Julia Roberts Biography

- As a child, she played the clarinet.

- Her great-grandmother was Swedish.

- Was recently named as “Sexiest Bespectacled Star” by In Touch magazine.

- She drives an environmentally-friendly Toyota Prius.

- Is a skilled equestrian, and did all her own horse-riding in Runaway Bride.

- She is one of only eleven actors to win an Oscar for her portrayal of a real person, who was still alive at the time of the Award ceremony (for Erin Brockovich.)

- She is great friends with Denzel Washington and Susan Sarandon.

- Was named America’s favourite Movie Star in a Harris Poll in 2001.

- Ranked no. 8 out of the 20 Richest Women in Entertainment, according to a survey conducted by Forbes.

- Her Broadway debut in “Three Days of Rain” in 2006 received bad reviews, and only ran for 70 performances.

- The Alchemist is one of her favourite books.

- She wore a pink halter-neck dress designed by her friend Judith Beylerian, when she married Daniel Moder in a midnight ceremony in July 2002.

- At her wedding to Daniel Moder, Bruce Willis was the only celebrity guest.

- She was engaged to her Steel Magnolias co-star, Dylan McDermott.

- She once lived with Liam Neeson.

- She once dated Daniel Day-Lewis.

- After George Clooney and Brad Pitt discovered that she’d be acting with them in Ocean’s Eleven, they sent her a card that read, “We hear you get 20 per film” and inside it was a $20 bill: the joke was that Julia is reported to be paid $20 million per film!