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Bateman was born in Rye, New York on February 19, 1966. She is an American actress, writer, director, and producer. She is the sister of actor Jason Bateman. Justine is an advocate of net neutrality and has degrees in computer science and digital media management from UCLA. Bateman’s stellar acting career began when she was a teenager. In 1982 she played Mallory Keaton in the television sitcom Family Ties, a shallow role she played until 1989, for which she received two Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.

In 1984, Bateman appeared in the episode “Mookie and Pookie” in Tales from the Darkside. In 2017, Bateman directed and produced her directorial short film Five Minutes, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and was selected by seven other festivals, including the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. In addition to a successful film and television career, she is also good at writing books. Her first book, Fame, is a nonfiction work about society’s need for its existence, published by Akashic Books in 2018. Her second book, Face, will be published in 2021.

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