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."Julia Robert's Swedish ancestors" in Swedish, Genealogi.se"Julia Roberts Isn't a Roberts" February 27, 2011, Huffington Post 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
 Title Year Role Director(s) Notes Firehouse 1987 Babs  UncreditedStraight-to-video releaseSatisfaction 1988    Mystic Pizza 1988   Blood Red 1989   Filmed in 1986Steel Magnolias 1989   Pretty Woman 1990  Flatliners 1990  Sleeping with the Enemy 1991 / Sara Waters Dying Young 1991  Hook 1991 Tinker Bell  1992 Herself  Cameo 1993  I Love Trouble 1994  Prêt-à-Porter 1994   Something to Talk About 1995  Mary Reilly 1996  Michael Collins 1996  Everyone Says I Love You 1996  My Best Friend's Wedding 1997   Conspiracy Theory 1997  Stepmom 1998   Also executive producerNotting Hill 1999  Runaway Bride 1999   Erin Brockovich 2000   2001  America's Sweethearts 2001  Ocean's Eleven 2001  Grand Champion 2002 Jolene Full Frontal 2002 Francesca/Catherine Confessions of a Dangerous Mind 2002  Mona Lisa Smile 2003  Tell Them Who You Are 2004 Herself Closer 2004  Ocean's Twelve 2004    2006 Hova  Voice onlyCharlotte's Web 2006 Charlotte the Spider  Voice onlyCharlie Wilson's War 2007   Fireflies in the Garden2008   Kit Kittredge: An American Girl2008—Executive producerDuplicity 2009 Valentine's Day 2010 Eat Pray Love 2010 Jesus Henry Christ 2011—Executive producerLove, Wedding, Marriage 2011 Ava's Therapist Voice onlyLarry Crowne 2011 Mirror, Mirror 2012 Queen ClementiannaAugust: Osage County 2013 2015Mother's Day2016MirandaMoney Monster2016Smurfs: The Lost Village2017Smurf WillowVoice onlyWonder 2017Ben Is Back 2018 
+Key Denotes films that have not yet been released

References

Other websites

 The Julia Roberts Community

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