Julia Roberts
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Best films:
Steven Soderbergh's Erin Brockovich (2000) Garry Marshall's Pretty Woman (1990) Joseph Ruben's Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) Richard Donner's Conspiracy Theory (1997) Garry Marshall's Runaway Bride (1999) Donald Petrie's Mystic Pizza (1988) | Links: |
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Julia Roberts' ascent as a charismatic Hollywood actress started with
Donald Petrie's light comedy Mystic Pizza (1988) and
Herbert Ross' Steel Magnolias (1989).
She played
the prostitute of Garry Marshall's Pretty Woman (1990),
the intrepid student of Joel Schumacher's supernatural horror movie Flatliners (1990),
the housewife of Joseph Ruben's thriller Sleeping with the Enemy (1991),
and the nurse of Joel Schumacher's Dying Young (1991).
Her career seemed to be declining after Alan Pakula's thriller The Pelican Brief (1993),
Lasse Hallstrom's Something to Talk About (1995) and
Stephen Frears' Mary Reilly (1996),
and her performances were consistently lackluster despite the
commercial success of films like
P.J. Hogan's romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Richard Donner's political thriller Conspiracy Theory (1997),
Roger Michell's romantic comedy Notting Hill (1999),
and
Garry Marshall's Runaway Bride (1999).
At best she was an Audrey Hepburn for the age of anxiety.
Finally, she gave a stunning performance in Steven Soderbergh's Erin Brockovich (2000), but she returned to mediocre parts in Soderbergh's
Ocean's Eleven (2001) and
Mike Newell's Mona Lisa Smile (2003).
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