Julia Roberts is an American actress and producer. She is known for her leading roles on stage and screen. Throughout her career she has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, three Golden Globe Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as a nomination for two Primetime Emmy Awards. She has been honored with an Honorary César in 2025 and was made a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters from the French Minister of Culture Rachida Dati in 2025.
Roberts gained prominence for her early role in the romantic comedy-drama Mystic Pizza (1988) for which she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. She played a young woman who died of diabetes in the dramedy Steel Magnolias (1989) earning nominations for the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She gained stardom playing a prostitute in the romantic comedy Pretty Woman (1990) earning widespread notoriety as well as a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and nominations for the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress. She earned Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy nominations for her romantic comedy roles in My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) and in Notting Hill (1999).
She portrayed the title role in the biographical legal drama Erin Brockovich (2000) earning the Academy Award for Best Actress as well as the BAFTA Award, the Critics' Choice Movie Award, the Golden Globe Award, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress. She then was Critics' Choice-nominated for her roles in Closer (2004) and Ocean's 12 (2004) and Golden Globe-nominated for Charlie Wilson's War (2007), and Duplicity (2009). She played the eldest daughter in a southern family in the tragicomedy August: Osage County (2013) earning nominations for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress.
On television, she earned Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for playing a psychopathic murderer in the NBC crime drama series Law & Order (1999) and the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for portraying Dr. Emma Brookner in the HBO television film Normal Heart (2014). She earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama nomination for playing a social worker in Homecoming (2018) and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film nomination for portraying Martha Mitchell in the Starz limited series Gaslit (2022). On theater, she made her Broadway debut in the Richard Greenberg play Three Days of Rain (2006), earning a nomination for the Drama League Distinguished Performance Award.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1990 Best Supporting Actress Steel Magnolias 1991Best Actress Pretty Woman 2001 Erin Brockovich 2014 Best Supporting Actress August: Osage County
Actor Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2001 Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role Erin Brockovich 2014 Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting RoleAugust: Osage County Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture 2015 Outstanding Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie The Normal Heart
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards1991 Best Actress in a Leading Role Pretty Woman 2001 Erin Brockovich 2014 Best Actress in a Supporting Role August: Osage County
Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Critics' Choice Movie Awards2001 Best Actress Erin Brockovich 2005Best Acting Ensemble Closer Ocean's Twelve 2014August: Osage County Best Supporting Actress Critics' Choice Television Awards2014 Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries The Normal Heart 2023 Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries Gaslit
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards1999 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Law & Order 2014 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie The Normal Heart
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1990 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Steel Magnolias 1991 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Pretty Woman 1998My Best Friend's Wedding 2000 Notting Hill 2001 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Erin Brockovich 2008 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Charlie Wilson's War 2010 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Duplicity 2014 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture August: Osage County 2019 Best Actress – Television Series Drama Homecoming 2023 Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Gaslit 2026 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama After the Hunt
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Nominated work ResultAACTA Awards 2014 Best International Supporting Actress – Cinema August: Osage County AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2026 Best Actress After the Hunt Blockbuster Entertainment Awards1998 Favorite Actress – Suspense Conspiracy Theory rowspan=3 Favorite Actress – Comedy My Best Friend's Wedding1999 Favorite Actress – Drama Stepmom2000Favorite Actress – Comedy / Romance Notting Hill rowspan=2 Runaway Bride2001 Favorite Actress – Drama Erin Brockovich Drama League Awards2006 Distinguished Performance Award Three Days of Rain rowspan=4 Empire Awards 2001 Best Actress Erin BrockovichGolden Raspberry Awards1992 Worst Supporting Actress HookHollywood Film Festival 2013 Supporting Actress of the YearAugust: Osage County Ensemble of the Year Independent Spirit Awards 1989 Best Female Lead Mystic Pizzarowspan=6 MTV Movie Awards1992 Best Female PerformanceDying Young Most Desirable Female1994 Best Female Performance The Pelican Brief1998 My Best Friend's Wedding2000 Runaway Bride2001Erin Brockovich Best Line from a Movierowspan=2 Most Desirable Female Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards1991Favorite Movie Actress Pretty Woman 1999 Stepmomrowspan=5 2000 Notting Hill / Runaway Bride Favorite Movie Couple (shared with Hugh Grant) Notting Hill2007 Favorite Voice From an Animated Movie The Ant Bully2013 Favorite Villain Mirror MirrorPalm Springs International Film Festival 2014 Spotlight Award August: Osage Countyrowspan=2 People's Choice Awards1998 Favorite Movie Actress My Best Friend's Wedding 1999 Stepmom 2000 Notting Hill / Runaway Bride rowspan=6 2001 Erin Brockovich2002 America's Sweethearts / The Mexican / Ocean's Eleven2003 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind / Full Frontal2004 Mona Lisa Smile2005 Closer / Ocean's Twelve2011 Eat Pray Love / Valentine's Dayrowspan=8 2012 Larry Crowne 2017 Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress Money MonsterSatellite Awards1998Best Actress in a Motion Picture My Best Friend's Wedding2000 Notting Hill2001 Erin Brockovich2014 Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture August: Osage County2019 Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television MovieHomecoming Best Actress in a Television Series Drama Saturn Awards 1991 Best Supporting Actress in a Film Flatlinersrowspan=3 1992 Best Actress in a Film Sleeping with the Enemy2023 Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film GaslitTeen Choice Awards2000 Choice Actress Erin Brockovich 2001 Choice Chemistry (shared with Brad Pitt) The Mexicanrowspan=2 Young Artist Awards1989 Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Mystic Pizza
Critics awards Organizations Year Category Nominated work Result Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards 2013 Best Ensemble Cast August: Osage County Boston Society of Film Critics Awards2000 Best ActressErin Brockovich Chicago Film Critics Association Best Actress Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Best Actress 2013 Best Supporting ActressAugust: Osage County rowspan=3 Detroit Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actress Best EnsembleLondon Film Critics' Circle2000 Actress of the YearErin Brockovichrowspan=5 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best ActressNational Board of Review Awards1994 Best Cast Prêt-à-Porter 2000 Best Actress Erin Brockovich2004 Best Cast CloserOnline Film Critics Society2000 Best ActressErin Brockovich San Diego Film Critics Society Best Actress Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 2013 Best EnsembleAugust: Osage Countyrowspan=2 Women Film Critics Circle Best Ensemble
Honorary awards Organizations Year Award Result Academy Museum of Motion Pictures2022 Gala Icon Awardrowspan=7 American Society of Cinematographers2011 Governor's AwardCésar Awards2025 Honorary CésarFrench Minister of Culture Rachida Dati2025 Knight of the Order of Arts and LettersAgenda prévisionnel de Madame Rachida Dati, ministre de la Culture, du lundi 24 février au vendredi 28 février 2025 - websote of the Ministry of Culture of FranceRachida Dati décore Julia Roberts avant les César 2025 - website of fashion magazine Vanity FairGeorge Eastman Museum2019 George Eastman AwardSan Sebastian Film Festival2010 Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award
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