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SPOTLIGHT March 2014 | foreveryoung Move to a high efficiency furnace Essential Roberts ASK ABOUT REBATES & INCENTIVES • born Julia Fiona Roberts, Oct. 28, 1967, • married cameraman Daniel Moder in in Smyrna, Georgia 2002, and they have three children: • youngest of three children; parents  Hazel, Phinnaeus and Henry were both actors • FAMILY RIFT? The weekend of Feb. • when young Roberts wanted to  8-9, there were reports that a halfbecome a veterinarian sister of Roberts named Nancy Motes • before star-making role in Pretty  had committed suicide and blamed Woman (1990), Roberts earned an Roberts in a suicide note. As the Oscar nomination as Best Supporting tabloids explored details of the affair, Actress for Steel Magnolias (1989) a representative of Roberts gave this • at one point she was engaged to  comment to people.com: “It is with Canadian Kiefer Sutherland but called deep sadness that the family of Nancy it off; she was married to singer Lyle Motes ... confirms that she was found Lovett for 21 months, dead in Los Angeles yesterday of an • won an Academy Award for her role in apparent drug overdose. The family is  Erin Brockovich (2000) both shocked and devastated.” Continued from page 4 compassion. To be in a part like this, with more compassion, is a part I’m very safe and comfortable with,” she said referring to The Normal Heart. In August: Osage County, Roberts also played part of an ensemble – and also had to accept looking less than her best, wearing what she called a “butt pad” to add girth. She revelled in the opportunity to have physical scenes with Meryl Streep. She has told interviewers she has never worked as hard in all her life as when she filmed that acclaimed film, especially the famous fish scene. But unlike The Normal Heart, Roberts knew she wanted that role – playing the eldest sister in a dysfunctional family – as soon as she saw the play. She said she enjoyed playing the eldest sister, given that she was the youngest of three growing up with the Roberts family in Smyrna, Georgia. Her brother, actor Eric Roberts, has had an outstanding film career in his own right, including a powerful performance in the film Star 80. Her role in the HBO film is smaller than the one in August: Osage County, but these days, Julia Roberts says she is content with quality, as opposed to quantify, of screen time.“I know I worked a very small amount of time, but it definitely felt like a privilege.” Roberts was prominent in promoting August: Osage County in advance of the Academy Awards, photographed for the cover of the March Vanity Fair cover with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Idris Elba and George Clooney and acknowledged to have stolen the shoot. Darrell and Margaret Porubanec ◆ 250.862.4300 local 7011 | [email protected] kghfoundation.com kghfoundation.com STARTING FROM 28,070* $ Legacy Donors DIANE PATERSON Manager of Gift Planning 250.862.4300 local 7011 | diane.