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• 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.”
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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.
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