Julia Roberts

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Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress. She became a Hollywood star after headlining the romantic comedy Pretty Woman (1990).

wanted to be a veterinarian as a child. She played clarinet in the band in school. After graduating from Smyrna's Campbell High School, she headed to to pursue a career in acting. Once there, she signed with the Click Modeling Agency and enrolled in acting classes. She reverted to her original name, “Julia Roberts”, when she discovered that a “Julie Roberts” already was registered with the Screen Actors Guild.

Julia Roberts disclosed in a 2010 interview for Elle magazine that she believes in and practices Hinduism. Julia Roberts is a devotee of Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaj-ji).

Julia Roberts disclosed in a 2010 interview for Elle magazine that she believes in and practices Hinduism. Julia Roberts is a devotee of Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaj-ji).

Julia Roberts had become one of the highest-paid actresses in the world, topping the Hollywood Reporter's annual “power list” of top-earning female stars from 2005 to 2006. Her fee for 1990's Pretty Woman was $300,000; in 2003, she was paid an unprecedented $25 million for her role in Mona Lisa Smile (2003). As of 2010, Roberts's net worth was estimated to be $140 million.

Julia Roberts has been named one of People magazine's “50 Most Beautiful People in the World” eleven times, tied with . In 2001, Ladies Home Journal ranked her as the 11th most powerful woman in America, ahead of then national security advisor Condoleezza Rice and former first lady Laura Bush. Roberts has a production company called .

Julia Roberts Filmography

2023 Leave the World Behind
2022 Ticket to Paradise
2018 Ben Is Back
2017 Wonder
2017 Smurfs: The Lost Village
2016 Mother's Day
2016 Mother's Day
2016 Mother's Day
2016
2015
2014 The Normal Heart
2013 August: Osage County
2012 Mirror, Mirror
2011
2011 Love, Wedding, Marriage
2010
2010 Valentine's Day
2009 Duplicity
2008 Fireflies in the Garden
2007 Charlie Wilson's War
2006 Charlotte's Web(voice)
2006 The Ant Bully(voice)
2004 Ocean's Twelve
2004 Closer
2003 Mona Lisa Smile
2002 Full Frontal
2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2002 Grand Champion
2001 Ocean's Eleven
2001 America's Sweethearts
2001 The Mexican
2000 Erin Brockovich
1999 Runaway Bride
1999 Notting Hill
1998 Stepmom
1997 Conspiracy Theory
1997 My Best Friend's Wedding
1996 Everyone Says I Love You
1996 Michael Collins
1996 Mary Reilly
1995 Something to Talk About 1994 Prêt-à-Porter: Ready to Wear
1994 I Love Trouble
1993 The Pelican Brief
1991 Hook
1991 Dying Young
1991 Sleeping with the Enemy
1990 Flatliners
1990 Pretty Woman
1989 Steel Magnolias
1989 Blood Red
1988 Mystic Pizza
1988 Baja Oklahoma
1988 Girls of Summer
1987 Firehouse (uncredited)

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