Born in Atlanta, Georgia

October 28, 1967

Roberts was born in Atlanta, Georgia at Crawford Long Hospital. Her father, Walter Grady Roberts, was a vacuum cleaner salesman, and her Minneapolis, Minnesota-born mother, Betty Lou Motes

Crime Story

Feburary 13, 1987

Her first television appearance was as a juvenile rape victim in the initial season of the series Crime Story with Dennis Farina, in the episode titled "The Survivor", broadcast on February 13, 1987

Miami Vice

May 6, 1988

She had a role in the last episode of season four of Miami Vice.

Mystic Pizza

October 21, 1988

Roberts first caught the attention of moviegoers with her performance in the independent film Mystic Pizza in 1988

Blood Red

August 18, 1989

Roberts made her film debut playing a supporting role opposite her brother, Eric, in Blood Red (she has just two words of dialogue), which, although completed in 1986, was not released until 1989.

Steel Magnolias

November 15, 1989

she was featured in Steel Magnolias as a young bride battling diabetes and garnered her first Oscar nomination (as Best Supporting Actress) for her performance

Pretty Woman

March 23, 1990

Roberts catapulted to worldwide[8] fame when she co-starred with Richard Gere in the Cinderella/Pygmalionesque story Pretty Woman in 1990.

Sleeping with the Enemy

Feburary 8, 1991

Her next box office success was the thriller Sleeping with the Enemy, playing a battered wife who escapes her demented husband, Patrick Bergin, and begins a new life in Iowa.

Engaged to Kiefer Sutherland

June 14, 1991

In August 1990, Roberts and Sutherland announced their engagement, with an elaborate studio-planned wedding scheduled for June 14, 1991. Roberts broke the engagement three days before the wedding when she discovered Sutherland had been meeting with a stripper named Amanda Rice.

Hook

December 11, 1991

She played Tinkerbell in Steven Spielberg's Hook in 1991, which was followed by a two-year hiatus, during which she made 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?"

Marries Lyle Lovett

June 27, 1993 - March 1, 1995

On June 27, 1993, she married country singer Lyle Lovett; the couple had met only three weeks earlier. The wedding took place on 72-hours' notice and was held in Marion, Indiana, near where Lovett was appearing on tour with his band. Less than two years later, in March 1995, the couple announced their separation. They subsequently divorced.

The Pelican Brief

December 17, 1993

In 1993, she co-starred with Denzel Washington in the successful The Pelican Brief, based on the John Grisham novel.

Michael Collins

October 11, 1996

She also starred alongside Liam Neeson in the 1996 film Michael Collins.

My Best Friend's Wedding

June 20, 1997

Breaking her losing streak with the hugely popular comedy My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), and eventually regained her earlier reputation as an actress who could open a movie and guarantee box office success. She starred with Hugh Grant in the popular 1999 film Notting Hill. That same year, she also starred in Runaway Bride, the second film

Relationship with Benjamin Bratt

May 1, 1998 - June 1, 2001

In 1998, Roberts began dating Law & Order star Benjamin Bratt, who was her escort for the March 25, 2001 Academy Awards ceremony at which she won her Oscar. Three months later, in June 2001, Roberts and Bratt announced that they were no longer a couple. "It's come to a kind and tenderhearted end," she said of their relationship

Sesame Street

December 28, 1998

She also once appeared on Sesame Street opposite the character Elmo, demonstrating her ability to change emotions.

Law & Order

May 5, 1999

Roberts was a guest star on the Law & Order television series, in a well-received episode broadcast on May 5, 1999 entitled "Empire", with her then-boyfriend, series regular Benjamin Bratt.

Notting Hill

May 28, 1999

She starred with Hugh Grant in the popular 1999 film Notting Hill.

Runaway Bride

July 30, 1999

She also starred in Runaway Bride, the second film with the Julia Roberts-Richard Gere duo.

The Mexican

March 2, 2001

Later in 2001 she starred in the road gangster comedy The Mexican giving her a chance to work with long term friend Brad Pitt.

Best Actress Oscar

June 1, 2001

In 2001, Roberts received the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Erin Brockovich, who helped wage a successful lawsuit against energy giant Pacific Gas & Electric.

Ocean's Eleven

December 7, 2001

Danny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously

Marries Daniel Moder

July 4, 2002 - Now

Roberts met her current husband, cameraman Daniel Moder, on the set of her movie The Mexican in 2000 and they began an affair. Though at the time, Moder was married to Vera Steinberg Moder, he filed for divorce a little over a year later, and after it was finalized, he and Roberts wed on Fourth of July 2002, at her ranch in Taos, New Mexico.

Full Frontal

September 20, 2002

A day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a friend's birthday party.

Gives birth to fraternal twins

November 28, 2004

On November 28, 2004, they became the parents of fraternal twins, daughter Hazel Patricia and son Phinnaeus "Finn" Walter

Ocean's Twelve

December 10, 2004

Daniel Ocean recruits one more team member so he can pull off three major European heists in this sequel to Ocean's 11

"Dreamgirl"

June 1, 2005

In 2005, she was featured in the music video for the hit single "Dreamgirl" by the Dave Matthews Band. Roberts is reported to be a longtime fan of the band.

Three Days of Rain

April 19, 2006

Julia Roberts made her Broadway debut on April 19, 2006 as Nan in a revival of Richard Greenberg's 1997 play, Three Days of Rain opposite Alias and Kitchen Confidential star Bradley Cooper, and The 40 Year Old Virgin star, Paul Rudd.

The Ant Bully

July 28, 2006

Was the voice of the animated character Hova.

Charlotte's Web

December 15, 2006

Was the voice of the animated character Charlotte the Spider.

Gives birth to a third child

June 18, 2007

Their third child, son Henry Daniel Moder, was born on June 18, 2007 in Los Angeles

Charlie Wilson's War

December 21, 2007

Her next film was Charlie Wilson's War, with Tom Hanks and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, directed by Mike Nichols and based on the book by former CBS journalist George Crile; it was released on December 21, 2007

Fireflies in the Garden

December 1, 2008

Fireflies in the Garden, also starring Ryan Reynolds and Willem Dafoe is currently in post-production, with release set for 2008. It has also been announced that Roberts will star in The Friday Night Knitting Club, based on the novel of the same name by Kate Jacobs. Her niece, Emma Roberts, is said to be considered for the role of her daughter.