Biography
American actress, winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting
Actress in "Steel Magnolias," 1989 and a second Golden Globe
Award for Best Actress in "Pretty Woman" in 1990. With Academy
Award nominations for the same roles, she became the highest paid actress
of her generation, earning $12 million per film.
Roberts is one of three children born to vacuum cleaner salesman Walter
Roberts and church secretary and actress Betty Motes. Dad was a onetime
actor and writer who wed Betty in 1955 after touring military bases in
productions of "George Washington Slept Here." While daughter
Julia grew up in Smyrna, Walter and Betty ran a theater school in nearby
Piedmont Park where "by the time I could walk and talk and formulate
my thoughts" she wanted to be an actress, yet her avowed goal in life
was to become a veterinarian. At age four her parents divorced. Julia and
sister Lisa (born 1965) lived with her mom while brother Eric (born 1956)
lived with dad. Home was a battleground and Betty's second husband showed
little affection toward his stepdaughters. Julia sorely missed having a
positive male role model in her life. Five years later, her dad, whom she
loved deeply, died of cancer leaving her clinging to her brother Eric for
male emotional support.
While attending high school, Julia spent much time daydreaming alone in
her room while trying to keep up appearances in the correct designer jeans
and flirting "like Scarlett O'Hara." Immediately after
graduation, at 18 she collected a trust fund of $29,000 and moved out,
joining sister Lisa in New York to launch an acting career. While working
in a shoe store to support herself, she initially had no luck despite her
unceasing efforts. Brother Eric, himself an actor with a role in the film
"Blood Red," persuaded the director to allow Julia to join the
cast in 1986 with a bit part.
In 1988, after dying her hair dark brown, Julia was cast in the film
"Mystic Pizza," followed by "Satisfaction." The
following year she was cast opposite veteran actress Shirley MacLaine,
Sally Field and Darryl Hannah in the film "Steel Magnolias" in a
role which won her critical and popular acclaim, making her an instant
star. "Pretty Woman" followed the next year and Julia, as she
was now known, was an established star. A steady stream of films followed
including, "Flatliners," 1990, "Sleeping With The
Enemy," 1991, "The Pelican Brief," 1993, "Something To
Talk About," 1996, "Conspiracy Theory," 1997 and "My
Best Friend's Wedding," 1997.
Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland were inseparable in 1991 since meeting on
the set of "Flatliners" the previous year. Engaged to be
married, she dumped him at the altar in late 1991, running off with actor
Jason Patric, followed by Liam Neeson and Daniel Day-Lewis. In a sudden
move that surprised everyone, she married 35-year-old country music star
Lyle Lovett on 6/25/1993 in Marion, Indiana. (Lovett was born 11/01/1956,
Klein, Texas.) The marriage ended in divorce on 3/22/1995 though they
remain best friends. Roberts owns a duplex apartment in New York, a house
in Hollywood Hills and a 50-acre retreat near Taos, NM. A hard worker for
charity, Roberts donates much time and resource to UNICEF, traveling to
Haiti and India to promote goodwill and helping children in need.
By 2000, Roberts had apparently overcome former insecurities and was
comfortable with her role as a superstar, getting great reviews for the
newly released "Erin Brockovich" and happily spending time with
her beau, actor Benjamin Bratt. She and Bratt, 32, have been seriously
dating since 1998, a difficult feat when they live on different coasts.
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