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Biography for
Julia Roberts

 
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Birth name
Julie Fiona Roberts
Nickname
Jules
Height
5' 9" (1.75 m)
Mini biography

Julie Fiona Roberts, born in Smyrna, Georgia, never dreamed she would become the most popular actress in America. As a child, due to her love of animals, Julia originally wanted to be a veterinarian, but later studied journalism. When her brother Eric achieved some success in Hollywood, Julia decided to try acting. Her first break came in 1988 when she appeared in two youth-oriented movies Mystic Pizza (1988) and Satisfaction (1988). The movies introduced her to a new audience who instantly fell in love with this pretty woman. Julia's biggest success was in the signature movie Pretty Woman (1990), for which Julia got an Oscar nomination, and also won the People's Choice award for Favorite Actress. Even though Julia would spend the next few years either starring in serious movies, or playing fantasy roles like Tinkerbell, the movie audiences would always love Julia best in romantic comedies. With My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) Julia gave the genre fresh life that had been lacking in Hollywood for some time. Offscreen, after a brief marriage, Julia has been romantically linked with several other actors. Julia has also become involved with UNICEF charities and has made visits to many different countries, including Haiti and India, in order to promote goodwill. Julia is one of the most popular and sought-after talents in Hollywood.


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Spouse
Lyle Lovett (25 June 1993 - 22 March 1995) (divorced)
Daniel Moder (4 July 2002 - present)

Trivia

Lent her celebrity name to help raise money for research to develop a cure for Rett Syndrome (a disease which is potentially fatal and randomly strikes girls between the ages of 2 to 6 years).

On People (USA) magazine's '50 Most Beautiful' list. [2000]

Dated Jason Patric.

Has a half-sister, Nancy Motes (b. 1976).

Dated Benjamin Bratt. [1998 - June 2001]

Turned down the female lead in Shakespeare in Love (1998).

Ranked #66 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]

Was engaged to Kiefer Sutherland for a short period.

Dated Matthew Perry.

Sister of Lisa Roberts Gillan and Eric Roberts.

Played clarinet in the band. She attended Griffin Middle School and then Campbell High School.

Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. [1991]

Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. [1990]

Has "movie within a movie" scenes in The Player (1992), Notting Hill (1999), America's Sweethearts (2001) and Full Frontal (2002)

Was considered for the role of Poison Ivy in Batman & Robin (1997).

She once tried out for a part on "All My Children", but was turned down.

Lived with Liam Neeson.

Dated Daniel Day-Lewis.

Father died of cancer when Julia was 10.

Ranked #1 (in Hollywood Power) and #12 (in $$) on Forbes magazine 'Power 100'.

Tops the list of the 200 "hottest" actors and actresses in the business in "James Ulmer's Hollywood Hot List: The Complete Guide to Star Power - 2000" book which is published in October 2000. [June 2000]

Changed her name from Julie to Julia when she applied for a SAG card and there was another SAG member actress named Julie Roberts.

Turned down the Sharon Stone role in Basic Instinct (1992).

Was engaged to her Steel Magnolias (1989) co-star, Dylan McDermott.

Beat out Sandra Bullock for the role of Maggie Carpenter in Runaway Bride (1999).

Lies on her back to have her make-up applied before going onto a film set -- she insists it gives her a relaxed look.

Frequently works with Steven Soderbergh

Sister-in-law of Tony Gillan

Sister-in-law of Eliza Roberts

Aunt of Emma Roberts

After George Clooney and Brad Pitt found out that she was going to be joining them in _Ocean's Eleven(2001)_ , they sent her a card that read "We heard that you get 20 per film" and in it was a $20 bill; the joke was that she reportedly gets $20 million per film.

Named one of People Magazine's '25 Most Intriguing People of 2001'.

Named one of E!'s "top 20 entertainers of 2001".

Highest paid actress in film history.

At the 2002 Peoples Choice Awards she admitted to being a huge fan of "Days of Our Lives" (1965) and asked to be seated near the cast.

Splits her down time between her ranch in Taos, New Mexico and a home in New York City

Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2002.

Was ranked 6th of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Taiwan (2001).

Married boyfriend, cameraman Daniel Moder, at their home in New Mexico in a midnight ceremony. [4 July 2002]

She never acted in a sequel until Ocean's Twelve (2004).

Has Irish ancestory

Ranked #16 in Premiere's 2003 annual Hollywood Power List. Had ranked #18 in 2002.

Ranked #10 in Star TV's Top 10 Box Office Stars of the 1990s (2003)

Measurements: 34B-23-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

She is a huge fan of actress Aishwarya Rai, whom she once commented on as being unassumingly beautiful.

Pakistani film director Rauf Khalid wanted her to work in his film, and even invited her to Pakistan to discuss the project. But she refused because of prior commitments.

Observed art history classes at New York University in order to prepare for her role in Mona Lisa Smile (2003).

Her Oscar-winning performance as Erin Brokovich was ranked #31 on the American Film Institute's Heroes list of the 100 years of The Greastest Screen Heroes and Villians.


Personal quotes

"I enjoy hats. And when one has filthy hair, that is a good accessory."

"I'm too tall to be a girl, I never had enough dresses to be a lady, I wouldn't call myself a woman. I'd say I'm somewhere between a chick and a broad."

"My real hair color is kind of a dark blonde. Now I just have mood hair."

(From 1998 interview) "I've sort of grown into my cuteness."

"We all need to take a deep breath and think about being a Bush daughter and having that cross to bear. I'd go out and have a couple of drinks, too." - about President George W. Bush's daughters being caught with alcohol as minors

"It doesn't bring out the Einstein moment that you hoped it would."-- Julia Roberts, on forgetting to include the real-life Erin Brockovich in her Academy Award acceptance speech.

You know I'm like a total geek, right? First of all, I sit on the set and knit. It's a very social hobby, as opposed to reading at work - I can chat with people and still be fully engaged.

"He's embarrassing, he's not my president. He will never be my president" - talking about President George W. Bush

"I'm just an ordinary person who has an extraordinary job."

"I get dressed up like a doll, a nice man puts lipstick on my lips and I say words - it's deeply satisfying" - on the essence of her job

On why she will never do a nude scene: "I just don't feel that my algebra teacher should ever know what my butt looks like."


Salary
Mona Lisa Smile (2003) $25,000,000
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) $250,000 (scale)
Ocean's Eleven (2001) $10,000,000
America's Sweethearts (2001) $15,000,000
Mexican, The (2001) $20,000,000
Erin Brockovich (2000) $20,000,000
Runaway Bride (1999) $17,000,000
Notting Hill (1999) $15,000,000
Conspiracy Theory (1997) $12,000,000
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) $12,000,000
Mary Reilly (1996) $10,000,000
Pelican Brief, The (1993) $8,000,000
Hook (1991) $7,000,000
Dying Young (1991) $3,000,000
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) $1,000,000
Flatliners (1990) $500,000
Pretty Woman (1990) $300,000
Steel Magnolias (1989) $90,000
Mystic Pizza (1988) $50,000

Where are they now

(May 2002) Capital Hill, Washington, D.C., USA testifying for more federal funding for Rett Syndrome


Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia:

It would seem unlikely that an actress could become "America's Sweetheart" by playing a hooker, but it was the role of an implausibly winsome, adorable prostitute in Pretty Woman (1990) that secured that title-and superstardom-for the charming, leggy Roberts. The younger sister of actor Eric Roberts, the brown-eyed, beaming, coltish Julia first demonstrated her appeal in the 1988 girls-coming-of-age comedy Mystic Pizza. (Her first film, Blood Red which starred brother Eric, was made in 1987 but not released until 1990, after she'd become a "name.") She had a costarring role in Satisfaction (1988, later known as Girls of Summer), and then won a meaty part in the ensemble comedycum-tearjerker Steel Magnolias (1989), enchanting audiences (and earning an Oscar nomination) as Sally Field's fragile daughter. She then costarred in Flatliners (1990). But it was Pretty Woman that made Roberts, overnight, the hottest property in show business and an omnipresent magazine cover girl. (It also earned her another Oscar nomination.) The success of the mediocre Sleeping With the Enemy (1991) persuaded Hollywood that her name alone guaranteed box-office success-which the dismal showing for Dying Young (1991) dispelled. She made headline news by announcing, then canceling, her wedding to actor Kiefer Sutherland (she married musician Lyle Lovett in 1993), and wound up in Steven Spielberg's Hook (1991) playing Tinkerbell. After a self-imposed hiatus from work, and a retreat from tabloid headlines, during which she appeared in only one film (a cameo in Robert Altman's The Player in 1992), she made a return to majorleague stardom in The Pelican Brief (1993), followed by I Love Trouble, Prêt-à-Porter (both 1994), and Mary Reilly (1995). She seems to have weathered her personal storms, and retained her star status (earning up to that time the most money ever paid to an actress-some eight million dollars per film) despite two years away from movies.

Copyright © 1994 Leonard Maltin, used by arrangement with Signet, a division of Penguin Putnam, Inc.


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