Julie Bowen

• Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
• Birthday: March 3, 1969

A primetime presence for virtually the entire first decade of the new millennium, actress Julie Bowen found her niche in comedy/drama hybrids that cast her as the straight-woman to hijinks-prone leading men. Her role as a small town teacher opposite a bowling alley-owning lawyer (Tom Cavanagh) on “Ed” (NBC, 2000-04) set the precedent for her future runs as put-upon girlfriends and wives on “Boston Legal” (ABC, 2004-08), and the fall 2009 breakout, “Modern Family” (ABC, 2009- ), in which she anchored the wacky ensemble as the relatab…more