Julianna Margulies has been married to her husband Keith Lieberthal since 2007 and the pair, who has one child, are still going strong. Details explored.
Julianna Margulies, a celebrated American actress, is best known for playing Carol Hathaway on the television shows ER (1994–2000; 2009) and The Good Wife (2009–16).
She has starred in different films and series during her stellar career in Hollywood.
She has been nominated for 10 Emmy Awards and won three. In 2015, Margulies was named to TIME’s 100 Most Influential People list.
Away from her work, she is a wife and a mother. But, what is known about her husband and who her children are? Keep reading for more about her personal life.
Who is Julianna Margulies married to?
Julianna Margulies has been married once in her lifetime.
The name of her husband is Keith Lieberthal.
Julianna and Keith tied the knot on November 10, 2007, in an intimate wedding ceremony in Lenox, Massachusetts.
Afterward, the duo didn’t have time to enjoy a honeymoon. Instead, Margulies returned to work on her TV show, the Fox legal drama Canterbury’s Law. “They’re both very busy,” Julianna’s late father, Paul Margulies once revealed.
Before their wedding, they first met in early 2006 through a mutual acquaintance. She told Ellen Degeneres while appearing on The Ellen Degeneres Show the story of their unlikely introduction.
“I met my husband at a dinner party I wasn’t going to go to through an agent I didn’t sign with, who I adored … I just can’t go there,” she said, explaining that they stayed friends. “I remembered [the agent’s] birthday six months later and just texted him, ‘Happy birthday,’ and he said, ‘I’m actually here in the city, come have dinner with us.’ I was like, ‘I’ll come for a drink.’ “
Margulies continued: “I was about to start a Broadway show, so I didn’t want to stay out late. Famous last words. I went, and there was Keith. And Keith had gone to Dartmouth, and this agent had been his R.A., and he just happened to be at this dinner.”
But she confessed that she had reservations when Lieberthal approached her that night. “I said, ‘Are you an actor?’ Because as much as I love you all, I can’t. I’m done,’ ”
Margulies added. She was happily surprised to learn that he was a lawyer who was of a similar age and Jewish.
“Kept getting better and better and that was it,” she concluded.
Margulies’ father, Paul, shared more with PEOPLE about their special day after walking her down the aisle.
“It was all traditional. It was very touching. She was radiant. It was beautiful,” he said. “We’re thrilled for her, and the young man she married is a wonderful person. We’re proud to have him as a part of our family.”
Who is Keith Lieberthal, Julianna Margulies’ husband?
Keith Lieberthal is famous as the husband of actress Julianna Margulies.
Margulies, now 57, is alleged to be six years older than her spouse.
According to his LinkedIn, Lieberthal graduated from Harvard Law School with his Juris Doctor degree in 1999. At the time that he met Margulies, he told her, “‘I was a Wall Street litigator for six years.’ “
What does Keith Lieberthal do for a living? By profession, Margulies’ spouse Keith Lieberthal is a lawyer.
He has also worked for different countries such as Lincoln Center International, Guidepoint, and Tommy Hilfiger.
He’s currently the Head of Americas at Hakluyt & Company, a London-based consulting firm, where he’s been for nearly five years.
In 2011, the couple starred together in a campaign video for “New Yorkers for Marriage Equality” by the Human Rights Campaign, the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organization in the U.S.
The pair shared in the video the importance of marriage equality and “letting every New Yorker embrace this commitment to the person they love.”
During an interview with Oprah Winfrey’s OWN, Margulies shared the secrets to her long-standing marriage, including having different passions.
“I got really lucky. We have such mutual respect for one another,” she said. “We’re not in the same business, which I think is a really good thing. He gets excited by my work, and I get excited by his work.”
Margulies added: “I’ve never learned more from another human being than I have from my husband. I know it sounds so corny.”
How many children does Julianna Margulies have?
Julianna Margulies is a proud mother of one.
She has a son named Kieran Lindsay Lieberthal, whom she welcomed on January 17, 2008, two months after her marriage.
During their nuptial in 2007, Margulies was seven months pregnant.
The actress shares her son and only child with her husband, lawyer Keith Lieberthal.
Want to know the meaning of their son’s name? Well, in an interview with DeGeneres, Margulies revealed that his son’s first name was inspired by Lieberthal’s heritage. “Keith is half Irish, raised Jewish … ‘Let’s honor your Irish side and find an Irish name,’ ” she recalled telling her husband.
In 2018, Margulies told Today that she was teaching Kieran to be chivalrous like his father.
“You have to teach them what’s right and wrong. My husband and I are on the same page in how we’re raising him. You have to guide them to the light rather than the dark,” she said.
Margulies continued: “When I met my husband, he’d open the car door for me and I’d get out the other side. He was raised correctly. I wasn’t used to being around guys who did that. I realized that it’s time to raise conscious boys.”
One thing they love to do together is play poker, and Margulies taught him herself.
“So just know if my son is in jail for counting cards when he’s 25, it’s totally my fault,” she said.
What is Julianna Margulies’ net worth?
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Julianna Margulies has an estimated net worth of approximately $24 million, as of December 2023.
Her main source of wealth is reportedly from her career in acting.
She also earns income from brand endorsement and sponsorships.