A 1995 Emmy Award Winner for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Julianna Margulies earned four consecutive Emmy nominations playing head nurse Carol Hathaway on "ER." She won a 1998 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series, and she has also been nominated for a Golden Globe.

Julianna Margulies spent a total of six years playing Nurse Carol Hathaway on the medical drama ER. After leaving the show, Margulies went on to star in a number of plays and movies. Her career took her to the stage of the Lincoln Center to the starring role in such movies as "Ghost Ship" and "Snakes on a Plane".