Julie Bowen Bikini Pics

Actress who plays the role of Claire Dunphy on the hit sitcom Modern Family and also played Denise Bauer for three years on the series Boston Legal. She attended Brown University, majoring in Italian Renaissance studies. Her younger sister, Annie, became a researcher on HIV/AIDS at the University of California, San Francisco.

Career Highlights

Career: In 1992, Bowen guest-starred on an episode of the ABC soap opera “Loving” and soon appeared on the TV series “Lifestories: Families in Crisis” (1993), “Class of ’96” (1993), and “Acapulco H.E.A.T.” (1993) and the television films “Runaway Daughters” (1994) and “Where Are My Children?” (1994). In 1996, she played Virginia Venit in the Adam Sandler film “Happy Gilmore” and co-starred with Michael Keaton in “Multiplicity.” That year, Julie also guest-starred on “Party of Five” and “Strange Luck,” and she appeared in the horror film “An American Werewolf in Paris” in 1997. She began a recurring role on the NBC medical drama “ER” in 1998, playing Roxanne Please on nine episodes, and in 2000, she guest-starred on “Dawson’s Creek” and landed the role of English teacher Carol Vessey on NBC’s “Ed.” The series aired 83 episodes over four seasons and won a People’s Choice Award for Favorite Television New Comedy Series in 2001.

Family and Personal Life

She married Scott Phillips in 2004. They welcomed a son in 2007 and they had twin sons in 2009 before divorcing in 2018.

Sarah Hyland plays Claire’s daughter Haley on Modern Family.