'The Hot Zone's' Julianna Margulies takes on a deadly virus in National Geographic miniseries
Julianna Margulies was terrified.
The actress, who has built a roster of formidable characters in her career, including the dedicated nurse Carol Hathaway in "ER" and courageous attorney Alicia Florrick in "The Good Wife," felt out of control at one point in taking on the role of Lt. Col. Nancy Jaax, based on the real-life, no-nonsense scientist at the center of a life-threatening battle in National Geographic's miniseries "The Hot Zone."
In the miniseries, which centers on the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus on U.S. soil, Margulies donned a 50-pound hazmat suit for a critical scene in which her character takes a cadet into a Biosafety Level 4 laboratory, the most complex and dangerous biohazard level.
Although the actress channels Jaax's firm authority in the scene,
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