I love the conflict of relationships on ‘Justified.’

BORN: October 10, 1972 in Thomasville, Georgia

BIRTH NAME: Joelle Marie Carter 

HEIGHT: 5' 9.5" 

PHOTO FROM 'JUSTIFIED' SCENE

Her father, Jimmy, (not the president) was in the U.S. Army and the family moved often throughout the United States. She attended high school in Albany, Georgia, and enrolled at Augusta State University on a full athletic scholarship for swimming and cross-country. She studied acting at the William Esper Studio. 

She moved to New York at 19 to become a model, but has stated it was not her idea, and that a photographer and her mother sent photos he had taken of her to several modelling agencies, which responded enthusiastically. 

Modeling led to acting and a move to Los Angeles, CA where she has been featured in many shows and in films including High Fidelity, Inconceivable, Cold Storage and American Pie 2.

Carter married Andy Bates, a filmmaker, in 2009. The couple adopted a baby girl, Luna, in 2010 and separated in 2016. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

Joelle & Timothy Olyphant

Carter has starred in numerous television projects, including the controversial series Wonderland (2000), created by Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights (2004)). Furthermore, she is very proud of the documentary Altered by Elvis (2006), which she co-produced. Carter also co-produced and starred in the short A Girl and a Gun (2008), which won Best Original Short at the 2008 Washougal International Film Festival. She was thrilled to attend the 2008 Cannes Film Festival with the film Jumping In (2008), in which she starred. Carter recently attended the Boston Film Festival, where her latest film, To Be Friends (2010) (directed by Jim Eckhart, executive-produced by Aaron Eckhart, and co-starring Todd Stashwick), was honored and opened the festival.

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