Julia Roberts

For many, she will always be Vivien Ward, the Cinderella redhead who rediscovers love and is finally rescued in her urban castle in Beverly Hills. And it is that Pretty Woman is much more than a title, it is the essence of Julia, her hallmark. No matter what role she plays, she will always be the beautiful, emotional, easy-going and romantic girl who once fell in love with Richard Gere back in 1988.

America’s most beloved actress was born on October 28, 1967 in Smyrna, a small town north of Atlanta (Georgia). Her acting side is somewhat genetic, as her parents founded the Atlanta Writers and Actors Association, the state’s first interracial theater organization. Thanks to this, the Roberts earned the sympathy of black leaders, to the point that Martin Luther King’s wife took over the hospital expenses due to the birth of the future actress. Before Julia, Eric and Lisa had been born, and her father eked out a living by selling vacuum cleaners. Perhaps the lack of income accentuated the family crisis, the fact is that her parents divorced when Julia was 4 years old.

Julia Fiona Roberts attended Griffin Middle School and then Campbell High School, both in Smyrna. She wanted to be a veterinarian from a young age, although later she decided to study journalism in Atlanta. But her student interest did not last long: she dropped out and went with her sister, Lisa, to New York to try her luck as an actress. Her brother Eric had already taken her first steps in Hollywood and got her an interview with the manager of the Click agency, who upon seeing her – 1.78, 52 kilos and 112 cm legs – immediately hired her as model. But she Julia had other dreams. Thanks again to her brother, she landed her first film role in the film Blood Red (1987). Only two years later she would achieve success with the melodrama Steel Magnolias., along with actresses such as Shirley MacLaine and Sally Field . Julia received the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress and an Oscar nomination.

But the definitive elevation would come with Pretty Woman , a sui generis version of Cinderella: viewers began to adore the immensity of her smile. New Oscar nomination. Her cache soared and the actress began to choose more dramatic roles. bad option. In Hook (1991), Sleeping with her Enemy From Her (1991), The Pelican Report (1993) or Mary Reilly (1996), she withdrew from romantic roles and the public did not respond to her push. Earlier, in 1992, she had turned down the role of Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct .: “When you act dressed it is interpretation. When you do it without clothes it’s a documentary. And I don’t make documentaries. Go with Julia, let’s see who is the handsome one who coughs… In 1997 her star shone again with the comedy My Best Friend’s Wedding , for which she charges 12 million dollars. Then, after accompanying Mel Gibson in Conspiracy (1997), she recovers the romantic aura in Notting Hill (1999) and in the less original Runaway Bride (1999), again with Richard Gere. A year later, her immense role in Erin Brockovich (2000) catapulted her to the Oscar and her income reached 20 million dollars per film. Lately, after the uneven The Mexican andThe couple of the year , has teamed up again with the fashion director, Steven Soderbergh , in Ocean’s Eleven (2001), for whom he has also shot  Full Frontal . Her latest bet is Confessions of a Dangerous Mind , the directorial debut of her friend George Clooney .

But if Julia’s life is a reflection of success professionally, her love life is not so much. In 1993 she divorced singer Lyle Lovett and has had multiple boyfriends. Meanwhile, she dedicates her free time to knitting – her great passion of hers – hers, going to the movies and reading authors like F. Scott Fitzgerald or Anton Chekhov, her favorite.