Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts (born Julie Fiona Roberts on October 28, 1967) is an Academy Award-winning American actress.

Roberts shot to fame during the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy Pretty Woman opposite Richard Gere. Since then, Roberts has gone on to become the second highest-paid actress in the world (the first being Reese Witherspoon as of 2006). Her impressive film career has also given her the title of most bankable actress in Hollywood, with box office receipts well over two billion dollars on the strength of numerous blockbusters such as Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, and Ocean's Eleven. She won the Best Actress Academy Award in 2000 for her critically praised turn as the title character in Erin Brockovich after two previous nominations during the 1990s.

She was also placed at the pinnacle of the Ulmer Scale, a comprehensive guide to the global star power of actors and directors in independent and studio films created by James Ulmer (journalist), ahead of such other lumi...[read more about Julia Roberts's biography]

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