---
name: "Julia Roberts"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/julia-roberts"
fi1m_id: "julia-roberts"
imdb_id: "nm0000210"
tmdb_id: 1204
wikidata_id: "Q40523"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 October 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 21
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 20
updated: "2026-10-05T01:33:43.764826+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Julia Roberts

## Identity

Julia Roberts

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/julia-roberts
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** julia-roberts
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000210
- **TMDB ID:** 1204
- **Wikidata ID:** Q40523
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Roberts, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40523, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000210/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1204

Actor. Born 28 October 1967 in Smyrna, Georgia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 October 1967, Smyrna, Georgia, USA
- **Active:** 1989–present
- **Also known as:** Julia Fiona Roberts, Julia F. Roberts
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 21: 20 acting, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Steven Soderbergh](https://film.one/person/steven-soderbergh.md), [Brad Pitt](https://film.one/person/brad-pitt.md), [George Clooney](https://film.one/person/george-clooney.md), [Garry Marshall](https://film.one/person/garry-marshall.md), [Jerry Weintraub](https://film.one/person/jerry-weintraub.md), [Matt Damon](https://film.one/person/matt-damon.md), [Mike Nichols](https://film.one/person/mike-nichols.md), [Richard Gere](https://film.one/person/richard-gere.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 3 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 63, as actor, over 20 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 67 (1), 1990s 64 (9), 2000s 62 (6), 2010s 62 (3), 2020s 58 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 59 across 20 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 10 at 60–79, 9 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 13 of 20 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 11, Comedy 9, Romance 8, Thriller 6, Crime 4, Family 2
- **Screen time:** 40 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,748m across 19 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Roberts, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40523, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000210/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1204

## Coming up

- *Panic Carefully* (2027-02-25), as Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Everyone Says I Love You*](https://film.one/film/everyone-says-i-love-you.md) (72), [*The Pelican Brief*](https://film.one/film/the-pelican-brief.md) (63), [*After the Hunt*](https://film.one/film/after-the-hunt.md) (57), [*August: Osage County*](https://film.one/film/august-osage-county.md) (57)
- **Netflix:** [*Steel Magnolias*](https://film.one/film/steel-magnolias.md) (67), [*Leave the World Behind*](https://film.one/film/leave-the-world-behind.md) (60)
- **Apple TV:** [*Wonder*](https://film.one/film/wonder.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Julia Roberts

> Julia Roberts can make an unkind remark land without softening it for our benefit. We rate her most highly in parts that give her room to be difficult, and the ensemble films have not always given her enough to do.

In *After the Hunt* (2025), Julia Roberts lets a reaction cross Alma Imhoff’s face, then shuts it away. The slow blink and the reply that becomes another question make her philosophy professor difficult to read without making her dull. We were gripped by the office scene with Ayo Edebiri, because Roberts weighs every word while Edebiri watches for what she is keeping back. Luca Guadagnino gives her a substantial part, although the film keeps abandoning confrontations just when they might get somewhere.

*Pretty Woman* (1990) established her as a romantic-comedy star, with the timing and warmth that suited much of her 1990s work. Drama and ensemble roles became a larger part of her career after 2000. Mike Nichols’s *Closer* (2004) gave her colder material, though *Erin Brockovich* (2000) had already put her impatience and bluntness to good use. The familiar warmth makes it more noticeable when she chooses not to offer any.

Steven Soderbergh gives her space to be fast, loud and exact in *Erin Brockovich*. Her swearing is precise, aimed at a particular person rather than scattered about for colour. Jeffrey Kurland’s short skirts and low-cut tops ensure that she is judged before she speaks, and Roberts makes those judgements look foolish without begging for sympathy. The story is predictable, and the performance gives us good reason to stay with it.

Soderbergh has also wasted her. In *Ocean’s Eleven* (2001), Tess spends too much of her small part descending staircases while men admire her; the pleasure of the robbery survives the neglect. She is loose and amused in the deliberately artificial romance inside *Full Frontal* (2002), but the film’s drifting, self-indulgent construction gives that playfulness little purpose. *Ocean’s Twelve* (2004) holds her back for a joke we will not describe.

Sam Esmail makes better use of her in *Leave the World Behind* (2023), even though his film eventually explains too much. As Amanda Sandford, Roberts says the unkind thing and then defends it; the porch scene with Mahershala Ali holds our attention because she makes his attempt to establish that he owns the house so uncomfortable. She plays Amanda without asking us to forgive her. We would welcome another role as substantial as Alma, preferably in a film that lets its conversations finish.

## Biography

Julia Fiona Roberts is an American actress. She was born on 28 October 1967 in Smyrna, Georgia.

Roberts first gained attention with roles in *Mystic Pizza* (1988) and *Steel Magnolias* (1989). She became widely known for leading parts in *Pretty Woman* (1990), *My Best Friend's Wedding* (1997), *Notting Hill* (1999) and *Runaway Bride* (1999). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in *Erin Brockovich* (2000).

Her later credits include *Ocean's Eleven* (2001), *Ocean's Twelve* (2004), *Wonder* (2017), *Ticket to Paradise* (2022), *Leave the World Behind* (2023) and *After the Hunt* (2025). She has also appeared in television series such as *Homecoming* (2018) and *Gaslit* (2022).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (21)

### Performed in (20) — the average rests on these

- *After the Hunt* (2025), Fi1m 57, as Alma Imhoff — [page](https://film.one/film/after-the-hunt.md)
- *Leave the World Behind* (2023), Fi1m 60, as Amanda Sandford — [page](https://film.one/film/leave-the-world-behind.md)
- *Wonder* (2017), Fi1m 68, as Isabel — [page](https://film.one/film/wonder.md)
- *August: Osage County* (2013), Fi1m 57, as Barbara Weston — [page](https://film.one/film/august-osage-county.md)
- *Closer* (2004), Fi1m 63, as Anna — [page](https://film.one/film/closer.md)
- *Ocean's Twelve* (2004), Fi1m 58, as Tess Ocean — [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-twelve.md)
- *Full Frontal* (2002), Fi1m 40, as Francesca / Catherine — [page](https://film.one/film/full-frontal.md)
- *Ocean's Eleven* (2001), Fi1m 80, as Tess Ocean — [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-eleven.md)
- *The Mexican* (2001), Fi1m 56, as Samantha — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mexican.md)
- *Erin Brockovich* (2000), Fi1m 78, as Erin Brockovich — [page](https://film.one/film/erin-brockovich.md)
- *Notting Hill* (1999), Fi1m 78, as Anna Scott — [page](https://film.one/film/notting-hill.md)
- *Runaway Bride* (1999), Fi1m 58, as Maggie Carpenter — [page](https://film.one/film/runaway-bride.md)
- *Everyone Says I Love You* (1996), Fi1m 72, as Von Sidell — [page](https://film.one/film/everyone-says-i-love-you.md)
- *Michael Collins* (1996), Fi1m 75, as Kitty Kiernan — [page](https://film.one/film/michael-collins.md)
- *The Pelican Brief* (1993), Fi1m 63, as Darby Shaw — [page](https://film.one/film/the-pelican-brief.md)
- *Dying Young* (1991), Fi1m 40, as Hilary O'Neil — [page](https://film.one/film/dying-young.md)
- *Hook* (1991), Fi1m 56, as Tinkerbell — [page](https://film.one/film/hook.md)
- *Sleeping with the Enemy* (1991), Fi1m 54, as Laura Burney / Sara Walters — [page](https://film.one/film/sleeping-with-the-enemy.md)
- *Pretty Woman* (1990), Fi1m 77, as Vivian Ward — [page](https://film.one/film/pretty-woman.md)
- *Steel Magnolias* (1989), Fi1m 67, as Shelby Eatenton Latcherie — [page](https://film.one/film/steel-magnolias.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *I'm Still Here* (2010), Fi1m 60, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/im-still-here-2010.md)

## Complete filmography (86)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Panic Carefully* (2027), as Producer
- *Leonard and Hungry Paul* (2025), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *After the Hunt* (2025), as Alma Imhoff — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/after-the-hunt.md)
- *Leave the World Behind* (2023), as Amanda Sandford · Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/leave-the-world-behind.md)
- *Ticket to Paradise* (2022), as Georgia Cotton · Producer
- *Gaslit* (2022), series, as Martha Mitchell · Executive Producer
- *Let's Dance* (2018), as Segment: "The Commuter"
- *Ben Is Back* (2018), as Holly Burns
- *Homecoming* (2018), series, as Heidi Bergman · Executive Producer
- *Wonder* (2017), as Isabel — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/wonder.md)
- *Smurfs: The Lost Village* (2017), as Smurfwillow (voice)
- *Money Monster* (2016), as Patty Fenn
- *Mother's Day* (2016), as Miranda Collins
- *Secret in Their Eyes* (2015), as Jess
- *Nature Is Speaking* (2015), series, as Mother Nature
- *Schitt's Creek* (2015), series, as Erin Brockovich (voice) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/schitts-creek.md)
- *The Normal Heart* (2014), as Dr. Emma Brookner
- *August: Osage County* (2013), as Barbara Weston — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/august-osage-county.md)
- *Jesus Henry Christ* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Mirror Mirror* (2012), as Evil Queen
- *Larry Crowne* (2011), as Mercedes Tainot
- *Love, Wedding, Marriage* (2011), as Ava's Therapist (voice)
- *I'm Still Here* (2010), Thanks — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/im-still-here-2010.md)
- *Eat Pray Love* (2010), as Elizabeth 'Liz' Gilbert
- *Valentine's Day* (2010), as Kate Hazeltine
- *Duplicity* (2009), as Claire Stenwick
- *Fireflies in the Garden* (2008), as Lisa Waechter
- *Kit Kittredge: An American Girl* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Charlie Wilson's War* (2007), as Joanne Herring
- *Charlotte's Web* (2006), as Charlotte the Spider (voice)
- *The Ant Bully* (2006), as Hova (voice)
- *Beslan: Three Days in September* (2006), as Narrator (voice)
- *Felicity: An American Girl Adventure* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Ocean's Twelve* (2004), as Tess Ocean — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-twelve.md)
- *Closer* (2004), as Anna — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/closer.md)
- *Grand Champion* (2004), as Jolene
- *Mona Lisa Smile* (2003), as Katherine Ann Watson
- *Law & Order: Corruption Empire* (2003), Actor
- *Queens Supreme* (2003), series, Producer
- *Confessions of a Dangerous Mind* (2002), as Patricia Watson
- *Full Frontal* (2002), as Francesca / Catherine — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/full-frontal.md)
- *Ocean's Eleven* (2001), as Tess Ocean — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-eleven.md)
- *Revealed with Jules Asner* (2001), series, Actor
- *America's Sweethearts* (2001), as Kiki Harrison
- *The Mexican* (2001), as Samantha — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mexican.md)
- *Erin Brockovich* (2000), as Erin Brockovich — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/erin-brockovich.md)
- *Runaway Bride* (1999), as Maggie Carpenter — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/runaway-bride.md)
- *Notting Hill* (1999), as Anna Scott — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/notting-hill.md)
- *Stepmom* (1998), as Isabel Kelly · Executive Producer
- *Conspiracy Theory* (1997), as Alice Sutton
- *My Best Friend's Wedding* (1997), as Julianne Potter
- *Everyone Says I Love You* (1996), as Von Sidell — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/everyone-says-i-love-you.md)
- *Michael Collins* (1996), as Kitty Kiernan — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/michael-collins.md)
- *E! True Hollywood Story* (1996), series, Actor
- *Mary Reilly* (1996), as Mary Reilly
- *Dead Man Walking* (1995), Thanks — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-man-walking.md)
- *Something to Talk About* (1995), as Grace King Bichon
- *Prêt-à-Porter* (1994), as Anne Eisenhower
- *Friends* (1994), series, as Susie — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/friends.md)
- *I Love Trouble* (1994), as Sabrina Peterson
- *The Pelican Brief* (1993), as Darby Shaw — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pelican-brief.md)
- *The Player* (1992), as Julia Roberts — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-player.md)
- *Dying Young* (1991), as Hilary O'Neil — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/dying-young.md)
- *Hook* (1991), as Tinkerbell — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/hook.md)
- *Sleeping with the Enemy* (1991), as Laura Burney / Sara Walters — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/sleeping-with-the-enemy.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Katrina Ludlow — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Flatliners* (1990), as Rachel Mannus
- *Pretty Woman* (1990), as Vivian Ward — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/pretty-woman.md)
- *Steel Magnolias* (1989), as Shelby Eatenton Latcherie — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/steel-magnolias.md)
- *Blood Red* (1989), as Maria Collogero
- *Murphy Brown* (1988), series, Actor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md)
- *Mystic Pizza* (1988), as Daisy
- *Baja Oklahoma* (1988), as Candy Hutchins
- *Satisfaction* (1988), as Daryle
- *Comic Relief* (1988), series, Actor
- *Firehouse* (1987), as Babs (uncredited)
- *Crime Story* (1986), series, as Tracy
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Polly Wheeler — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *Nature* (1982), series, as Host
- *Untitled My Best Friend's Wedding Sequel*, as Julianne Potter
- *Untitled Jack and the Beanstalk Film*, as (voice)
- *Home Economics*, as Producer
- *Hook: Never, Never Ending*, as (archive footage)
- *Small Great Things*, Actor
- *Ocean's Fourteen*, as Tess Ocean
- *Kill Your Darlings*, as Wendy Graves · Producer

## Gallery

- ![Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich in Erin Brockovich (2000)](https://film.one/media/title/909/still-ad790c847310.jpg) Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich in *Erin Brockovich* (2000) — Image via TMDB
- ![Julia Roberts as Anna Scott in Notting Hill (1999)](https://film.one/media/title/4619/still-7974c8cf15af.jpg) Julia Roberts as Anna Scott in *Notting Hill* (1999) — Image via TMDB
- ![Julia Roberts as Vivian Ward in Pretty Woman (1990)](https://film.one/media/title/1142/still-8f6c5e021b2f.jpg) Julia Roberts as Vivian Ward in *Pretty Woman* (1990) — Image via TMDB
- ![Julia Roberts as Alma Imhoff in After the Hunt (2025)](https://film.one/media/title/588/still-c9cbb327308f.jpg) Julia Roberts as Alma Imhoff in *After the Hunt* (2025) — Image via TMDB
- ![Julia Roberts as Amanda Sandford in Leave the World Behind (2023)](https://film.one/media/title/1496/still-b8df6ba1444a.jpg) Julia Roberts as Amanda Sandford in *Leave the World Behind* (2023) — Image via TMDB
- ![Julia Roberts](https://film.one/media/person/7852/gallery-baa65004fcc0.jpg) Julia Roberts — U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Julia_Roberts_Delivers_Remarks_at_the_2022_Kennedy_Center_Honors_Dinner_%2852542372884%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![AfterTheHuntBFILFF111025-20 (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/7852/gallery-fdb8fceb238a.jpg) AfterTheHuntBFILFF111025-20 (2025) — Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/AfterTheHuntBFILFF111025-20_%2854858760960%29.jpg/1280px-AfterTheHuntBFILFF111025-20_%2854858760960%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![AfterTheHuntBFILFF111025-21 (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/7852/gallery-e1bb926a14c0.jpg) AfterTheHuntBFILFF111025-21 (2025) — Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/AfterTheHuntBFILFF111025-21_%2854857596592%29.jpg/1280px-AfterTheHuntBFILFF111025-21_%2854857596592%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![AfterTheHuntBFILFF111025-23 (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/7852/gallery-cacea2fbff80.jpg) AfterTheHuntBFILFF111025-23 (2025) — Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/AfterTheHuntBFILFF111025-23_%2854858761080%29.jpg/1280px-AfterTheHuntBFILFF111025-23_%2854858761080%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Julia Roberts](https://film.one/media/person/7852/gallery-9099f44c0afa.jpg) Julia Roberts — Image via TMDB
- ![Julia Roberts](https://film.one/media/person/7852/gallery-c9cb0398ac09.jpg) Julia Roberts — Image via TMDB
- ![Julia Roberts](https://film.one/media/person/7852/gallery-9a7debd08f8f.jpg) Julia Roberts — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 3 nominated

- 2014: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *August: Osage County*
- 2001: Best Actress (won), for *Erin Brockovich*
- 1991: Best Actress (nominated), for *Pretty Woman*
- 1990: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Steel Magnolias*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 2001: Best Actress in a Leading Role (won), for *Erin Brockovich*

### Golden Globes — 3 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film (nominated), for *Gaslit*
- 2000: Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama (won), for *Erin Brockovich*
- 1991: Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (won), for *Pretty Woman*
- 1990: Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture (won), for *Steel Magnolias*

### Other awards — 3 won, 1 nominated

- Honorary César 2025: Honorary César (won)
- Donostia Award 2010: Donostia Award (won)
- Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year 1997: Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year (won)
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress 1992: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Hook*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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