Julia Roberts filmography Julia Roberts filmography Julia Roberts is an American actress director who made her acting debut in the 1987 direct-to-video feature "Firehouse". She made her breakthrough the following year by starring in the coming-of-age film "Mystic Pizza" (1988). For her supporting role in the comedy-drama "Steel Magnolias" (1989), she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Roberts' next role was opposite Richard Gere in the highly successful romantic comedy "Pretty Woman" (1990), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress (Musical or Comedy). In 1991, she appeared in the psychological thriller "Sleeping with the Enemy", and
Julia Roberts In 2004, Roberts replaced Cate Blanchett in Mike Nichols's "Closer", a romantic drama film written by Patrick Marber, based on his award-winning 1997 play of the same name. The film also starred Jude Law, Natalie Portman, and Clive Owen. Also in 2004, she reprised the role of Tess Ocean in the sequel "Ocean's Twelve". The film was deliberately much more unconventional than the first, epitomized by a sequence in which Roberts' character impersonates the real-life Julia Roberts, due to what the film's characters believe is their strong resemblance. Though less well reviewed than "Eleven", the film became another major success