● The Good Wife● SynopsisAfter being publicly humiliated by her husband's sexual and political scandal, Alicia Florrick (
Julianna Margulies) tries to pick up the pieces of her shattered life by returning to her former career as a defense attorney. She lands a position as a junior associate at a prestigious Chicago law firm, but soon learns that she will have to battle with other 20-something recruits to land the one and only full-time associate position. Is there life after humiliation? Alicia Florrick is determined to get past her past and make it on her own.
● CastJulianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick - The wife of a disgraced State Attorney; Alicia returns to work as a junior litigator. Having spent so many years as "the good wife", Alicia finds herself at the bottom of the work ladder; trying to juggle both home and professional life with the ongoing scandal surrounding her husband.
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Matt Czuchry as Cary Agos - Another junior attorney, taken on at the same time as Alicia. In the first episode it is established that there is only one permanent position for the pair at the firm, putting Cary into competition with Alicia. He has a romantic interest in Kalinda. So far emphatically unrequited by her.
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Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma - The firm's in-house private investigator. Kalinda previously worked for Peter Florrick, who fired her. She has a cynical, misanthropic outlook on human behavior. In the eleventh episode of the first season it is hinted that Kalinda is a closeted lesbian.
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Josh Charles as Will Gardner - An old friend of Alicia's from law school who is a partner at the prestigious law firm Stern, Lockhart & Gardner.
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Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart - A Senior Partner at the law firm which hires Alicia.
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Chris Noth as Peter Florrick - Alicia's husband and former State Attorney of Cook County. Currently imprisoned for political corruption.
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● NominatedGolden Globes▪ Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Drama for Julianna Margulies (2009) TBA
Screen Actors Guild Awards▪Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for Julianna Margulies (2009)TBA
▪Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2009)TBA
Satellite Awards▪Best Actress in a Series, Drama for Julianna Margulies (2009)
▪Best Television Series, Drama (2009)
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