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Julia RobertsJulia Roberts (was born to Walter and Betty Roberts as Julie Fiona Roberts on October 28, 1967 in Smyrna, Georgia, USA) This 5'9" tall woman with a million dollar smile is the highest-paid actress in Hollywood. Julie is an Oscar-winning actress. Her father was a vacuum cleaner salesman, actor, and writer, and her mother was a church secretary and actress. Her parents divorced when she was five, and her mother remarried Michael Motes. Roberts wanted to be a veterinarian as a child, but soon after graduating from Campbell High School she headed to New York to join her sister and pursue a career in acting. Once there she signed with : Clicks modeling agency and enrolled in acting classes. Julie Roberts made her film debut playing a supporting role opposite her brother , Eric,in Blood Red, which though completed in 1986 was not released until 1989. Pencil thin, long-legged and sporting a thick curly mane of auburn hair upon her head, she is more coltish than elegant. Her great hazel eyes and impossibly large mouth are capable of much expression, particularly joy when she cuts loose with a broad grin and a braying laugh. For years, Roberts has been estranged from her brother, actor Eric Roberts. Roberts first caught the attention of moviegoers with her performance in the film Mystic Pizza in 1988. The following year she was featured in Steel Magnolias as a young bride battling diabetes, garnering her first Oscar nomination (as Best Supporting Actress) for her performance. She catapulted to worldwide fame co-starring with Richard Gere in the Cinderella-story Pretty Woman in 1990, which also earned her a second Oscar nod, this time as Best Actress. Her next box-office success was the thriller Sleeping With the Enemy, in which she portrayed a battered wife who escapes from her husband and starts a new life. She played Tinkerbelle in Steven Spielberg's Hook in 1991, which was followed by a two-year period in which she had 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?" Later that year, she co-starred with Denzel Washington in the successful The Pelican Brief, based on the John Grisham novel. For the next few years, she starred in a series of films that were critical and commercial failures, primarily because she was cast in roles that strayed too far from her persona. She broke her losing streak with the comedy My Best Friend's Wedding in (1997), and eventually earned a reputation as an actress who could guarantee a huge box office draw. She won critical acclaim and finally nabbed an Oscar for Best Actress for her portrayal of Erin Brockovich — a woman who had helped wage a successful lawsuit against energy giant Pacific Gas & Electric — in the 2001 movie of the same name. Roberts' personal life has often been in the spotlight, a fact that served as the basis of her (1999) film Notting Hill - a romantic comedy about a famous actress falling for an "ordinary" guy played by Hugh Grant. Her character, actress Anna Scott, was said to be closely so modelled on Roberts herself that when asked in one scene how much she was paid to appear in a movie, Scott replied "fifteen million dollars" . . . precisely the amount Roberts had received to appear in the movie. Roberts was engaged to actor Kiefer Sutherland in 1991 but ended the relationship just days before the wedding. She later eloped with country and western singer Lyle Lovett shortly after meeting him; they divorced in 1995. She has a production company called Shoelace Productions and splits her time between her homes in New York, the Hollywood Hills, and a fifty acre retreat in Taos, New Mexico.She has given of her time and resources to UNICEF as well as other charitable organizations. She has made trips to Haiti, India and other parts of the planet promoting goodwill and peace helping others in need. Hailed as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World by People magazine five times Roberts met her husband, cameraman Danny Moder, on the set of her movie The Mexican in 2000. The couple were married July 4, 2002 in Taos, New Mexico, and welcomed twins - Hazel Patricia and Phinnaeus Walter - to the family on November 28, 2004. Filmography Accolades Best Supporting Actress Steel Magnolias 1989 Academy (Nominee)
Best Supporting Actress Steel Magnolias 1990 Golden Globe (Winner)
Best Actress Pretty Woman 1990 Academy (Nominee)
Best Actress Pretty Woman 1990 British Academy Awards (Nominee)
Best Actress Pretty Woman 1991 Golden Globe (Winner)
Best Actress My Best Friend's Wedding 1997 Golden Globe (Nominee)
Best Actress Notting Hill 1999 Golden Globe (Nominee)
Best Actress Erin Brockovich 2000 Academy (Winner)
Best Actress Erin Brockovich 2000 British Academy Awards (Winner)
Best Actress Erin Brockovich 2000 Golden Globe (Winner)
Best Actress Erin Brockovich 2000 National Board of Review (Winner)
Best Actress Erin Brockovich 2000 Screen Actors Guild (Winner)
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