Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an Americanactress and producer. She is best known for her roles in the moviesSteel Magnolias (1989), Pretty Woman (1990), Runaway Bride (1998) and Erin Brockovich (2000). Roberts regularly plays characters of attractive powerful women. She has been among People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the world eight times.
Roberts was born in Smyrna, Georgia,[2][3] to Betty Lou (née Bredemus) and Walter Grady Roberts[2][3][4] She is of English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, German, and Swedish ancestry.[5][6] Her father was a Baptist and her mother a Roman Catholic,[7] and she was raised a Catholic.[8][9] Her older brother, Eric Roberts, from whom she was estranged until 2004; sister Lisa Roberts Gillan; and niece Emma Roberts, are also actors.
Roberts' first marriage was to musician Lyle Lovett; they divorced. She and her husband Danny Moder have three children. She gave birth to twins, Hazel Patricia and Phinnaeus Walter, in 2004. In 2007, she gave birth to a son, Henry Daniel.