Biography
Julia Roberts will receive a healthy salary for her next movie. In fact, that
remuneration will make her the first woman to break the “$20 million hump”
broken years ago by male stars. The gal’s earned it, for seven of her films
have surpassed the $100 million mark (hey, that’s more some of those guys’
flicks!), and her performances are consistent audience favorites. Robert’s
“atypical beauty” -- clear-eyed sparkle, wholesome wide grin and charismatic
presence — marks her as Hollywood’s “Girl Next Door Superstar.” Atypical as
well was her road to success. After high school graduation, Roberts left her
native Georgia and joined her actor-sister in New York. At age 19 she was cast
as her actor-brother’s on-screen sister in the 1986 movie, Blood Red (released
in 1989). She went on to roles in Firehouse (1987), Crime Story (TV - 1988),
Satisfaction (TV - 1988), Before Your Eyes: Angelie’s Secret (TV - 1988), Baja
Oklahoma (TV - 1988), and Miami Vice (TV episode - 1988). For her part in
Mystic Pizza (1988) she received an Independent Spirit Award nomination.
Important and award-winning roles in blockbuster pictures followed with Steel
Magnolias (1989 - Golden Globe award and Oscar nomination), Pretty Woman (1990
- Oscar nomination and British Academy award nomination), Flatliners (1990),
Sleeping With The Enemy (1991), and Dying Young (1991 - MTV Movie award
nomination). Darkness descended. Roberts next role, in Hook (1991), was panned
by critics and nominated for a Razzie Worst Supporting Actress slam. A breakup
with fiancé Keifer Sutherland just days before the planned wedding was
among the gossip column-fodder personal problems that led to a year of
seclusion and naught but a cameo appearance in one film, The Player (1992).
Light dawned. Roberts breathed new life into her career in 1993 with The
Pelican Brief (for which she received an MTV Movie award). She married
singer/songwriter/actor Lyle Lovett the same year, but the media-dubbed “pretty
woman - ugly duckling” couple lasted only 21 months. She took on roles in
Pret-a-Porter (1994), I Love Trouble (1994), A Century of Cinema (TV - 1994),
Something To Talk About (1995), Michael Collins (1996), Everyone Says I Love
You (1996), and Mary Reilly (1996 - oops, another Razzie nomination). The next
three years were very good: Roberts was cast in My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997
- netting her a Golden Globe nomination, Golden Satellite award, People’s
Choice award, Blockbuster Entertainment award and MTV Movie award), Conspiracy
Theory (1997 - Blockbuster Entertainment award), Stepmom (1998 - Roberts not
only acted her way to a Blockbuster Entertainment award, but was the successful
film’s executive producer), Notting Hill (1999 - Golden Globe nomination and People’s
Choice award), and Runaway Bride (1999). As well, Roberts was nominated for an
Emmy for a guest appearance on the television series Law and Order (1999), and
has three times been on People Magazine’s Best-Dressed list. Upcoming for this
popular and talented producer/actor are roles in Erin Brockovich, The
Moviegoer, The Women, and, tentatively, Beyond Borders, Oceans II, The Mexican,
To Catch A Thief, Martha and Arthur, and From Alice to Ocean. Roberts is on top
of the Hollywood heap, and no matter how high the salaries go, the good-as-gold
performer is worth every penny.
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