Justine Bateman Biogragphy

Bateman was born in Rye, New York, to Victoria, a flight attendant, and Kent Bateman, an acting coach, film and television writer/director, and founder of a repertory stage in Hollywood. Her younger brother is actor Jason Bateman. She attended Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California, and graduated in 1984.

Justine Bateman Bio

In 2006, she guest starred in the 10th episode of Men in Trees as Lynn Barstow; this turned into a recurring role for the following eight episodes. She also starred as Terry in Still Standing. Additionally, in 2006 she starred in a made-for-television movie To Have and to Hold with Sebastian Spence. In 2008, she portrayed a drug dealer who rents a room from Carlos and Gabrielle Solis, in a guest role on Desperate Housewives. That same year, Bateman appeared on an episode of Showtime’s Californication. In 2009 she took on the role of Lassiter’s ex-wife in USA Network’s Psych. The actress has made her first script sale to Disney’s Wizards of Waverly Place. Bateman is a founder and partner of FM78.tv, a production company dedicated to creating professional content for Internet distribution. She was recently nominated for a 2010 Streamy Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Web-Series for her work in Easy to Assemble.