Julia Roberts
Biography
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). Roberts runs the production company Red Om Films, through which she has served as an executive producer for various projects she has starred in, as well as for the first four films of the American Girl franchise (2004–2008). She has served as the global ambassador for Lancôme since 2009. She was the world's highest-paid actress for most of the 1990s and the first half of the 2000s. People magazine has named her the most beautiful woman in the world a record five times. Description above from the Wikipedia article Julia Roberts, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

Law & Order

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Sesame Street

Friends

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Graham Norton Show
All Movies (86)
- Panic Carefully2027
- After the Hunt2025 · as Alma Imhoff
- Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy2025 · as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony2024 · as Self
- Leave the World Behind2023 · as Amanda Sandford
- Tom Hanks: The Nomad2023 · as Self (archive footage)
- Ticket to Paradise2022 · as Georgia Cotton
- Citizen Penn2020 · as Herself
- The Happy Days of Garry Marshall2020 · as Self
- Let's Dance2018 · as Segment: "The Commuter"
- Ben Is Back2018 · as Holly Burns
- Wonder2017 · as Isabel
- Smurfs: The Lost Village2017 · as Smurfwillow (voice)
- Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds2017 · as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
- Money Monster2016 · as Patty Fenn
- Mother's Day2016 · as Miranda Collins
- Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live2015 · as Self - Special Guest
- Secret in Their Eyes2015 · as Jess
- The Normal Heart2014 · as Dr. Emma Brookner
- August: Osage County2013 · as Barbara Weston
- Mirror Mirror2012 · as Evil Queen
- Larry Crowne2011 · as Mercedes Tainot
- Love, Wedding, Marriage2011 · as Ava's Therapist (voice)
- His Way2011 · as Self
- Eat Pray Love2010 · as Elizabeth 'Liz' Gilbert
- Valentine's Day2010 · as Captain Kate Hazeltine
- Duplicity2009 · as Claire Stenwick
- Fireflies in the Garden2008 · as Lisa Waechter
- Charlie Wilson's War2007 · as Joanne Herring
- AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition2007 · as Self
- Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens2007 · as Self
- Charlotte's Web2006 · as Charlotte the Spider (voice)
- The Ant Bully2006 · as Hova (voice)
- Who Needs Sleep?2006 · as Self
- Beslan: Three Days in September2006 · as Narrator (voice)
- Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast2005 · as Self - Presenter
- Ocean's Twelve2004 · as Tess Ocean
- Closer2004 · as Anna
- Tell Them Who You Are2004 · as Self
- Grand Champion2004 · as Jolene
- Mona Lisa Smile2003 · as Katherine Ann Watson
- Law & Order: Corruption Empire2003
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind2002 · as Patricia Watson
- Full Frontal2002 · as Francesca / Catherine
- 'Ocean's Eleven': The Look of the Con2002 · as Self
- Ocean's Eleven2001 · as Tess Ocean
- America | A Tribute to Heroes2001 · as Self
- America's Sweethearts2001 · as Kathleen 'Kiki' Harrison
- The Mexican2001 · as Samantha Barzel
- Wild Horses of Mongolia with Julia Roberts2000 · as Self
- Light Keeps Me Company2000 · as Self
- Erin Brockovich2000 · as Erin Brockovich
- Runaway Bride1999 · as Maggie Carpenter
- Notting Hill1999 · as Anna Scott
- Stepmom1998 · as Isabel Kelly
- Conspiracy Theory1997 · as Alice Sutton
- Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!1997 · as Self
- My Best Friend's Wedding1997 · as Julianne Potter
- Everyone Says I Love You1996 · as Von Sidell
- Michael Collins1996 · as Kitty Kiernan
- Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels1996 · as Self (archive footage)
- Mary Reilly1996 · as Mary Reilly
- Something to Talk About1995 · as Grace King Bichon
- Prêt-à-Porter1994 · as Anne Eisenhower
- I Love Trouble1994 · as Sabrina Peterson
- Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!1994 · as Self (archive footage)
- Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo1994 · as Self
- Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration1993 · as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
- The Pelican Brief1993 · as Darby Shaw
- The Player1992 · as Julia Roberts
- Dying Young1991 · as Hilary O'Neil
- Hook1991 · as Tinkerbell
- Sleeping with the Enemy1991 · as Laura Burney / Sara Walters
- Flatliners1990 · as Rachel Mannus
- Pretty Woman1990 · as Vivian Ward
- Steel Magnolias1989 · as Shelby Eatenton Latcherie
- Blood Red1989 · as Maria Collogero
- Mystic Pizza1988 · as Daisy
- Baja Oklahoma1988 · as Candy Hutchins
- Satisfaction1988 · as Daryle
- Firehouse1987 · as Babs (uncredited)
- Small Great Things—
- Kill Your Darlings— · as Wendy Graves
- Untitled My Best Friend's Wedding Sequel— · as Julianne Potter
- Ocean's Fourteen— · as Tess Ocean
- Home Economics—
All TV Shows (41)
- Variety & CNN Actors on Actors2025 · as Self
- Leonard and Hungry Paul2025 · as Narrator (voice)
- Gaslit2022 · as Martha Mitchell
- The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
- Homecoming2018 · as Heidi Bergman
- Busy Tonight2018 · as Self - Guest
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
- Nature Is Speaking2015 · as Mother Nature
- Schitt's Creek2015 · as Erin Brockovich (voice)
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
- Running Wild with Bear Grylls2014 · as Self
- Trailblazer Honors2014 · as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
- The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
- The Reichen Show2005 · as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
- Movie House2002
- Revealed with Jules Asner2001
- The Entertainment Biz1998 · as Self
- E! True Hollywood Story1996
- Friends1994 · as Susie
- Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
- Pebble Mill1991 · as Self
- Law & Order1990 · as Katrina Ludlow
- Murphy Brown1988
- Comic Relief1988
- Crime Story1986 · as Tracy
- American Masters1986 · as Self
- Miami Vice1984 · as Polly Wheeler
- Nature1982 · as Host
- Late Night with David Letterman1982 · as Self
- Entertainment Tonight1981 · as Self
- Cérémonie des César1976 · as Self - Recipient
- The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973 · as Self
- Sesame Street1969 · as Self
- The Oscars1953 · as Self
- Today1952 · as Self
- Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee / Presenter