Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress and producer. The recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards, Roberts is considered one of the most bankable actresses in Hollywood, with over 20 of her leading actress films having earned at least $100 million at the box office. She established herself as a leading lady in Hollywood after headlining the romantic comedy film Pretty Woman (1990), which grossed $464 million worldwide. Overall, her films have brought in box office grossings of over $3.8 billion globally.
Among the numerous awards and recognitions she has received, Roberts has won a British Academy Film Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and an Academy Award from four nominations. For her performance in Erin Brockovich (2000), Roberts won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her most successful films include Mystic Pizza (1988), Steel Magnolias (1989), Pretty Woman (1990), 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), Money Monster (2016), and Wonder (2017). Roberts was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her performance in the HBO television film The Normal Heart (2014). In 2018, she starred in the Amazon Prime Video psychological thriller series Homecoming.
Roberts was the highest-paid actress in the world throughout most of the 1990s and in the first half of the 2000s. Her fee for 1990's Pretty Woman was $300,000; in 2003, she was paid an unprecedented $25 million for her role in Mona Lisa Smile (2003). As of 2020, Roberts's net worth was estimated to be $250 million. People magazine has named her the most beautiful woman in the world a record five times.