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Julia Roberts

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Julia Roberts, born on October 28, 1967, is an American actress known for leading roles across romantic comedies, dramas, thrillers and independent films. Early breakthroughs in Mystic Pizza and Steel Magnolias led to Pretty Woman, My Best Friend's Wedding, Notting Hill and Runaway Bride, and she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for the title role in Erin Brockovich. She also starred in the Ocean's Eleven series and in television work including the HBO film The Normal Heart and the series Homecoming and Gaslit. Through her company Red Om Films she has served as an executive producer. She was the highest-paid actress through much of the 1990s and early 2000s. This entry draws on the lead of her English Wikipedia article.

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Award
Golden Globe Award 1
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Academy Award for Best Actress 1
Award
BAFTA Film Award 1
Birth Year
1967 1
Role
Producer 1
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Performer 1
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Source Julia Roberts (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
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is an American actress
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1. Julia Roberts (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, birth date
    born October 28, 1967
  • Lead, occupation
    is an American actress
  • Lead, producing
    she has served as an executive producer for various projects she has starred in
  • Lead, Best Actress
    She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the titular role
  • Lead, Golden Globes
    an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globes
  • Lead, BAFTA
    an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globes
  • Lead, nationality
    is an American actress
  • Associated With: Film, Lead, film career
    Roberts cemented herself as a Hollywood leading lady with the romantic comedies Pretty Woman (1990)
  • Associated With: Television, Lead, television
    On television, she starred as a physician during the AIDS crisis in the HBO film The Normal Heart (2014)
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