Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
The contamination and lawsuit became the subject of "Erin Brockovich", a 2000 biographical film which starred Julia Roberts as Brockovich. The film was a critical success, with Roberts winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and an Academy Award for Best Actress. Brockovich, who said that the film was about 98 percent accurate, made a cameo appearance.