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Who is Julia Roberts?

Julia Roberts was born on the 28th October 1967 in Smyrna, Georgia. She is an Acedemy Award-winning actres and former model. She rocketed to fame during the early 1990s after starring in Pretty Woman with Richard Gere. Her career includes films such as Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, and Ocean's Eleven, which have collectively earned box office receipts well over $2 billion. She won the Best Actress Academy Award in 2001 for her critically praised turn as the title character in Erin Brokovich. Since then, Roberts has become the highest-paid actress in the world, topping the annual power list of top-earning female stars for four consecutive years (2002-2005). An unprecedented $25 million was paid to Roberts for her role in 2003's Mona Lisa Smile. As of 2007, Roberts' net worth was estimated around US$140,000,000. Roberts was also the first actress to appear on the cover of Vogue and the first woman to land on the cover of GQ. She has been named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" eleven times, tied with Halle Berry. In 2001 Ladies Home Jounal ranked her as the 11th most powerful woman in America, beating out then national security advisor Condoleezza Rice and Laura Bush, the first lady.