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Lent her celebrity name to help raise money for research
to develop a cure for Rett Syndrome (a disease which is potentially
fatal and randomly strikes girls between the ages of 2 to 6 years).
On People (USA) magazine's '50 Most Beautiful' list. [2000]
Dated Jason Patric.
Has a half-sister, Nancy Motes (b. 1976).
Dated Benjamin Bratt. [1998 - June 2001]
Turned down the female lead in Shakespeare in Love (1998).
Ranked #66 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars
of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Was engaged to Kiefer Sutherland for a short period.
Dated Matthew Perry.
Sister of Lisa Roberts (I) and Eric Roberts.
Played clarinet in the band. She attended Griffin Middle School
and then Campbell High School.
Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People
in the world. [1991]
Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People
in the world. [1990]
Has "movie within a movie" scenes in The Player (1992),
Notting Hill (1999), America's Sweethearts (2001) and Full Frontal
(2002)
Was considered for the role of Poison Ivy in Batman & Robin
(1997).
She once tried out for a part on "All My Children", but
was turned down.
Lived with Liam Neeson.
Dated Daniel Day-Lewis.
Father died of cancer when Julia was 10.
Ranked #1 (in Hollywood Power) and #12 (in $$) on Forbes magazine
'Power 100'.
Tops the list of the 200 "hottest" actors and actresses
in the business in "James Ulmer's Hollywood Hot List: The Complete
Guide to Star Power - 2000" book which is published in October
2000. [June 2000]
Changed her name from Julie to Julia when she applied for a SAG
card and there was another SAG member actress named Julie Roberts.
Turned down the Sharon Stone role in Basic Instinct (1992).
Was engaged to her Steel Magnolias (1989) co-star, Dylan McDermott.
Beat out Sandra Bullock for the role of Maggie Carpenter in Runaway
Bride (1999).
Lies on her back to have her make-up applied before going onto
a film set -- she insists it gives her a relaxed look.
Frequently works with Steven Soderbergh
Sister-in-law of Tony Gillan
Sister-in-law of Eliza Roberts
Aunt of Emma Roberts (II)
After George Clooney and Brad Pitt found out that she was going
to be joining them in _Ocean's Eleven(2001)_ , they sent her a card
that read "We heard that you get 20 per film" and in it
was a $20 bill; the joke was that she reportedly gets $20 million
per film.
Named one of People Magazine's '25 Most Intriguing People of 2001'.
Named one of E!'s "top 20 entertainers of 2001".
Highest paid actress in film history.
Is a vegetarian.
At the 2002 Peoples Choice Awards she admitted to being a huge
fan of "Days of Our Lives" (1965) and asked to be seated
near the cast.
Splits her down time between her ranch in Taos, New Mexico and
a home in New York City
Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine
in 2002.
Was ranked 6th of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Taiwan (2001).
Married boyfriend, cameraman Daniel Moder, at their home in New
Mexico in a midnight ceremony. [4 July 2002]
To date (2002), Julia has never acted in a sequel.
Has Irish ancestory
Ranked #16 in Premiere's 2003 annual Hollywood Power List. Had
ranked #18 in 2002.
Ranked #10 in Star TV's Top 10 Box Office Stars of the 1990s (2003)
She never acted in a sequel until Ocean's Twelve (2004). !!!!SWAP!!!!
Measurements: 34B-23-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
She is a huge fan of actress Aishwarya Rai, whom she once commented
on as being unassumingly beautiful.
Pakistani film director Rauf Khalid wanted her to work in his film,
and even invited her to Pakistan to discuss the project. But she
refused because of prior commitments.
Observed art history classes at New York University in order to
prepare for her role in Mona Lisa Smile (2003).
Her Oscar-winning performance as Erin Brockovich-Ellis was ranked
#31 on the American Film Institute's Heroes list of the 100 years
of The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains.
Bruce Willis was the only celebrity that attended her wedding to
Daniel Moder.
In the film America's Sweethearts (2001), her charcter is nicknamed
"Kiki". This is the nickname of her Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
co-star Kirsten Dunst.
Announced that she and husband Daniel Moder are expecting twins.
Twins run in her family. She is due in early 2005. [June 2004].
Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk wrote the song "Julia"
about her after seeing her at a Los Angeles restaurant.
Shares a birthday with actor Joaquin Phoenix.
A 9000 year old female skeleton excavated in Bulgaria in November
2004, was called by the archaeologists "Julia Roberts"
because of the perfect teeth it had. They said that woman would
have had a perfect smile - just like the actress.
28 November 2004: Gave birth to twins in Los Angeles, a son named
Phinnaeus Walter and a daughter named Hazel Patricia.
Has worked with both Hector Elizondo and Richard Gere in two different
movies, first in Pretty Woman (1990), and then again in Runaway
Bride (1999).
Because Erin Brockovich-Ellis is right handed and Roberts is not,
she had to learn to use her right hand for Erin Brockovich (2000).
She was voted the 7th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Premiere
Magazine.
Has played an art historian twice, once in Everyone Says I Love
You (1996) and also in Mona Lisa Smile (2003).
In Ocean's Twelve (2004), her character posed as Julia Roberts
(herself) to gain access to a secure museum.
First actress to reach 20 million dollar mark salary (for Erin
Brockovich (2000))
She and her Ocean's Eleven (2001) / Ocean's Twelve (2004) co-stars,
George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Elliott Gould, all have guest-starred
on the TV show "Friends" (1994), though not in the same
episodes
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2003 - Mona Lisa Smile - $25,000,000
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2002 - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind - $250,000 (scale)
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2001 - Ocean's Eleven - $10,000,000
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2001 - America's Sweethearts - $15,000,000
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2001 - The Mexican - $20,000,000
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2000 - Erin Brockovich - $20,000,000
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1999 - Runaway Bride - $17,000,000
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1999 - Notting Hill - $15,000,000
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1997 - Conspiracy Theory - $12,000,000
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1997 - My Best Friend's Wedding - $12,000,000
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1996 - Mary Reilly - $10,000,000
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1993 - The Pelican Brief - $8,000,000
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1991 - Hook - $7,000,000
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1991 - Dying Young - $3,000,000
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1991 - Sleeping with the Enemy - $1,000,000
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1990 - Flatliners - $500,000
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1990 - Pretty Woman - $300,000
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1989 - Steel Magnolias - $90,000
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1988 - Mystic Pizza - $50,000
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