Julianne Nicholson

Born: 01 July 1971

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Years Active: 1997-present

Julianne Nicholson (born July 1, 1971) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the film August: Osage County (2013) and the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2006–2009), Masters of Sex (2013–2014), Eyewitness (2016), Mare of Easttown (2021), Paradise and Hacks (both in 2025), the latter three of which earned her nomination for Primetime Emmy Awards, winning two for Mare of Easttown and Hacks.

Nicholson's other notable credits include Tully (2000), Ally McBeal (2001–2002), Kinsey (2004), Conviction (2006), Boardwalk Empire (2011–2013), Black Mass (2015), I, Tonya (2017), Togo (2019), The Outsider (2020) and Blonde (2022).

After Nicholson's parents separated when she was young, she lived with her mother and stepfather in western Massachusetts in what she later described as a "different way of living .. We had kerosene lanterns and camp candles and had a pump for water". She began living with her father at 11 years old. At age 18, she moved to New York, where she majored in French and anthropology at Hunter College. While in New York, Nicholson supported herself by waitressing and eventually left school to study acting and begin her professional career.