Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts

Biography

Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress. Known for her leading roles in films encompassing a variety of genres, she has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. The films in which she has starred have collectively grossed over $3.9 billion globally, making her one of Hollywood's most bankable stars. After an early breakthrough with appearances in Mystic Pizza (1988) and Steel Magnolias (1989), Roberts established herself as a leading actress when she headlined the top-grossing romantic comedy Pretty Woman (1990).

She starred in numerous commercially successful films throughout the 1990s, including the romantic comedies My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), Notting Hill (1999) and Runaway Bride (1999). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing the title role in the biographical drama Erin Brockovich (2000). Roberts achieved further film success in the following decades with Ocean's Eleven (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2004), Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Valentine's Day (2010), Eat Pray Love (2010), August: Osage County (2013), Wonder (2017), Ticket to Paradise (2022), and Leave the World Behind (2023). Roberts also received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for the HBO television film The Normal Heart (2014), had her first regular television role in the first season of the Amazon Prime Video psychological thriller series Homecoming (2018), and portrayed Martha Mitchell in the Starz political limited series Gaslit (2022).

In addition to acting, Roberts runs the production company Red Om Films, through which she has served as an executive producer for various projects she has starred in and the first four films of the American Girl franchise (2004–2008). She has acted as the global ambassador for Lancôme since 2009. She was the world's highest-paid actress throughout the majority of the 1990s and the first half of the 2000s. She received a then-unprecedented fee of $20 million and $25 million for her roles in Erin Brockovich (2000) and Mona Lisa Smile (2003), respectively. As of 2020, Roberts's net worth was estimated to be $250 million. People magazine has named her the most beautiful woman in the world a record five times.

Personal info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1967-10-28

Place of birth

Smyrna, Georgia, USA

Images

Cast

Pretty Woman

Pretty Woman

1990

7.45

Hook

Hook

1991

6.84

Notting Hill

Notting Hill

1999

7.27

Flatliners

Flatliners

1990

6.50

Closer

Closer

2004

6.83

The Player

The Player

1992

7.20

Mystic Pizza

Mystic Pizza

1988

6.31

The Mexican

The Mexican

2001

5.95

Stepmom

Stepmom

1998

7.15

Dying Young

Dying Young

1991

6.69

Mary Reilly

Mary Reilly

1996

5.76

Blood Red

Blood Red

1989

4.60

Full Frontal

Full Frontal

2002

4.60

Duplicity

Duplicity

2009

5.92

Satisfaction

Satisfaction

1988

5.10

Larry Crowne

Larry Crowne

2011

5.99

Mother's Day

Mother's Day

2016

5.99

His Way

His Way

2011

6.40

Firehouse

Firehouse

1987

3.70

Ben Is Back

Ben Is Back

2018

6.60

Let's Dance

Let's Dance

2018

6.10

Wonder

Wonder

2017

8.11