Julie Bowen

Julie Bowen
Bowen in 2015
Born
Julie Bowen Luetkemeyer

(1970-03-03) March 3, 1970
EducationBrown University (BA)
OccupationActress
Years active1992–present
Spouse
Scott Phillips
(m. 2004; div. 2018)
Children3
RelativesAnnie Luetkemeyer (sister)
Molly Luetkemeyer (sister)
John Luetkemeyer (paternal grandfather)

Julie Bowen (born Julie Bowen Luetkemeyer; March 3, 1970) is an American actress. She is best known as Claire Dunphy in ABC sitcom Modern Family (2009–2020), for which she received widespread critical acclaim, winning two Primetime Emmy Awards.

Bowen also starred as Roxanne Please in NBC medical drama series ER (1998–1999), Carol Vessey in the NBC comedy-drama series Ed (2000–2004), and Denise Bauer in the ABC legal drama series Boston Legal (2005–2007), and recurred as Sarah Shephard in the ABC drama series Lost (2005–2007).

Bowen has appeared in many films, such as Happy Gilmore (1996), Multiplicity (1996), Joe Somebody (2001), Horrible Bosses (2011), Life of the Party (2018), Hubie Halloween (2020), The Fallout (2021), Totally Killer (2023), and Happy Gilmore 2 (2025).