Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967)[1] is an American actress and producer. She established herself as a leading lady in Hollywood after headlining the romantic comedy film Pretty Woman (1990), which grossed $464 million worldwide. She has won three Golden Globe Awards, from eight nominations, and has been nominated for four Academy Awards for her film acting, winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Erin Brockovich (2000). People magazine has named her the most beautiful woman in the world a record five times.
Roberts was born as Julia Fiona Roberts on October 28, 1967, in Smyrna, Georgia, to Betty Lou Bredemus (1934–2015) and Walter Grady Roberts (1933–1977) who were actors themselves and used to run children's acting school in Decatur, Georgia. She is of English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, German, and Swedish descent. She was raised Catholic. Her nationality is American and the zodiac is Scorpio. Her siblings are: older brother Eric Roberts, older sister Lisa Roberts Gillan, and niece Emma Roberts, are also actors. She also had a younger half-sister named Nancy Motes (1976–2014). From 1972, when her mother had divorced her father, Roberts lived in Smyrna, Georgia, where she attended Fitzhugh Lee Elementary School, Griffin Middle School, and Campbell High School. Roberts wanted to be a veterinarian as a child.[23] She also played the clarinet in her school band.[24][25] After graduating from Smyrna's Campbell High School, she attended Georgia State University but did not graduate. She later headed to New York City to pursue a career in acting. Once there, she signed with the Click Modeling Agency and enrolled in acting classes.
Roberts made her first big-screen appearance in the film Satisfaction (1988). Her first television appearance was as a juvenile rape victim in the initial season of the series Crime Story with Dennis Farina, in the episode titled "The Survivor", broadcast on February 13, 1987. Roberts became known to worldwide audiences when she starred with Richard Gere in the Cinderella–Pygmalionesque story, Pretty Woman, in 1990. Her films have collectively brought box office receipts of over US$2.8 billion, making her one of the most bankable actresses in Hollywood.[2] Her most successful films include Mystic Pizza (1988), Steel Magnolias (1989), Sleeping with the Enemy (1991), The Pelican Brief (1993), My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), Notting Hill (1999), Runaway Bride (1999), Erin Brockovich (2000), Ocean's Eleven (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2004), Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Valentine's Day (2010), Eat Pray Love (2010), Money Monster (2016), and Wonder (2017). Roberts was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her performance in the HBO television film The Normal Heart (2014). In 2018, she starred in the Prime Video psychological thriller series Homecoming.
The beautiful actress has an estimated net worth of 140 Million dollars as of 2019. Roberts was the highest-paid actress among few others during most of the 1990s and in the first half of the 2000s. Her fee for hit 1990's Pretty Woman was US$300,000. Roberts was paid an unprecedented sum of money for the film Erin Brockovich(2000), who received US$20 million and $25 million for her role in the film, Mona Lisa Smile(2003). Roberts also served as an executive producer for the production company Red Om Films (Red Om is "Moder" spelled backward, after her husband's last name. She drives a fancy car, Toyota Prius. Julia Robert lives in a house having three-bedroom, one-bath home on Malibu's Point Dume reported $6.84 million bought in 2016. She also has a house in Taos, New Mexico.
Roberts is currently married to cameraman Daniel Moder whom she met on the set of her film The Mexican in 2000. She and Roberts wed on July 4, 2002, at her ranch in Taos, New Mexico. Together, they have three children: twins, a daughter, and a son, born in November 2004, and another son born in June 2007. Her family currently lives in Malibu, California, New York City, New York, and Taos, New Mexico. Previously she had two marriages. Her first husband was country singer Lyle Lovett, married on June 25, 1993. They divorced in 1995. She was in a romantic relationship with several other celebrities like Benjamin Bratt, Jason Patric, Liam Neeson, Kiefer Sutherland, Dylan McDermott, and Matthew Perry.
The 52 years old Julia is far too beautiful for her age. She still looks young with her slim and maintained body figure. Her body measurements are 34-25-35 (breast-waist-hip) inches. The highest-paid actress of the 1990s and 2000s stands a height of 5ft 9iches tall and weighs only 58kg. Julia has light brown eyes and has blonde hair. Her bra size is 32B. Roberts wears a dress size of 4(US) and puts on a shoe size of 9(US). She has a straight sexual orientation.