Julia Roberts Filmography

Julia Roberts is an American actress and producer who made her debut in the 1987 direct-to-video feature ''Firehouse''. She had her breakthrough the following year by starring in the coming-of-age film ''Mystic Pizza'' (1988). For her supporting role in the comedy-drama ''Steel Magnolias'' (1989), she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Roberts' next role was opposite Richard Gere in the highly successful romantic comedy ''Pretty Woman'' (1990), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Musical or Comedy. In 1991, she appeared in the psychological thriller ''Sleeping with the Enemy'', and played Tinker Bell in the Steven Spielberg-directed fantasy adventure ''Hook''. Two years later, Roberts starred in the legal thriller ''The Pelican Brief'', an adaptation of the John Grisham novel of the same name. During the late 1990s, she played the lead in the romantic comedies ''My Best Friend's Wedding'' (1997), ''Notting Hill'' (1999), and '' Runaway Bride'' (1999).

In 2000, Roberts became the first actress to earn $20 million, for playing the eponymous environmental activist in the Steven Soderbergh-directed biographical film ''Erin Brockovich''. Her performance won her the Academy Award for Best Actress, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Drama. The following year, she starred in the romantic comedy ''America's Sweethearts'' (2001), and reteamed with Soderbergh on the comedy heist remake ''Ocean's Eleven'' (2001). Roberts appeared in the 2003 drama, ''Mona Lisa Smile'', which earned her a then record $25 million salary. The following year, she starred in the romantic drama '' Closer'' (2004), and also reprised her role in the sequel, ''Ocean's Twelve'' (2004). In 2006, she lent her voice to two animated films: ''The Ant Bully'', and ''Charlotte's Web''. Roberts went on to appear in the comedy-dramas '' Charlie Wilson's War'' (2007) and ''Eat Pray Love'' (2010), following which she starred in '' August: Osage County'' (2013), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2016, Roberts played a television producer in the thriller ''Money Monster'' and the following year, she played a mother coping with her son's Treacher Collins syndrome in the comedy-drama ''Wonder''.

Roberts made her television debut in the drama series '' Crime Story'' in 1987. She appeared in the crime drama series ''Miami Vice'', and the television film '' Baja Oklahoma'' (both in 1988). In 1996, Roberts guest starred on the television sitcom ''Friends''. Roberts's guest star appearance on the police procedural/legal drama ''Law & Order'' in 1999 earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. She has, as of 2014, served as an executive producer on four films in the ''American Girl'' film series. The first three were television films while the fourth, '' Kit Kittredge: An American Girl'', had a theatrical release in 2008. In 2014, Roberts provided narration for an episode of the documentary series '' Makers: Women Who Make America'', and appeared in the film ''The Normal Heart''. Her role in the latter earned Roberts a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie.

Film

Television

Theatre

See also

* List of awards and nominations received by Julia Roberts

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