Julia Roberts
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.
Movies (80)
Panic Carefully
2027
After the Hunt
2025
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
2025
2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2024
Leave the World Behind
2023
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
2023
Ticket to Paradise
2022
Citizen Penn
2020
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
2020
Let's Dance
2018
Ben Is Back
2018
Wonder
2017
Smurfs: The Lost Village
2017
Money Monster
2016
Mother's Day
2016
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015
Secret in Their Eyes
2015
The Normal Heart
2014
August: Osage County
2013
Mirror Mirror
2012
Larry Crowne
2011
Love, Wedding, Marriage
2011
His Way
2011
Eat Pray Love
2010
Valentine's Day
2010
Duplicity
2009
Fireflies in the Garden
2008
Charlie Wilson's War
2007
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007
Charlotte's Web
2006
The Ant Bully
2006
Who Needs Sleep?
2006
Beslan: Three Days in September
2006
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005
Ocean's Twelve
2004
Closer
2004
Tell Them Who You Are
2004
Grand Champion
2004
Mona Lisa Smile
2003
Law & Order: Corruption Empire
2003
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2002
Full Frontal
2002
Ocean's Eleven
2001
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
America's Sweethearts
2001
The Mexican
2001
Wild Horses of Mongolia with Julia Roberts
2000
Light Keeps Me Company
2000
Erin Brockovich
2000
Runaway Bride
1999
Notting Hill
1999
Stepmom
1998
Conspiracy Theory
1997
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!
1997
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997
Everyone Says I Love You
1996
Michael Collins
1996
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
Mary Reilly
1996
Something to Talk About
1995
Prêt-à-Porter
1994
I Love Trouble
1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo
1994
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993
The Pelican Brief
1993
The Player
1992
Dying Young
1991
Hook
1991
Sleeping with the Enemy
1991
Flatliners
1990
Pretty Woman
1990
Steel Magnolias
1989
Blood Red
1989
Mystic Pizza
1988
Baja Oklahoma
1988
Satisfaction
1988
Firehouse
1987
Ocean's Fourteen
TV Shows (35)
Leonard and Hungry Paul
2025
Gaslit
2022
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Homecoming
2018
Busy Tonight
2018
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Nature Is Speaking
2015
Schitt's Creek
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014
Trailblazer Honors
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Reichen Show
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Friends
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Law & Order
1990
Murphy Brown
1988
Crime Story
1986
American Masters
1986
Miami Vice
1984
Nature
1982
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Cérémonie des César
1976
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Sesame Street
1969
The Oscars
1953
Today
1952
Golden Globe Awards
1944