Erin Brockovich
- Acting
- June 22, 1960 · Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Biography
Erin Brockovich (née Pattee; born June 22, 1960) is an American legal clerk, whistleblower, consumer advocate, and environmental activist who, despite her lack of education in the law, was instrumental in building a case against Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) involving groundwater contamination in Hinkley, California with the help of attorney Ed Masry in 1993. Their successful lawsuit was the subject of the Oscar-winning film, Erin Brockovich (2000), starring Julia Roberts as Brockovich and Albert Finney as Masry. Since then, Brockovich has become a media personality as well, hosting the TV series Challenge America with Erin Brockovich on ABC and Final Justice on Zone Reality. She is the president of Brockovich Research & Consulting. She also works as a consultant for the New York law firm of Weitz & Luxenberg,[1] which has a focus on personal injury claims for asbestos exposure, and Shine Lawyers in Australia.[2] She worked as a consultant for the now-defunct California law firm Girardi & Keese.[3][4] From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Known for
Filmography
- We Want the Airwaves · Self
- Rebel · Executive producer
- Rebuilding Paradise · Self
- What Lies Upstream · Self
- Creature Features · Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Last Call at the Oasis · Self
- Journey Into Dyslexia · Self
- Real Time with Bill Maher · Self
- Final Justice with Erin Brockovich
- Cleavage · Self
- Journeys with George · Self
- Erin Brockovich · Waitress
- Intimate Portrait · Self