Julia Roberts is a well-known former model and current film actress of American origin, famous for having been awarded with the Academy Awards.
His family is made up of his mother Betty Lou Bredemus, an ecclesiastical secretary and real estate salesperson, and her father Walter Grady Roberts, a former vacuum cleaner salesman.
They met when they performed amateur plays, but the relationship did not last long. Even though they divorced in 1971, they had three children, of whom Eric Y Lisa They are older brothers of Julia.
When her mother left, she took her with her to the town of Smyrna, Georgia, where she attended the Fitzhugh Lee Elementary School. Before finishing her primary studies, her mother had married another man and her father had died of cancer.
Upon entering the Griffin Middle School She still had trouble relating to people, so she had a strong dream of becoming a veterinarian. He finished his secondary studies at the Campbell High School and he enrolled in that career in the Georgia State University.
After taking some courses, he realized that he was not entirely satisfied with what he was doing, so he wrote to his sister in New York and she invited her to join him in his search for an acting career.
To her surprise, as soon as she arrived she was hired by the Click Modeling Agency, which made it easier for him to enter show business. Taking acting classes and attending various events, Julia was able to quickly enter the castings of actors.
His debut on television only occurred in 1987, with the low-budget film “Firehouse”. In it he played Babs, which later led to better opportunities such as the series “Miami Vice”.
The following year he continued with other low-cost productions such as the comedy “Mystic Pizza”And little by little she rose to stardom thanks to her wide smile and personal warmth.
In “Satisfaction”, Also from 1988, she played Daryle, while he shared the scene with Trini alvarado and the newcomer Liam Neeson that he did the same with the character Martin Falcon.
Already in 1989 he had his first great recognition by obtaining the Golden Globe for the best supporting actress in “Steel Magnolias”(Steel Magnolias). In it they also acted Dolly parton Y Daryl Hannah, but none received a nomination for Oscar What Julia.
The arrival of the ’90s promised great opportunities for the young actress, starting with “Flatliners”(Deadly line). In this trhiller he accompanied Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin bacon, William baldwin already Oliver Platt while playing with life and death.
Finally, in March of that same year, the film that made her jump to stardom was released: “Pretty woman”. In this romantic comedy he developed the story of a prostitute hired by an important businessman (Richard Gere), in order to accompany you to various events.
Despite being criticized very harshly by conservatives, “Pretty woman”Stands to this day as one of the most popular romantic comedies of all time. With a total of 460 million dollars in profit, Julia she was ready to be the lead actress in countless feature films.
In 1991 Steven Spielberg called her to play Tinker bell in “Hook”. There he had the opportunity to work with Dustin Hoffman Y Robin williams, in addition to Maggie smith and a very small one Gwyneth paltrow.
A little later, it was Joel schumacher who chose her to be the main face of his feature film “Dying Young”(Choose a love). However, that year he succeeded above all with the premiere of the psychological thriller “Sleeping with the Enemy”(Sleeping with his enemy).
In 1992 he accompanied Whoopi goldberg already Fred ward in “The Player”(The Hollywood game), although it only had a small scene in the film. Around this time it was that she decided to settle down, since she had been romantically involved with a large number of celebrities.
Among them were Liam Neeson, Daniel day lewis, Matthew perry Y Kiefer Sutherland. With the latter he got engaged, but broke the engagement when he found out that Sutherland he had been hanging out with a stripper.
On June 27, 1993 he married Lyle lovett, whom he had met three weeks earlier. The marriage lasted until 1995, when they decided to separate and subsequently divorced.
Towards the end of 1993 Julia premiered “The Pelican Brief”(The Pelican Report), having Denzel Washington by co-star. Meanwhile, Stanley tucci, Cynthia nixon Y John lithgow were some of the supporting actors.
The following year he was part of the large number of celebrities who appeared in “Pret a Porter”. Among them were Sophia loren, Marcello mastroianni, Kim basinger, Stephen Rea, Forest whitaker, Danny Aiello, Bjork, Cher, David copperfield, Naomi campbell Y Claudia schiffer.
His next film was “I love trouble“(I like trouble), where he accompanied her Nick nolte, and not long after he released “Something to Talk About”(Something to talk about). In the latter he had in his cast Robert Duvall, Kyra sedgwick already Dennis Quaid.
Continuing his successful career, in 1996 Woody Allen He called her to perform in his musical “Everyone Says I Love You”(Everyone Says I Love You), starring Edward Norton Y drew Barrymore. Natalie Portman Y Goldie hawn they also had small roles in it, playing Laura dandridge already Steffi dandrige respectively.
That same year he also saw her become Kitty Ciernan, sharing the billboard with Liam Neeson, Aidan quinn Y Alan Rickman in “Michael collins“. The deposition of arms by the GO TO It took a little while to release the feature film, which, at the time, was one of the most expensive ever seen in Ireland.
Closing the filming of that year, she was the star of “Mary reilly”, In the film adaptation of the novel of the same name. Its cast was composed of John malkovich, who impersonated the Dr. Henry Jekyll, in addition to Michael Sheen Y Glenn Close.
The beginning of 1997 had her in the credits of “Conspiracy theory”(Conspiracy), next to Mel Gibson, and later in “My Best Friend’s Wedding” (My best friend’s Wedding). For the latter she was nominated for a Golden Globe, competing head to head with Cameron Diaz.
In “Stepmom”(Stay by my side) became the girlfriend of Ed harris, after he divorced Susan Sarandon. Isabel, the character of JuliaShe tries to make the ex-partner’s children love her, but they are too rooted in what her family was.
After almost 10 years of working together, in 1999 he returned to shoot a film with Richard Gere. In this case it was “Runaway Birde”(Runaway bride), in which they also participated Joan Cusack Y Laurie metcalf.
His next rom-com of the year was “Notting hill“, Where being a great movie star she falls madly in love with a simple bookseller played by Hugh grant. Once again, earnings in excess of $ 100 million guaranteed a hit at the box office.
As we enter the new millennium, Julia received the highest recognition in his profession: the Oscar for Best Actress for his performance in “Erin brockovich“, directed by Steven Soderbergh. In addition to this award, he also received the Golden Globe and the BAFTA, both under the same list.
Thanks to the excellent relationship it developed with Soderbergh, he invited her to join the super cast of “Ocean’s eleven”. It was composed of George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Casey affleck, Andy Garcia, Scott caan and a few brief appearances by Topher grace Y Joshua jackson.
Adventure aside, 2001 led to the romantic comedy “America’s Sweetharts” with Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta Jones Y John cusack, accompanied in the background by Seth green Y Stanley tucci.
During the filming of “The Mexican”Met Daniel Moder, whom he married in 2002 and together with whom he has now formed a beautiful family. In this film it was the couple of Brad Pitt, wrapped in a strange mix between action movie, romantic comedy and adventure.
On the last day of 2002 he premiered “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind”(Confessions of a dangerous mind), starring alongside George Clooney Y drew Barrymore. Shortly before he had contributed to the documentary of, his now friend, Steven Soderbergh “Full Frontal”.
Giving an example of her strong personality and her constant fight for women’s rights, Julia starred in “Mona Lisa Smile”(Mona Lisa’s smile), seconded by Kirsten dunst, Julia Stiles, Marcia Gay Harden Y Maggie gyllenhaal.
A year later, in 2004, he returned to the ring in the second installment of the adventures of Danny Ocean “Ocean’s Twelve”. In this case, the leading role fell again on George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Casey affleck, Andy Garcia, Scott caan, adding the face of Catherine Zeta Jones.
Despite the superb success of more than $ 450 million in sales of “Ocean’s Twelve”, Julia was much more recognized by critics in “Closer”. It received awards for the best cast, composed of Jude Law, Natalie Portman Y Clive owen.
After having moved away from the screen of Hollywood, returned in 2007 to star in “Charlie Wilson’s war” next to Tom Hanks Y Philip Seymour Hoffman. Coincidentally, all of them have received an award Oscar for Best Actor in various yearsHanks by “Philadelphia” Y “Forrest Gump” Y Hoffman by “Cloak”).
In 2008 he plans to release “Fireflies in the garden”, A drama that he will share with the Canadian Ryan reynolds, Willem dafoe Y Carrie Anne Moss.