The Julia Roberts Handbook - Everything you need to know about Julia Roberts

Ellen Woolsey

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Julia Roberts Fan this is your ultimate resource for the talented Julia Roberts. Here you'll find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about her Early life, Career, Personal life, and Filmography right away: Blood Red, Mystic Pizza, Satisfaction (film), Steel Magnolias, Flatliners, Pretty Woman, Hook (film), Dying Young, Sleeping with the Enemy (1991 film), The Player, The Pelican Brief (film), Prêt-à-Porter (film), I Love Trouble, Something to Talk About (film), Everyone Says I Love You, Michael Collins (film), Mary Reilly (film), Conspiracy Theory (film), My Best Friend's Wedding, Stepmom (film), Runaway Bride (1999), Notting Hill (film), Erin Brockovich (film), Ocean's Eleven (2001 film), America's Sweethearts, The Mexican, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Grand Champion, Full Frontal (film), Mona Lisa Smile, Ocean's Twelve, Closer (film), Charlotte's Web (2006 film), The Ant Bully (film), Charlie Wilson's War, Fireflies in the Garden, Duplicity (film), Valentine's Day (film), Eat Pray Love, Larry Crowne, Crime Story (TV series), Miami Vice, List of Friends episodes, Empire (Law & Order episode), Hope For Haiti Now

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• Performing Arts
• Biography
• Entertainment
• Autobiography

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781486433483
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

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Julia Roberts

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Contents Articles Julia Roberts Blood Red Mystic Pizza Satisfaction (film) Steel Magnolias Flatliners Pretty Woman Hook (film) Dying Young Sleeping with the Enemy (1991 film) The Player The Pelican Brief (film) Prêt-à-Porter (film) I Love Trouble Something to Talk About (film) Everyone Says I Love You Michael Collins (film) Mary Reilly (film) Conspiracy Theory (film) My Best Friend's Wedding Stepmom (film) Runaway Bride (1999) Notting Hill (film) Erin Brockovich (film) Ocean's Eleven (2001 film) America's Sweethearts The Mexican Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Grand Champion Full Frontal (film) Mona Lisa Smile Ocean's Twelve Closer (film) Charlotte's Web (2006 film)

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The Ant Bully (film) Charlie Wilson's War Fireflies in the Garden Duplicity (film) Valentine's Day (film) Eat Pray Love Larry Crowne Crime Story (TV series) Miami Vice Articles Julia Roberts Blood Red Mystic Pizza Satisfaction (film) Steel Magnolias Flatliners Pretty Woman Hook (film) Dying Young Sleeping with the Enemy (1991 film) The Player The Pelican Brief (film) Prêt-à-Porter (film) I Love Trouble Something to Talk About (film) Everyone Says I Love You Michael Collins (film) Mary Reilly (film) Conspiracy Theory (film) My Best Friend's Wedding Stepmom (film) Runaway Bride (1999) Notting Hill (film) Erin Brockovich (film) Ocean's Eleven (2001 film) America's Sweethearts The Mexican

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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Grand Champion Full Frontal (film) Mona Lisa Smile Ocean's Twelve Closer (film) Charlotte's Web (2006 film) The Ant Bully (film) Charlie Wilson's War Fireflies in the Garden Duplicity (film) Valentine's Day (film) Eat Pray Love Larry Crowne Crime Story (TV series) Miami Vice List of Friends episodes Empire (Law & Order episode) Hope For Haiti Now References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors Article Licenses License

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Julia Roberts Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts

Roberts in 2002 Born Julia Fiona Roberts October 28, 1967 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Occupation Actress Years active 1987 – present Spouse(s)Lyle Lovett (1993 – 1995) (divorced) Daniel Moder (2002 – present) 2 sons, 1 daughter

Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress. She became a Hollywood star after headlining the 1990 romantic comedyPretty Woman, which grossed $464 million worldwide. After receiving Academy Award nominations forSteel Magnoliasin 1990 andPretty Womanin 1991, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2001 for her performance inErin Brockovich. Her films, which also include romantic comedies such asMy Best Friend's Wedding,Mystic Pizza,Notting Hill,Runaway Bride,Valentine's Dayand crime films such asThe Pelican BriefandOcean's ElevenandTwelvehave collectively brought box office receipts of over $2.4 billion, making her [1] one of the most successful actors in terms of box office receipts. Roberts had become one of the highest-paid actresses in the world, topping theHollywood Reporter's annual "power list" of top-earning female stars from 2002 to 2006. Her fee for 1990'sPretty Womanwas $300,000; in 2003, she was paid an unprecedented $25 million for her role inMona Lisa Smile. As of 2007, Roberts's net worth was [2] estimated to be $140 million. Roberts was the first actress to appear on the cover ofVogue. She has been named one ofPeoplemagazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" eleven times, tied with Halle Berry. In 2001Ladies Home Journalranked her as the 11th most powerful woman in America, ahead of then national security advisor Condoleezza Rice and first [3] lady Laura Bush. Roberts has a production company called Red Om Films, formerly Shoelace Productions ("Moder" spelled backwards, after her husband's last name).

Early life Roberts was born in Atlanta, Georgia at Crawford Long Hospital (now Emory University Hospital Midtown), the [4] [5] [6] daughter of Betty Lou (née Bredemus) and Walter Grady Roberts. Her parents were Baptist and Catholic. Her older brother, Eric Roberts (from whom she was once estranged, but reconciled with in 2004), and sister, Lisa Roberts Gillan, are also actors. Roberts' parents, one-time actors and playwrights, met while performing theatrical productions for the armed forces and later co-founded the Atlanta Actors and Writers Workshop in Atlanta, Georgia,

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Julia Roberts off Juniper Street in Midtown. While her mother was pregnant with Roberts, she and her husband ran an acting school for children in Decatur, Georgia. The children of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King attended the [7] school. As a thank-you for their service, Mrs. King paid the hospital bill when Roberts' mother gave birth to Julia. [8] Roberts' mother filed for divorce in 1971, with the divorce being finalized early in 1972. The family moved to Smyrna, Georgia (a suburb of Atlanta) in 1972, where Roberts attended Fitzhugh Lee Elementary School, Griffin [9] Middle School and Campbell High School. Her mother re-married to Michael Motes and had another daughter, Nancy Motes, who was born in 1976. Roberts' father died of cancer when she was ten. In school, Roberts played clarinet in the band. She wanted to be a veterinarian as a child, but soon after graduating from Smyrna's Campbell High School, she headed to New York to join her brother and sister Lisa Roberts Gillan and 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" was already registered with the Screen Actors Guild. Her niece Emma Roberts, whom Julia used to take to movie sets when she was a young girl, has joined her father and aunts in the acting business. Career 1986 – 1989 Roberts made her first big screen appearance in the filmSatisfactionwhich was released on February 12, 1988. She had previously performed a small role opposite her brother, Eric, inBlood Red(she has just two words of dialogue), which, although filmed in 1987 was not released until 1989. Her first television appearance was as a juvenile rape victim in the initial season of the seriesCrime Storywith Dennis Farina, in the episode titled "The Survivor", broadcast on February 13, 1987. Her first critical success with moviegoers was her performance in the independent filmMystic Pizzain 1988; that same year, she had a role in the fourth season finale ofMiami Vice. The following year, she was featured inSteel Magnoliasas a young bride with diabetes and got her first Academy Award nomination (as Best Supporting Actress) for her performance. 1990 – 2000 Roberts became known to worldwide audiences when she co-starred with Richard Gere in the Cinderella/Pygmalionesque storyPretty Womanin 1990. Roberts won the role after the first three choices for the part, Molly Ringwald, Meg Ryan and Daryl Hannah (her co-star in Steel Magnolias), all turned it down. The role also earned her a second Oscar nod, this time as Best Actress. Her next box office success was the thrillerSleeping with the Enemy, playing a battered wife who escapes her demented husband, Patrick Bergin, and begins a new life in Iowa. She played Tinkerbell in Steven Spielberg'sHookin 1991, and also played a nurse in the 1991 filmDying Young. This work was Roberts in 1990 followed by a two-year hiatus, during which she made no films other than a cameo appearance in Robert Altman'sThe Player(1992). In early 1993, she was the subject of aPeoplemagazine cover story asking, "What Happened to Julia Roberts?" In 1993, she co-starred with Denzel Washington in the successfulThe Pelican Brief, based on the John Grisham novel. She also starred alongside Liam Neeson in the 1996 filmMichael Collins. In 1995 she appeared in season 2 of Friends"The One After the Superbowl"). Over the next few years, she starred in a series of films that(episode 13 were critical and commercial failures, such as Stephen Frears'Mary Reilly(1996). Roberts overcame these failures with the commercial and critical success ofMy Best Friend's Weddingin 1997. In 1998 she appeared onSesame

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Julia Roberts Streetopposite the character Elmo, demonstrating her ability to change emotions. She starred with Hugh Grant in the 1999 filmNotting Hill. That same year, she also starred inRunaway Bride, her second film with Richard Gere. Roberts was a guest star on theLaw & Ordertelevision series episode "Empire" with series regular Benjamin Bratt (at that time her boyfriend). Also in 1999, she starred in the critically panned filmStepmomalongside Susan [10] Sarandon. 2001 – 2005 In 2001, Roberts received the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Erin Brockovich, who helped wage a successful lawsuit against energy giant Pacific Gas & Electric. While presenting the Best Actor Award to Denzel Washington the following year, she made a gaffe, saying she was glad that Tom Conti wasn't there. She meant the conductor Bill Conti, who had tried to hasten the conclusion of her Oscar speech the previous year, but instead named the Scottish [11] actor. Roberts would team up withErin Brockovichdirector Steven Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy Soderbergh for three more films:Ocean's Eleven(2001),Full Frontal García, Roberts, cast ofOcean's Elevenalong (2002), andOcean's Twelve(2004). Later in 2001, she starred in the with director Steven Soderbergh in December road gangster comedyThe Mexicangiving her a chance to work with 2001. longtime friend Brad Pitt. In 2005, she was featured in the music video for the hit single "Dreamgirl" by the Dave Matthews Band. 2006 – present Roberts had two films released in 2006,The Ant BullyandCharlotte's Web. Both films were animated features for which she provided voice acting. Her next film wasCharlie Wilson's War, with Tom Hanks and Philip Seymour Hoffman, directed by Mike Nichols and based on the book by former CBS journalist George Crile; it was released on December 21, 2007.Fireflies in the Garden, also starring Ryan Reynolds and Willem Dafoe, was released at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2008.

Roberts made her Broadway debut on April 19, 2006 as Nan in a revival of Richard Greenberg's 1997 playThree Days of Rainopposite Bradley Cooper and Paul Rudd. Although the play grossed nearly US$1 million dollars in [12] ticket sales during its first week and was a commercial success throughout its limited run, her performance drew criticism.New York Times' critic Ben Brantly described her as being fraught with "self-consciousness (especially in [13] the first act) [and] only glancingly acquainted with the two characters she plays." Brantley also criticized the production of "Greenberg's slender, elegant play," writing that ― it's almost impossible to discern its artistic virtues [13] from this wooden and splintered interpretation, directed by Joe Mantello."Three Days of Rainreceived two Tony Award nominations in stage design categories. In 2009 Lancôme announced that Julia Roberts will become their [14] global ambassador for their company. Roberts starred with Clive Owen in the comedy-thrillerDuplicityfor which she received her seventh Golden Globe nomination. In 2010, she appeared in the ensemble romantic comedy Valentine's Day, with Bradley Cooper, and starred in the film adaptation ofEat Pray Love. Julia Roberts embraced Hinduism in August, 2010.Eat Pray Lovehad the highest debut at the box office for Roberts in a top-billed role [15] sinceAmerica's Sweethearts.

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Julia Roberts American Girl films Roberts has brought to life some of the books fromAmerican Girlas films, serving as executive producer alongside her sister Lisa. The company's product lines and services are focused on pre-teen-girl characters from various periods of American history, embodied as dolls and featured in narratives including books and movies. Roberts has produced [16] four movies. Personal life Relationships Roberts's personal life has often been in the spotlight. She has had widely reported romantic relationships with numerous famous men, including Liam Neeson, Dylan McDermott, Kiefer Sutherland, Lyle Lovett, Matthew Perry, and Benjamin Bratt. She was briefly engaged to McDermott, herSteel Magnoliasco-star. She met Sutherland in 1990, when he was her co-star inFlatliners. In August 1990, Roberts and Sutherland announced their engagement, with an elaborate studio-planned wedding scheduled for June 14, 1991. Roberts broke the engagement three days [17] before the wedding. Roberts subsequently went to Ireland with Jason Patric, a friend of Sutherland's. On June 27, 1993, she married country singer Lyle Lovett. The wedding took place at St. James Lutheran Church in Marion, [18] Indiana, near where Lovett was appearing on tour with his band. In March 1995, the couple separated, and [19] subsequently divorced. In 1998, Roberts began datingLaw & Orderstar Benjamin Bratt, and he was her escort for the March 25, 2001 Academy Awards ceremony at which she won her Oscar. Three months later, in June 2001, Roberts and Bratt announced that they were no longer a couple. "It's come to a kind and tenderhearted end," she said of their [20] relationship. Roberts met her current husband, cameraman Daniel Moder, on the set of her movieThe Mexicanin 2001. At the time, Moder was married to Vera Steimberg Moder. He filed for divorce a little over a year later, and after it was [21] finalized, he and Roberts wed on July 4, 2002, at her ranch in Taos, New Mexico. On November 28, 2004, they became the parents of fraternal twins, daughter Hazel Patricia and son Phinnaeus "Finn" Walter. Their third child, [22] son Henry Daniel Moder, was born on June 18, 2007, in Los Angeles. Beliefs [23] [24] [25] Roberts disclosed in an 2010 interview forEllemagazine that she is practicing Hinduism. Julia Roberts is [26] a devotee of Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaj-ji). A picture of Neem Karoli Baba drew Roberts to Hinduism Charities Roberts has given her time and resources to UNICEF as well as to other charitable organizations. On May 10, 1995, [27] [28] Roberts arrived in Port-au-Prince, as she said, "to educate myself". The poverty she found was overwhelming. [27] "My heart is just bursting", she said. UNICEF officials hoped that her six-day visit would trigger an outburst of [27] [28] giving: $10 million in aid was sought at the time. In 2000, Roberts narratedSilent Angels, a documentary about Rett syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder, which was shot in Los Angeles, Baltimore and New York. The documentary was designed to help raise public awareness about the disease. In July 2006, Earth Biofuels announced Roberts as a spokeswoman for the company and as chair of the company's newly formed Advisory Board promoting the use of renewable fuels.

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Julia Roberts Filmography

Year Title 1987Firehouse 1988Blood Red 1988Mystic Pizza

1988Satisfaction 1989Steel Magnolias

1990Flatliners 1990Pretty Woman

1991Hook 1991Dying Young

1991Sleeping with the Enemy

1992The Player 1993The Pelican Brief 1994Prêt-à-Porter

1994I Love Trouble 1995Something to Talk About 1996Everyone Says I Love You 1996Michael Collins 1996Mary Reilly 1997Conspiracy Theory 1997My Best Friend's Wedding

1998Stepmom

1999Runaway Bride

Role Babs Maria Collogero Daisy Arujo

Daryle

Shelby Eatenton Latcherie Rachel Mannus Vivian Ward

Tinkerbell

Hilary O'Neil

Sara Waters/Laura Burney

Darby Shaw

Anne Eisenhower

Sabrina Peterson Grace King Bichon Von Sidell Kitty Kiernan Mary Reilly Alice Sutton Julianne Potter

Isabel Kelly

Maggie Carpenter

Film

Notes

Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Also known asGirls of Summer

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress– Motion Picture Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress

Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Actress–Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated—Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress

Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Female Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress

Cameo Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance

Also known asReady to Wear National Board of Review Award for Best Cast Nominated—Razzie Award for Worst Actress Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress– Suspense

Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress–Nominated Comedy — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress–MotionPicture Musical or Comedy Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance

Nominated—Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actress Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress– Drama

Nominated—Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actress) Also forNotting Hill) Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress– Comedy/Romance Nominated—Csapnivalo Award for Best Female Performance Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance

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