Julia Roberts
- Acting
- October 28, 1967 · Smyrna, Georgia, USA
Biography
Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress. Known for her leading roles across several genres, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. She became known for portraying charming, relatable characters in romantic comedies and blockbusters before expanding into dramas, thrillers, and independent films. After early breakthroughs in Mystic Pizza (1988) and Steel Magnolias (1989), Roberts solidified her status as a leading lady with the romantic comedies Pretty Woman (1990), My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), Notting Hill (1999), and Runaway Bride (1999). Roberts won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the title role in the biographical drama Erin Brockovich (2000). She then starred in films such as 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), Leave the World Behind (2023), and After the Hunt (2025). On television, she starred as a physician during the AIDS crisis in the HBO film The Normal Heart (2014), for which she earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, a social worker in the first season of the streaming series Homecoming (2018), and portrayed Martha Mitchell in the Starz political limited series Gaslit (2022). Roberts runs the production company Red Om Films, through which she has served as an executive producer for various projects she has starred in, as well as for the first four films of the American Girl franchise (2004–2008). She has served as the global ambassador for Lancôme since 2009. She was the world's highest-paid actress for most of the 1990s and the first half of the 2000s. 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
Filmography
- Panic Carefully · Producer
- Hook: Never, Never Ending · Self
- Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20 · Self
- Variety & CNN Actors on Actors · Self
- Leonard and Hungry Paul · Narrator (Voice)
- After the Hunt · Alma Imhoff
- No Friends · Susie Moss
- Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy · Self
- 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · Self
- A Look Through His Lens · Self
- Leave the World Behind · Amanda Sandford, Producer
- Tom Hanks: The Nomad · Self
- Ticket to Paradise · Georgia Cotton, Producer
- Gaslit · Martha Mitchell, Executive producer
- Citizen Penn · Self
- The Happy Days of Garry Marshall · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Let's Dance · Segment: "The Commuter"
- Ben Is Back · Holly Burns
- Homecoming · Heidi Bergman, Executive producer
- Busy Tonight · Self
- Wonder · Isabel
- Smurfs: The Lost Village · Smurfwillow (Voice)
- Money Monster · Patty Fenn
- Mother's Day · Miranda Collins
- Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live · Self
- Secret in Their Eyes · Jess
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Nature Is Speaking · Mother Nature
- Schitt's Creek · Erin Brockovich (Voice)
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Running Wild with Bear Grylls · Self
- Trailblazer Honors · Self
- The Normal Heart · Dr. Emma Brookner
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- August: Osage County · Barbara Weston
- Jesus Henry Christ · Executive producer
- Mirror Mirror · Evil Queen
- Larry Crowne · Mercedes Tainot
- Love, Wedding, Marriage · Ava's Therapist (Voice)
- His Way · Self
- I'm Still Here · Thanks
- Eat Pray Love · Elizabeth 'Liz' Gilbert
- Valentine's Day · Kate Hazeltine
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- Duplicity · Claire Stenwick
- Fireflies in the Garden · Lisa Waechter
- Kit Kittredge: An American Girl · Executive producer
- Charlie Wilson's War · Joanne Herring
- AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition · Self
- Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens · Self
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Charlotte's Web · Charlotte the Spider (Voice)
- The Ant Bully · Hova (Voice)
- Who Needs Sleep? · Self
- Beslan: Three Days in September · Narrator (Voice)
- Felicity: An American Girl Adventure · Executive producer
- The Reichen Show · Self
- Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast · Self
- Ocean's Twelve · Tess Ocean
- Closer · Anna
- Tell Them Who You Are · Self
- Grand Champion · Jolene
- Mona Lisa Smile · Katherine Ann Watson
- Law & Order: Corruption Empire
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- Queens Supreme · Producer
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind · Patricia Watson
- Full Frontal · Francesca / Catherine
- 'Ocean's Eleven': The Look of the Con · Self
- Movie House
- Ocean's Eleven · Tess Ocean
- Revealed with Jules Asner
- America: A Tribute to Heroes · Self
- America's Sweethearts · Kiki Harrison
- The Mexican · Samantha
- Wild Horses of Mongolia with Julia Roberts · Self
- Light Keeps Me Company · Self
- Erin Brockovich · Erin Brockovich