Julia Roberts — biography, films, roles and trivia

Biography

💥Julia Fiona Roberts. She was born in 1967 in Smyrna, Georgia, USA. She grew up in a family with two older brothers. Her father worked as a salesman, and her mother was a secretary. She attended a regular high school. She works as an actress and producer. Since 2002, she has been married to cinematographer Daniel Moder, and the couple has 3 children: daughter Hazel, sons Phinnaeus and Henry

🏆Main awards🏆: Oscar (2001) [Erin Brockovich], Golden Globe (1991) [Pretty Woman], Golden Globe (2001) [Erin Brockovich], BAFTA (2001) [Erin Brockovich]

🎬Main projects🎬: "Pretty Woman" (1990), "Notting Hill" (1999), "Erin Brockovich" (2000), "My Best Friend's Wedding" (1997), "Eat Pray Love" (2010)

⭐Interesting fact⭐: Julia insured her smile for 30 million dollars

Filmography

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2004 Ocean's Twelve Tess Ocean

Interesting facts

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Julia is the younger sister of Eric Roberts.
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During her school years, she was so impressed by her older brother's acting success that she began participating in local amateur productions.
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In the 1990s, Julia Roberts was known not only for her successful films but also for her turbulent personal life. Among the celebrities with whom the actress had affairs were Kiefer Sutherland, Matthew Perry, Liam Neeson, Daniel Day-Lewis and Benjamin Bratt. Roberts' first marriage, to actor and country singer Lyle Lovett, entered into in 1993, lasted less than two years.
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"Ocean's Twelve" is the only sequel in her filmography.
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Julia Roberts is left-handed.
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Julia Roberts has three children from her marriage to Daniel Moder: twins Phinnaeus Walter Moder and Hazel Patricia Moder (11/28/04), as well as Henry Daniel Moder (06/18/07).
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In New York, Roberts, in addition to acting lessons, worked on training her pronunciation: a Southern accent was never welcomed in film. But soon she abandoned attending the acting course because she did not find it effective enough.
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From the age of 13, Julie Roberts worked as a waitress in a pizzeria, attended Fitzhugh Lee Elementary School, Griffin Middle School, and Campbell College in Smyrna. Several times she took part in a local beauty contest, but never made it past the final.
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Full name - Julia Fiona Roberts.
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The remains of a 9,000-year-old woman found in Bulgaria in 2004 were named "Julia Roberts" by archaeologists because of her perfectly preserved teeth.
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Julia's father, Walter Grady Roberts, was a waterbed salesman as well as an actor and writer with Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and English roots. Julia's mother, Betty Lou Roberts (Bredemus), worked as a secretary at a church parish and was an actress; she was born in Minneapolis in 1934 and was of Swedish descent.
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In 1971, when Julia turned 4, Betty Lou Roberts filed for divorce.
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After graduating from college in Smyrna, Julia enrolled at Georgia State University and decided to move to New York to live with her sister to try her hand at film. In New York, she signed a contract with the Click modeling agency and began taking acting classes.
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Roberts became the first actress in film history to receive 20 million dollars for a role (for the film Erin Brockovich).
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Julia's parents were in a difficult financial situation at the time she joined the family. Her father owned a small acting school for children in Decatur, Georgia, which was attended by Martin Luther King's children, and when Mrs. Roberts gave birth to her daughter Julie, King, in gratitude for the attention to his children, paid the hospital bill.