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| | Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American film actress who won the Academy Award in the year 2000 for her role in film “Erin Brockovich”. She is the highest paid actress in the world , who could open a movie and guarantee box office success as her films collectively earned box office receipts well over two billion dollars.
Personal life:
In 1990s, Julia Roberts was famous not only for her successful films but also thanks to her high-profile personal life. Roberts has had numerous romatic links with celebrities inlcuding Kiefer Sutherland, Matthew Perry, Liam Neeson, Daniel Day-Lewis and Benjamin Bratt. First marriage of Roberts with actor and country singer Lyle Lovett, which took place in 1993, ended in less than 2 years and the couple got seperated in 1995.
On July 4, 2002, Julia Roberts married cameraman Danny Moder. On November 28, 2004, they became the parents of fraternal twins – daughter Hazel Patricia and son Phinnaeus Walter. She gave birth to the twins 4 weeks earlier than the actual due date, however no complications were observed. On June 18, 2007, Julia Roberts gave birth to their third child, son Henry Daniel Moder, weighing 8.5 pounds (3.8 kg).
Julia Roberts lives with her family in a penthouse in Manhattan’s Gramercy Park neighborhood and in ranch in Taos New Mexico. She has homes in Malibu and California. Roberts has a production company called Red Om Films and also actively takes part and devotes time to charitable organizations. In 2005, Robert’s net worth was estimated around 250 million dollars in Forbes magazine.
- Roberts declined offers to star in “Basic Instinct”, “BatMan and Robin” (Uma Karuna Thurman bagged the role) and “ Shakespeare in Love” (Gwyneth Kate Paltrow);
- She acted in four films (“The Player”, “Notting Hill”, «American Sweethearts” & “Blood Red”), in which she had “Film in a Film“scenes.
- Ocean’s Twelve” is the only sequel film in the filmography of Julia Roberts ;
- Performance of Julia Roberts in the film “Erin Brockovich” was put at 31 in “ List of greatest heroes and villians of the century” by American Film Institute;
- Remains of women of 9000 yrs, found in Bulgaria in 2004, were named “Julia Roberts” by archealogists since the teeth of women were intact;
- Julia Roberts is a left hander but she practised to write with right hand for film “Erin Brockovich” since the heroine character in the film is a right-hander;
- Roberts became first actress in the history of film industry after being paid an unprecedented 20 million dollars for the film “Erin Brockovich”;
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Academy Award-winning American film actress Julia Roberts celebrates her 40th birthday today. Julia literally woke up famous after her role in romantic comedy Pretty Woman, where she co-starred with Richard Gere. Julia won the Oscar for the leading female role in Erin Brockovich in 2001. Since then Roberts has been the highest paid female actress in the world and her total wealth exceeds $140 million.
