I would love to do more movies, but the reality is women have many more opportunities on television to play a greater variety of characters.

Describing her feelings on winning Emmy awards Bowen told an interviewer:

You are assuming everyone gets high from an award. Early life
Bowen was born Julie Bowen Luetkemeyer in Baltimore Maryland the middle of three daughters of Suzanne (née Frey) and John Alexander Luetkemeyer Jr. Some of us are more like German soldiers in the trenches of the world wars.

Throughout Bowen's career Julie Bowen has played supporting roles in films including Happy Gilmore (1996) Multiplicity (1996) Venus and Mars (2001) Joe Somebody (2001) Kids in America (2005) Sex and Death 101 (2007) Crazy on the Outside (2010) Jumping the Broom (2011) and Horrible Bosses (2011). Julie Bowen (born March 3 1970) is an American film and television actress who is best known for playing Carol Vessey on Ed (2000–2004) Denise Bauer on Boston Legal (2005–2007) and Claire Dunphy on the sitcom Modern Family (2009–present) with Modern Family earning her three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winning in 2011 and 2012.