1.) PERSONAL INFORMATION: Name: Roberts, Julia Real Name: Roberts, Julie Fionna Birth Date: 28 October 1968, Smyrna Georgia, U.S.A. Height: 5.9" Eyes: Hazel Estimated U.S. total box office gross: Over $1.5 Billion worldwide.
2.) UP AND COMING PROJECTS:
- "The Women" - co-starring Meg Ryan, Marisa Tomei, and either Mary Tyler Moore or Jane Fonda. Candidates for the other roles are Nicole Kidman, Uma Thurman, and Tea Leoni. Diane English(The Creator of "Murphy Brown") has just finalized the script and James("Terms of Endearment")will direct while both Julia Roberts and Meg Ryan will serve as producers.
- "Stepmom" - co-starring Susan Surandon and from the producer, Wendy Finerman, of "Forrest Gump". Production starts between this August.
- "Tracks" - Julia Roberts plays the role of an Aussie who travels across The Australian Outback with 3 Camels and a Dog.
- "The MovieGoer" - Julia Roberts stars with Tim Robbins in the Terrence Mallick's screenplay adaption of Percey Walker's novel "The MovieGoer". Terrence Mallick is set to direct as well.
- "A Class Divided" - Julia Roberts and Susan Surandon Star And Co-Produce this film which is about a school teacher who teaches her students about racism by dividing them into blue-eyed and brown-eyed groups.
3.) FILMOGRAPHY AS AN ACTRESS:
1. "Blood Red" (1986) - Starring Eric Roberts, Dennis Hopper, and Burt Young. This was Julia's motion picture debut. -Came out only on video in 1990.
2.) An episode on "Miami Vice" (1986)
3.) "Baja!Oklahoma" - Lesley Ann Warren, Peter Coyote, Julia Roberts, and William Forsythe.(1987 - an HBO movie) About a Big Southern Family living in a very small rural area.
4.) "Mystic Pizza" (Daisy)(1988) - Julia Roberts, Lily Taylor, Annabeth Gish, and William Moses.
5.) "Satisfaction" (Daryl)(1988) - Julia Roberts, Trina Alvarado, and Liam Neeson.
6.) "Steel Magnolias" (Shelby)(1989) - Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Shirley MacClane, Olympia Dukakis, Daryl Hannah, Tom Skerrit, and Dylan Macdermott. -Box-Office Gross: $100 Million.
7.) "Pretty Woman" (Vivian Ward)(1990) - Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Jason Alexander, Lara San Giacomo, Larry Miller. -Box-Office Gross: $179 Million.
8.) "Flatliners" (Rachel)(1990) - Julia Roberts, Keifer Sutherland, William Baldwin, Kevin Bacon, and Oliver Platt. -Box-Office Gross: $100 Million.
9.) "Sleeping with The Enemy" (Laura Burney/Sara)(1991) - Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergen, and Kevin Anderson. -Box-Office Gross: $150 Million.
10.) "Dying Young" (Hillary O'Neil)(1991) - Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott, and Vincent D'Onofrio. -Box-Office Gross: $35 Million.
11.) "Hook" (Tinkerbell)(1991) - Julia Roberts, Robin Willaims, Dustin Hoffman, Bob Hoskins, and Charlie Korsemo. -Box-Office Gross: $150 Million.
12.) "The Pelican Brief" (Darby Shaw)(1993) - Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shephard, Robert Culp, Tony Goldwyn, William Atherton, James B. Sikking, John Lithgow, and Hume Cronyn. -Box-Office Gross: $105 Million.
13.) "I Love Trouble" (Sabrina Peterson)(1994) - Julia Roberts, Nick Nolte, Olympia Dukakis, Charles Martin Smith, Robert Loggia, Eugene Levy. -Box-Office Gross: $30 Million.
14.) "Ready to Wear" (Annie Eisenhower)(1994) - Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastrioani, Lyle Lovett, Stephen Rea, Kim Basinger, Forrest Whitaker, Sally Kellerman. - Julia Roberts's Role was for only like 15 minutes, and not even the main part of the storyline. -Box-Office Gross: $12 Million.
15.) "Something to Talk About" (Grace Von Bichon)(1995) - Julia Roberts, Dennis Quaid, Kyra sedgewick, Robert Duvall, Gena Rowlands. -Box-Office Gross: $51 Million.
16.) "Mary Reilly" (Mary Reilly)(1996) - Julia Roberts, John Malcovitch, Glenn Close, Michael Gambon, and George Cole.
17.) "Michael Collins" (Kitty Kiernan)(1996) - Julia Roberts, Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea, Aidan Quinn, and Alan Rickman. Synopsis: This is about The Early 20th Century Irish Republican Army Patriot and Hero Michael Collins played by Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts portrays His Fiancee, Kitty Kiernan.
4.) AWARDS/HONORS: - 1990: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress Award in A Comedy and Academy Award Nomination for her role in "Steel Magnolias". - 1991: Golden Globe Award Award for Best Actress in A Comedy and Academy Award Nomination for her role in "Pretty Woman".
5.) INTERESTING EVENT TIME LINE: October 28, 1967 Born on this day in Smyrna, Georgia. 1986 Changed her first name to Julia because there was already a Julie Roberts in actors etiquette. 1986 Lands her first motion picture role co-starring with her brother Eric, Dennis Hopper, and Burt Young. 1986 Makes a guest starring role on the hit TV Series Miami Vice. 1987 Wins audition of over 100-200 young girls for the role of Daisy in "Mystic Pizza". 1988 Gets First Noticed in "Mystic Pizza" on The HBO Movie of the week. 1988 Gets noticed by Sally Field on the set of "Satisfaction". Sally Feild's then husband,was a producer on the movie. And lobbyed for her for the role of Shelby in "Steel Magnolias. And Julia wins the role over 100-200 young girls for the role. 1989 "Steel Magnolias" is released in November, and Julia's Performance Receives all kinds of rave reviews. 1989 Julia Roberts wins The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in A Comedy, and is a 2-1 Odds on Favorite to win The Oscar Prize for Best Supporting Actress. 1990 Before "Pretty Woman" was released, it received the highest score among test audiences, and this made her A Mega-Superstar with over $179 Million at The Box-Office. 1990 "Flatliners" is released the following August. And since the shooting of this movie, she becomes Joel Schumacher's Big Favorite Movie Star to work with. 1991 Julia wins The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in A Comedy for her role as Vivian Ward in "Pretty Woman", and grabs another Oscar Nomination. 1991 "Sleeping with The Enemy" is released into theaters that year, and Julia Ultimately Proves that She can open a movie all by herself, with a $150 Million Gross at The Box-Office. 1991 Julia signs on for $7 Million to play the role of Tinkerbell opposite Robin Willaims as Peter Pan and Dustin Hoffmann as Captain Hook in Stephen Spielberg's Adaptation of the animation series. "Hook". 1991 Later that year, "Hook" grossed $150 million at the box-office. 1993 Julia makes A Big Smash Hit with "The Pelican Brief" co-starring Denzel Washington and Sam Shephard. It grosses over $100 Million at The Box-Office. 1995 She signs on to play the role of Kitty Kiernan opposite Liam Neeson in Neil Jordan's "Michael Collins", about The Irish Patriot in the early 20th century. Julia plays the role of Michael Collins's fiance, played by Liam Neeson. 1995 Julia commands A Really Strong Performance in "Something to Talk About", turning this movie into '95's summer sleeper with a $51 Million Gross at The Box-Office. Starts getting movie offers like mad from left and right, 1995 Julia signs on to do "My Best Friend's Wedding" in June '96. 1996 Durmot Mulroney and Cameron Diaz sign on to co-star opposite Julia in "My Best Friend's Wedding". 1996 Julia signs on with with her good friend Susan Sarandon to do "Stepmom", which is from the producers, Wendy Finerman, of "Forrest Gump". Both Julia and Susan have been looking for the good solid script to do together a movie together for a long time. 1996 "The Women" is being givin "A Go" as Diane English has finalized the script. Readings with Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan, Marisa Tomei, Candice Bergen, Blythe Danner, and Jamie Gertz Just Brought Down The House in front of 15 guests who were *SO* Tickled with everything Especially with Julia Roberts's Role. The Entire Script And Readings was A Huge Success! 1996 "Michael Collins" is set to premiere at The Venice Film Festival Aug. 28 - Sept. 9 and is set to open in The US on October 11. Julia Roberts, Liam Neeson, Aiden Quinn, and Stephen Rea are All Generating Really Kudos Buzz for Their Performance in This Film which will be a Great Oscar Contender. 1996 Julia Roberts's next film after "Michael Collins", Woody Allen's Musical "Everyone Says I Love You" will open in theaters on December 6 in NYC and L.A. and the Nationwide January 31. 1996 Julia Roberts signs on with Susan Sarandon to Star And Co-Produce "A Class Divided" which is about a school teacher who teaches her students about racism by separating them into blue-eyed and brown eyes groups. 1996 Julia Roberts signs on to star with Mel Gibson and Patrick Stewart in Richard Donner's "Conspiracy Theory" in which she plays The U.S. Attorney who comes to Gibson's, who is a New York City paranoid cab driver who writes a newsletter on conspiracy theories on the internet, rescue when one of his theories turnes out to be true and is thwarted by an evil F.B.I. Agent to be played by Stewart. 1997 February 13, Julia is Awarded with The Harvard Hasty Pudding Award at Harvard and is paraded by the students around campus. Her "The Conspiracy Theory" Co-Star Mel Gibson will receive his next week. 1997 May 19, Julia, along with the rest of The "My Best Friend's Wedding" Cast, are Rosie O'Donnell's Guests for the entire hour promoting this movie. In addition The Rosie Audience were The First to see the final cut of "My Best Friend's Wedding" and it got A Hilarious Response.
6.) INTERESTING NOTES TO THE READERS:- While doing "Flatliners", she became Joel Schumacher's favorite. He described her "Working with her has been My Best Experience in Show Business. She's Very Bright, And Very Well-Read." It seemed he was always at her side whenever the press made it out like her career was going sour. A couple of months before "The Pelican Brief" came out, He said "Two Years off was really the best for her, because now she's a afreshed and ready to go. She Is Very Very Bright". And when she had a bit of a slump and the press was willing to write her off just because 'she wasn't the #1 female star in the world' at the moment, and Joel Schumacher said "I don't understand why the press has to always declare her as the #1 female star in the world, and if she starts choosing very diversified roles, so what?"
7.) FEATURE FILMS: Satisfaction, Mystic Pizza 1988; Blood Red, Steel Magnolias 1989; Pretty Woman, Flatliners 1990; Sleeping With the Enemy, Dying Young, Hook 1991; The Player (cameo) 1992; The Pelican Brief 1993; I Love Trouble, Ready To Wear 1994; Something to Talk About 1995; Mary Reilly 1996. Everybody says " I love you " 1996 My Best Friend's Wedding 1996 Conspiracy Theory 1997
