--- description: That's not the actress' real hair on TV title: Watch Julianna Margulies Reveal Her 'Good Wife' Hair Secret image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Julianna Margulies Reveal Her _Good Wife_ Hair Secret by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 26, 2015 11:59 AM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 26, 2015 11:59 AM CUT Julianna Margulies is known for looking impeccable on her hit CBS series _The Good Wife_. But as the actress told David Letterman when she visited the _Late Show_ on Wednesday night, she has a little help in the hair department. The curly-haired actress wears a custom-made wig in her role as Alicia Florrick. Letterman, who seemed shocked at the news, commented on the “fantastic” look of the hair piece. Turns out, that level of wig quality comes at a price — $10,000 to be precise. Margulies has said in the past she prefers the wig as it saves her time getting ready before filming. The new season of _The Good Wife_ premieres on March 1. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3723569/julianna-margulies-good-wife-wig/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3723569/julianna-margulies-good-wife-wig/"},"headline":"Watch Julianna Margulies Reveal Her Good Wife Hair Secret","datePublished":"2015-02-26T11:59:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:43:53.020Z","description":"That's not the actress' real hair on TV","url":"https://time.com/3723569/julianna-margulies-good-wife-wig/","keywords":["Television","Late Night","David Letterman","the good wife"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3723569/julianna-margulies-good-wife-wig/","name":"Watch Julianna Margulies Reveal Her Good Wife Hair Secret"}}]}] ```