Julie Bowen
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It seems appropriate that Julie Bowen, an actress who helps tutor high school students in her spare time and says she usually prefers staying home with a good novel to going out to a party, would rise to fame playing Carol Vessey, the pretty and quick-witted high school teacher on the popular comedy-drama series Ed. Born Julie Bowen Luetkemeyer in Baltimore, MD, on March 3, 1970, Bowen first acquired a taste for acting as a child, when she began putting on plays with her sisters at home. Bowen developed a more serious interest in the theater while studying at Brown University, where she received a degree in Italian Renaissance studies; she appeared in a number of student theater productions, including Guys and Dolls and Lemon Sky, and in her senior year she was cast in her first film, an independent feature called Five Spot Jewel. After graduating, she began honing her craft by studying at the Actor's Institute, Shakespeare and Company, and Will Geer's Theatricum, and began pursuing a career in television, landing roles in television commercials and eventually winning a supporting role on the daytime drama Loving. She also appeared in a student film directed by Edward Burns, several years before he made his breakthrough independent feature The Brothers McMullen. In 1995, Bowen became a regular on a short-lived adventure series, Extreme, and the following year she earned a showy role in the hit comedy feature Happy Gilmore. In 1998, Bowen did a nine-episode run on E.R., before debuting on Ed in 2000, receiving enthusiastic reviews and solid ratings, finally earning her an unqualified success on television. TV would offer Bowen several more successful roles over the coming years as well, from recurring roles on Lost and Weeds, to a starring role on the legal comedy/drama Boston Legal. The quirky, humorous vibe of the show showcased Bowen's sharp sense of comedy, leading to a starring role on the hit sitcom Modern Family.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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91% | The Fallout |
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— | 2021 |
53% | Hubie Halloween |
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— | 2020 |
38% | Life of the Party |
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— | 2018 |
No Score Yet | Tangled Before Ever After |
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— | 2017 |
44% | Planes: Fire And Rescue |
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$42.7M | 2014 |
28% | Knife Fight |
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— | 2013 |
No Score Yet | Conception |
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— | 2012 |
69% | Horrible Bosses |
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$117M | 2011 |
58% | Jumping the Broom |
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$37.3M | 2011 |
8% | Crazy on the Outside |
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$64.9k | 2010 |
27% | Sex and Death 101 |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | The Killing Club |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Partners |
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— | 2005 |
17% | Kids in America |
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$0.5M | 2005 |
21% | Joe Somebody |
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$22.7M | 2001 |
0% | Venus and Mars |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | The Last Man on Planet Earth |
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— | 1999 |
7% | An American Werewolf in Paris |
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— | 1997 |
43% | Multiplicity |
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— | 1996 |
62% | Happy Gilmore |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Runaway Daughters |
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— | 1994 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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100% |
DuckTales
2017-2019
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No Score Yet |
Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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85% |
Modern Family
2009-2020
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No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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No Score Yet |
Busy Tonight
2018-2019
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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No Score Yet |
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016-2019
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No Score Yet |
Family Guy
1999
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No Score Yet |
MasterChef Junior
2013-2019
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No Score Yet |
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010-2018
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Seth Meyers
2014
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No Score Yet |
Project Runway
2004-2020
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No Score Yet |
Project Runway
2005
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No Score Yet |
Hollywood Game Night
2013
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No Score Yet |
Conan
2010
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No Score Yet |
The Talk
2010
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
2009-2014
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No Score Yet |
Talking Bad
2013
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No Score Yet |
The Doctors
2008
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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No Score Yet |
The View
1997
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No Score Yet |
Inside the Actors Studio
1994-2019
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No Score Yet |
Chelsea Lately
2007-2014
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91% |
Monk
2002-2009
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No Score Yet |
True Jackson, VP
2008-2011
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78% |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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86% |
Boston Legal
2004-2008
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85% |
Lost
2004-2010
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No Score Yet |
Jake in Progress
2005-2006
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72% |
Desperate Housewives
2004-2012
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No Score Yet |
Ed
2000-2004
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95% |
Justice League
2004
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No Score Yet |
Dawson's Creek
1998-2003
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No Score Yet |
ER
1994-2009
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No Score Yet |
Party of Five
1994-2000
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14% |
Extreme
1995
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No Score Yet |
Three
1998
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70% |
Weeds
2005-2012
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Quotes from Julie Bowen's Characters
Dipper: | I like watching you sleep. |
Rhonda Harken: | Your balls are so soft. |
Amy: | Thanks for the lovely evening, douche-bag. You really know how to treat a lady! |
Andy: | No! You're dead! |
Amy: | No, I'm undead...Which means I'm forced to walk this wretched earth until you die. |
Amy: | No, I'm undead. Which means I'm forced to walk this wretched earth until you die. |
Brad: | [Brad appears as a zombie] - Not so fast! You want my buddy dead, you're gonna have to come through me. |
Amy: | Oh, that's something (to Andy) ...It took me four years on a Stairmaster to get a package like this. You ripped through it like a lamb chop! |
Amy: | Oh, that's something (to Andy) It took me four years on a Stairmaster to get a package like this. You ripped through it like a lamb chop! |
Andy: | This can't be happening. |
Brad: | Don't blame me Andy. I warned you. |
Amy: | (to Andy) - Wait a minute. You knew about this all along? |
Brad: | You are the most egocentric corpse I've ever met. |
Amy: | Listen, I don't know what kind of friend this jerk is to you, but he ate my spleen. |
Amy: | Who do you have to sleep with to get a guy to have sex with you? |
Amy: | Are you kidding me? I love Jim Morrison. |