Julia Roberts
Roberts in 2022
Born	Julia Fiona Roberts (1967-10-28) October 28, 1967 (age 57) Smyrna, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1987–present
Works	Filmography
Spouses	Lyle Lovett (m. 1993; div. 1995) Daniel Moder (m. 2002)
Children	3
Relatives	Eric Roberts (brother) Emma Roberts (niece)
Awards	Full list

Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967)^[1] is an American actress. Known for her leading roles across various genres, she has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. She became known for portraying charming and relatable characters in romantic comedies and blockbusters, before expanding into dramas, thrillers, and independent films. The films in which she has starred have collectively grossed over $3.9 billion worldwide, making her one of Hollywood's most bankable stars,^[2] while the media nicknamed her "America's Sweetheart" in recognition of her widespread popularity and on- and off-screen charisma.

After early breakthroughs in Mystic Pizza (1988) and Steel Magnolias (1989), Roberts solidified her status as a leading lady when she starred in the top-grossing romantic comedy Pretty Woman (1990). She went on to star in several commercially successful films throughout the 1990s, including the romantic comedies My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), Notting Hill (1999), and Runaway Bride (1999). Roberts won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the title role in the biographical drama Erin Brockovich (2000). In the following decades, she continued her film success with roles in Ocean's Eleven (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2004), Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Valentine's Day (2010), Eat Pray Love (2010), August: Osage County (2013), Wonder (2017), Ticket to Paradise (2022), and Leave the World Behind (2023). Roberts also earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her role in the HBO television film The Normal Heart (2014), made her first regular television appearance in the first season of the Amazon Prime Video psychological thriller series Homecoming (2018), and portrayed Martha Mitchell in the Starz political limited series Gaslit (2022).

In addition to acting, Roberts runs the production company Red Om Films, through which she has served as an executive producer for various projects she has starred in, as well as for the first four films of the American Girl franchise (2004–2008). She has acted as the global ambassador for Lancôme since 2009. She was the world's highest-paid actress throughout the majority of the 1990s and the first half of the 2000s.^[3]^[4]^[5] She received a then-unprecedented fees of $20 million and $25 million for her roles in Erin Brockovich (2000) and Mona Lisa Smile (2003), respectively. As of 2020^[update], Roberts's net worth was estimated to be $250 million.^[6] People magazine has named her the most beautiful woman in the world a record five times.^[7]

Early life and family

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Julia Fiona Roberts was born on October 28, 1967, in Smyrna, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta,^[8] to Betty Lou Bredemus and Walter Grady Roberts.^[8]^[9] She is of English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, German, and Swedish descent.^[10]^[11] Her father was a Baptist, her mother Catholic.^[12] Roberts was raised Catholic.^[13]^[14] Her older brother Eric Roberts (b. 1956), from whom she was estranged for several years until 2004, older sister Lisa Roberts Gillan (b. 1965), and niece Emma Roberts, are also actors. She also had a younger half-sister named Nancy Motes.^[15]

Roberts's parents, one-time actors and playwrights, met while performing in theatrical productions for the United States Armed Forces. They later co-founded the Atlanta Actors and Writers Workshop^[16] in Atlanta, off Juniper Street in Midtown. They ran a children's acting school in Decatur, Georgia, while they were expecting Julia. The children of Coretta and Martin Luther King Jr. attended the school; Walter Roberts served as acting coach for their daughter, Yolanda.^[17] In gratitude for his service running the only racially integrated theater troupe in the region and due to the Roberts's financial difficulties,^[18] Coretta King paid the Roberts's hospital bill when Julia was born.^[19]^[20]^[21]

Roberts's parents married in 1955. Her mother filed for divorce in 1971; the divorce was finalized in early 1972.^[22] From 1972, Roberts lived in Smyrna, Georgia, where she attended Fitzhugh Lee Elementary School, Griffin Middle School, and Campbell High School.^[23] In 1972, her mother married Michael Motes, who was abusive and often unemployed; Roberts despised him.^[24] The couple had a daughter, Nancy, who died at 37 on February 9, 2014, of an apparent drug overdose.^[25] The marriage ended in 1983, with Betty Lou divorcing Motes on cruelty grounds; she had stated that marrying him was the biggest mistake of her life.^[24] Roberts's own father died of cancer when she was ten.^[26]

Roberts wanted to be a veterinarian as a child.^[27] She played the clarinet in her school band.^[28]^[29] After graduating from Smyrna's Campbell High School, she headed to New York City to pursue a career in acting. Once there, she signed with the Click Modeling Agency and enrolled in acting classes.^[30]

Career

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1980s

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Following her first television appearance as a juvenile rape victim in the first season of the series Crime Story, with Dennis Farina, in the episode "The Survivor", broadcast on February 13, 1987, Roberts made her big screen debut in the dramedy Satisfaction (1988), alongside Liam Neeson and Justine Bateman, as a band member looking for a summer gig. (She had filmed a small role in 1987 opposite her brother Eric, in Blood Red, though she only had two words of dialogue, and it was not released until 1989.) In 1988, Roberts had a role in the fourth-season finale of Miami Vice and her first critical success with moviegoers came with the independent romantic comedy Mystic Pizza,^[31] in which she played a Portuguese-American teenage girl working as a waitress at a pizza parlor. Roger Ebert found Roberts to be a "major beauty with a fierce energy" and observed that the film "may someday become known for the movie stars it showcased back before they became stars. All of the young actors in this movie have genuine gifts".^[32]

In Steel Magnolias (1989), a film adaptation of Robert Harling's 1987 play of the same name, Roberts starred as a young bride with diabetes, alongside Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine and Daryl Hannah. The filmmakers were looking at both Laura Dern and Winona Ryder when the casting director insisted they see Roberts, who was then filming Mystic Pizza.^[33] Harling stated: "She walked into the room and that smile lit everything up and I said 'that's my sister', so she joined the party and she was magnificent".^[33] Director Herbert Ross was notoriously tough on newcomer Roberts, with Sally Field admitting that he "went after Julia with a vengeance. This was pretty much her first big film".^[33] Nevertheless, the film was a critical and commercial darling when it was released,^[34] and Roberts received both her first Academy Award nomination (as Best Supporting Actress) and first Golden Globe Award win (Best Supporting Actress) Motion Picture for her performance.^[31]

1990s

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Catapulting on her 1989 Academy Award nomination, Roberts gained further notice from worldwide audiences when she starred with Richard Gere in the Cinderella–Pygmalionesque story, Pretty Woman, in 1990, playing an assertive freelance hooker with a heart of gold.^[31] Roberts won the role after Michelle Pfeiffer, Molly Ringwald, Meg Ryan, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Karen Allen, and Daryl Hannah (her co-star in Steel Magnolias) turned it down.^[35] The role also earned her a second Oscar nomination, this time as Best Actress, and second Golden Globe Award win, as Best Actress – Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy).^[31] She was paid $300,000 for the part.^[36] Pretty Woman saw the highest number of ticket sales in the U.S. ever for a romantic comedy,^[37] and made $463.4 million worldwide.^[38] The red dress Roberts wore in the film has been considered one of the most famous gowns in cinema.^[39]^[40]^[41]

Roberts at the 1990 Deauville American Film Festival

Her next film release following Pretty Woman was Joel Schumacher's supernatural thriller Flatliners (also 1990), in which Roberts starred as one of five students conducting clandestine experiments that produce near-death experiences. The production was met with a polarized critical reception, but made a profit at the box office and has since been considered a cult film.^[42] In 1991, Roberts played a battered wife attempting to begin a new life in Iowa in the thriller Sleeping with the Enemy, a winged, six-inch-tall tomboyish Tinkerbell in Steven Spielberg's fantasy film Hook and an outgoing yet cautious nurse in her second collaboration with director Joel Schumacher, the romance drama Dying Young. Although negative reviews greeted her 1991 outings, Sleeping with the Enemy grossed $175 million,^[43] Hook $300.9 million^[44] and Dying Young $82.3 million^[45] globally.

Roberts took a two-year hiatus from the screen, during which she made appeared in no films other than a cameo appearance in Robert Altman's The Player (1992). In early 1993, she was the subject of a People magazine cover story asking, "What Happened to Julia Roberts?".^[46] Roberts starred with Denzel Washington in the thriller The Pelican Brief (1993), based on John Grisham's 1992 novel of the same name.^[31] In it, she played a young law student who uncovers a conspiracy, putting herself and others in danger. The film was a commercial success, grossing $195.2 million worldwide.^[47]^[48] None of her next film releases —I Love Trouble (1994), Prêt-à-Porter (1994) and Something to Talk About (1995)— were particularly well received by critics nor big box office draws.^[49]^[50]^[51] In 1996, she guest-starred in the second season of Friends (episode 13, "The One After the Superbowl"),^[52] and appeared with Liam Neeson in the historical drama Michael Collins,^[31] portraying Kitty Kiernan, the fiancée of the assassinated Irish revolutionary leader. Stephen Frears' Mary Reilly, her other 1996 film, was a critical and commercial failure.^[53]^[54]

By the late 1990s, Roberts enjoyed renewed success in the romantic comedy genre. In P. J. Hogan's My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), she starred opposite Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz and Rupert Everett, as a food critic who realizes she's in love with her best friend and tries to win him back after he decides to marry someone else. Roberts' performance was highly praised.^[55] Considered to be one of the best romantic comedies of all time, Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an approval rating of 73% based on 59 reviews, with the critical consensus reading, "Thanks to a charming performance from Julia Roberts and a subversive spin on the genre, My Best Friend's Wedding is a refreshingly entertaining romantic comedy."^[56]^[57]^[58] The film was a global box-office hit, earning $299.3 million.^[59] In her next film, Richard Donner's political thriller Conspiracy Theory (1997), Roberts starred with Mel Gibson as a Justice Department attorney. Mick LaSalle of San Francisco Chronicle stated: "When all else fails, there are still the stars to look at—Roberts, who actually manages to do some fine acting, and Gibson, whose likability must be a sturdy thing indeed."^[60] The film, nevertheless, grossed a respectable $137 million.^[61] In 1998, Roberts appeared on the television series Sesame Street opposite the character Elmo, and starred in the drama Stepmom, alongside Susan Sarandon,^[62] revolving around the complicated relationship between a terminally-ill mother and the future stepmother of her children. While reviews were mixed-to-positive,^[62] the film made $159.7 million worldwide.^[63]

Roberts paired with Hugh Grant for Notting Hill (1999), portraying a famous actress who falls in love with a struggling book store owner. The film displaced Four Weddings and a Funeral as the biggest British hit in the history of cinema, with earnings equalling $363 million worldwide.^[64] An exemplar of modern romantic comedies in mainstream culture, the film was also received well by critics. CNN reviewer Paul Clinton called Roberts "the queen of the romantic comedy [whose] reign continues", and remarked: "Notting Hill stands alone as another funny and heartwarming story about love against all odds."^[65] In 1999, she also reunited with Richard Gere and Garry Marshall for Runaway Bride, in which she played a woman who has left a string of fiancés at the altar. Despite mixed reviews,^[66]^[67]^[68]^[69] Runaway Bride was another financial success, grossing $309.4 million around the globe.^[70] Roberts was a guest star in "Empire", a Season 9 episode of the television series Law & Order, with regular cast member Benjamin Bratt, who at the time, was her boyfriend. Her performance earned her a nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.^[71]

2000s

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Roberts became the first actress to be paid $20 million for a film,^[72] when she took on the role of real-life environmental activist Erin Brockovich in her fight against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) of California, in Erin Brockovich (2000). Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote, "Roberts shows the emotional toll on Erin as she tries to stay responsible to her children and to a job that has provided her with a first taste of self-esteem",^[73] while Entertainment Weekly critic Owen Gleiberman felt that it was a "delight to watch Roberts, with her flirtatious sparkle and undertow of melancholy".^[74] Erin Brockovich made $256.3 million worldwide,^[75] and earned Roberts the Academy Award for Best Actress, among numerous other accolades. In 2000, she also became the first actress to make The Hollywood Reporter's list of the 50 most influential women in show business since the list had begun in 1992,^[3] and her Shoelace Productions company received a deal with Joe Roth.^[76]

Her first film following Erin Brockovich was the road gangster comedy The Mexican (2001), giving her a chance to work with long-time friend Brad Pitt. The film's script was originally intended to be filmed as an independent production without major motion picture stars, but Roberts and Pitt, who had for some time been looking for a project they could do together, learned about it and decided to sign on. Though advertised as a typical romantic comedy star vehicle, the film does not focus solely on the actors' relationship and the two shared relatively little screen time together. The Mexican earned $66.8 million in North America. In Joe Roth's romantic comedy America's Sweethearts (2001), Roberts starred as the once-overweight sister and assistant of a Hollywood actress, along with Billy Crystal, John Cusack, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Critics felt that despite its famous cast, the production lacked "sympathetic characters" and was "only funny in spurts."^[77] A commercial success, it grossed over $138 million worldwide, however.^[78] In her last film released in 2001, Roberts teamed with Erin Brockovich director Steven Soderbergh for Ocean's Eleven, a remake of the 1960 film of the same name, featuring an ensemble cast including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon. Roberts played Tess Ocean, the ex-wife of leader Danny Ocean (Clooney), originally played by Angie Dickinson. A success with critics and at the box office alike, Ocean's Eleven became the fifth highest-grossing film of the year with a total of $450 million worldwide.^[79]

Roberts received a record $25 million, the highest ever earned by an actress at that time, to portray a forward-thinking art history professor at Wellesley College in 1953, in Mike Newell's drama Mona Lisa Smile.^[80] The film garnered largely lukewarm reviews by critics, who found it "predictable and safe", but made over $141 million in theaters.^[81] In 2004, Roberts replaced Cate Blanchett in the role of an American photographer for Mike Nichols's film Closer, a romantic drama written by Patrick Marber, based on his 1997 play of the same name,^[82] co-starring Jude Law, Natalie Portman and Clive Owen.^[82] She next reprised the role of Tess Ocean in Ocean's Twelve, which was deliberately much more unconventional than the first film, epitomized by a sequence in which Roberts's character impersonates the real-life Julia Roberts, due to what the film's characters believe is their strong resemblance.^[83] Though less well reviewed than Eleven, the film became another major success at the box office, with a gross of $363 million worldwide.^[84]^[85] In 2005, she was featured in the music video for the single "Dreamgirl" by the Dave Matthews Band. It was her first music video appearance.^[86] Roberts appeared in The Hollywood Reporter's list of the 10 highest-paid actresses every year from 2002 (when the magazine began compiling its list) to 2005.^[5]

In 2006, Roberts voiced a nurse ant in The Ant Bully and a barn spider in Charlotte's Web.^[87]^[88] She made her Broadway debut on April 19, 2006, as Nan in a revival of Richard Greenberg's 1997 play Three Days of Rain opposite Bradley Cooper and Paul Rudd. Although the play grossed nearly $1 million in ticket sales during its first week^[89] and was a commercial success throughout its limited run, her performance drew criticism. Ben Brantley of The New York Times described Roberts as being fraught with "self-consciousness (especially in the first act) [and] only glancingly acquainted with the two characters she plays."^[90] Brantley also criticized the overall production, writing that "it's almost impossible to discern its artistic virtues from this wooden and splintered interpretation, directed by Joe Mantello."^[90] Writing in the New York Post, Clive Barnes declared, "Hated the play. To be sadly honest, even hated her. At least I liked the rain—even if three days of it can seem an eternity."^[91] In Mike Nichols' biographical drama Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Roberts starred as socialite Joanne Herring, the love interest of Democratic Texas Congressman Charles Wilson, opposite Tom Hanks and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The film received considerable acclaim,^[92] made $119.5 million worldwide,^[93] and earned Roberts her sixth Golden Globe nomination.^[94]

The independent drama Fireflies in the Garden, in which Roberts played a mother whose death sets the story in motion, was screened at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival before being shown in European cinemas—it did not get a North American release until 2011. Roberts played a CIA agent collaborating with another spy to carry out a complicated con, opposite Clive Owen, in the comic thriller Duplicity (2009).^[95] Despite mixed reviews and moderate box office returns,^[96] critic A. O. Scott praised her performance: "Ms. Roberts has almost entirely left behind the coltish, America's-sweetheart mannerisms, except when she uses them strategically, to disarm or confuse. [...] She is, at 41, unmistakably in her prime".^[97] She received her seventh Golden Globe nomination for her role.

2010s

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In 2010, Roberts played a U.S. Army captain on a one-day leave, as part of a large ensemble cast, in the romantic comedy Valentine's Day, and starred as an author finding herself following a divorce in the film adaptation of Eat Pray Love. While she received $3 million up front against 3 percent of the gross for her six-minute role in Valentine's Day,^[98] Eat Pray Love had the highest debut at the box office for Roberts in a top-billed role since America's Sweethearts.^[99]^[100] She appeared as the teacher of a middle-aged man returning to education in the romantic comedy Larry Crowne, opposite Tom Hanks, who also served as the director.^[101] The film was poorly received by critics and audiences,^[102] although Roberts's comedic performance was praised.^[103] In Mirror Mirror (2012), the Tarsem Singh adaptation of Snow White, Roberts portrayed Queen Clementianna, Snow White's evil stepmother, opposite Lily Collins.^[104] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone felt that she tried "way too hard" in her role,^[105] while Katey Rich of Cinema Blend observed that she "takes relish in her wicked [portrayal] but could have gone even further with it".^[106] Mirror Mirror made $183 million globally.

In 2013, Roberts starred alongside Meryl Streep and Ewan McGregor in the black comedy drama August: Osage County, about a dysfunctional family that re-unites into the familial house when their patriarch suddenly disappears.^[107] Her performance earned her nominations for the Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Critics' Choice Award, and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, amongst other accolades.^[108]^[109]^[110]^[111] It was her fourth Academy Award nomination.^[112] In 2014, Roberts starred as Dr. Emma Brookner, a character based on Dr. Linda Laubenstein,^[113]^[114] in the television adaptation of Larry Kramer's AIDS-era play, The Normal Heart, which aired on HBO; the film was critically acclaimed and Vanity Fair, in its review, wrote: "Roberts, meanwhile, hums with righteous, Erin Brokovich-ian anger. Between this and August: Osage County, she's carving out a nice new niche for herself, playing brittle women who show their love and concern through explosive temper".^[115] Her role garnered her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie.^[116]

Roberts narrated "Women in Hollywood", an episode of the second season of Makers: Women Who Make America, in 2014,^[117] and appeared in Givenchy's spring–summer campaign in 2015.^[118]^[119] She starred as a grieving mother opposite Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Secret in Their Eyes (2015), a remake of the 2009 Argentine film of the same name, both based on the novel La pregunta de sus ojos by author Eduardo Sacheri.^[120] Unlike the original film, the American version received negative reviews and failed to find an audience.^[121] Donald Clarke of Irish Times concluded that a "sound job" by the cast "can't quite shake the whiff of compromise that hangs around the project".^[122] In 2016, Roberts reunited with Garry Marshall and reportedly received a $3 million fee for a four-day shoot, playing an accomplished author who gave her child for adoption, in the romantic comedy Mother's Day, which had a lackluster critical and commercial response.^[123] Her next film release was Jodie Foster's thriller Money Monster, in which she starred as a television director, alongside George Clooney and Jack O'Connell.^[124] Sandra Hall of The Sydney Morning Herald stated: "It may be Hollywood melodrama but it's top of the range, giving Clooney and Roberts every opportunity to demonstrate the value of star power."^[125] The film made a respectable $93.3 million worldwide.^[126]^[127]

In Wonder (2017), the film adaptation of the 2012 novel of the same name by R. J. Palacio, Roberts played the mother of a boy with Treacher Collins syndrome.^[128] The Times felt that she "lifts every one of her scenes in Wonder to near-sublime places".^[129]^[130] With a worldwide gross of $305.9 million, Wonder emerged as one of Roberts's most widely seen films.^[131] In 2017, she also voiced a motherly Smurf leader in the animated film Smurfs: The Lost Village.^[132]

Roberts portrayed the mother of a troubled young man in Peter Hedges's drama Ben Is Back (2018). Shaun Kitchener of Daily Express remarked: "Roberts is often the best, or one of the best, things about any film she's in —and Ben Is Back is no different".^[133] The role of a caseworker at a secret government facility, in the first season of the psychological thriller series Homecoming, was Roberts's first regular television project.^[134] The series, which premiered on Amazon Video in November 2018, garnered acclaim from critics, who concluded it was an "impressive small-screen debut" for Roberts that "balances its haunting mystery with a frenetic sensibility that grips and doesn't let go."^[135]^[136] She received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama.^[137]

2020s

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Roberts reunited with George Clooney for the romantic comedy Ticket to Paradise, which was released by Universal Pictures on October 21, 2022.^[138] She also played Martha Mitchell, a controversial figure throughout the Watergate scandal, in the political thriller television series Gaslit, based on the first season of the podcast Slow Burn by Leon Neyfakh.

Roberts also starred as Amanda Sandford in the 2023 film Leave the World Behind, appearing alongside Ethan Hawke and Mahershala Ali. The movie is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Rumaan Alam. The film is produced by Barack and Michelle Obama's company, Higher Ground Productions.^[139]

In 2024, Roberts and Riley Keough would narrate the audiobook version of Lisa Marie Presley's memoir From Here to the Great Unknown.^[140]^[141]^[142]

Other ventures

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Philanthropy

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Roberts has contributed to UNICEF as well as other charitable organizations. Her six-day visit to Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1995, as she said, "to educate myself",^[143]^[144] was expected to trigger an outburst of donations —$10 million in aid was sought at the time— by UNICEF officials.^[143]^[144] In 2006, she became a spokeswoman for Earth Biofuels as well as chair of the company's newly formed advisory board promoting the use of renewable fuels.^[145] In 2013, she was part of a Gucci campaign, "Chime for Change", that aims to spread female empowerment.^[146]

In 2000, Roberts narrated a documentary about Rett syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder,^[147] designed to help raise public awareness about the disease, and in 2014, she was the voice of Mother Nature in a short film for the Conservation International campaign Nature Is Speaking, intended to raise awareness about climate change.^[148]

Production company

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Roberts runs the production company Red Om Films (Red Om is "Moder" spelled backwards, after her husband's last name^[149]) with her sister, Lisa Roberts Gillan, and Marisa Yeres Gill.^[150] Through Red Om, Roberts has served as an executive producer for various projects she has starred in such as Eat Pray Love and Homecoming, as well as for the first four films of the American Girl film series (based on the American Girl line of dolls), released between 2004 and 2008.

Endorsements

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In 2006, Roberts signed an endorsement deal with fashion label Gianfranco Ferre, valued at $6 million. She was photographed by Mario Testino in Los Angeles for the brand's advertising campaign, which was distributed in Europe, Asia and Australia.^[151] Since 2009, Roberts has acted as Lancôme's global ambassador, a role in which she has been involved in the development and promotion of the brand's range of cosmetics and beauty products.^[152] She initially signed a five-year extension with the company for $50 million in 2010.^[153] Roberts starred as the global face of Chopard's Happy Sport and Happy Diamonds collections campaigns since 2021 and then Chopard had announced her as its Global Brand Ambassador in 2023.^[154]

Roberts endorsed President Joe Biden for re-election in 2024 and has been involved in related fundraising, even though Biden ended his re-election campaign on July 21, 2024.^[155]^[156]

Artistry

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Acting style and reception

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Throughout her career, Roberts has frequently been referred to as "America's sweetheart" by the media,^[157]^[158]^[159] a label that Vogue writer Noor Brara linked to her portrayals of characters that embody elements of the trope.^[160] BBC News Online attributed her early popularity to her roles as relatable, girl-next-door characters,^[157] often portraying vulnerable working-class women.^[161] Geoffrey Macnab of The Independent noted that during her peak, Roberts' appeal stemmed from her ability to blend the glamour of classic Hollywood stars with an approachable, down-to-earth quality.^[162] While romantic comedies cemented her status as an international star, Erin Brockovich is often cited as the film that earned her broader critical recognition as an actress.^[157]^[163]^[164] Film critic David Edelstein observed that while Roberts is widely acknowledged as a movie star, critics and cinephiles have debated the extent of her acting abilities, sometimes discussing her work with a degree of skepticism.^[161]^[164] In 2012, HuffPost writer Mike Ryan suggested that her career has relied more on her star power than on widespread acclaim for her acting, noting that she is not often included in discussions of the industry's most celebrated actresses.^[165]

Some critics have pointed out that Roberts has frequently played characters with traits similar to her own,^[164]^[166] contributing to a screen presence that journalist and filmmaker Bilge Ebiri described as difficult to separate from her public persona.^[167] John Anderson of The Seattle Times described her as "an actress who has never really been required to act".^[166] Matt Singer of The Dissolve said "Roberts has rarely strayed far from the onscreen persona that made her one of the biggest movie stars in history—that of a simple girl of limited means and unlimited heart, pulling herself up by her bootstraps".^[164] Attempts to divert from this image in the 1990s met with mixed responses,^[167] though Macnab noted her versatility in transitioning between romantic comedies, thrillers, period dramas, and independent films.^[162] Jihane Bousfiha of Time said that while her grace, warmth, and charisma "permeates all of her roles", no genre has highlighted these qualities as effectively as romantic comedies, describing her its "undisputed queen".^[168] Film critic and historian David Thomson wrote in Salon that he once received letters from upset fans over suggesting that Roberts' talent was being misused in some of her then-recent film roles.^[169] Director Mike Nichols, who worked with her on Charlie Wilson's War, argued that her beauty sometimes overshadowed her acting skills, praising her intelligence, preparation, and ability to fully embody her characters.^[170] The actress said she does not have any acting techniques, commenting, "there's nothing more boring than actors sitting around talking about acting".^[171]

Since Eat Pray Love, Roberts has largely moved away from the romantic comedy roles that defined much of her early career, instead gravitating toward more dramatic, character-driven projects, including supporting roles in ensemble films.^[172]^[173] She has attributed this shift to evolving opportunities, personal growth, and the increasing complexity of roles available to her with age.^[173] Roberts has cited Frances McDormand, Annette Bening, and Meryl Streep as actresses she admires for balancing successful careers with family life.^[170]

Public image

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Roberts has been recognized as one of the defining actors of her generation,^[55]^[174] and among the most influential actresses of the 1990s and early 2000s.^[175] During her peak, several publications described her as the world's biggest movie star.^[173]^[176]^[177]^[178]^[179] Ebiri called her "more than a movie star ... she was an existential fact" and "a dominant cultural force".^[167] Reporting on her star power in 1995, The New York Times’ Josh Young described her as a "rainmaker for women's films", with the ability to guarantee a film's opening weekend audience and even greenlight a project simply by agreeing to star in it.^[180] He also noted that her peers had benefited by accepting roles she had turned down.^[180] Roberts’ agent at the time, Elaine Goldsmith, credited her as one of the actresses in the 1990s who helped convince studios that women could lead films as successfully as men.^[180] According to Leah Rozen of The New York Times, she remained "the biggest female box office draw for 20 years".^[170] Roberts has also been recognized as a pioneer in pushing for gender pay equity in Hollywood, negotiating salaries on par with her male counterparts.^[160]^[181] The then-unprecedented $20 million salary she commanded set a new standard for actresses' compensation, according to BBC News Online.^[157] She was the highest-paid actress in Hollywood for much of the 1990s and early 2000s.^[174] In 2000, Roberts became the first actress to be included on The Hollywood Reporter's list of the 50 most influential women in show business, on which she was ranked the third most powerful woman in entertainment.^[3]^[182] In 2002, she became the first woman to be ranked the most bankable star in Hollywood based on an industry poll by the same publication, tying her with male actors Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks.^[183] As her career progressed, journalists began speculating whether her name alone could still guarantee box office success, particularly as some of her later films saw mixed commercial results.^[184]^[162]^[172]^[185] By 2017, Roberts stated that she no longer actively pursued roles but instead waited to see what opportunities arose.^[173] She has maintained that she is selective about her projects and that her agents never try to persuade her to take on a role.^[172]^[173]

Roberts has stated that she has successfully maintained a clear separation between her personal life and her acting career.^[186] Kaufman likened her public image to that of leading a double life, balancing her role as both a mother and one of the most recognizable faces globally.^[172] In 2009, a critic for The New Yorker suggested that while Roberts is a skilled actress, her technical abilities might not always match the emotional depth required for audiences to fully connect with her performances, partly due to the distance she maintains in her public persona.^[187] For Vulture, The Fug Girls described Roberts' public persona, which they dubbed "Julianess", as an overwhelming display of confidence and charm that at times borders on arrogance.^[188] Natalie Finn of E! observed that the media constantly compares younger, up-and-coming actresses to Roberts in an attempt to crown a spiritual successor, which Finn declared an unfair comparison.^[189] Some journalists have noted reports of Roberts being challenging to work with, citing alleged conflicts with certain directors and co-stars.^[190]^[191] In a 2024 interview with filmmaker Richard Curtis, she finally addressed these rumors, which she attributed to conscious efforts she has made not appear overly friendly on film sets to avoid being taken advantage of and forthright personality, but maintains that she never intends to hurt others.^[192] Edelstein observed that early in her career, Roberts was known for being edgy, hypersensitive, and difficult on set, though later profiles have emphasized her efforts to be seen as more down-to-earth.^[161]

Journalists and critics have frequently commented on Roberts' physical appearance and sex appeal.^[193] However, film critic Patrick Goldstein and celebrity stylist Philip Bloch stated that Roberts never fully embodied the sex symbol role, despite her attractiveness.^[193]^[194] Singer observed that "For a woman who became famous playing a prostitute, Roberts has maintained a surprisingly asexual onscreen persona", rarely performing sex scenes.^[164] People magazine has named Roberts the "World's Most Beautiful Woman" a record-breaking five times, most recently in 2017.^[195]

Personal life

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Ancestry

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On a 2023 episode of Finding Your Roots, Roberts learned that the surname of her biological paternal great-great-grandfather was actually Mitchell, not Roberts.^[196]

Roberts also learned her ancestors owned slaves: "You have to figure, if you are from the South, you're on one side of it or the other. It just seems very typical of that time, unfortunately. ... You can't turn your back on history, even when you become a part of it in a way that doesn't align with your personal compass."^[197]

Roberts is a distant cousin of fellow actor Edward Norton.^[198]

Relationships and family

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Roberts had romantic relationships with actors Jason Patric,^[199] Liam Neeson, Kiefer Sutherland, Dylan McDermott, and Matthew Perry.^[200] She was briefly engaged to Sutherland; they broke up shortly before their scheduled wedding on June 14, 1991.^[200] According to Roberts, it had been cancelled long before, not "days before the wedding" as the press claimed at the time,^[201] and that it was a mutual decision.^[199] On June 25, 1993, she married country singer Lyle Lovett; the wedding took place at St. James Lutheran Church in Marion, Indiana.^[202] They separated in March 1995 and subsequently divorced.^[203] From 1998 to 2001, Roberts dated actor Benjamin Bratt.^[204]

Roberts and her husband, cameraman Daniel Moder, met on the set of her film The Mexican in 2000 while she was still dating Bratt. At the time, Moder was married to Vera Steimberg. He filed for divorce a little over a year later, and after it was finalized, he and Roberts wed on July 4, 2002,^[205] at her ranch in Taos, New Mexico.^[206] Together, they have three children: twins, a daughter and a son, born in November 2004,^[207] and another son born in June 2007.^[208]

Religious beliefs

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In 2010, Roberts said she was Hindu, having converted for "spiritual satisfaction".^[209]^[210] Roberts is a devotee of the guru Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaj-ji), a picture of whom drew Roberts to Hinduism.^[211]

In September 2009, Swami Daram Dev of Ashram Hari Mandir in Pataudi, where Roberts was shooting Eat Pray Love, gave her children new names after Hindu gods: Lakshmi for Hazel, Ganesh for Phinnaeus and Krishna Balram for Henry.^[212]

Political views

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Roberts supported Kamala Harris during the 2024 United States presidential election. She appeared with Harris in a campaign rally in the swing state of Georgia, and also voiced a political advertisement for Harris.^[213]^[214] Donald Trump, who ran against Harris in the election, criticized Roberts for her role in the advertisement.^[214]

Personal habits

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Roberts has a preference for going barefoot, including at public events like film festivals, talk shows, and her wedding to Lyle Lovett. Her barefoot habit was incorporated into a number of her movie roles, including Tinker Bell in Hook.^[215]^[216]

Filmography and accolades

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Roberts's films that have earned the most at the box office, as of 2021^[update], include:^[217]

Pretty Woman (1990)
Hook (1991)
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
The Pelican Brief (1993)
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Notting Hill (1999)
Runaway Bride (1999)
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Ocean's Twelve (2004)
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Valentine's Day (2010)
Eat Pray Love (2010)
Mirror Mirror (2012)
Money Monster (2016)
Wonder (2017)

Roberts has received four Academy Award nominations, winning for Best Actress at the 73rd Academy Awards, for her titular portrayal in Erin Brockovich, which additionally earned her a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She won Golden Globe Awards for her performances in Steel Magnolias and Pretty Woman,^[218] and as of 2019, has garnered eight nominations. Roberts received two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations, one for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, for her guest-role on Law & Order, and the other for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Television Movie, for her performance in The Normal Heart.^[219] On February 28, 2025, Roberts was honored by French Minister of Culture Rachida Dati as a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) for her significant contribution to world cinema.^[220]^[221]

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Further reading

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Mark Bego. Julia Roberts: America's Sweetheart (New York: AMI Books, 2003). ISBN 1932270094.
Paul Donnelley. Julia Roberts Confidential: The Unauthorised Biography (London: Virgin, 2003). ISBN 1852270233.
James Spada. Julia: Her Life (New York: St Martin's Press, 2004). ISBN 0312285655
Frank Sanello. Julia Roberts: Pretty Superstar (Edinburgh: Mainstream 2010). ISBN 1845966651.

External links

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Julia Roberts at IMDb
Julia Roberts at the Internet Broadway Database
Julia Roberts at Rotten Tomatoes

Awards for Julia Roberts

v t e Academy Award for Best Actress
1928–1950	Janet Gaynor (1928) Mary Pickford (1929) Norma Shearer (1930) Marie Dressler (1931) Helen Hayes (1932) Katharine Hepburn (1933) Claudette Colbert (1934) Bette Davis (1935) Luise Rainer (1936) Luise Rainer (1937) Bette Davis (1938) Vivien Leigh (1939) Ginger Rogers (1940) Joan Fontaine (1941) Greer Garson (1942) Jennifer Jones (1943) Ingrid Bergman (1944) Joan Crawford (1945) Olivia de Havilland (1946) Loretta Young (1947) Jane Wyman (1948) Olivia de Havilland (1949) Judy Holliday (1950)
1951–1975	Vivien Leigh (1951) Shirley Booth (1952) Audrey Hepburn (1953) Grace Kelly (1954) Anna Magnani (1955) Ingrid Bergman (1956) Joanne Woodward (1957) Susan Hayward (1958) Simone Signoret (1959) Elizabeth Taylor (1960) Sophia Loren (1961) Anne Bancroft (1962) Patricia Neal (1963) Julie Andrews (1964) Julie Christie (1965) Elizabeth Taylor (1966) Katharine Hepburn (1967) Katharine Hepburn / Barbra Streisand (1968) Maggie Smith (1969) Glenda Jackson (1970) Jane Fonda (1971) Liza Minnelli (1972) Glenda Jackson (1973) Ellen Burstyn (1974) Louise Fletcher (1975)
1976–2000	Faye Dunaway (1976) Diane Keaton (1977) Jane Fonda (1978) Sally Field (1979) Sissy Spacek (1980) Katharine Hepburn (1981) Meryl Streep (1982) Shirley MacLaine (1983) Sally Field (1984) Geraldine Page (1985) Marlee Matlin (1986) Cher (1987) Jodie Foster (1988) Jessica Tandy (1989) Kathy Bates (1990) Jodie Foster (1991) Emma Thompson (1992) Holly Hunter (1993) Jessica Lange (1994) Susan Sarandon (1995) Frances McDormand (1996) Helen Hunt (1997) Gwyneth Paltrow (1998) Hilary Swank (1999) Julia Roberts (2000)
2001–present	Halle Berry (2001) Nicole Kidman (2002) Charlize Theron (2003) Hilary Swank (2004) Reese Witherspoon (2005) Helen Mirren (2006) Marion Cotillard (2007) Kate Winslet (2008) Sandra Bullock (2009) Natalie Portman (2010) Meryl Streep (2011) Jennifer Lawrence (2012) Cate Blanchett (2013) Julianne Moore (2014) Brie Larson (2015) Emma Stone (2016) Frances McDormand (2017) Olivia Colman (2018) Renée Zellweger (2019) Frances McDormand (2020) Jessica Chastain (2021) Michelle Yeoh (2022) Emma Stone (2023) Mikey Madison (2024)

BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

1952–1967

British	Vivien Leigh (1952) Audrey Hepburn (1953) Yvonne Mitchell (1954) Katie Johnson (1955) Virginia McKenna (1956) Heather Sears (1957) Irene Worth (1958) Audrey Hepburn (1959) Rachel Roberts (1960) Dora Bryan (1961) Leslie Caron (1962) Rachel Roberts (1963) Audrey Hepburn (1964) Julie Christie (1965) Elizabeth Taylor (1966) Edith Evans (1967)
Foreign	Simone Signoret (1952) Leslie Caron (1953) Cornell Borchers (1954) Betsy Blair (1955) Anna Magnani (1956) Simone Signoret (1957) Simone Signoret (1958) Shirley MacLaine (1959) Shirley MacLaine (1960) Sophia Loren (1961) Anne Bancroft (1962) Patricia Neal (1963) Anne Bancroft (1964) Patricia Neal (1965) Jeanne Moreau (1966) Anouk Aimée (1967)

1968–present

Katharine Hepburn (1968)
Maggie Smith (1969)
Katharine Ross (1970)
Glenda Jackson (1971)
Liza Minnelli (1972)
Stéphane Audran (1973)
Joanne Woodward (1974)
Ellen Burstyn (1975)
Louise Fletcher (1976)
Diane Keaton (1977)
Jane Fonda (1978)
Jane Fonda (1979)
Judy Davis (1980)
Meryl Streep (1981)
Katharine Hepburn (1982)
Julie Walters (1983)
Maggie Smith (1984)
Peggy Ashcroft (1985)
Maggie Smith (1986)
Anne Bancroft (1987)
Maggie Smith (1988)
Pauline Collins (1989)
Jessica Tandy (1990)
Jodie Foster (1991)
Emma Thompson (1992)
Holly Hunter (1993)
Susan Sarandon (1994)
Emma Thompson (1995)
Brenda Blethyn (1996)
Judi Dench (1997)
Cate Blanchett (1998)
Annette Bening (1999)
Julia Roberts (2000)
Judi Dench (2001)
Nicole Kidman (2002)
Scarlett Johansson (2003)
Imelda Staunton (2004)
Reese Witherspoon (2005)
Helen Mirren (2006)
Marion Cotillard (2007)
Kate Winslet (2008)
Carey Mulligan (2009)
Natalie Portman (2010)
Meryl Streep (2011)
Emmanuelle Riva (2012)
Cate Blanchett (2013)
Julianne Moore (2014)
Brie Larson (2015)
Emma Stone (2016)
Frances McDormand (2017)
Olivia Colman (2018)
Renée Zellweger (2019)
Frances McDormand (2020)
Joanna Scanlan (2021)
Cate Blanchett (2022)
Emma Stone (2023)
Mikey Madison (2024)

Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress

Donostia Award

Lifetime Achievement Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival

1986: Gregory Peck / Gene Tierney
1987: Glenn Ford
1988: Vittorio Gassman
1989: Bette Davis
1990: Claudette Colbert
1991: Anthony Perkins
1992: Lauren Bacall
1993: Robert Mitchum
1994: Lana Turner
1995: Susan Sarandon / Catherine Deneuve
1996: Al Pacino
1997: Michael Douglas / Jeremy Irons
1998: Jeanne Moreau / Anthony Hopkins / John Malkovich
1999: Anjelica Huston / Fernando Fernán Gómez / Vanessa Redgrave
2000: Michael Caine / Robert De Niro
2001: Julie Andrews / Warren Beatty / Francisco Rabal
2002: Jessica Lange / Bob Hoskins / Dennis Hopper / Francis Ford Coppola
2003: Robert Duvall / Sean Penn / Isabelle Huppert
2004: Annette Bening / Jeff Bridges / Woody Allen
2005: Willem Dafoe / Ben Gazzara
2006: Max von Sydow / Matt Dillon
2007: Liv Ullmann / Richard Gere
2008: Meryl Streep / Antonio Banderas
2009: Ian McKellen
2010: Julia Roberts
2011: Glenn Close
2012: Oliver Stone / Ewan McGregor / Tommy Lee Jones / John Travolta / Dustin Hoffman
2013: Carmen Maura / Hugh Jackman
2014: Denzel Washington / Benicio del Toro
2015: Emily Watson
2016: Sigourney Weaver / Ethan Hawke
2017: Ricardo Darín / Monica Bellucci / Agnès Varda
2018: Hirokazu Kore-eda / Danny DeVito / Judi Dench
2019: Penélope Cruz / Costa-Gavras / Donald Sutherland
2020: Viggo Mortensen
2021: Johnny Depp / Marion Cotillard
2022: Juliette Binoche / David Cronenberg
2023: Javier Bardem / Víctor Erice / Hayao Miyazaki
2024: Pedro Almodóvar / Cate Blanchett

v t e Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
1943–1975	Jennifer Jones (1943) Ingrid Bergman (1944) Ingrid Bergman (1945) Rosalind Russell (1946) Rosalind Russell (1947) Jane Wyman (1948) Olivia de Havilland (1949) Gloria Swanson (1950) Jane Wyman (1951) Shirley Booth (1952) Audrey Hepburn (1953) Grace Kelly (1954) Anna Magnani (1955) Ingrid Bergman (1956) Joanne Woodward (1957) Susan Hayward (1958) Elizabeth Taylor (1959) Greer Garson (1960) Geraldine Page (1961) Geraldine Page (1962) Leslie Caron (1963) Anne Bancroft (1964) Samantha Eggar (1965) Anouk Aimée (1966) Edith Evans (1967) Joanne Woodward (1968) Geneviève Bujold (1969) Ali MacGraw (1970) Jane Fonda (1971) Liv Ullmann (1972) Marsha Mason (1973) Gena Rowlands (1974) Louise Fletcher (1975)
1976–2000	Faye Dunaway (1976) Jane Fonda (1977) Jane Fonda (1978) Sally Field (1979) Mary Tyler Moore (1980) Meryl Streep (1981) Meryl Streep (1982) Shirley MacLaine (1983) Sally Field (1984) Whoopi Goldberg (1985) Marlee Matlin (1986) Sally Kirkland (1987) Jodie Foster / Shirley MacLaine / Sigourney Weaver (1988) Michelle Pfeiffer (1989) Kathy Bates (1990) Jodie Foster (1991) Emma Thompson (1992) Holly Hunter (1993) Jessica Lange (1994) Sharon Stone (1995) Brenda Blethyn (1996) Judi Dench (1997) Cate Blanchett (1998) Hilary Swank (1999) Julia Roberts (2000)
2001–present	Sissy Spacek (2001) Nicole Kidman (2002) Charlize Theron (2003) Hilary Swank (2004) Felicity Huffman (2005) Helen Mirren (2006) Julie Christie (2007) Kate Winslet (2008) Sandra Bullock (2009) Natalie Portman (2010) Meryl Streep (2011) Jessica Chastain (2012) Cate Blanchett (2013) Julianne Moore (2014) Brie Larson (2015) Isabelle Huppert (2016) Frances McDormand (2017) Glenn Close (2018) Renée Zellweger (2019) Andra Day (2020) Nicole Kidman (2021) Cate Blanchett (2022) Lily Gladstone (2023) Fernanda Torres (2024)

v t e Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
1950–1975	Judy Holliday (1950) June Allyson (1951) Susan Hayward (1952) Ethel Merman (1953) Judy Garland (1954) Jean Simmons (1955) Deborah Kerr (1956) Kay Kendall / Taina Elg (1957) Rosalind Russell (1958) Marilyn Monroe (1959) Shirley MacLaine (1960) Rosalind Russell (1961) Rosalind Russell (1962) Shirley MacLaine (1963) Julie Andrews (1964) Julie Andrews (1965) Lynn Redgrave (1966) Anne Bancroft (1967) Barbra Streisand (1968) Patty Duke (1969) Carrie Snodgress (1970) Twiggy (1971) Liza Minnelli (1972) Glenda Jackson (1973) Raquel Welch (1974) Ann-Margret (1975)
1976–2000	Barbra Streisand (1976) Diane Keaton / Marsha Mason (1977) Ellen Burstyn / Maggie Smith (1978) Bette Midler (1979) Sissy Spacek (1980) Bernadette Peters (1981) Julie Andrews (1982) Julie Walters (1983) Kathleen Turner (1984) Kathleen Turner (1985) Sissy Spacek (1986) Cher (1987) Melanie Griffith (1988) Jessica Tandy (1989) Julia Roberts (1990) Bette Midler (1991) Miranda Richardson (1992) Angela Bassett (1993) Jamie Lee Curtis (1994) Nicole Kidman (1995) Madonna (1996) Helen Hunt (1997) Gwyneth Paltrow (1998) Janet McTeer (1999) Renée Zellweger (2000)
2001–present	Nicole Kidman (2001) Renée Zellweger (2002) Diane Keaton (2003) Annette Bening (2004) Reese Witherspoon (2005) Meryl Streep (2006) Marion Cotillard (2007) Sally Hawkins (2008) Meryl Streep (2009) Annette Bening (2010) Michelle Williams (2011) Jennifer Lawrence (2012) Amy Adams (2013) Amy Adams (2014) Jennifer Lawrence (2015) Emma Stone (2016) Saoirse Ronan (2017) Olivia Colman (2018) Awkwafina (2019) Rosamund Pike (2020) Rachel Zegler (2021) Michelle Yeoh (2022) Emma Stone (2023) Demi Moore (2024)

v t e Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
1943–1975	Katina Paxinou (1943) Agnes Moorehead (1944) Angela Lansbury (1945) Anne Baxter (1946) Celeste Holm (1947) Ellen Corby (1948) Mercedes McCambridge (1949) Josephine Hull (1950) Kim Hunter (1951) Katy Jurado (1952) Grace Kelly (1953) Jan Sterling (1954) Marisa Pavan (1955) Eileen Heckart (1956) Elsa Lanchester (1957) Hermione Gingold (1958) Susan Kohner (1959) Janet Leigh (1960) Rita Moreno (1961) Angela Lansbury (1962) Margaret Rutherford (1963) Agnes Moorehead (1964) Ruth Gordon (1965) Jocelyne LaGarde (1966) Carol Channing (1967) Ruth Gordon (1968) Goldie Hawn (1969) Karen Black / Maureen Stapleton (1970) Ann-Margret (1971) Shelley Winters (1972) Linda Blair (1973) Karen Black (1974) Brenda Vaccaro (1975)
1976–2000	Katharine Ross (1976) Vanessa Redgrave (1977) Dyan Cannon (1978) Meryl Streep (1979) Mary Steenburgen (1980) Joan Hackett (1981) Jessica Lange (1982) Cher (1983) Peggy Ashcroft (1984) Meg Tilly (1985) Maggie Smith (1986) Olympia Dukakis (1987) Sigourney Weaver (1988) Julia Roberts (1989) Whoopi Goldberg (1990) Mercedes Ruehl (1991) Joan Plowright (1992) Winona Ryder (1993) Dianne Wiest (1994) Mira Sorvino (1995) Lauren Bacall (1996) Kim Basinger (1997) Lynn Redgrave (1998) Angelina Jolie (1999) Kate Hudson (2000)
2001–present	Jennifer Connelly (2001) Meryl Streep (2002) Renée Zellweger (2003) Natalie Portman (2004) Rachel Weisz (2005) Jennifer Hudson (2006) Cate Blanchett (2007) Kate Winslet (2008) Mo'Nique (2009) Melissa Leo (2010) Octavia Spencer (2011) Anne Hathaway (2012) Jennifer Lawrence (2013) Patricia Arquette (2014) Kate Winslet (2015) Viola Davis (2016) Allison Janney (2017) Regina King (2018) Laura Dern (2019) Jodie Foster (2020) Ariana DeBose (2021) Angela Bassett (2022) Da'Vine Joy Randolph (2023) Zoe Saldaña (2024)

v t e Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
1951–1975	Gertrude Lawrence (1951) Barbara Bel Geddes (1952) Mamie Eisenhower (1953) Shirley Booth (1954) Debbie Reynolds (1955) Peggy Ann Garner (1956) Carroll Baker (1957) Katharine Hepburn (1958) Joanne Woodward (1959) Carol Lawrence (1960) Jane Fonda (1961) Piper Laurie (1962) Shirley MacLaine (1963) Rosalind Russell (1964) Lee Remick (1965) Ethel Merman (1966) Lauren Bacall (1967) Angela Lansbury (1968) Carol Burnett (1969) Dionne Warwick (1970) Carol Channing (1971) Ruby Keeler (1972) Liza Minnelli (1973) Faye Dunaway (1974) Valerie Harper (1975)
1976–2000	Bette Midler (1976) Elizabeth Taylor (1977) Beverly Sills (1978) Candice Bergen (1979) Meryl Streep (1980) Mary Tyler Moore (1981) Ella Fitzgerald (1982) Julie Andrews (1983) Joan Rivers (1984) Cher (1985) Sally Field (1986) Bernadette Peters (1987) Lucille Ball (1988) Kathleen Turner (1989) Glenn Close (1990) Diane Keaton (1991) Jodie Foster (1992) Whoopi Goldberg (1993) Meg Ryan (1994) Michelle Pfeiffer (1995) Susan Sarandon (1996) Julia Roberts (1997) Sigourney Weaver (1998) Goldie Hawn (1999) Jamie Lee Curtis (2000)
2001–present	Drew Barrymore (2001) Sarah Jessica Parker (2002) Anjelica Huston (2003) Sandra Bullock (2004) Catherine Zeta-Jones (2005) Halle Berry (2006) Scarlett Johansson (2007) Charlize Theron (2008) Renée Zellweger (2009) Anne Hathaway (2010) Julianne Moore (2011) Claire Danes (2012) Marion Cotillard (2013) Helen Mirren (2014) Amy Poehler (2015) Kerry Washington (2016) Octavia Spencer (2017) Mila Kunis (2018) Bryce Dallas Howard (2019) Elizabeth Banks (2020) Viola Davis (2021) Jennifer Garner (2022) Jennifer Coolidge (2023) Annette Bening (2024) Cynthia Erivo (2025)

Honorary César

1976–2000

Ingrid Bergman (1976)
Diana Ross (1976)
Henri Langlois (1977)
Jacques Tati (1977)
Robert Dorfmann (1978)
René Goscinny (1978)
Marcel Carné (1979)
Charles Vanel (1979)
Walt Disney (1979)
Pierre Braunberger (1980)
Louis de Funès (1980)
Kirk Douglas (1980)
Marcel Pagnol (1981)
Alain Resnais (1981)
Georges Dancigers (1982)
Alexandre Mnouchkine (1982)
Jean Nény (1982)
Andrzej Wajda (1982)
Raimu (1983)
René Clément (1984)
Georges de Beauregard (1984)
Edwige Feuillère (1984)
Christian-Jaque (1985)
Danielle Darrieux (1985)
Christine Gouze-Rénal (1985)
Alain Poiré (1985)
Maurice Jarre (1986)
Bette Davis (1986)
Jean Delannoy (1986)
René Ferracci (1986)
Claude Lanzmann (1986)
Jean-Luc Godard (1987)
Serge Silberman (1988)
Bernard Blier (1989)
Paul Grimault (1989)
Gérard Philipe (1990)
Jean-Pierre Aumont (1991)
Sophia Loren (1991)
Michèle Morgan (1992)
Sylvester Stallone (1992)
Jean Marais (1993)
Marcello Mastroianni (1993)
Gérard Oury (1993)
Jean Carmet (1994)
Jeanne Moreau (1995)
Gregory Peck (1995)
Steven Spielberg (1995)
Lauren Bacall (1996)
Henri Verneuil (1996)
Charles Aznavour (1997)
Andie MacDowell (1997)
Michael Douglas (1998)
Clint Eastwood (1998)
Jean-Luc Godard (1998)
Pedro Almodóvar (1999)
Johnny Depp (1999)
Jean Rochefort (1999)
Josiane Balasko (2000)
Georges Cravenne (2000)
Jean-Pierre Léaud (2000)
Martin Scorsese (2000)

2001–present

Darry Cowl (2001)
Charlotte Rampling (2001)
Agnès Varda (2001)
Anouk Aimée (2002)
Jeremy Irons (2002)
Claude Rich (2002)
Bernadette Lafont (2003)
Spike Lee (2003)
Meryl Streep (2003)
Micheline Presle (2004)
Jacques Dutronc (2005)
Will Smith (2005)
Hugh Grant (2006)
Pierre Richard (2006)
Marlène Jobert (2007)
Jude Law (2007)
Jeanne Moreau (2008)
Roberto Benigni (2008)
Romy Schneider (2008)
Dustin Hoffman (2009)
Harrison Ford (2010)
Quentin Tarantino (2011)
Kate Winslet (2012)
Kevin Costner (2013)
Scarlett Johansson (2014)
Sean Penn (2015)
Michael Douglas (2016)
George Clooney (2017)
Penélope Cruz (2018)
Robert Redford (2019)
Cate Blanchett (2022)
David Fincher (2023)
Agnès Jaoui (2024)
Christopher Nolan (2024)
Julia Roberts (2025)
Costa-Gavras (2025)

Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actress

Whoopi Goldberg (1988–1989)
Lea Thompson (1990)
Julia Roberts (1991)
Whoopi Goldberg (1992–1994)
Rosie O'Donnell (1995)
Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen (1996)
Rosie O'Donnell (1997)
Alicia Silverstone (1998)
Drew Barrymore (1999)
Melissa Joan Hart (2000)
Drew Barrymore (2001)
Jennifer Lopez (2002)
Amanda Bynes (2003–2004)
Hilary Duff (2005)
Lindsay Lohan (2006)
Dakota Fanning (2007)
Jessica Alba (2008)
Vanessa Hudgens (2009)
Miley Cyrus (2010–2011)
Kristen Stewart (2012–2013)
Jennifer Lawrence (2014)
Emma Stone (2015)
Jennifer Lawrence (2016)
Melissa McCarthy (2017)
Zendaya (2018)
Joey King (2019)
Dove Cameron (2020)
Millie Bobby Brown (2021)
Zendaya (2022)
Millie Bobby Brown (2023)
Margot Robbie (2024)

London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actress of the Year

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress

Florinda Bolkan (1975)
Liv Ullmann (1976)
Shelley Duvall (1977)
Jane Fonda (1978)
Sally Field (1979)
Sissy Spacek (1980)
Meryl Streep (1981)
Meryl Streep (1982)
Shirley MacLaine (1983)
Kathleen Turner (1984)
Meryl Streep (1985)
Sandrine Bonnaire (1986)
Holly Hunter / Sally Kirkland (1987)
Christine Lahti (1988)
Andie MacDowell / Michelle Pfeiffer (1989)
Anjelica Huston (1990)
Mercedes Ruehl (1991)
Emma Thompson (1992)
Holly Hunter (1993)
Jessica Lange (1994)
Elisabeth Shue (1995)
Brenda Blethyn (1996)
Helena Bonham Carter (1997)
Fernanda Montenegro / Ally Sheedy (1998)
Hilary Swank (1999)
Julia Roberts (2000)
Sissy Spacek (2001)
Julianne Moore (2002)
Naomi Watts (2003)
Imelda Staunton (2004)
Vera Farmiga (2005)
Helen Mirren (2006)
Marion Cotillard (2007)
Sally Hawkins (2008)
Yolande Moreau (2009)
Kim Hye-ja (2010)
Yoon Jeong-hee (2011)
Jennifer Lawrence / Emmanuelle Riva (2012)
Cate Blanchett / Adèle Exarchopoulos (2013)
Patricia Arquette (2014)
Charlotte Rampling (2015)
Isabelle Huppert (2016)
Sally Hawkins (2017)
Olivia Colman (2018)
Mary Kay Place (2019)
Carey Mulligan (2020)
Penélope Cruz (2021)

v t e MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Performance in a Movie
Best Male Performance (1992–2005, 2008–2016)	Arnold Schwarzenegger (1992) Denzel Washington (1993) Tom Hanks (1994) Brad Pitt (1995) Jim Carrey (1996) Tom Cruise (1997) Leonardo DiCaprio (1998) Jim Carrey (1999) Keanu Reeves (2000) Tom Cruise (2001) Will Smith (2002) Eminem (2003) Johnny Depp (2004) Leonardo DiCaprio (2005) Will Smith (2008) Zac Efron (2009) Robert Pattinson (2010) Robert Pattinson (2011) Josh Hutcherson (2012) Bradley Cooper (2013) Josh Hutcherson (2014) Bradley Cooper (2015) Leonardo DiCaprio (2016)
Best Female Performance (1992–2005, 2008–2016)	Linda Hamilton (1992) Sharon Stone (1993) Janet Jackson (1994) Sandra Bullock (1995) Alicia Silverstone (1996) Claire Danes (1997) Neve Campbell (1998) Cameron Diaz (1999) Sarah Michelle Gellar (2000) Julia Roberts (2001) Nicole Kidman (2002) Kirsten Dunst (2003) Uma Thurman (2004) Lindsay Lohan (2005) Elliot Page (2008) Kristen Stewart (2009) Kristen Stewart (2010) Kristen Stewart (2011) Jennifer Lawrence (2012) Jennifer Lawrence (2013) Jennifer Lawrence (2014) Shailene Woodley (2015) Charlize Theron (2016)
Best Performance (2006–2007, 2017–present)	Jake Gyllenhaal (2006) Johnny Depp (2007) Emma Watson (2017) Chadwick Boseman (2018) Lady Gaga (2019) No Award (2020) Chadwick Boseman (2021) Tom Holland (2022) Tom Cruise (2023)

v t e National Board of Review Award for Best Actress
1945–1975	Joan Crawford (1945) Anna Magnani (1946) Celia Johnson (1947) Olivia de Havilland (1948) Gloria Swanson (1950) Jan Sterling (1951) Shirley Booth (1952) Jean Simmons (1953) Grace Kelly (1954) Anna Magnani (1955) Dorothy McGuire (1956) Joanne Woodward (1957) Ingrid Bergman (1958) Simone Signoret (1959) Greer Garson (1960) Geraldine Page (1961) Anne Bancroft (1962) Patricia Neal (1963) Kim Stanley (1964) Julie Christie (1965) Elizabeth Taylor (1966) Edith Evans (1967) Liv Ullmann (1968) Geraldine Page (1969) Glenda Jackson (1970) Irene Papas (1971) Cicely Tyson (1972) Liv Ullmann (1973) Gena Rowlands (1974) Isabelle Adjani (1975)
1976–2000	Liv Ullmann (1976) Anne Bancroft (1977) Ingrid Bergman (1978) Sally Field (1979) Sissy Spacek (1980) Glenda Jackson (1981) Meryl Streep (1982) Shirley MacLaine (1983) Peggy Ashcroft (1984) Whoopi Goldberg (1985) Kathleen Turner (1986) Lillian Gish / Holly Hunter (1987) Jodie Foster (1988) Michelle Pfeiffer (1989) Mia Farrow (1990) Geena Davis / Susan Sarandon (1991) Emma Thompson (1992) Holly Hunter (1993) Miranda Richardson (1994) Emma Thompson (1995) Frances McDormand (1996) Helena Bonham Carter (1997) Fernanda Montenegro (1998) Janet McTeer (1999) Julia Roberts (2000)
2001–present	Halle Berry (2001) Julianne Moore (2002) Diane Keaton (2003) Annette Bening (2004) Felicity Huffman (2005) Helen Mirren (2006) Julie Christie (2007) Anne Hathaway (2008) Carey Mulligan (2009) Lesley Manville (2010) Tilda Swinton (2011) Jessica Chastain (2012) Emma Thompson (2013) Julianne Moore (2014) Brie Larson (2015) Amy Adams (2016) Meryl Streep (2017) Lady Gaga (2018) Renée Zellweger (2019) Carey Mulligan (2020) Rachel Zegler (2021) Michelle Yeoh (2022) Lily Gladstone (2023) Nicole Kidman (2024)

People's Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actress

San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress

Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama or Genre

Christine Lahti (1996)
Kate Mulgrew (1997)
Jeri Ryan (1998)
Camryn Manheim (1999)
Allison Janney (2000)
Edie Falco (2001)
CCH Pounder (2002)
CCH Pounder (2003)
Laurel Holloman (2004)
Kyra Sedgwick (2005)
Kyra Sedgwick (2006)
Ellen Pompeo (2007)
Anna Paquin (2008)
Glenn Close (2009)
Connie Britton (2010)
Claire Danes (2011)
Claire Danes (2012)
Robin Wright (2013)
Keri Russell (2014)
Claire Danes (2015)
Evan Rachel Wood (2016)
Elisabeth Moss (2017)
Julia Roberts (2018)
Zendaya (2019)
Olivia Colman (2020)
Sarah Snook (2021)
Elisabeth Moss (2022)
Helen Mirren (2023)
Kathy Bates (2024)

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

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