Juliana Margulies — actress with roots in the Russian Empire
Julianna Margulies (born 8 June 1966, Spring Valley, New York) is an American actress. She played Carol Hathaway in ER (1994–2000), winning the 1995 Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and Alicia Florrick in The Good Wife (2009–2016), winning the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2011 and 2014. She has received 10 Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe.
Tracing the roots — Russia (town not documented)
Her parents, Paul Margulies, a writer and advertising executive, and Francesca Gardner, a ballet dancer, were both Jewish, descendants of Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants from Austria, Hungary, Romania and Russia. Which line came from Russia, and from where, is not documented.
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Russia (town not documented). At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.