Former “ER” star Julianna Margulies will check into a different hospital for a November sweeps guest role on “Scrubs.”
Tom Cavanagh (“Ed”) also will reprise his role as J.D.’s (Zach Braff) older brother for two episodes.
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Margulies, a six-time Emmy no-minee for playing nurse Carol Hathaway on “ER” (she won the award for best supporting actress in a drama in 1995), will play a malpractice lawyer who catches J.D.’s eye.
“Scrubs” creator Bill Lawrence approached her after finding out Margulies likes the show.
“When I heard that Julianna was a fan of ‘Scrubs,’ I jumped at the chance to get her on board for a couple of episodes,” Lawrence says.
Margulies most recently starred in the TNT mini-series “The Grid.” Her other credits include “Ghost Ship” and the CBS movie “Hitler: The Rise of Evil.”
Cavanagh’s character, Dan Dorian, will return to the show with news for J.D. that their father has died (John Ritter, who died last year, played J.D.’s dad in two guest appearances).
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Edited by Cara DiPasquale ([email protected]) and Victoris Rodriguez ([email protected])