Julia Roberts the biography

Julia Roberts, Actress, - Biography

Actress

A pic of her
Height 5' 9" (1.75 m)

Weight 121 Pounds

Born October 28, 1967, Atlanta, Georgia, Unites States
Julia Roberts is a 5 foot 9 Academy Award-winning American film actress & former fashion model, who shot to fame during the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy, Pretty Woman, opposite Richard Gere. Since then, Roberts became the highest-paid actress in the world, topping the Hollywood Reporter's annual power list of top-earning female stars for four consecutive years (2002-2005).
She had taken some time off in recent years for personal reasons & had not been seen on screen since 2004's Ocean's Twelve. Her career includes films such as Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, & Ocean's Eleven, which have collectively earned box office receipts well over $2 billion. She won the Best Actress Academy Award in 2001 for her critically praised turn as the title character in Erin Brockovich after two previous nominations during the 1990s. For her fame & wholesome image, she is often referred to as "America's Sweetheart."
She was also placed at the pinnacle of the Ulmer Scale, a comprehensive guide to the global star power of actors & directors in independent & studio films created by James Ulmer, ahead of such other luminaries as Tom Cruise & Tom Hanks. This was partly owing to her ability to attract filmgoers solely on the basis of her name's appearance above the title & without the support of a male co-star, something few other actresses are able to do.
Roberts is the first of two actresses (the other is Cameron Diaz) to join the coveted "$20 Million Club", when she signed to do Erin Brockovich for that amount. An unprecedented $25 million was paid to Roberts for her role in 2003's Mona Lisa Smile. As of 2007, Roberts' net worth was estimated around US$140,000,000[2]. She was also the first actress to appear on the cover of Vogue & the first woman to land on the cover of GQ.
Julia Roberts was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Her father, Walter Grady Roberts, was an actor & writer of Irish ancestry on his father's side & English-Scottish descent on his mother's. Roberts's mother, Betty Lou Bredemus, a church secretary & actress, was born in Minneapolis in 1934, daughter of football player Wendell John Bredemus (whose mother was born in Sweden) & Elizabeth Ellen Billingsley.
While Mrs Roberts was pregnant with Julia, she & her husband ran an acting school for children in Decatur, Georgia. The children of Martin Luther King, Jr & Coretta Scott King attended the school. As a thank you for their service, Mrs King paid the hospital bill when Mrs Roberts gave birth to Julia.
Roberts's parents divorced when she was five, & her mother remarried. Her father died of a heart attack when Roberts was nine. Her elder brother Eric Roberts, from whom she is estranged, is also an actor, as is her niece, Emma Roberts, whom she would often take along on sets when she was younger.
Roberts wanted to be a veterinarian as a child, but soon after graduating from Smyrna's Campbell High Schooland attending Georgia State University, she headed to New York to join her sister & pursue a career in acting. Once there, she signed with the Click modeling agency & enrolled in acting classes. She changed her name to "Julia Roberts" when she found that there was already a "Julie Roberts" registered with the Screen Actors Guild
Julia Roberts made her film debut playing a supporting role opposite her brother, Eric, in Blood Red (she gets just two words of dialogue), which, although completed in 1986, was not released until 1989. She once appeared on Sesame Street opposite the character Elmo, demonstrating her ability to change emotions.
Roberts first caught the attention of moviegoers with her performance in the independent film Mystic Pizza in 1988. The following year she was featured in Steel Magnolias as a young bride battling diabetes & garnered her first Oscar nomination (as Best Supporting Actress) for her performance. She catapulted to worldwide fame when she co-starred with Richard Gere in the Cinderella story Pretty Woman in 1990.
The role also earned her a second Oscar nod, this time as Best Actress. Her next box office success was the thriller Sleeping with the Enemy, playing a battered wife who escapes her demented husband & starts a new life in Iowa. She played Tinkerbell in Steven Spielberg's Hook in 1991, which was followed by a two-year period of no acting roles other than a cameo appearance in Robert Altman's The Player (1992). In early 1993, she was the subject of a People magazine cover story asking, "What Happened to Julia Roberts?"
She starred alongside Liam Neeson in the 1996 film Michael Collins Later that year, she co-starred with Denzel Washington in the successful The Pelican Brief, based on the John Grisham novel. Over the next few years, she starred in a series of films that were critical & commercial failures, primarily because she was cast in roles that strayed too far from her film persona. She broke her losing streak with the hugely popular comedy My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), & eventually regained her earlier reputation as an actress who could open a movie & guarantee box office success. She also starred with Hugh Grant in the popular 1999 film Notting Hill.
In 2001, she won critical acclaim & finally received a Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Erin Brockovich, who helped wage a successful lawsuit against energy giant Pacific Gas & Electric. Her acceptance speech was one of the longest in Oscar history. It was criticised for being slightly ungracious & became fodder for late-night comedians. At the same time, Roberts's win created a mild uproar in the film community because she had beaten out Ellen Burstyn's portrayal of Sara Goldstein in Requiem for a Dream. Roberts's win over Burstyn is frequently cited as an example of the Academy's tendency to award popularity over artistic merit. Whilst presenting the Best Actor Award to Denzel Washington the following year she made a gaff when she said she was glad Tom Conti wasn't there. She meant the conductor Bill Conti who tried to hasten the conclusion of her speech the previous year but named the British actor instead. Subsequently, Roberts would team up with Erin Brockovich director Steven Soderbergh for three more films: Ocean's Eleven, Full Frontal, & Ocean's Twelve.
Roberts recently enjoyed her Broadway debut as Nan in "Three Days of Rain" opposite Alias & Kitchen Confidential star Bradley Cooper, & The 40 Year Old Virgin star, Paul Rudd, at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. Although the play grossed nearly one million dollars in ticket sales its first week out & continued to be a commercial success throughout its limited run, most critics have heavily criticized Roberts' performance & the play itself. Even New York Times' critic Ben Brantly, a self proclaimed 'Juliaholic', described her as being fraught with "self-consciousness (especially in the first act) [and] only glancingly acquainted with the two characters she plays." Three Days of Rain received two Tony Award nominations in stage design categories but took home neither prize. Julia Roberts did, however, receive a Broadway.com audience award (a minor theatrical prize) for her peformance.
As of January 2006, Roberts's films have grossed $2.09billion at the American Box Office making her the biggest female movie star in history.
Roberts's personal life has often been in the spotlight, a fact reflected in her Notting Hill, a romantic comedy about a famous actress falling for a bookstore owner played by Hugh Grant. Her character, Anna Scott, was said to be closely modeled on Roberts herself. (When asked in one scene how much she was paid to appear in a movie, Scott replies "fifteen million dollars" - precisely the amount Roberts had received to appear in the film.)
Roberts met Kiefer Sutherland, her co-star in Flatliners from 1990. Sutherland left his wife & children & moved in with Roberts. In August 1990, Roberts & Sutherland announced their engagement, with a wedding of 14 June 1991. Roberts cancelled the wedding when she discovered Sutherland had had an affair with a stripper named Amanda Rice. Roberts went to Europe with Jason Patric after she & Sutherland broke up.
Eventually, she married country singer Lyle Lovett after the couple had known each other for a few weeks. Two years later, in March 1995, the couple announced that they were separating.
For the Christmas '98 premiere of Stepmom, Roberts appeared with television actor Benjamin Bratt. In late June 2001, Roberts & Bratt announced they were breaking up. "It's come to a kind & tender-hearted end," she said of their relationship.
Roberts also briefly dated Friends star Matthew Perry & actor Daniel Day-Lewis. For a time, she lived with actor Liam Neeson.
Roberts met her current husband, cinematographer Danny Moder, on the set of her movie The Mexican in 2000. He was already married to Vera Steimberg Moder, but they eventually divorced. Roberts & Moder were married on Fourth of July, 2002, at her ranch in Taos, New Mexico. On November 28, 2004, they became the parents of fraternal twins, daughter Hazel Patricia & son Phinnaeus Walter, & they are now expecting their third child.
Roberts bought a penthouse in Manhattan's Gramercy Park neighborhood. She reportedly loves to shop anonymously, buying her own organic greens on weekends at the market in nearby Union Square. She & her family divide their time between their homes in New York City, Malibu, California, & their 50-acre retreat in Taos.
Roberts has a production company called Red Om Films ("Moder" spelled backwards; formerly "Shoelace Productions") & has given of her time & resources to Unicef as well as to other charitable organizations."In the Spring of 1995, Roberts, 27, an enthusiastic supporter of UNICEF, asked if she could meet some of the relief agency's neediest recipients. & so, on May 10, she arrived in Port-au-Prince 'to educate myself.' The poverty she found was overwhelming. 'My heart is just bursting,' she said. Unicef officials hope her six-day visit will trigger an outburst of giving: $10 million in aid is still needed. Roberts herself had no need for journalists, whom she kept at arm's length. 'You in the orange shirt!' she snapped at one cameraman. 'Out!' She did turn on the charm for Haiti's President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, 42, who glowingly described Roberts as a 'Hollywood Haitian'. Asked by a reporter if she would consider making a movie in Haiti, Roberts replied, 'Certainly. Are you offering me a script?' No, but Aristide may have come up with a title."
In 2000, Julia narrated "Silent Angels", a documentary about Rett syndrome, which was shot in Los Angeles, Baltimore & New York. The documentary is designed to help raise public awarness about the disease.
In July 2006, Earth Biofuels announced that Roberts became a spokeswoman for the company & will be chairman of the company's newly formed Advisory Board promoting the use of renewable fuels such as biodiesel & ethanol.
She has been named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" a record-setting ten times. She maintains a close friendship with actress-activist Susan Sarandon.
Year Film Role Notes
2007 Charlie Wilson's War Joanne Herring Pre-production 2006 Charlotte's Web Charlotte Voice The Ant Bully Hova Voice 2004 Ocean's Twelve Tess Ocean/Herself Closer Anna Cameron 2003 Mona Lisa Smile Katherine Ann Watson 2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Patricia Watson Full Frontal Catherine/Francesca 2001 Ocean's Eleven Tess Ocean America's Sweethearts Kathleen "Kiki" Harrison The Mexican Samantha Barzel 2000 Erin Brockovich Erin Brockovich Academy Award - Best Actress Oscar 1999 Runaway Bride Maggie Carpenter Notting Hill Anna Scott 1998 Stepmom Isabel Kelly 1997 Conspiracy Theory Alice Sutton My Best Friend's Wedding Julianne Potter 1996 Everyone Says I Love You Von Sidell Michael Collins Kitty Kiernan Mary Reilly Mary Reilly 1995 Something to Talk About Grace King Bichon 1994 Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter) Anne Eisenhower I Love Trouble Sabrina Peterson 1993 The Pelican Brief Darby Shaw 1992 The Player Cameo 1991 Hook Tinkerbell Dying Young Hilary O'Neil Sleeping with the Enemy Sara Waters/Laura Burney 1990 Flatliners Rachel Mannus Pretty Woman Vivian Ward Academy Award nomination - Best Actress 1989 Steel Magnolias Shelby Eatenton Latcherie Academy Award nomination - Best Supporting Actress 1988 Blood Red Maria Collogero Mystic Pizza Daisy Arujo Baja Oklahoma Candy Hutchins TV Satisfaction aka Girls of Summer Daryle 1987 Firehouse Babs

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