Bowen portrayed Claire on Modern Family. She has starred on many TV shows like Ed and Boston Legal. The movies she is known for are Happy Gilmore, Joe Somebody, and Crazy on the Outside. On Modern Family, she has been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series five times, winning in 2011 and 2012. Bowen was born in Baltimore, Maryland to Jack and Susie Luetkemeyer and is the middle child of her older sister Molly and younger sister Annie. She attended Roland Park Country School and later graduated from Brown University in 1991 with a B.A. degree in Renaissance studies. She married Scott Phillips, a real-estate investor, when she was starring as schoolteacher "Carol Vessey" on the TV show Ed. The two married in September 2004 and later became the parents of a boy, Oliver McLanahan Phillips, on April 10, 2007 in Los Angeles as well as twins, John and Gus, born on May 8, 2009, with whom she was visibly pregnant when shooting the pilot for Modern Family. She also recently experienced a crazy accident where her the two twins put hot sauce in her eyes.
Trivia[]
Julie guest starred in an episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Trials), like fellow Modern Family co-stars Sarah Hyland (who played Haley Marshall, her on-screen oldest child) (Repression, Hothouse) and Ty Burrell (Execution).
On her hit series Modern Family, she is married to a real estate broker played by Ty. In real life, she is married to a real estate investor, Scott Phillips.
She has a pacemaker.
She has said she regretted making The Last Man on Planet Earth (1999), because she was the non-lesbian character.
She is fluent in Italian.
Julie Benz is often mistaken for her and, when asked for her autograph, Benz would sign Bowen's name.
She is a spokesperson for Neutrogena.
While she was at the tail end of filming her fake labor scene on Boston Legal (2004), she went into actual labor with her son Oliver.
She practices Yoga.
She was considered for the role of Vickie Kittie in Mercy (2000).
Her salary, like her parent co-stars, for Modern Family is $190,000 per episode.
She directed the episode "Red Alert", which was her only directed credit.
Filmography[]
Film[]
Year
Film
Role
Other notes
1992
Five Spot Jewel
1996
Confessions of a Sleep Addict
P.J.
Happy Gilmore
Virginia Venit
Multiplicity
Robin
1997
An American Werewolf in Paris
Amy Finch
2001
You're Killing Me
Jamie Quinn
Amy's Orgasm
Nicki
Also known as Amy's O
Venus and Mars
Lisa
Joe Somebody
Meg Harper
2002
Stella shorts 1998-2002
Mother Nature
Direct-to-DVD release
2005
Kids in America
Principal Weller
Partner(s)
Katherine
2007
Sex and Death 101
Fiona Wormwood
2010
Crazy on the Outside
Christie
TV[]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1992
Loving
1993
Lifestories: Families in Crisis
Chris
Episode: No Visible Bruises: The Katie Koestner Story
