Julia Roberts

Actor

Born October 28, 1967 in Smyrna, Georgia, USA

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 Globe Awards. She became known for portraying charming, 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 solidified her status as a leading lady with the romantic comedies Pretty Woman (1990), My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), Notting Hill (1999), and Runaway Bride (1999). Roberts won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the title role in the biographical drama Erin Brockovich (2000). She 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), for which she earned 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).

Filmography

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Panic Carefully

Ocean's Fourteen

Tess Ocean

Variety & CNN Actors on Actors

Self

Leonard and Hungry Paul

Narrator (voice)

After the Hunt

Alma Imhoff

Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy

Self (archive footage)

2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Self

Leave the World Behind

Amanda Sandford

Tom Hanks: The Nomad

Self (archive footage)

Ticket to Paradise

Georgia Cotton

Gaslit

Martha Mitchell

Citizen Penn

Herself

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall

Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Self

Let's Dance

Segment: "The Commuter"

Ben Is Back

Holly Burns

Homecoming

Heidi Bergman

Busy Tonight

Self - Guest

Wonder

Isabel

Smurfs: The Lost Village

Smurfwillow (voice)

Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds

Self (archive footage, uncredited)

Money Monster

Patty Fenn

Mother's Day

Miranda Collins

Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live

Self - Special Guest

Secret in Their Eyes

Jess

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self - Guest

Nature Is Speaking

Mother Nature

Schitt's Creek

Erin Brockovich (voice)

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Self

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

Self

Trailblazer Honors

Self

The Normal Heart

Dr. Emma Brookner

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self - Guest

August: Osage County

Barbara Weston

Jesus Henry Christ

Mirror Mirror

Evil Queen

Larry Crowne

Mercedes Tainot

Love, Wedding, Marriage

Ava's Therapist (voice)

His Way

Self

I'm Still Here

Eat Pray Love

Elizabeth 'Liz' Gilbert

Valentine's Day

Kate Hazeltine

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

Duplicity

Claire Stenwick

Fireflies in the Garden

Lisa Waechter

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl

Charlie Wilson's War

Joanne Herring

AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition

Self

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

Self

The Graham Norton Show

Self

Charlotte's Web

Charlotte the Spider (voice)

The Ant Bully

Hova (voice)

Who Needs Sleep?

Self

Beslan: Three Days in September

Narrator (voice)

Felicity: An American Girl Adventure

The Reichen Show

Self

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

Self - Presenter

Ocean's Twelve

Tess Ocean

Closer

Anna

Tell Them Who You Are

Self

Grand Champion

Jolene

Mona Lisa Smile

Katherine Ann Watson

Law & Order: Corruption Empire

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self - Guest

Queens Supreme

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Patricia Watson

Full Frontal

Francesca / Catherine

Ocean's Eleven

Tess Ocean

America | A Tribute to Heroes

Self

America's Sweethearts

Kathleen 'Kiki' Harrison

The Mexican

Samantha Barzel

Wild Horses of Mongolia with Julia Roberts

Self

Light Keeps Me Company

Self

Erin Brockovich

Runaway Bride

Maggie Carpenter

Notting Hill

Anna Scott

Stepmom

Isabel Kelly

Conspiracy Theory

Alice Sutton

Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!

Self

My Best Friend's Wedding

Julianne Potter

Everyone Says I Love You

Von Sidell

Michael Collins

Kitty Kiernan

E! True Hollywood Story

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

Self (archive footage)

Mary Reilly

Dead Man Walking

Something to Talk About

Grace King Bichon

Prêt-à-Porter

Anne Eisenhower

Friends

Susie

Inside the Actors Studio

Self

I Love Trouble

Sabrina Peterson

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

Self (archive footage)

Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo

Self

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")

The Pelican Brief

Darby Shaw

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Player

Julia Roberts

Dying Young

Hilary O'Neil

Hook

Tinkerbell

Sleeping with the Enemy

Laura Burney / Sara Walters

Law & Order

Katrina Ludlow

Flatliners

Rachel Mannus

Pretty Woman

Vivian Ward

Steel Magnolias

Shelby Eatenton Latcherie

Blood Red

Maria Collogero

Murphy Brown

Mystic Pizza

Daisy

Baja Oklahoma

Candy Hutchins

Satisfaction

Daryle

Firehouse

Babs (uncredited)

Crime Story

Tracy

American Masters

Self

Miami Vice

Polly Wheeler

Nature

Host

Late Night with David Letterman

Self

Entertainment Tonight

Self

Cérémonie des César

Self - Recipient

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Self

Sesame Street

Self

The Oscars

Self

Today

Self

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Nominee / Presenter