 Birth
Name: Julia Fiona Roberts
Birth Place: Smyrna, Ga.
Birth Date: October 28, 1967
Height: 5' 9"
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio (Sun)
Occupations: Actor, Model, Producer
Education: High school (Campbell HS)
Father: Walter Roberts (Rob Roberts),
Mother: Betty Lou Roberts
Brother: Eric Roberts
Sister: Lisa Roberts
Dated: Benjamin Bratt, Matthew Perry, Daniel
Day-Lewis, Lyle Lovett. Kiefer Sutherland, Jason
Patric
People magazine: '50 Most Beautiful' (2000)
Claim to fame: Vivian Ward in Pretty Woman
(1990)
Born October 28, 1967 in Smyrna, Georgia, Roberts
grew up hanging around the theatre people who
attended her parents' Actors and Writers Workshop
in their Atlanta home. Both she and her brother
Eric Roberts were interested in acting and it
was Eric who led the way, breaking into film in
1978 when Julia was eleven.
Roberts moved to New York after high school, but
despite landing an agent, did not find film work
right away. She made her film debut playing a
supporting role opposite her brother in Blood
Red, which, although completed in 1986, was not
released until 1989. Roberts appeared in a couple
of made-for-TV movies and one low-budget feature,
Firehouse (1987), before getting her first real
break in the made-for-cable drama Satisfaction
(1988). This led to a large supporting role in
Mystic Pizza (1989), co-starring Lili Taylor and
Annabeth Gish.
Roberts' portrayal of a strong-headed pizza parlour
waitress who seduces a wealthy preppie earned
her acclaim, and led to her role in 1989's Steel
Magnolias. As the doomed Shelby, Roberts played
opposite Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine and Dolly
Parton and earned an Oscar nomination for her
portrayal. (Full Bio....)
Filmography
Ocean's Eleven (2001) .... Tess Ocean
America's Sweethearts (2001) .... Kiki Harrison
Mexican, The (2001) .... Samantha Barzel
Erin Brockovich (2000) .... Erin Brockovich
Runaway Bride (1999) .... Maggie Carpenter
Notting Hill (1999) .... Anna Scott
Stepmom (1998) .... Isabel Kelly
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) .... Julianne
'Jules' Potter
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) .... Sara Waters/Laura
Burney
Pretty Woman (1990) .... Vivian 'Viv' Ward
Steel Magnolias (1989) .... Shelby Eatenton Latcherie
Mystic Pizza (1988) .... Daisy Arujo
Articles & Interviews
People "2002 Most Beautiful People"
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