden Globe Award, and a Television Critics Association Award. In 2021, she began portraying character Laura Peterson on the Apple TV+ drama series '' The Morning Show'', starring alongside Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon. Margulies had a recurring role on ''The Sopranos'' (2006-2007). She also voiced Neera in the adventure film ''Dinosaur'' (2000) and appeared in the miniseries ''The Mists of Avalon'' (2001). Her other films include '' Evelyn'' (2002), ''Gh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Good Wife (season 4)
The fourth season of ''The Good Wife'' began airing on September 30, 2012. Executive producer Tony Scott died in August 2012, about a month prior to the start of the season, and the premiere was dedicated to him. The season finale aired on April 28, 2013. Premise The series focuses on Alicia Florrick, whose husband Peter, the former Cook County, Illinois state's attorney, has been jailed following a notorious political corruption and sex scandal. After having spent the previous thirteen years as a stay-at-home mother, Alicia returns to the workforce as a litigator to provide for her two children. Cast Main * Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick * Matt Czuchry as Cary Agos * Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma * Makenzie Vega as Grace Florrick * Graham Phillips as Zach Florrick * Alan Cumming as Eli Gold * Josh Charles as Will Gardner * Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart Recurring * Chris Noth as Peter Florrick * Nathan Lane as Clarke Hayden * Zach Grenier as David Lee * Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Baranski
Christine Jane Baranski (born May 2, 1952) is an American actress. She is a 15-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee, winning once in 1995 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Maryann Thorpe in the sitcom ''Cybill'' (1995–1998). Baranski has received further critical acclaim for her performance as Diane Lockhart in the legal drama series ''The Good Wife'' (2009–2016) and its spin-off series ''The Good Fight'' (2017–2022). Baranski has appeared in several television films, including ''To Dance with the White Dog'' (1993), ''Eloise at the Plaza'' and ''Eloise at Christmastime'' (both 2003), and '' Who Is Simon Miller?'' (2011). Her major Broadway credits include ''Hide and Seek'' (1980), ''Hurlyburly'' (1984), ''The House of Blue Leaves'' (1986), ''Nick & Nora'' (1991), and '' Boeing Boeing'' (2008). Baranski has also appeared in numerous films, such as '' Reversal of Fortune'' (1990), ''The Birdcage'' (1996), ''Cruel Intentions'' (1999), ''How t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Lockhart
Diane Lockhart is a character of CBS television series ''The Good Wife'' and is portrayed by Christine Baranski, who has received acclaim for her performance, such as being nominated for six consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. The character returned as the main character on the sequel series ''The Good Fight''. Background A senior partner at her law firm Stern, Lockhart & Gardner, Diane is a liberal champion of women's causes. She speaks fluent French and seems to have an active social life. She meets Kurt McVeigh, a Republican ballistics expert, and is instantly drawn to him, despite their political differences. She falls in love with him, with the two eventually marrying. Diane's father wanted her to become a senator, although her mother expected her to become a nurse, marry, and have children. Although she is initially skeptical of Alicia Florrick's abilities as a lawyer when she joins the firm, Diane serves as a mentor to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Czuchry
Matthew Charles Czuchry (; born May 20, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Logan Huntzberger on The WB television series ''Gilmore Girls'' (2005–2007) and Cary Agos on the CBS television drama ''The Good Wife'' (2009–2016). Since 2018, he has starred as Conrad Hawkins on the Fox medical drama series '' The Resident''. Early life Czuchry was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, and grew up in Johnson City, Tennessee. His father, Andrew Czuchry, is a professor at East Tennessee State University, and his mother, Sandra, is a homemaker. He is of Ukrainian descent on his father's side. He has two brothers and a sister. He graduated from Science Hill High School in 1995 where he was Tennessee state prep tennis singles champion that year. Czuchry attended College of Charleston on a tennis scholarship, captained the men's tennis team, and was an NCAA ranked player in the Southern Conference. He won the Mr. College of Charleston pageant in 1998 and graduated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvard
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and one of the most prestigious and highly ranked universities in the world. The university is composed of ten academic faculties plus Harvard Radcliffe Institute. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences offers study in a wide range of undergraduate and graduate academic disciplines, and other faculties offer only graduate degrees, including professional degrees. Harvard has three main campuses: the Cambridge campus centered on Harvard Yard; an adjoining campus immediately across Charles River in the Allston neighborhood of Boston; and the medical campus in Boston's Longwood Medical Area. Harvard's endowment is valued at $50.9 billion, making it the wealthiest academic institution in the world. Endowment inco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Shaw
Kim Shaw (born May 20, 1984) is a Canadian-born American actress. Early life and education Shaw grew up in Miami and Longwood, Florida. After graduating from Lake Brantley High School, Shaw moved to New York City to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Career Her first lead role was In 2007 when she starred opposite Paul Sorvino in the independent film ''Greetings from the Shore''. She has been in two films with Sarah Jessica Parker: ''Sex and the City'' (2008) and ''Did You Hear About the Morgans?'' (2009). Recurring characters on TV include Amber Madison on ''The Good Wife'', Tina Bradley on MTV's comedy series ''I Just Want My Pants Back'' and Dr. Cassie Williams in Canada's number one drama, CTV's ''Saving Hope''. At the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, Shaw won the award for Best Lead Performance in a Television Movie for her performance in the film ''The Lead''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titus Welliver
Titus B. Welliver (born March 12, 1962) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayals of the Man in Black in ''Lost'', Silas Adams in '' Deadwood'', Jimmy O’Phelan in ''Sons of Anarchy'', and the title role in the television series '' Bosch'' and '' Bosch: Legacy.'' He is also known for his collaborations with Ben Affleck, starring in his films ''Gone Baby Gone'' (2007) and '' The Town'' (2010). Early life Welliver was born in New Haven, Connecticut. His father, Neil Welliver, was a well-known American landscape painter who was a professor of fine art at Yale University before becoming dean of the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Fine Art. Welliver's mother, Norma Cripps, was a fashion illustrator. Welliver studied drama at New York University in the early 1980s before his film and television career began. Welliver befriended Adam Sandler in a comedy writing class while attending New York University. Welliver's life has been marked by losses. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cook County, Illinois
Cook County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Illinois and the second-most-populous county in the United States, after Los Angeles County, California. More than 40% of all residents of Illinois live within Cook County. As of 2020, the population was 5,275,541. Its county seat is Chicago, the most populous city in Illinois and the third-most-populous city in the United States. Cook County was incorporated in 1831 and named for Daniel Pope Cook, an early Illinois statesman. It achieved its present boundaries in 1839. Within one hundred years, the county recorded explosive population growth going from a trading post village with a little over 600 residents to four million citizens, rivalling Paris by the Great Depression. During the first half of the 20th century it had the absolute majority of Illinois's population. There are more than 800 local governmental units and nearly 130 municipalities located wholly or partially within Cook County, the largest of whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makenzie Vega
Makenzie Jade Vega Norfolk (born February 10, 1994), known professionally as Makenzie Vega, is an American actress. She is known for her role as Grace Florrick on ''The Good Wife'' and as the 11-year-old counterpart of Nancy Callahan in ''Sin City''. Life and career Vega was born in Los Angeles, California. Her father, Baruch Vega, is a Colombian fashion photographer who was an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration,De Cordoba, Jose"Fashion Photographer Scored Millions As an Informant, but Was Justice Served?" ''The Wall Street Journal'', December 7, 2000 and her mother, Gina Rue, is an American former model. Film Reference. She is the younger sister of actress . At the age of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Phillips (actor)
Graham David Phillips (born April 14, 1993) is an American actor, filmmaker and singer. Beginning his acting career at the age of nine, Phillips is known for a variety of film, stage and television roles; as Evan Goldman in the Broadway musical '' 13'', Ben Tennyson in the film '' Ben 10: Race Against Time'', Zach Florrick on the CBS television series ''The Good Wife'', as well as other leading roles in independent films like ''Staten Island Summer''. More recently, he has appeared in films like '' Blockers'' and '' XOXO'' and in the recurring television roles of Nick St. Clair in '' Riverdale'' and Nate in ''Atypical''. He made his feature film directorial debut in 2019 with ''The Bygone''. Personal life Phillips was born on April 14, 1993, in Orange County, California. His father is Layn R. Phillips, an attorney and former U.S. district court judge. He was raised Episcopalian, and during his K-12 school years, attended St. Margaret's Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Noth
Christopher David Noth ( ; born November 13, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as NYPD Detective Mike Logan on ''Law & Order'' (1990–95), Big on ''Sex and the City'' (1998–2004), and Peter Florrick on ''The Good Wife'' (2009–16). Noth reprised his role of Mike Logan on ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' (2005–08), and reprised his role of Big in the films ''Sex and the City'' (2008) and ''Sex and the City 2'' (2010). He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television for ''Sex and the City'' in 1999 and for ''The Good Wife'' in 2010. Noth starred in the first two seasons of the 2021 revival of '' The Equalizer'', on CBS, and appeared in '' And Just Like That...'', the revival of ''Sex and the City''. Early life Noth was born November 13, 1954, in Madison, Wisconsin, the youngest of three boys, to news reporter Jeanne Parr (1924–2016). Parr was one of the first female correspondents for CBS News, and hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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