Julie Cooper
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Julie Cooper is a character on the hit FOX television series The O.C.. Her character is played by Melinda Clarke.
Biography
Originally born in Riverside, Julie Cooper always imagined living the high life. When she left her former love Lance for Jimmy Cooper, she started a new life in Newport Beach. Pregnant at 18 with her first daughter, Marissa Cooper, Jimmy did the honorable thing of marrying her.
When Jimmy stole money from his client's, Julie soon divorced him, claiming she deserved better. She soon had a passionate love affair with her daughter's ex-boyfriend, Luke Ward. Once she married Caleb Nichol, she became one of the most powerful women in Newport. Her husband made her CEO of his company, the Newport Group, and in order to give it a new look, Julie decided to launch a magazine, Newport Living.
Her fame would soon come back to haunt her, when her ex lover Lance came back into her life. He threatened to release her in an adult porn video, if she did not give him 500,000 dollars. When his husband Caleb dismissed her concerns and didn't pay him, Lance released the tape at a viewing party.
Outraged and embarrassed, Caleb filed for divorce. Now left with nothing, Julie must try to regain the life she once had. Lance had offered to kill Caleb, but he eventually died because of a natural heart attack. Now at the end of the second season she seems to be returning to a relationship with her ex-husband Jimmy Cooper.
Current Status
She has two children with Jimmy: Marissa and Caitlin Cooper. She was married to Newport Beach businessman Caleb Nichol until his death from a heart attack. She currently resides in a massive ocean-view mansion in Newport Beach and is the CEO of her husband's housing corporation, The Newport Group.