Julie Fiona Roberts was born on October 28, 1967, in Smyrna, Georgia. The daughter of a vacuum salesman and a church secretary, Julia is not the only Roberts sibling to pursue an acting career. Her brother and sister were also aspiring actors, albeit not as famous as Julia -- in fact, few even know their names.
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As a 17-year-old girl with big dreams, Julia headed to the Big Apple to join her actress sister, Lisa. Starting out as a model in order to make a living, Julia took acting classes on the side in order to perfect her trade. She finally received her big break after her brother, B-movie actor Eric Roberts, convinced a director to cast his little sister in the film Blood Red.
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No role to that date, however, approached the success of 1990's Pretty Woman. Julia's portrayal of prostitute turned princess Vivian Ward was so flawless that it seemed as though the role was written for her (it wasn't). This performance garnered her a second Oscar nomination, this time for Best Actress, and cemented Julia as a Hollywood fixture.
After Pretty Woman, Julia's success at the box office continued with the thrillers Flatliners (1990) and Sleeping with the Enemy (1991), but then her film career took a turn for the worse. The tearjerker Dying Young (1991) and Steven Spielberg's Peter Pan adaptation Hook (1991) were box-office and critical disasters.
While Julia's film career was experiencing highs and subsequent lows, her romantic life was taking a similar bumpy ride. Her wedding to Kiefer Sutherland was canceled just days before the set date, and only a few days later she was romantically linked to actor Jason Patric.
By 1997, the Julia Roberts everyone loved was back in full form. Her role in the summer hit My Best Friend's Wedding earned her a Best Actress Golden Globe nomination and marked the start of a whole new kind of success for Julia. That same year, she co-starred with Mel Gibson in Conspiracy Theory.
Stepmom also fared well, but it was Julia's only project of 1998. The following year she came back with a vengeance with two summer blockbusters: Notting Hill, in the role of a world-famous movie actress (not much of a character stretch) and Runaway Bride, which re-teamed her with Richard Gere.
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But it was her role as a single mother who takes on a massive corporation in 2000's Erin Brockovich that launched Julia to the next tier. This job bumped Julia into the $20 million club, along with heavy hitters Tom Cruise and Jim Carrey, and earned her the Best Actress Oscar, Golden Globe and SAG Award.
While 2001 brought disappointments in the form of The Mexican and America's Sweethearts, Julia's career has remained, for the most part, steady with successes (including 2001's Ocean's Eleven). This stability comes thanks in part to director/producer Steven Soderbergh, who cast Julia in Erin Brockovich and Ocean's Eleven, among others.
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2004 was a big year for Julia, with two December movie releases -- the drama Closer and the sequel Ocean's Twelve (which is actually the only sequel she has ever appeared in). Julia was unable to attend the premieres or celebrity junkets for these two flicks, as she game birth to twins on November 28, 2004. Although they were due January 2005, Julia had remained on bed rest when she gave birth to son Phinnaeus Walter and daughter Hazel Patricia.
After a three-year romance with actor Benjamin Bratt, Julia began dating cinematographer Daniel Moder. They were married in a surprise midnight ceremony on July 4, 2002.
In 2006, she can add the animated film Ant Bully to her resume -- she is lending her voice to Hova.
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