Celebrity Nooz: Justine Bateman

Justine Bateman (Actress) - Family Ties

Updated: 12/18/19

Name: Justine Bateman

Birth Name: Justine Tanya Bateman

Born: February 19, 1966 in Rye, New York, USA

Claim To Fame: Justine Bateman is an American actress best known for playing superficial Mallory Keaton on the television sitcom Family Ties (1982-1989).

Family Life: Bateman married Mark Fluent in 2001. They have two children, Duke and Gianetta.

Info: Older sister of actor/director Jason Bateman.

Attended William Howard Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California.

Bateman could not attend college due to her contractual obligations with Family Ties.

Bateman later earned her Computer Science and Digital Media Management degree from UCLA in 2016.

Is an avid knitter.

Left acting from 2000-2003 to start her own design firm in L.A., Justine Bateman Designs was known for one-of-a-kind hand knits which sold to BendelsNY, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Fred Segal.

She currently runs a production and consulting company, SECTION 5.

Trivia: Bateman dated Leif Garrett in the late 1980s.

Was considered for the role of Emmeline in The Blue Lagoon (1980) that later went to Brooke Shields.

Was originally considered for the role of Veronica in the cult classic film Heathers (1988).

Bateman is a licensed pilot of single-engine planes and a certified scuba diver.

Made her directorial debut, Five Minutes, which was an official selection at various film festivals, including the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.

Where Are They Now: Bateman is still working in the entertainment industry, more-so behind the camera as a writer, producer, and director. Her latest project The Allnighter is currently in post-production.

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