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Julia Roberts is an American actress and producer. She is known for her leading roles on stage and screen. Throughout her career she has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as a nomination for two Primetime Emmy Awards. She has been honored with an Honorary César in 2025 and was made a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters from the French Minister of Culture Rachida Dati in 2025.
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- Major associations
- Academy Awards
- BAFTA Awards
- Critics' Choice Awards
- Emmy Awards
- Golden Globe Awards
- Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Miscellaneous awards
- Critics awards
- Honorary awards
- References
Roberts gained prominence for her early role in the romantic comedy-drama Mystic Pizza (1988) for which she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. She played a young woman who died of diabetes in the dramedy Steel Magnolias (1989) earning nominations for the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She gained stardom playing a prostitute in the romantic comedy Pretty Woman (1990) earning widespread notoriety as well as a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and nominations for the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress. She earned Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy nominations for her romantic comedy roles in My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) and in Notting Hill (1999).
She portrayed the title role in the biographical legal drama Erin Brockovich (2000) earning the Academy Award for Best Actress as well as the BAFTA Award, the Critics' Choice Movie Award, the Golden Globe Award, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress. She then was Critics' Choice-nominated for her roles in Closer (2004) and Ocean's 12 (2004) and Golden Globe-nominated for Charlie Wilson's War (2007), and Duplicity (2009). She played the eldest daughter in a southern family in the tragicomedy August: Osage County (2013) earning nominations for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress.
On television, she earned Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for playing a psychopathic murderer in the NBC crime drama series Law & Order (1999) and the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for portraying Dr. Emma Brookner in the HBO television film Normal Heart (2014). She earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama nomination for playing a social worker in Homecoming (2018) and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film nomination for portraying Martha Mitchell in the Starz limited series Gaslit (2022). On theater, she made her Broadway debut in the Richard Greenberg play Three Days of Rain (2006), earning a nomination for the Drama League Distinguished Performance Award.