American actress Julia Roberts is probably familiar to almost everyone who watches Hollywood movies. Her bright appearance is immediately remembered, like her talent – while watching movies with her participation you catch yourself thinking that you believe what is happening on the screen. This is probably the quintessence of talent – when an actor can make the audience believe. Irresistible Julia Roberts is undoubtedly successful, and the love of millions of viewers confirms this.
Parents of the future star were fond of acting skills, but did not achieve any significant success in this field. The roots of the actress go to the family of Scotland, Ireland, Sweden, Germany and the UK. Julia Roberts got her first job at 13 years old. She was a waitress at a small local pizzeria. At school, she played the clarinet and oboe, but later abandoned this activity. After graduating from university, she moved to New York, where she began attending acting classes, working in parallel to make it, what to live for.
Julia Roberts’ elder sister and elder brother also became actors. The first appearance of Julia on the screen took place in the film “Red as Blood.” She had a very small role – just two words. She adores India, and in general is an adherent of Hinduism. In childhood, the actress dreamed of becoming a veterinarian and treat animals. For the main role in the drama “Erin Brockovich” Julia Roberts won not only the Oscar, but also the Golden Globe, the second in a row in her collection of awards. Once she admitted that for a long time she could not get rid of the bad habit of biting her nails. Only now she nibbled her nails not on her arms, but on her legs. Amazing flexibility! Her real name is Julie, not Julia. More precisely, it was so, but when she joined the US actors guild, she had to change him, because there was already a certain Julie Roberts in the ranks of the guild. For her role in Mona Lisa’s Smile, the filmmakers paid her $ 25 million. So she became the first actress in Hollywood to receive such a huge fee for one role.
She more often than other colleagues met with those with whom she starred in the same motion pictures. The actress is friends with Bruce Willis. For the first time, Julia Roberts was nominated for an Oscar when she was only 23 years old. The popular magazine People twelve times called her the most beautiful woman on the planet. The actress is left-handed. In Hollywood, there are surprisingly many left-handers, for example, Tom Cruise or Keanu Reeves.
In 2006, Roberts played the play “Three Days of Rain” on the theater stage, but the play was crushed by critics. Once she almost married Kiefer Sutherland, but ran away from him three days before the wedding, shocking all her friends and acquaintances. At leisure, Julia Roberts loves to knit. Her desire to become an actress was influenced by her older brother, who succeeded in acting before she did. One favorite writer Julia Roberts – Paulo Coelho. When the actress is put on make-up, she prefers not to sit, but to lie on her back, arguing that in this case the final result is always better. Julia likes to walk barefoot, often appearing without shoes even at official events.
