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Through The Years With Julia Roberts

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Eric Roberts and Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts was born on October 28th, 1967 in Smyrna, Georgia. When Julia was relatively young, her parents ran an Acting school in downtown Decatur, Georgia that Martin Luther King Jr.'s kids attended on a regular basis! She grew up in a family obsessed with acting! Another famous actor in her family is her brother Eric Roberts who later reunited with her sister, after being estranged for over 30 years, back in 2004. After high school ended, Julia decided to study at Georgia State University before dropping out and moving to New York city to pursue an acting career!

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Julia Roberts

Julia ended up having her first big screen role in the movie Satisfaction alongside Liam Neeson and Justine Bateman back in 1988. This was enough to get her a few different guest roles in a wide variety of shows including Miami Vice, Friends and Law & Order. 

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Julia Roberts

Her very first major success was in the independent film Mystic Pizza (1988). She was also featured in the movie Steel Magnolias (1989) where she played a young bride with diabetes. She was nominated for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting actress for the role.

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Richard Gere and Julia Roberts

1990 was THE year for Julia Roberts! Her role as the above average hooker, with a heart of gold, in Pretty Woman was quirky and romantic enough to propel her to the top almost overnight! She received an Academy Award nomination as well as a Golden Globe as Best Actress. Pretty Woman ended up having the highest ticket sales of all time for a romantic comedy!

RELATED: Richard Gere Through The Years

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Julia Roberts

After Pretty Woman, Roberts began starring in blockbuster after blockbuster including Flatliners (1990), Sleeping With The Enemy (1991), Hook (1991) and My Best Friend's Wedding (1997). This was definitely the peak of Julia's career! She will forever live on in the 90's!

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Julia Roberts

In 2001, Roberts teamed up with the likes of George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon in the rag tag heist comedy Ocean's Eleven. She ended up staring in the film's 1st sequel in Ocean's Twelve in 2004, but sadly, due to script issues she didn't have a role in the film series third installment, Ocean's Thirteen. Not only was Julia Roberts starring in almost every blockbuster of the 90's and early 2000's, she was reported to be one of the highest paid actresses according to The Hollywood Reporter back in 2005.

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Julia Roberts

Our romantic comedy queen starred in both Valentine's Day and Eat Pray Love in 2010. She also took on a new genre of film in 2012 when she starred in the fantasy adventure "Snow White" remake Mirror Mirror. Alongside her normal acting roles, she has also voice acted in movies like Smurfs: The Lost Village. She also starred in the movie Ben Is Back in 2018.

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Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay and Julia Roberts

In 2017, Roberts starred alongside Owen Wilson and Jacob Tremblay in the popular dramedy Wonder.

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Julia Roberts

In 2019, Julia Roberts starred as "Heidi Bergmann" in the Amazon Original hit series 'Homecoming'. Her first appearance in a TV series since a guest spot on 'Law & Order' in 1999. Most recently, you can see the actress in the series 'Gaslit', the 2022 film 'Ticket To Paradise' and the 2023 film 'Leave the World Behind'. She has a couple of movies in the production stage for the next year!

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Julia Roberts

How's Julia's love life, you may ask? Well, over the years she has had relationships with very successful actors including Matt Damon, Kiefer Sutherland, Matthew Perry, Liam Neeson and Dylan McDermott. After a pretty rough time with relationships, she finally ended up settling down with cinematographer Daniel Moder who she met while filming on set for The Mexican. The two got married on July 4, 2002 in Taos, New Mexico. They currently have three beautiful children!

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Sandro Prodanovic / October 28, 2023 - 00:30 pm

From Pretty Woman all the way to Ocean's Eleven, when it comes to Hollywood Blockbusters, Julia Roberts has starred in almost all of them!

Through The Years With Julia Roberts

Julia continues to star in Amazon Prime exclusives like Homecoming on a regular basis! In order to commemorate her long and prosperous career, we've decided to put together a few pictures highlighting some of the greatest moments of her journey. Make sure to check out the gallery for more! 

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