Julianne Nicholson Movies and Career Information

Julianne Nicholson (born July 1, 1971) is an American actress. She is known for having played Det. Megan Wheeler on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Nicholson was born and raised in Medford, Massachusetts (outside Boston), and is the eldest of four siblings. After graduating from Arlington Catholic High School, she modeled in New York for six months, quit for a year, then resumed her modeling career in Paris for another six months. After returning to New York, she attended Hunter College as a general studies major for two years. While in New York, Nicholson supported herself by waitressing and eventually left school to study acting and begin her professional career. In 2004, she married British actor Jonathan Cake in Italy; they met playing a couple on an unaired HBO pilot called Marriage. They have two children. Their son Ignatius was born in September 2007 and she gave birth to daughter Phoebe Margaret on April 30, 2009. One of Nicholson's favorite movies is Living in Oblivion, by director Tom DiCillo. In her first feature film role she starred opposite Michael Caine and James Spader in Curtain Call. Later she won what proved to be both her breakthrough and favorite role as a