Julia Roberts facts and trivia
- Julia Roberts is an American actress who won the Oscar for Best Actress in 2001 for her performance in Erin Brockovich.
- Roberts was born in Atlanta, Georgia on October 28, 1967.
- Name at birth: Julie Fiona Roberts.
- Her astrological sign: Scorpio
- Parents: Betty Lou (née Bredemus) and Walter Grady Roberts.
- Julia is 5' 9" (1.75 m) tall.
- Julia's Chinese Zodiac animal is Goat.
- Julia Roberts had become one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood.
- Roberts became a Hollywood star after her prominent role in the 1990 romantic comedy Pretty Woman.
- Her brother Eric Roberts, sister Lisa Roberts Gillan and niece Emma Roberts, are also actors.
- Julia Roberts made her first big screen appearance in the film Satisfaction, released on 1988.
- Julia's heritage is Irish.
- Julia was engaged to actor Kiefer Sutherland, but the wedding was called off days before it was scheduled.
- Julie Roberts turned down the leading role in the movie Shakespeare in Love.
- Her father died of cancer when she was only 10 years old.
- Julia Roberts is left-handed.
JULIA ROBERTS - QUOTES
"I wouldn't do nudity in films. To act with my clothes on is a performance. To act with my clothes off is a documentary."
"I'm just an ordinary person who has an extraordinary job."
"I'm too tall to be a girl, I never had enough dresses to be a lady, I wouldn't call myself a woman. I'd say I'm somewhere between a chick and a broad."
"You can be true to the character all you want, but you've go to go home with yourself."
