Julie Cooper

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This article is about the character Julie Cooper in the television show The O.C., for the character named "Julie Cooper" on One Day at a Time, please see that program's article; and for the fictional character from EastEnders, please see Julie Cooper (EastEnders)
Julie Cooper-Nichol

Melinda Clarke as Julie Cooper.
First appearance Premiere (episode 1.01)
Last appearance The End's Not Near, It's Here (episode 4.16)
Cause/Reason Series Finale
Information
Gender Female
Age 43 (flashforward)
38 (last appearence)
Occupation College Graduate
Former CEO of the Newport Group
Relationships Lance Baldwin (ex-boyfriend)
Jimmy Cooper (ex-husband)
Caleb Nichol (ex-husband) (deceased)
Luke Ward (ex-boyfriend)
Dr. Neil Roberts (ex-fiancé)
Spencer Bullit (ex-boyfriend)
Gordon Bullit (ex-fiancé)
Frank Atwood (ex-boyfriend)
Episode count 87
Portrayed by Melinda Clarke
Created by Josh Schwartz

Julie Cooper-Nichol is a fictional character on the FOX television series The O.C., played by Melinda Clarke.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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[edit] Life Before Season 1

Born in Riverside, Julie Cooper always imagined living the high life. She left her former boyfriend Lance Baldwin for Jimmy Cooper, she started a new life in Newport Beach. Pregnant at 18 with her first daughter, Marissa Cooper, Jimmy Cooper did the honorable thing of marrying her.

[edit] Season 1

When Jimmy stole money from his clients' trust funds, Julie soon divorced him, claiming she and her daughters deserved better. After dating Caleb Nichol, she was dumped by his daughter for him, and had a passionate love affair with her daughter's ex-boyfriend, Luke Ward. Once she married Caleb, she became the most powerful woman in Newport.

[edit] Season 2

Her husband Caleb 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, however, when her ex-lover Lance came back into her life. He threatened to release a copy of an adult video she had participated years earlier, if she did not give him $500,000. When Caleb dismissed her concerns and didn't pay him, Lance released the tape at a party originally intended for the magazine launch.

Outraged and embarrassed, Caleb filed for divorce. According to the marriage agreement, Julie was entitled to a sum of 3 million dollars if and only if she had been married for a period of one year. When Caleb tried to file for the divorce, the two had only been married for a period of 11 months and 27 days. In addition to the divorce, Caleb fired Julie as CEO of his company. This was done shortly after he received pictures of Julie kissing Lance at his motel. The timing of Caleb's attacks would essentially leave her with nothing from the marriage.

Left with the possibility of being out on the street with two daughters, Julie began to devise plans to secure her life and position. Lance had offered to kill Caleb, but Julie refused the offer knowing that neither of them were killers. When Caleb pushed her too far, Julie was forced to finish the job herself and attempted to give him an overdose of sleeping pills in his drink. But she found herself unable to go through with it. Minutes later, he died anyway because of a heart attack. By the end of the season, she seemed to be returning to a relationship with her ex-husband Jimmy.

[edit] Season 3

At the beginning of season three, the reunion of Julie and Jimmy would prove ill-fated, as Jimmy's financial woes separated the two once again, effectively leaving Julie a widow. She was forced to move in a trailer park and allowed Marissa to stay with the Roberts family. She has begun forming a new business venture with friend (and one-time stepdaughter) Kirsten Cohen. Her recent relationship with Dr. Neil Roberts has started a romantic affair between the two that has lead to their engagement. Julie currently lives in Dr. Robert's mansion. As her eldest daughter's graduation approached, her youngest, Kaitlin, returned from boarding school and announced that she would be staying in Newport. Marissa had decided to spend the following year working with her father on a yacht, and they thought it would be better if Julie had at least one daughter to care for. As Marissa and Ryan were driving to the airport, a drunken Volchok - Marissa's ex-boyfriend - forced Ryan to lose control of his vehicle, thus leading to Marissa's death.

[edit] Season 4

At the beginning of the fourth season, Julie, unable to cope with the loss of her daughter Marissa, has developed an addiction to pain killers. Her relationship with Dr. Roberts has been greatly affected by Marissa's death. They eventually break up. Dr. Roberts leaves to work in Seattle with his ex-wife Gloria (the step-monster) but lets Julie and Kaitlin stay in his house. After Kevin Volchok, who caused Marissa's death, is arrested, she finally gets through her grief. She begins dating her German fitness instructor, and her daughter's tennis instructor, Spencer. She is set up by Kirsten with Gordon Bullit, an investor in NewMatch. She then becomes responsible for the more illegal side of the dating service, which involves young men, older women, and money. She is caught out by Kirsten and later fired from the company. Julie since has reconciled with Kirsten (although she is still not longer a partner of NewMatch). She recently had to choose between two men, Gordon Bullit and Frank Atwood on Valentine's Day. After both men vied for her affections, she chose Frank.

For some time, Kaitlin had despised Frank and tried to convince her mother to get married to Bullit. However, she explains that ever since her dad leaving, Marissa's death, and the numerous dates with other men, they never had a chance to sit down and be a family. With that answer, Julie and Frank take a break and she rekindles her relationship with Kaitlin at an ice cream shop. Unfortunately, they are trapped there when an earthquake hits Newport.

In the series finale, 6 months have passed and she is engaged to Gordon Bullit, but Frank interrupts their wedding and Julie chooses to end the wedding. We also find out that she is pregnant with Frank's son, despite the fact that Bullit already knows and still chose to go with the wedding. Although she decides to stay single, she also decided to go back to undergraduate school finally getting her degree. She is quoted to have said to Kaitlin, "Not now honey, Mom is deciding who to marry."

Years later in a flash-forward sequence set in 2012, Julie graduates with the support of her family, including Bullit, Frank, Kaitlin, and her son.

[edit] Family Tree

[edit] Trivia

  • In "The Night Moves", Julie revealed that Bob Seger's 1977 hit song "Night Moves" is the only song she knows all the words to. In Season 1's The Heartbreak when she and Luke Ward first kissed and started their relationship, the song could be heard in the background. Later, in "The Proposal" a drunken Luke blasts the song from his car just before he crashes into a truck.
  • Julie's real maiden name is never revealed, though it was mentioned several times that she was of Irish-Catholic descent.
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Primary
Characters		 Ryan Atwood | Kirsten Cohen | Sandy Cohen | Seth Cohen
Jimmy Cooper | Julie Cooper | Kaitlin Cooper | Marissa Cooper
Caleb Nichol | Summer Roberts | Taylor Townsend | Luke Ward
Secondary
Characters		 Dawn Atwood | Frank Atwood | Trey Atwood | Taryn Baker | Lance Baldwin
Rebecca Bloom | Carter Buckley | Gordon Bullit | Sophie Cohen
Theresa Diaz | D.J. | Holly Fischer | Lindsay Gardner | Johnny Harper
Alex Kelly | Charlotte Morgan | Hailey Nichol | Neil Roberts | Anna Stern
Zach Stevens | Veronica Townsend | Oliver Trask | Kevin Volchok
Places Newport Beach | Orange County | Chino | Berkeley | Providence
Music Mix 1 | Mix 2 | Mix 3 | Mix 4 | Mix 5 | Mix 6
Related Atomic County
Key Creators Josh Schwartz | McG | Stephanie Savage | Allan Heinberg
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