Justine Bateman Bio (Age)
The multi-talented actress was born Justine Tanya Bateman on February 19, 1966. She was raised in Rye, New York by her parents Kent Bateman and Victoria Elizabeth. Her father worked as a film producer, while her mother was a flight attendant for Pan Am airline. She has a younger brother named Jason Bateman who is a respected actor, producer, and director in the industry. Justine caught the performance bug at a tender age and began appearing in local plays as a child. At the age of 15, she started landing roles in commercials.
Justine Bateman attended Taft Charter High School located in Woodland Hills, California. Although she aspired to pursue a college education, the terms of her contract with Paramount Studios prevented her from doing so as she had to concentrate on filming. However, she returned to school in 2011 and five years later earned a computer science degree from UCLA.
While most people struggle to land a breakthrough role in film or television for many years, Justine was lucky enough to get hers while still in high school. In 1982, she was cast as Mallory Keaton in the hit TV series Family Ties. She played the character until 1989, when the show ended and she received a Golden Globe Award and two Emmy Award nominations for her performance. Justine featured in an episode of Tales from the Darkside in 1984 and hosted an episode of the long-running television show Saturday Night Live in 1988. That same year, she starred in the film Satisfaction. Justine Bateman also continued to appear in the film,Men behave badly as well as the mini-series, Out of Order.
The actress took a break in 2000 to launch her own clothing line, Justin Bateman Designs, which made and sold unique hand-knit garments. She later returned to the acting world to star in web series such as Easy to Assemble Level 26: Dark Prophecy, and Remnants. Justine has also appeared in theatrical productions of the plays Lulu, the crucible, and Accelerate the plow. She took on the mantle of a producer to create the Speechless Campaign in support of the 2007 writers’ strike.
Her entrepreneurial spirit led her to start a production company called FM 78.tv., which she later turned into a production and consulting company under the name SECTION 5, which quickly became one of of the most sought-after digital production companies in the industry. Some of Justine Bateman’s work as a producer includes Five Minutes, Easy to Assemble, and Z. On the writing side, Justin penned the screenplay for Five Minutes, which marked her first outing as a director. She also wrote scripts for Wizards of Waverly Place and The Clique. Her non-fiction debut, Celebrity, was published in 2018.
His net worth
Justine Bateman is a renowned actress who has excelled in various capacities in the entertainment industry and has also left her mark on the fashion world. His career and business endeavors over the years have been rewarded with a large bank account. She is estimated to have a net worth of $5 million.
Height of Justine Bateman and other facts
The award-winning actress is a woman of average height. She stands at 5ft 6in without heels. Her height is complemented by her slender figure and makes her feel right at home in any outfit she wears. Justine is, without a doubt, a very beautiful woman and she doesn’t hesitate to flaunt her looks. Other worth knowing facts about the actress are listed below.
1. Justine Bateman is a strong proponent of net neutrality and she was called to testify in support of her views before the US Senate Commerce Committee.
2. The actress has a notorious habit of chain smoking.
3. She has been married to her husband, Mark Fluent, a well-known real estate developer, since January 2001.
4. Her marriage was blessed with two children, a boy and a girl named Duke and Olivia respectively.
5. Justine is a certified diver.
6. The Family Ties actress has a pilot’s license and was trained to fly single-engine aircraft.
7. She suffered from compulsive eating, anorexia and bulimia while filming Family Ties and had to go through several treatment programs to cure her eating disorder.
8. Justine was a member of the national board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild.
