Julia Roberts
Acting
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.
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Filmography of
Julia Roberts
Alma Imhoff
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Self (archive footage)
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Amanda Sandford
... 2023
Self (archive footage)
... 2023
Georgia Cotton
... 2022
... 2020
Segment: "The Commuter"
... 2018
Holly Burns
... 2018
Isabel
... 2017
Smurfwillow (voice)
... 2017
Patty Fenn
... 2016
Miranda Collins
... 2016
... 2015
Jess
... 2015
Dr. Emma Brookner
... 2014
Barbara Weston
... 2013
Evil Queen
... 2012
Mercedes Tainot
... 2011
Ava's Therapist (voice)
... 2011
Self
... 2011
Elizabeth 'Liz' Gilbert
... 2010
Captain Kate Hazeltine
... 2010
Claire Stenwick
... 2009
Lisa Waechter
... 2008
Joanne Herring
... 2007
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Charlotte the Spider (voice)
... 2006
Hova (voice)
... 2006
Self
... 2006
Narrator (voice)
... 2006
Self - Presenter
... 2005
Tess Ocean
... 2004
Anna
... 2004
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Jolene
... 2004
Katherine Ann Watson
... 2003
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Patricia Watson
... 2002
Francesca / Catherine
... 2002
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Tess Ocean
... 2001
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Kathleen 'Kiki' Harrison
... 2001
Samantha Barzel
... 2001
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Erin Brockovich
... 2000
Maggie Carpenter
... 1999
Anna Scott
... 1999
Isabel Kelly
... 1998
Alice Sutton
... 1997
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Julianne Potter
... 1997
Von Sidell
... 1996
Kitty Kiernan
... 1996
Self (archive footage)
... 1996
Mary Reilly
... 1996
Grace King Bichon
... 1995
Anne Eisenhower
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Sabrina Peterson
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Self (archive footage)
... 1994
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Darby Shaw
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Julia Roberts
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Hilary O'Neil
... 1991
Tinkerbell
... 1991
Laura Burney / Sara Walters
... 1991
Rachel Mannus
... 1990
Vivian Ward
... 1990
Shelby Eatenton Latcherie
... 1989
Maria Collogero
... 1989
Daisy
... 1988
Candy Hutchins
... 1988
Daryle
... 1988
Babs (uncredited)
... 1987
Wendy Graves
Julianne Potter