Julia Roberts
Born: 1967-10-28 in Smyrna, Georgia, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress. Known for her leading roles in films encompassing a variety of genres, she has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. The films in which she has starred have collectively grossed over $3.9 billion globally, making her one of Hollywood's most bankable stars. After an early breakthrough with appearances in Mystic Pizza (1988) and Steel Magnolias (1989), Roberts established herself as a leading actress when she headlined the top-grossing romantic comedy Pretty Woman (1990). She starred in numerous commercially successful films throughout the 1990s, including the romantic comedies My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), Notting Hill (1999) and Runaway Bride (1999). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing the title role in the biographical drama Erin Brockovich (2000). Roberts achieved further film success in the following decades with Ocean's Eleven (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2004), Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Valentine's Day (2010), Eat Pray Love (2010), August: Osage County (2013), Wonder (2017), Ticket to Paradise (2022), and Leave the World Behind (2023). Roberts also received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for the HBO television film The Normal Heart (2014), had her first regular television role in the first season of the Amazon Prime Video psychological thriller series Homecoming (2018), and portrayed Martha Mitchell in the Starz political limited series Gaslit (2022). In addition to acting, Roberts runs the production company Red Om Films, through which she has served as an executive producer for various projects she has starred in and the first four films of the American Girl franchise (2004–2008). She has acted as the global ambassador for Lancôme since 2009. She was the world's highest-paid actress throughout the majority of the 1990s and the first half of the 2000s. She received a then-unprecedented fee of $20 million and $25 million for her roles in Erin Brockovich (2000) and Mona Lisa Smile (2003), respectively. As of 2020, Roberts's net worth was estimated to be $250 million. People magazine has named her the most beautiful woman in the world a record five times.
Filmography
2025
- After the Hunt as Alma Imhoff
- Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy as Self (archive footage)
- Leonard and Hungry Paul as Narrator (voice)
- The Lil Peepz in Gocity - The Movie as Doris
2024
2023
- Leave the World Behind as Amanda Sandford
- Tom Hanks: The Nomad as Self (archive footage)
2022
- Gaslit as Martha Mitchell
- Ticket to Paradise as Georgia Cotton
2020
- The Happy Days of Garry Marshall as Self
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2018
- Homecoming as Heidi Bergman
- Ben Is Back as Holly Burns
- Busy Tonight as Self - Guest
- Let's Dance as Segment: "The Commuter"
2017
- Wonder as Isabel
- Smurfs: The Lost Village as Smurfwillow (voice)
2016
- Money Monster as Patty Fenn
- Mother's Day as Miranda Collins
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Schitt's Creek as Erin Brockovich (voice)
- Secret in Their Eyes as Jess
- Nature Is Speaking as Mother Nature
- Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live as Self - Special Guest
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Running Wild with Bear Grylls as Self
- The Normal Heart as Dr. Emma Brookner
- Trailblazer Honors as Self
2013
- August: Osage County as Barbara Weston
2012
- Mirror Mirror as Evil Queen
- Jesus Henry Christ ... (Executive Producer)
2011
- Larry Crowne as Mercedes Tainot
- His Way as Self
- Love, Wedding, Marriage as Ava's Therapist (voice)
2010
- Eat Pray Love as Elizabeth 'Liz' Gilbert
- Valentine's Day as Captain Kate Hazeltine
- I'm Still Here ... (Thanks)
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Duplicity as Claire Stenwick
2008
- Fireflies in the Garden as Lisa Waechter
- Kit Kittredge: An American Girl ... (Executive Producer)
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Charlie Wilson's War as Joanne Herring
- Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens as Self
- AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition as Self
2006
- Charlotte's Web as Charlotte the Spider (voice)
- The Ant Bully as Hova (voice)
- Who Needs Sleep? as Self
- Beslan: Three Days in September as Narrator (voice)
2005
- The Reichen Show as Self
- Felicity: An American Girl Adventure ... (Executive Producer)
- Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast as Self - Presenter
2004
- Ocean's Twelve as Tess Ocean
- Closer as Anna
- Grand Champion as Jolene
- Tell Them Who You Are as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- Mona Lisa Smile as Katherine Ann Watson
- Queens Supreme ... (Producer)
- Law & Order: Corruption Empire
2002
- Full Frontal as Francesca / Catherine
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind as Patricia Watson
- Movie House
- 'Ocean's Eleven': The Look of the Con as Self
2001
- Ocean's Eleven as Tess Ocean
- The Mexican as Samantha Barzel
- America | A Tribute to Heroes as Self
- America's Sweethearts as Kathleen 'Kiki' Harrison
- Revealed with Jules Asner
2000
- Erin Brockovich as Erin Brockovich
- Wild Horses of Mongolia with Julia Roberts as Self
- Light Keeps Me Company as Self
1999
- Notting Hill as Anna Scott
- Runaway Bride as Maggie Carpenter
1998
- Stepmom as Isabel Kelly
- The Entertainment Biz as Self
1997
- My Best Friend's Wedding as Julianne Potter
- Conspiracy Theory as Alice Sutton
- Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! as Self
1996
- Michael Collins as Kitty Kiernan
- Mary Reilly as Mary Reilly
- Everyone Says I Love You as Von Sidell
- Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels as Self (archive footage)
- E! True Hollywood Story
1995
- Dead Man Walking ... (Thanks)
- Something to Talk About as Grace King Bichon
1994
- Friends as Susie
- I Love Trouble as Sabrina Peterson
- Prêt-à-Porter as Anne Eisenhower
- Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Self (archive footage)
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo as Self
1993
- The Pelican Brief as Darby Shaw
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- The Player as Julia Roberts
1991
- Pebble Mill as Self
- Hook as Tinkerbell
- Sleeping with the Enemy as Laura Burney / Sara Walters
- Dying Young as Hilary O'Neil
1990
- Law & Order as Katrina Ludlow
- Pretty Woman as Vivian Ward
- Flatliners as Rachel Mannus
1989
- Blood Red as Maria Collogero
- Steel Magnolias as Shelby Eatenton Latcherie
1988
- Murphy Brown
- Satisfaction as Daryle
- Mystic Pizza as Daisy
- Baja Oklahoma as Candy Hutchins
- Comic Relief
1987
- Firehouse as Babs (uncredited)
1986
- American Masters as Self
- Crime Story as Tracy
1984
- Miami Vice as Polly Wheeler
1982
- Nature as Host
- Late Night with David Letterman as Self
1981
- Entertainment Tonight as Self
1973
1969
- Sesame Street as Self
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1952
- Today as Self