Julianne Nicholson Net Worth

What is Julianne Nicholson's Net Worth?

Julianne Nicholson is an American actress who has a net worth of $3 million. Julianne Nicholson is known for her roles on such television series as "Ally McBeal," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," "Boardwalk Empire," "Masters of Sex," and "Mare of Easttown," the last of which earned her an Emmy Award. She has also acted in many films, including "Tully," "Little Black Book," "August: Osage County," "Monos," and "Janet Planet."

Early Life and Education

Julianne Nicholson was born on July 1, 1971 in Medford, Massachusetts as the eldest of four children of Kate and James. She was educated at Arlington Catholic High School. After graduating, Nicholson became a model in New York, and later modeled in Paris. She subsequently returned to New York and attended Hunter College for two years.

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Television Career

Nicholson began acting on television in 1997, when she had a guest role on the ABC series "Nothing Sacred." After appearing in episodes of "Dellaventura" and "New York Undercover" in 1998, she was in the Stephen King ABC miniseries "Storm of the Century" in early 1999. Nicholson had her first main role on television in 2000, on the short-lived NBC supernatural thriller series "The Others." After that, she played the main role of Jenny Shaw on the fifth and final season of the Fox series "Ally McBeal," and played the main role of Dr. Jules Keating on the short-lived CBS series "Presidio Med." Nicholson went on to appear in two episodes of "ER" in 2004. She had her next main role, as ADA Christina Finn, on the short-lived NBC series "Conviction," which aired in 2006. That year, Nicholson began her longest-running role yet, as Detective Megan Wheeler on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent." She played the character from season six to eight, leaving the show in 2009. Nicholson next appeared in an episode of "Royal Pains" in 2011, the same year she began playing the recurring role of Esther Randolph on the HBO series "Boardwalk Empire." Nicholson remained on the latter show until 2013.

From 2013 to 2014, Nicholson played the recurring role of Dr. Lillian DePaul on the first two seasons of the Showtime period drama series "Masters of Sex." Subsequently, from 2014 to 2015, she had a main role on the SundanceTV series "The Red Road." That was followed in 2016 by a main role on the short-lived USA Network crime thriller series "Eyewitness." The year after that, Nicholson appeared on the first season of the anthology series "Law & Order True Crime," subtitled "The Menendez Murders." She didn't have another major television role until early 2020, when she starred in the HBO miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's novel "The Outsider." Nicholson starred in another HBO miniseries in 2021, "Mare of Easttown," playing the best friend of Kate Winslet's titular character. A huge hit, the series earned Nicholson an Emmy Award. She next had a main role on the first season of the HBO sports drama series "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty," in 2022. Three years after that, Nicholson starred on the Hulu series "Paradise" and the six-part BBC One series "Dope Girls." She also appeared in several episodes of the HBO Max series "Hacks."

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Film Career

Nicholson debuted on the big screen in 1998. She appeared in a few films that year, including the drama "One True Thing" and the romantic comedy "Curtain Call." Her film breakthrough came the next year, in the romantic comedy "The Love Letter," based on the novel by Cathleen Schine. At the dawn of the new millennium, Nicholson appeared in the short film "Hero" and the feature films "Passion of Mind" and "Tully." For the latter, she received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Female. Over the subsequent years, Nicholson acted in such films as "I'm with Lucy," "Seeing Other People," "Little Black Book," and "Kinsey." In 2006, she starred opposite Justin Kirk in "Flannel Pajamas" and had supporting roles in "Puccini for Beginners" and "Two Weeks." After a break from the big screen, Nicholson returned in 2009 with parts in "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men" and "Staten Island," the directorial debuts of John Krasinski and James DeMonaco, respectively.

In 2010, Nicholson starred opposite James Franco in "Shadows and Lies." She next appeared in the 2012 film "Keep the Lights On." The year after that, Nicholson was part of the ensemble cast of "August: Osage County," based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Tracy Letts. With the cast, she shared a SAG Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Nicholson's subsequent credits included "Black Mass," "Ten Thousand Saints," "Sophie and the Rising Sun," "From Nowhere," "I, Tonya," and "Who We Are Now." At the end of the 2010s, she appeared in the Spanish-language war drama "Monos" and the Disney historical adventure film "Togo." In her first film of the 2020s, Nicholson both co-directed and starred in a segment of the 2021 anthology film "With/In." The next year, she portrayed mothers in two biopics: "Blonde" and "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story." Nicholson was subsequently in the independent films "Dream Scenario" and "Janet Planet" and the Hollywood action thriller "The Amateur."

Personal Life & Real Estate

In 2004, Nicholson wed English actor Jonathan Cake. Together, they have a son named Ignatius and a daughter named Phoebe.

In September 2014, Julianne and Jonathan paid $1.6 million for a home in Topanga, California. They sold this home in 2022 for $2.422 million.

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