Born : October 28, 1967.
Hair : Chatain Clair
Eyes : Brown
She is an American actress. She became well known during the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy Pretty Woman opposite Richard Gere, which grossed $463 million worldwide. After receiving Academy Award nominations for Steel Magnolias in 1990 and Pretty Woman in 1991, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2001 for her performance in Erin Brockovich. Her films, which also include romantic comedies such as My Best Friend's Wedding, Mystic Pizza, Notting Hill, Runaway Bride, and crime films such as The Pelican Brief and Ocean's Eleven and Twelve have collectively earned box office receipts of over $2 billion, making her the most successful actress in terms of box office receipts.
Before Acting
In Smyrna, Julie would attend the Fitzhugh Lee Elementary School, Griffin Middle School and Campbell High School. She learned to ride at the riding school opened by her paternal grandfather on his retirement. She loved animals in general, following the local vet on his rounds and often returning home with stray or injured creatures. So Julia wanted to be a veterinarian as a child.
While at school, she would be teased for her big mouth and glasses. Though she would occasionally take part in Shakespeare plays. There was, though, tennis - she was on the school team -and poetry. She spent the time reading, making several important discoveries, in particular Walt Whitman's classic collection of poetry, Leaves Of Grass. She would read this every day for months, later growing to love the works of Faulkner, Hardy, Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Graduating from High School in 1985, Julia joined her sister Lisa and brother Eric in New York to go to theater school. Along with attending acting classes, she was working at Baskin-Robbins and at the Ann Taylor designer boutique on Fulton Street at the foot of Manhattan.
In Smyrna, Julie would attend the Fitzhugh Lee Elementary School, Griffin Middle School and Campbell High School. She learned to ride at the riding school opened by her paternal grandfather on his retirement. She loved animals in general, following the local vet on his rounds and often returning home with stray or injured creatures. So Julia wanted to be a veterinarian as a child.
While at school, she would be teased for her big mouth and glasses. Though she would occasionally take part in Shakespeare plays. There was, though, tennis - she was on the school team -and poetry. She spent the time reading, making several important discoveries, in particular Walt Whitman's classic collection of poetry, Leaves Of Grass. She would read this every day for months, later growing to love the works of Faulkner, Hardy, Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Graduating from High School in 1985, Julia joined her sister Lisa and brother Eric in New York to go to theater school. Along with attending acting classes, she was working at Baskin-Robbins and at the Ann Taylor designer boutique on Fulton Street at the foot of Manhattan.
Debut Movie
Julia's debut film was "Blood Red" with brother Eric as supporting actress. Roberts appeared in a couple of made for TV movies and one low budget feature "Firehouse".
In early 90's, "Dying Young" and "Sleeping With the Enemy" didn't make any success. While "Hook" also released in 1991. In 1993 Julia made a spectacular come back in "The Pelican Brief". and reaffirmed her status as a dramatic actress. But after that both "Pret-A-Porter" (1994) and "I Love Trouble" (1994) are commercial flops also "Mary Reilly" (1996) fizzled at the box office.
In 1997, Roberts made a return to romantic comedy in "My Best Friend's Wedding", and continued her romantic comedy with "Notting Hill" (1999) and "Runaway Bride" (1999).
Oscar Winning Performance
In 1997, Roberts made a return to romantic comedy in "My Best Friend's Wedding", and continued her romantic comedy with "Notting Hill" (1999) and "Runaway Bride" (1999).
Oscar Winning Performance
Year 2000 gives a biggest success to Roberts, her Oscar-winning performance in Steven Soderbergh's "Erin Brockovich". The film, based on the true story of Erin Brockovich, a single mother who, against all odds, won a heated battle against corporate environmental offenders, earned Roberts a staggering 20-million-dollar salary.
Off screen Julia Roberts
She is among the highest paid stars in the world (male or female) and owns homes in New York, the Hollywood hills and Taos, New Mexico.
She likes dogs and knitting, and works, for UNICEF as well as Paul Newman's Hole In The Wall Gang and a charity attempting to find a cure for Rett Syndrome, a sometimes fatal disease which randomly attacks girls between the ages of 2 and 6.
She also runs a production company, called 'Shoelace Productions'. Its first production was "Stepmom". Later would come "Mona Lisa Smile" and a superbly witty TV series called "Queens Supreme", following the backstage antics of judges and starring Annabella Sciorra and Oliver Platt.
She has made trips to Haiti, India, and other countries promoting peace, goodwill, and help for others in need.
She has been named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" a record-setting eight times.
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