Julia Roberts

**Julia Fiona Roberts** (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her roles in the movies _Steel Magnolias_ (1989), _Pretty Woman_ (1990), _Runaway Bride_ (1998) and _Erin Brockovich_ (2000). Roberts regularly plays characters of attractive powerful women. She has been among People Magazine's _50 Most Beautiful People in the world_ eight times.

## Early life and family

Roberts was born in Smyrna, Georgia, to Betty Lou (née Bredemus) and Walter Grady Roberts She is of English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, German, and Swedish ancestry. Her father was a Baptist and her mother a Roman Catholic, and she was raised a Catholic. Her older brother, Eric Roberts, from whom she was estranged until 2004; sister Lisa Roberts Gillan; and niece Emma Roberts, are also actors.

## Personal life

Roberts' first marriage was to musician Lyle Lovett; they divorced. She and her husband Danny Moder have three children. She gave birth to twins, Hazel Patricia and Phinnaeus Walter, in 2004. In 2007, she gave birth to a son, Henry Daniel.

Roberts is a convert to Hinduism.

## Filmography

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|1987|Babs||Uncredited Straight-to-video release|||||||
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|1989|||Filmed in 1986|||||||
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|1991|/ Sara Waters|||||||||
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|1991|Tinker Bell|||||||||
|1992|Herself||Cameo|||||||
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|1998|||Also executive producer|||||||
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|2002|Jolene|||||||||
|2002|Francesca/Catherine|||||||||
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|2004|Herself|||||||||
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|2006|Hova||Voice only|||||||
|2006|Charlotte the Spider||Voice only|||||||
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|2008||||||||||
|2008|align="center"|—||Executive producer||||||
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|2010||||||||||
|2011|align="center"|—||Executive producer||||||
|2011|Ava's Therapist||Voice only|||||||
|2011||||||||||
|2012|Queen Clementianna|||||||||
|2013||||||||||
|2015||||||||||
|2016|Miranda|||||||||
|2016||||||||||
|2017|Smurf Willow||Voice only|||||||
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## Other websites

- The Julia Roberts Community

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Julia Roberts
- **image**: Julia Roberts (43838880775) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Roberts in 2018
- **birth name**: Julia Fiona Roberts
- **birth place**: Smyrna, Georgia, USA
- **nationality**: American
- **occupation**: Actress, executive producer
- **years active**: 1987 - present
- **spouse**: Lyle Lovett
(1993–1995)
Daniel Moder
(2002–present)
- **family**: Eric Roberts <small>(brother)</small>
Lisa Roberts Gillan <small>(sister)</small>
Emma Roberts <small>(niece)</small>
- **children**: Phinnaeus Moder (son) Henry Daniel Moder (son) Hazel Moder (daughter)
- **parents**: Betty Lou Bredemus (mother) Walter Grady Roberts (father)