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Julianna Margulies Hits the Emmys With Her Handsome Lawyer Husband Keith Lieberthal

Julianna Margulies and her husband Keith Lieberthal.
Julianna Margulies' handsome lawyer husband, Keith Lieberthal, turned heads at the Emmys on Aug. 25

The Good Wife has a great husband! True Detective director Cary Fukunaga wasn’t the only under-the-radar hunk turning heads at the 2014 Emmys. Julianna Margulies‘ lawyer love, Keith Lieberthal, was also a welcome distraction from the more familiar Hollywood hotties.

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Lieberthal happily posed with his Emmy-winning wife on the red carpet outside L.A.’s Nokia Theatre on Monday, Aug. 25. With his piercing blue eyes, dark hair, and chiseled features, he fit right in with heartthrobs like Mad Men‘s Jon Hamm, The Normal Heart‘s Matt Bomer, and Game of ThronesNikolaj Coster-Waldau. See more pics of the couple at the Emmys.

Julianna Margulies and Keith Lieberthal
Julianna Margulies and husband Keith Lieberthal attended the New York Stage and Film 2013 gala on Nov. 17 in New York.

After the awards show, the couple celebrated Margulies’ Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series win at host Seth Meyers‘ Emmys afterparty at Hyde. An onlooker tells Us Weekly that the ER alum mingled with guests but always ran back to her husband between conversations.

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Married since 2007, with one 6-year-old son, Kieran, Margulies and Lieberthal first met at a dinner party for a friend’s birthday. Their connection was “immediate,” Margulies told Ellen DeGeneres in 2011, but she had reservations at first.

Julianna Margulies and Keith Lieberthal 2013 Emmys
Julianna Margulies and her lawyer love, Keith Lieberthal, made a gorgeous couple at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards in September 2013.

“When he came over to me, I said, ‘Look, I just think you are so handsome. Are you a model or an actor and are you 12 [years old]?'” she recalled to DeGeneres, joking about his boyish good looks and their slight age difference. 

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The NYC-based actress, 48, didn’t want to date another actor, so she was thrilled when she found out that Lieberthal was a lawyer who’d spent six years as a Wall Street litigator. “I feel bad because people objectify him and they’re like, ‘Oh, your husband is so hot,'” she quipped. “The truth is, he is unbelievably bright and smart and went to Harvard Law.” He’s also, she added, a “remarkable, good human being.”

Julianna Margulies and Keith Lieberthal 2010
Julianna Margulies and Keith Lieberthal were all smiles at the 2010 Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights Ripple of Hope Awards Dinner in New York City.

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Those qualities are what made the Good Wife star want to marry him, despite previously thinking she wasn’t the marrying kind. “As corny as it sounds,” she told Good Housekeeping, “it’s the little things, not the big things, that make the marriage. Because anyone can be hot and sexy and have a fun night, but when you look forward to waking up together, that’s someone you probably want to be with for the rest of your life.”

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