Julia Roberts
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Julia Roberts, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Leave the World Behind as Amanda Sandford
- 2022 · Ticket to Paradise as Georgia Cotton
- 2022 · Gaslit as Martha Mitchell
- 2018 · Homecoming as Heidi Bergman
- 2018 · Busy Tonight as Self - Guest
- 2017 · Wonder as Isabel
- 2017 · Smurfs: The Lost Village as Smurfwillow (voice)
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Nature Is Speaking as Mother Nature
- 2015 · Schitt's Creek as Erin Brockovich (voice)
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Running Wild with Bear Grylls as Self
- 2014 · Trailblazer Honors as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2012 · Mirror Mirror as Evil Queen
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Amanda Sandford (archive footage)
- 2010 · Eat Pray Love as Elisabeth 'Liz' Gilbert
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Charlotte's Web as Charlotte the Spider (voice)
- 2006 · The Ant Bully as Hova (voice)
- 2005 · The Reichen Show as Self
- 2004 · Ocean's Twelve as Tess Ocean
- 2004 · Closer as Anna
- 2003 · Mona Lisa Smile as Katherine Ann Watson
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Movie House as
- 2001 · Ocean's Eleven as Tess Ocean
- 2001 · Revealed with Jules Asner as
- 2000 · Erin Brockovich as Erin Brockovich
- 1999 · Runaway Bride as Maggie Carpenter
- 1999 · Notting Hill as Anna Scott
- 1998 · Stepmom as Isabel Kelly
- 1997 · Conspiracy Theory as Alice Sutton
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1994 · Friends as Susie
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1991 · Pebble Mill as Self
- 1991 · Hook as Tinkerbell
- 1991 · Sleeping with the Enemy as Laura Burney / Sara Walters
- 1990 · Law & Order as Katrina Ludlow
- 1990 · Flatliners as Rachel Mannus
- 1990 · Pretty Woman as Vivian Ward
- 1989 · Steel Magnolias as Shelby Eatenton Latcherie
- 1988 · Murphy Brown as
- 1988 · Comic Relief as
- 1986 · Crime Story as Tracy
- 1986 · American Masters as Self
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Polly Wheeler
- 1982 · Nature as Host
- 1982 · Late Night with David Letterman as Self
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1969 · Sesame Street as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · Today as Self
- Future · Today Will Be Different as Eleanor Flood
- 2025 · After the Hunt as Alma Olsson
- 2024 · 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- 2024 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Tom Hanks: The Nomad as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · The Happy Days of Garry Marshall as Self
- 2018 · Let's Dance as Segment: "The Commuter"
- 2018 · Ben Is Back as Holly Burns
- 2016 · Money Monster as Patty Fenn
- 2016 · Mother's Day as Miranda Collins
- 2015 · Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live as Self
- 2015 · Secret in Their Eyes as Jess
- 2014 · The Normal Heart as Dr. Emma Brookner
- 2013 · August: Osage County as Barbara Weston
- 2011 · Larry Crowne as Mercedes Tainot
- 2011 · Love, Wedding, Marriage as Ava's Therapist (voice)
- 2011 · His Way as Self
- 2010 · Valentine's Day as Captain Kate Hazeltine
- 2009 · Duplicity as Claire Stenwick
- 2008 · Fireflies in the Garden as Lisa Waechter
- 2007 · Charlie Wilson's War as Joanne Herring
- 2007 · AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition as Self
- 2007 · Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens as Self
- 2006 · Who Needs Sleep? as Self
- 2006 · Beslan: Three Days in September as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast as Self - Presenter
- 2004 · Tell Them Who You Are as Self
- 2004 · Grand Champion as Jolene
- 2003 · Law & Order: Corruption Empire as
- 2002 · Confessions of a Dangerous Mind as Patricia Watson
- 2002 · Full Frontal as Francesca / Catherine
- 2002 · 'Ocean's Eleven': The Look of the Con as Self
- 2001 · America | A Tribute to Heroes as Self
- 2001 · America's Sweethearts as Kathleen 'Kiki' Harrison
- 2001 · The Mexican as Samantha Barzel
- 2000 · Light Keeps Me Company as Self
- 1997 · Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! as Self
- 1997 · My Best Friend's Wedding as Julianne Potter
- 1996 · Everyone Says I Love You as Von Sidell
- 1996 · Michael Collins as Kitty Kiernan
- 1996 · Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · Mary Reilly as Mary Reilly
- 1995 · Something to Talk About as Grace King Bichon
- 1994 · Prêt-à-Porter as Anne Eisenhower
- 1994 · I Love Trouble as Sabrina Peterson
- 1994 · Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 · Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo as Self
- 1993 · The Pelican Brief as Darby Shaw
- 1992 · The Player as Julia Roberts
- 1991 · Dying Young as Hilary O'Neil
- 1989 · Blood Red as Maria Collogero
- 1988 · Mystic Pizza as Daisy Araújo
- 1988 · Baja Oklahoma as Candy Hutchins
- 1988 · Satisfaction as Daryle
- 1987 · Firehouse as Babs (uncredited)
- Future · Panic Carefully as
- Future · Untitled Max Barbakow's Body Swap Comedy as
- Future · Small Great Things as
- Future · Kill Your Darlings as Wendy Graves