Julianna Margulies' post-ER career has been eclectic, to say the least. Instead of leveraging her star-making role as nurse Carol Hathaway into years of leading-lady movie roles, she has decided to go the more funky route, playing supporting roles in smaller movies (and in the summer's most anticipated cheesy movie, Snakes on a Plane), doing Broadway plays, and taking guest shots in series like Scrubs and The Sopranos.

Now comes word that she will star in a "limited series" for the Sci Fi Channel called The Lost Room. She'll play a mysterious woman who's brother was killed for a hotel room key. What the detective she reaches out to (Peter Krause of Six Feet Under) finds out is that the hotel room is...

Well, I won't spoil it for you, but you can imagine what'll be in that room. But the big mystery is what happened to Margulies' career. Is this a matter of someone being typecast or a case of a good actor being able to pick and choose her projects? Let me know your thoughts in the comments.

[via Bloglines]