A Brief Introduction to Julia Roberts in English

Julia Roberts was born on 19671October 28th, and her original name was Julie Fiona Roberts. As an Oscar-winning American actress and former fashion model, she became famous in the early 1990s by starring in the romantic comedy Pretty Woman and richard gere. Since then, Roberts has become the highest-paid actress in the world, ranking first in the annual list of highest-paid female stars by Hollywood Reporter for the second year in a row.

This proves that even though she took a year off for personal reasons and hasn't appeared on the screen since Ocean's Twelve in 2004, Roberts is still attractive to maintain her status as the queen of Hollywood. Her impressive film career also earned her the title of the highest-grossing actress in Hollywood, with the box office receipts of many blockbusters such as Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride and Ocean's Eleven far exceeding 2 billion dollars. After being nominated twice in the11990s, she won the best actress Oscar in 2006 for her leading role in erin brockovich. Because of her reputation and healthy image, she is often called "American sweetheart"

She was also placed at the peak of Ulmer Scale, a comprehensive guide to the global star influence of actors and directors in James Ulmer's independent films and studio films, ahead of other celebrities such as Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks. To some extent, this is because she can attract fans, just because her name appears on the title of the film without the support of the actor, which other actresses can rarely do.

Roberts was the first of two actresses (the other is cameron diaz) to join the coveted "20 million dollar club", when she signed up for erin brockovich. Roberts earned an unprecedented $25 million for his role in Mona Lisa's Smile in 2003. As of 2005, Roberts' net worth exceeded $250 million. She is also the first actress to appear on the cover of Vogue and the first woman to appear on the cover of GQ.

Early life

Julia Roberts was born in Smyrna, Georgia. Her father, Walter Grady Roberts, is an actor and writer. His father is of Irish, Scottish and Welsh descent, and his mother is of English-Scottish descent. Betty Lou Bredemus, Roberts' mother, is a church secretary and actress. 1934 was born in Minneapolis. She is the daughter of footballers Wendell John Bredemus (whose mother was born in Sweden) and Elizabeth Ellen Billingsley.

When Mrs Roberts was pregnant with Julie, she and her husband started a children's acting school in Decatur, Georgia. The children of Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King go to this school. To thank them for their service, when Mrs Roberts gave birth to Julie, Mrs King paid for the hospital.

Roberts' parents divorced when she was four years old, and her mother remarried. When Roberts was nine years old, her father died of cancer. Her estranged brother eric roberts is also an actress, and her niece Emma Roberts is also an actress. When she was young, she often took her to the set.

Roberts wanted to be a veterinarian when she was a child, but soon after graduating from Campbell High School in Smyrna, she entered Georgia State University and went to new york to reunite with her sister, and started her acting career. As soon as she got there, she signed a contract with Click Model Agency and signed up for an acting class. She changed her name to "Julia Roberts" when she found that a "Julie Roberts" had been registered with the Actors Guild of America.

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Julia Roberts made her first movie appearance opposite her brother Eric in Blood Red (she only had two lines). Although the movie was finished in 1986, it was not released until 1989. She once played opposite the character Elmo in Sesame Street, showing her ability to change her mood.

Roberts first caught the attention of movie audiences in 1988 for her performance in the independent film Mysterious Pizza. The following year, she played a young bride fighting diabetes in Mulan, and won her first Oscar nomination (Best Supporting Actress Award) for her performance. When she co-starred with richard gere in 1990' s Cinderella story "Beautiful Woman", she shot to fame.

This role also earned her a second Oscar nomination, this time for best actress. Her next box office success is the thriller Sleeping with the Enemy, in which she plays a battered wife who runs away from her insane husband and starts a new life in Iowa. She played the role of Tinker Bell in Steven Allan Spielberg's The Hook in 1996 5438+0. In the next two years, she didn't play any role except a guest role in robert altman's The Player (1992). At the beginning of 1993, she was the subject of a cover story of People magazine, which asked, "What happened to Julia Roberts?"

Later that year, she starred in the movie michaeljohn collins with liam neeson, and collaborated with Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. on the successful Pelican Summary based on john grisham's novel. In the next few years, she starred in a series of critical and commercially failed films, mainly because her role was far from her film role. She broke her losing streak with the popular comedy My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), and finally recovered her earlier reputation as an actress who could open a movie and ensure box office success. She also starred in the popular 1999 film Notting Hill with hugh grant.

In 200 1, she won critical acclaim, and finally won the Oscar for best actress for playing Erin Brockovich. She helped bring a successful lawsuit against the energy giant Pacific Gas Company. Electric. Her acceptance speech is one of the longest speeches in Oscar history and has become the material of late-night comedians. At the same time, Roberts' award caused an uproar in the film industry, because she beat ellen burstyn's role as Sarah goldfarb in Requiem for a Dream. Roberts' victory over Burstyn is often cited as an example of Oscar's tendency to award popularity rather than artistic value. Later, Roberts collaborated with erin brockovich director Steven Soderbergh in three films: Ocean's Eleven, Naked Front and Twelve Ocean's Arhats.

Roberts recently made his Broadway debut at Bernard Jacobs Theatre, playing Nan in It's Rain for Three Days, opposite bradley cooper and TV star Paul Rudd. Although the first week of the play's release earned nearly one million dollars at the box office, and it continued to be a commercial success in a limited time, most critics severely criticized Roberts' performance and the play itself. Even The New York Times critic Ben Brantley, a self-proclaimed "Julia fan", described her as full of "self-awareness (especially in the first act) [and] only a cursory understanding of her two roles." Three Days of Rain was nominated for two Tony Awards for stage design, but neither of them was taken home. However, Julia Roberts won the Broadway.com Audience Award (a small drama award) for her performance.

By the end of 2006 1 month, Roberts' films had grossed $2.09 billion in the United States, making her the largest female movie star in history.

Roberts' personal life is often in the spotlight, which is reflected in her Notting Hill, a romantic comedy about a famous actress who falls in love with the bookstore owner played by hugh grant. Her character Anna Scott is said to be based on Roberts herself. (In one scene, when asked how much he was paid to appear in a movie, Scott replied "15 million dollars"-that's exactly what Roberts was paid to appear in this movie. )

Roberts and actor kiefer sutherland are engaged. They met on the set of Flatliners, but broke up a few days before the wedding. After Roberts and Sutherland broke up, she went to Europe with jason patric. Shortly after meeting Lyle lovett, a country and western singer, she eloped with him. The ceremony was remarkable because she was barefoot. They divorced in 65 438+0995 because of their respective career needs, but they are still friends. Roberts also briefly dated matthew perry, the star of Friends, and Daniel Day Lewis, the actor. At one time, she lived with the actress liam neeson, and she dated Benjamin Bratt from 1998 to 200 1.

In 2000, Roberts met her husband, photographer Daniel Maud, on the set of the film Mexicans. He has married Vera Steinberg Maud, but they finally divorced. Roberts and Maud got married on July 4th, 2002 at her farm in Taos, New Mexico. On August 28th, 2004, they became the parents of their twin daughter hazel Patricia and their son finis Walter.

Roberts bought a penthouse near Gramercy Park in Manhattan. It is reported that she likes to shop anonymously and buys her own organic vegetables at the market near Union Square on weekends. She and her family spend their time between their home in new york City and Malibu, California, and their 50-acre resort in Taos.

It is reported that she is a fan of the long-running soap opera Days of Our Lives. She likes knitting and often knits between films.

Roberts has a production company called Red Om Films ("Moder" is spelled backwards; Formerly known as "shoelace making"), and provided her time and resources to UNICEF and other charitable organizations. She has been to Haiti, India and other countries to promote peace, goodwill and help others in need. In July, 2006, Earth Biofuel Company announced that Roberts would be its spokesperson and would chair its newly established advisory committee to promote the use of renewable fuels such as biodiesel and ethanol.

She was named one of the "50 most beautiful people in the world" by People magazine for ten times, setting a record. She maintained a close friendship with actress and activist Susan Sarandon.

Full film catalogue

Annual film role notes

2006 Charlie Wilson's War Joanne Herring's Pre-production

Charlotte's web, Charlotte's voice

The voice of ant bully Hova

2004 Ocean's Twelve Tess Orson/herself

Close to Anna Cameron

Mona Lisa's Smile in 2003 Catherine An Watson

2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Patricia Watson

Full-face nude Catherine/Francesca

200 1 11 ocean of arhat Tess

American couple Katherine "Kiki" Harrison

Mexican Samantha barzel

In 2000, erin brockovich won the Oscar for Best Actress.

1999 runaway bride Maggie carpenter

Anna Scott, Notting Hill

Stepmother Isabel Kelly

1997 conspiracy theory Alice Sutton

My best friend's wedding Julianne Porter

Everyone says I love you von Siedle.

Michael collins Katie kiernan

Mary Riley. Mary Riley

1995 something about grace king bichon

1994 ready-to-wear Anne Eisenhower

I like to trouble Sabrina Peterson.

The pelican reports to Darby Shaw

The player made a guest appearance.

199 1 Hook Tinker Bell

Dying young Hillary O 'Neill

Sleeping with the Enemy Sarah Waters/Laura Bernie

Rachel manus

Beautiful woman Vivian Ward

1989 steel magnolia Shelby Eatenton Latcherie

Blood-red Maria Colojero

Mysterious pizza Daisy Arujo

Lower Oklahoma Candy hutchins TV

Satisfaction, also known as summer Darryl girl

1987 fire station Babs

[Editor] Awards

1990: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Comedy/Musical Pretty Woman

199 1: the best female star of the year

199 1: People's Choice Award for Most Popular Film Actress

1992: People's Choice Award for the most popular comedy film actress and the most popular drama film actress

1994: Best Actor Award, National Review Committee, USA

1994: the most popular drama actress award.

1997: women's hasty pudding performance of the year

1998: Blockbluster Entertainment Award for the most popular actress-comedy My Best Friend's Wedding and the most popular actress-suspense conspiracy theory

1998: Best International Star Award of the Year

1998: People's Choice Award for the most popular movie actress

1999: Blockbluster Entertainment Award, the most popular actress-drama stepmother

2000: People's Choice Award for the Most Popular Film Actress

200 1: People's Choice Award for Most Popular Film Actress

200 1: honorary award of American film museum

200 1: Oscar Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, National Review Committee Award, Critics' Choice Award, Blockbuster Entertainment Award, London Film Critics Circle Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, MTV Film Award, San Diego Film Critics Association Award, teen choice awards and screen actors guild awards Best Actress erin brockovich.

2002: People's Choice Award for the Most Popular Film Actress

2003: People's Choice Award for the Most Popular Film Actress

2004: Best Actor Award, National Review Committee, USA

2004: People's Choice Award for the Most Popular Film Actress

2005: People's Choice Award for the most popular female movie star.

[Editor] Nomination Award

1989: Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress in Mystery Pizza

1989: Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress, feature film Mystery Pizza

1989: Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Mulan

1990: Oscar Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actress

199 1: Science Fiction and Fantasy College; Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress in Horror Movie

1992: Science Fiction and Fantasy College; The horror movie Saturn Award for Best Actress Sleeps with the Enemy.

1992: MTV film award for best female performance and the most desirable premature death of women

1994: Best Actress Award in MTV Film

1997: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in the comedy/musical My Best Friend's Wedding

1998: MTV film award for best actress and Golden Satellite award for best comedy/musical "My Best Friend's Wedding"

1999: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in the comedy/musical Notting Hill

1999: Emmy Award for Best Female Guest in TV Series Law and Politics. order

1999: children's choice award, most popular movie actress's stepmother airship award

2000: The most popular actresses in sensational entertainment awards-comedy/romance films Notting Hill and runaway bride, Csapnivalo award for best actress and MTV film award for best actress runaway bride.

2000: Children's Choice Award, Best Actress Notting Hill and Runaway Bride Airship Award, Best Movie Couple Notting Hill Airship Award.

2000: Golden Satellite Award for Best Actress in the comedy/musical Notting Hill.

200 1: Chicago Film Critics Association, Las Vegas Film Critics Association Sierra Award, Internet Film Critics Association, Golden Satellite Award-Drama and Empire Award (UK) Best Actress erin brockovich and MTV Film Award Best Film Line erin brockovich.

200 1: teen choice awards film selection chemistry Mexicans

2002: Ocean's Eleven won the Best Performance Award of Phoenix Film Critics Association.

2005: The best cast of the Radio Film Critics Association Award ensemble Closer and Ocean's Twelve.