Occupation: Actress
Date of Birth: October 28, 1967
Place of Birth: Smyrna, Ga., USA
Sign: Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Virgo
Relations: Husband: Daniel Moder; father: Walter (vacuum salesman); mother: Betty (secretary); brother: Eric (actor); sister: Lisa (actress); ex-husband: Lyle Lovett (singer, songwriter, actor); ex-companions: Liam Neeson (actor), Dylan McDermott (actor), Kiefer Sutherland (actor), Jason Patric (actor), Daniel Day-Lewis (actor); Benjamin Bratt (actor)
Education: High school

Julia Roberts is known for her Southern charm and her commercially successful romantic comedies, which include Pretty Woman (1990), My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) with Cameron Diaz, and Notting Hill (1999) opposite Hugh Grant. Her other credits include Steel Magnolias (1989), The Pelican Brief (1993) opposite Denzel Washington, Conspiracy Theory (1997) opposite Mel Gibson, the Oscar-winning Erin Brockovich, The Mexican (opposite her long-time friend Brad Pitt), Ocean's Eleven and many more. She was briefly married to musician Lyle Lovett.

Facts about Julia Roberts:

Roberts has dual roles in FULL FRONTAL, an actress named Francesca and the character Francesca plays in a movie (that movie-within-the-movie was the only part of FULL FRONTAL shot on traditional film with special lighting).

For a rare moment of privacy, Roberts ducked into a trailer that had been used as a set for FULL FRONTAL, then fell asleep. When she awoke, the cast and crew had moved on to the next location.

In order to convince Julia Roberts to join them in OCEAN'S ELEVEN (2001), George Clooney and Brad Pitt 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.

Sony-based Revolution Studios has paid a low-six-figure advance for the spec script SHRINKIN VIOLET for Julia Roberts' Shoelace Productions to produce.

Roberts is the only woman on this year's Fortune's 40 Under- 40 Rich List (September 2002)

She demanded her husband, Danny Modder to leave his $1,600 -a-month apartment on Sunset Boulevard, because she's had enough of living in a rat trap.

She fell in love for the married Moder after meeting him two years ago on the set of THE MEXICAN, released in 2001 and co-starring Brad Pitt.

All invited guests on her wedding ceremony, including actors George Clooney, Brad Pitt and wife Jennifer Aniston, were asked to wear white linen.

Married her cameraman lover Daniel Moder on Independence Day 2002.

Julia Roberts isn't the only one happy with her choice of new husband - her neighbors are, too due to Moder's friendliness.

She was paid $20 million to star in 'Erin Brockovich'. She won the Academy award for Best Actress for that role.

She was ranked #1 (in Hollywood Power) and #12 (in $$) on Forbes magazine 'Power 100'.

Roberts and Moder sparked rumors in April 2002 when both made their first public appearance together during the Taos Talking Picture Festival.

Roberts is unconcerned that her engagement ring cost a mere $3,750 compared to her famous friend Catherine Zeta-Jones' $375,000 rock – on a lunch at the glitzy Beverly Hills Hotel Jones’ eyes popped out when Roberts told her that her new husband Danny Moder bought her ring from a shopping mall. (September 30, 2002)

She turned down the Sharon Stone role in BASIC INSTINCT (1992).

She was engaged to her STEEL MAGNOLIAS (1989) co-star, Dylan McDermott.

She beat out Sandra Bullock for the role of Maggie Carpenter in RUNAWAY BRIDE (1999).

At the 2002 Peoples Choice Awards she admitted to being a huge fan of DAYS OF OUR LIVES and asked to be seated near the cast.

She splits her down time between her ranch in Taos, New Mexico and a home in New York City

Was among the many actresses who were forerunners for the parts of Natalie, Dylan and Alex in CHARLIE'S ANGELS (2000)

Turned down the lead role for the supporting one in AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS (2001)

Julia, who plays Kiki in AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS (2001), is nicknamed America's Sweetheart.

Because Tinkerbell was often in the air, she had an assistant whose sole responsibility was cleaning her feet (HOOK 1991).

Her head was superimposed on Shelley Michelle's body for the PRETTY WOMAN poster.

The platypus face that she makes in RUNAWAY BRIDE (1999) was added after director Garry Marshall saw her making that face to entertain his grandchildren.

She cites College Station, Texas as a nothing college town in MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING. This is the site of Texas A&M University, the alma mater of her ex-husband, Lyle Lovett.

She was nicknamed Tinkerhell because she was difficult to deal with.

The song that Isabel (Julia Roberts) sings to Ben in the hospital is If I Needed You. It was recorded by Lyle Lovett on his 1998 album Step Inside This House. Lyle and Julia were married at one time (STEPMOM-1998).

Turned down the role of Diana in INDECENT PROPOSAL (1993).

Wanted to be a vegetarian until the age of 17.

Was nominated Oscar for Best Actress in 1991 for PRETTY WOMAN and for Best Supporting Actress in 1990 for STEEL MAGNOLIAS.

Grew up hanging around the theater people who attended her parents' Actors and Writers Workshop in their Atlanta home. Both she and her brother Eric Roberts were interested in acting and it was Eric who led the way, breaking into film in 1978 when Julia was eleven.

She describes her 5'9 size as 'I'm too tall to be a girl. I'm between a chick and a broad.'

She did a PBS documentary on Orangutans.

She danced on the bar and removed her bra at Hogs and Heifers in New York City.

She and Jason Patric joined the mile high club on the MGM Grand.

She was on Entertainment Weekly's cover over 40 times.

She stopped being a vegetarian because she wanted to eat a New York strip steak.  

Left fellow actor Kiefer Sutherland three days before their planned wedding in 1991 and ran off with Jason Patric. She has also been linked to Dylan McDermott and Liam Neeson, and in 2001 ended a four-year relationship with actor Benjamin Bratt, who married actress Talisa Soto in April 2002.

Residents of Taos treat the star like a normal neighbor and have repeatedly asked media to leave her alone.

Roberts and Halle Berry are among those crowned “The Best Dressed” celebrities in 2002 by People Magazine .

Three months before exchanging their vows, Julia and Danny declared their commitment by having each other’s initial linked on their lower backs.

Moder, 33, was still married to makeup artist Vera Steinberg--his wife of five years—when he began dating Roberts. He filed for divorce in the spring and it was finalized in June.

She turned down the female lead in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1998).

She dated Matthew Perry.

She is sister of Lisa Roberts and Eric Roberts.

(1991) She was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world.

(1990) She was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world.

She 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.

(June 2000) She 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.

She changed her name from Julie to Julia when she applied for a SAG card and there was another SAG member actress named Julie Roberts.

When Julia was ten years old, March 1978, her father died of cancer. In school, the children teased her because of her thick glasses and her big mouth. At first she took it pretty hard but then she decided to take advantage of her looks. She accepted her big mouth and instead made it her trademark. She showed her beautiful, hazel eyes by using contact lenses instead of hiding them behind thick glasses. She had never tried to hide the fact that she was tall, her height only made her more grand.

In August 1990, Julia and Kiefer announced their engagement and in October he gave Julia a tattoo on her birthday, a chinese symbol for eternal love on her left shoulder.

She 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).

(2000) She was on People (USA) magazine's '50 Most Beautiful' list.

Personal quotes:

"He's embarrassing, he's not my president. He will never be my president" - talking about President George W. Bush

"I enjoy hats. And when one has filthy hair, that is a good accessory."

"I'm too tall to be a girl. I'm between a chick and a broad."

"My real hair color is kind of a dark blonde. Now I just have mood hair."

(From 1998 interview) "I've sort of grown into my cuteness."

"We all need to take a deep breath and think about being a Bush daughter and having that cross to bear. I'd go out and have a couple of drinks, too." - about President George W. Bush's daughters being caught with alcohol as minors

"It doesn't bring out the Einstein moment that you hoped it would."-- Julia Roberts, on forgetting to include the real-life Erin Brockovich in her Academy Award acceptance speech.

You know I'm like a total geek, right? First of all, I sit on the set and knit. It's a very social hobby, as opposed to reading at work - I can chat with people and still be fully engaged.

"I'm just an ordinary person who has an extraordinary job."

"What's nice about my dating life is that I don't have to leave my house. All I have to do is read the paper: I'm marrying Richard Gere, dating Daniel Day-Lewis, parading around with John F. Kennedy, Jr., and even Robert De Niro was in there for a day."
- Julia Roberts

"It's funny when people say, 'I don't think Julia likes me.' Honey, if I don't like you, you're going to know about it."
- Julia Roberts