Justine Bateman Biography

Justine Tanya Bateman (born February 19, 1966) is an American actress, writer, and producer. She is best known for her regular role as Mallory Keaton on the sitcom Family Ties (from 1982 until 1989). Until recently, Bateman ran a production and consulting company, SECTION 5. In the fall of 2012, she started studying computer science at UCLA.

Early life

Bateman was born in Rye, New York, to Victoria Elizabeth, a former flight attendant for Pan Am who was originally from the United Kingdom, and Kent Bateman, an American acting coach, film and television writer/director, and founder of a repertory stage in Hollywood. Her younger brother is actor Jason Bateman. She attended Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California, and graduated in 1984.

Career

Bateman played the role of superficial Mallory Keaton on the television sitcom Family Ties from 1982 to 1989, for which she was nominated for two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Mallory was sister to Alex (Michael J. Fox). In 1984, Bateman starred on the Tales from the Darkside television series in the episode "Mookie and Pookie". Bateman hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live during its 13th season in 1988. That same year, she starred in the lead role in the motion picture Satisfaction. The film, about an all-girl musical band, also featured Julia Roberts and Liam Neeson. Bateman starred as the lead vocalist and also performed the vocals on the soundtrack.

In the 1996"97 NBC sitcom version of the British TV comedy Men Behaving Badly with Rob Schneider and Ron Eldard, she starred as Sarah, Eldard's girlfriend. She has appeared in several made-for-TV movies and independent films. Her theater experience includes Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" (Roundabout Theater), Mamet's "Speed the Plow" (WIlliamstown Theater Fest), and Wedekind's "Lulu" (Berkeley Rep), among others.

Taking a break from the entertainment business, Bateman established a clothing design company, Justine Bateman Designs, and ran it from 2000 until 2003. She was known for her one-of-a-kind hand knits and sold to BendelsNY, Saks, and Fred Segal.

Bateman returned to TV with the Showtime series, "Out of Order" alongside Eric Stoltz, Felicity Huffman, and Bill Macy. In the third season Arrested Development episode, "Family Ties," her character is initially believed to be Michael Bluth's sister, but she turns out to be a prostitute taken advantage of by his father and pimped by his brother. Michael Bluth was played by Justine Bateman's real-life brother, Jason Bateman.

In 2006, she guest starred in the tenth episode of Men in Trees as Lynn Barstow; this turned into a recurring role for the following eight episodes. She also starred as Terry in Still Standing. Additionally, in 2006 she starred in a made-for-television movie To Have and to Hold with Sebastian Spence. In 2008, she portrayed a drug dealer who rents a room from Carlos and Gabrielle Solis, in a guest role on Desperate Housewives. That same year, Bateman appeared on an episode of Showtime's Californication. In 2009, she took on the role of Lassiter's ex-wife in USA Network's Psych. She was also in the third episode of Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior.

The actress made her first script sale to Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place and adapted "The Clique" book series for Warner Bros.

Digital career

In the fall of 2007, Bateman helped produce the very successful Speechless campaign in support of the Writers Guild of America strike. Bateman began a digital production company, FM78.tv which then morphed into the production and consulting company SECTION 5.

Since then she has been sought after as an authority in the space for various panels including The Cannes Lion Int'l Ad Festival, Digital Hollywood, NATPE, and The Branded Content Summit and has been involved creatively in a multitude of digital projects.

She acted in John August's (Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) web-series Remnants, Illeana Douglas' (Cape Fear, Good Fellas) IKEA-sponsored web-series Easy to Assemble (for which she won the 2010 Streamy Award for "Best Ensemble Cast" and was nominated for a 2010 Streamy Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Web-Series) and Anthony Zuiker's (CSI creator) digi-novel series Level 26: Dark Prophecy.

Bateman served as a producer on Easy to Assemble, created Digital Components for Level 26, co-wrote an adaptation of The Clique for a Warner Bros internet series, and produced a film short "Z". She also co-produces and co-stars with fashion maven, Kelly Cutrone, in their internet talk show, Wake Up and Get Real.

Personal life

Bateman married Mark Fluent in 2001. The couple have a son, Duke, and a daughter, Gianetta.

She served on the National Board of Directors of the Screen Actors Guild, until July 2009, when she resigned just prior to the end of her initial 3-year term.

Bateman is an outspoken supporter of net neutrality. In 2008, Bateman testified before the United States Senate Commerce Committee in support of net neutrality.

Bateman is a licensed pilot of single-engine planes and a certified scuba diver.

On March 24, 2012, Bateman announced on her Twitter account that she had been accepted to UCLA and will begin taking classes in the fall of 2012. According to her brother, Jason Bateman, she will be studying Computer Science.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982-1989	Family Ties	Mallory Keaton	176 episodes Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated"?Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress " Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated"?Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (1986-87) Nominated"?Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Comedy Series
1984	It's Your Move	Debbie	Episode: "Pajama Party"
1984	Tales from the Darkside	Susan 'Pookie' Anderson	Episode: "Mookie and Pookie"
1985	ABC Afterschool Special	Sara White	Episode: "First the Egg"
1985	Right to Kill?	Deborah Jahnke	Television movie
1985	Family Ties Vacation	Mallory Keaton	Television movie
1986	Can You Feel Me Dancing?	Karin Nichols	Television movie
1988	Satisfaction	Jennie Lee
1988	Mickey's 60th Birthday	Mallory Keaton	Television movie
1990	The Fatal Image	Megan Brennan	Television movie
1990	The Closer	Jessica Grant
1992	Deadbolt	Marty Hiller	Television movie
1992	In the Eyes of a Stranger	Lynn Carlson	Television movie
1992	Primary Motive	Darcy Link
1993	Beware of Dog	Linda Irving
1993	The Night We Never Met	Janet Beehan
1994	Terror in the Night	Robin	Television movie
1994	Another Woman	Lisa Temple	Television movie
1995	A Bucket of Blood	Carla	Television movie
1996	The Acting Thing	Unknown	Short film
1996	God's Lonely Man	Meradith
1996	Kiss & Tell	Molly McMannis
1996	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Sarah/Zara	4 episodes
1996-1997	Men Behaving Badly	Sarah Stretten	22 episodes
1997	Highball	Sandy
1999	Rugrats	Art Patron	Episode: "Opposites Attract"/"The Art Museum"
1999	Say You'll Be Mine	Chelsea
2003	Out of Order	Annie	6 episodes Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress " Series, Miniseries or Television Film
2004-2005	Still Standing	Terry	3 episodes
2004	Humor Me	Paula	Television movie
2004	The Hollywood Mom's Myster	Lucy Freers	Television movie
2005	Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula	Attia, Imperial Courtesan	Short film
2006	Arrested Development	Nellie Bluth	Episode: "Family Ties"
2006	The TV Set	Natalie Klein
2006-2007	Men in Trees	Lynn Barstow	10 episodes
2007	Hybrid	Andrea	Television movie
2008-2012	Desperate Housewives	Ellie Leonard	5 episodes
2008	Californication	Mrs. Patterson	2 episodes
2008-2012	Easy to Assemble	Justine Bateman	12 episodes
2009	Psych	Victoria	Episode: "Tuesday the 17th"
2009	Celebrity Ghost Stories	Herself	Episode: "1.7"
2010	Private Practice	Sydney	Episode: "Short Cuts"
2011	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behaviour	Margaret	Episode: "See No Evil"
2013	Modern Family	Angela	Episode: "The Future Dunphys"