Julia Roberts -- The Pretty Woman

Julia's success began at the end of the eighties, with her appearance on Miami Vice (1988), and another movie Baja Okalahoma(1988).

In 1989 she played (one of my favorite movies) the doomed bride in Steel Magnolias, and then streetwalking Cinderella, capturing the hearts of Richard Gere and America in Pretty Woman (1990). Her growing popularity and rolls in such movies as Flatliners (with Kevin Bacon, 1990), Sleeping with the Enemy (battered wife thriller, 1991), Dying Young (1991), Hook (the part of Tinker Bell, with Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman, 1991).

With the spotlight of stardom her relationships have been many according the tabloids. During the movie Flatliners she planned her wedding with her co-star Kiefer Sutherland, which fell through with his indiscretions with the stripper Amanda rice.

After the failed wedding she went to Ireland and in 1993 returned with a top-grossing movie The Pelican Brief (with Denzel Washington). She then married Lyle Lovette (singer-songwriter, 1993) that lead to a divorce 21 months later. But they are said to remain friends.

Her name has been associated with many actors: Liam Neeson, Dylan McDermott,Jason Patric, Daniel Day-Lewis and currently Benjamin Bratt (star of Law and Order). But her relationships have not diminished her talents for the screen - this woman can act.

Her career started in the eighties but really her stardom came in the early nineties with such blockbusters commanding eight figure salaries per picture: I Love Trouble (with Nick Nolte, 1994), Mary Reilly (1996), Michael Collins (1996), My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), Conspiracy Theory (with Mel Gibson, 1997), Stepmom (with Susan Sarandon, 1998), Notting Hill (with Hugh Grant, 1999) and the great hit Runaway Bride(1999).

Her latest movie Erin Brockovich, is scheduled to be released in mid-April 2000, is based on a true story of a legal secretary who fights an environmental lawsuit.

Now owner of her own production company called Shoelace, she is now a part of Hollywood royalty.

All photos to illustrate this article are from the Julia's Unofficial Web Site (America's Sweetheart) a great place to find all the details you would ever want to know about the lady behind the smile.

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