Julia Roberts

Described as

American actress (born 1967)

Other names

Julia Fiona Roberts

Born

October 28, 1967 · 11 references

Born in

Atlanta · 1 reference

Name at birth

Julia Fiona Roberts

Citizen of

United States

Occupation

television actor; film actor · 1 reference; film producer; model; stage actor; voice actor; actor · 2 references

Education

Campbell High School · 1 reference; Georgia State University; Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute · 1 reference; Saint Monica Catholic High School

Awards

Academy Award for Best Actress (2001) · 2 references; Donostia Award (2010); Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture (1990); Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (1991); BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (2001); Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama (2000); Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year (1997); Jupiter Awards; Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres; Honorary César (2025) · 1 reference; Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Spouse

Lyle Lovett (1993–1995); Daniel Moder (2008–)

Children

Hazel Patricia Moder; Phinnaeus Walter Moder; Henry Daniel Moder; Finn Moder · 1 reference

Father

Walter Grady Roberts · 1 reference

Mother

Betty Lou Bredemus · 1 reference

Siblings

Eric Roberts; Lisa Roberts Gillan

Religion

Hinduism; Buddhism

Height

1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

Wikipedias with a page

132

Wikidata item Q40523 (wikidata.org/wiki/Q40523), public domain (CC0). Copied November 13, 2026.

Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress. Known for her leading roles across several genres, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globes. She became known for playing charming and relatable characters in romantic comedies and blockbusters, before expanding into dramas, thrillers, and independent films.
After early breakthroughs in Mystic Pizza (1988) and Steel Magnolias (1989), Roberts cemented herself as a Hollywood leading lady with the romantic comedies Pretty Woman (1990), My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), Notting Hill (1999), and Runaway Bride (1999). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the titular role in the biographical drama Erin Brockovich (2000). Roberts then starred in films such as 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), Leave the World Behind (2023), and After the Hunt (2025). On television, she starred as a physician during the AIDS crisis in the HBO film The Normal Heart (2014), which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, a social worker in the first season of the streaming series Homecoming (2018), and portrayed Martha Mitchell in the Starz political limited series Gaslit (2022).
Roberts runs the production company Red Om Films, through which she has served as an executive producer for various projects she has starred in, as well as for the first four films of the American Girl franchise (2004–2008). She has served 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. People magazine has named her the most beautiful woman in the world a record five times.

Born, in its opening lines

October 28, 1967

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