Portrait of Julia Roberts

Acting

Julia Roberts

Career

Active from 1988 to 2025, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
45
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Normal Heart
The Normal Heart
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 71 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Julia Roberts Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    2.7, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.7, average 4.8
  • Historical
    1.5, average 2.6
  • Scare
    1.7, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 9
  • Star-Studded Cast 4
  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • Character Study 4
  • Sharp Dialogue 4
  • Political Thriller 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Classic Romantic Comedy 3
  • Heartwarming 3
  • Emotional Catharsis 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Class Warfare 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

84
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

5 titles
Untitled Jack and the Beanstalk Film
Untitled Jack and the Beanstalk Film

as (voice)

Untitled My Best Friend's Wedding Sequel
Untitled My Best Friend's Wedding Sequel

as Julianne Potter

Ocean's Fourteen
Ocean's Fourteen

as Tess Ocean

Kill Your Darlings
Kill Your Darlings

as Wendy Graves

Home Economics
Home Economics

Producer

2020s

7 titles ยท average score 62
Panic Carefully
Panic Carefully (2027)

Producer

After the Hunt
After the Hunt (2025)
GoodWatch score 48

as Alma Imhoff

Leonard and Hungry Paul
Leonard and Hungry Paul (2025)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Narrator (voice)

No Friends
No Friends (2025)

as Susie Moss

Leave the World Behind
Leave the World Behind (2023)
GoodWatch score 62

as Amanda Sandford

Ticket to Paradise
Ticket to Paradise (2022)
GoodWatch score 57

as Georgia Cotton

Gaslit
Gaslit (2022)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Martha Mitchell

2010s

19 titles ยท average score 57
Homecoming
Homecoming (2018)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Heidi Bergman

Ben Is Back
Ben Is Back (2018)
GoodWatch score 70

as Holly Burns

Wonder
Wonder (2017)
GoodWatch score 77

as Isabel

Smurfs: The Lost Village
Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)
GoodWatch score 48

as Smurfwillow (voice)

Money Monster
Money Monster (2016)
GoodWatch score 59

as Patty Fenn

Mother's Day
Mother's Day (2016)
GoodWatch score 30

as Miranda Collins

Secret in Their Eyes
Secret in Their Eyes (2015)
GoodWatch score 49

as Jess

The Normal Heart
The Normal Heart (2014)
GoodWatch score 87

as Dr. Emma Brookner

August: Osage County
August: Osage County (2013)
GoodWatch score 66

as Barbara Weston

Mirror Mirror
Mirror Mirror (2012)
GoodWatch score 51

as Evil Queen

Larry Crowne
Larry Crowne (2011)
GoodWatch score 46

as Mercedes Tainot

Eat Pray Love
Eat Pray Love (2010)
GoodWatch score 48

as Elizabeth 'Liz' Gilbert

2000s

20 titles ยท average score 60
Duplicity
Duplicity (2009)
GoodWatch score 60

as Claire Stenwick

Charlie Wilson's War
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
GoodWatch score 71

as Joanne Herring

Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web (2006)
GoodWatch score 68

as Charlotte the Spider (voice)

The Ant Bully
The Ant Bully (2006)
GoodWatch score 56

as Hova (voice)

Ocean's Twelve
Ocean's Twelve (2004)
GoodWatch score 60

as Tess Ocean

Closer
Closer (2004)
GoodWatch score 69

as Anna

Mona Lisa Smile
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
GoodWatch score 53

as Katherine Ann Watson

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
GoodWatch score 71

as Patricia Watson

The Mexican
The Mexican (2001)
GoodWatch score 53

as Samantha

Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
GoodWatch score 78

as Tess Ocean

America's Sweethearts
America's Sweethearts (2001)
GoodWatch score 45

as Kiki Harrison

Erin Brockovich
Erin Brockovich (2000)
GoodWatch score 78

as Erin Brockovich

1990s

23 titles ยท average score 59
Notting Hill
Notting Hill (1999)
GoodWatch score 75

as Anna Scott

Runaway Bride
Runaway Bride (1999)
GoodWatch score 49

as Maggie Carpenter

Stepmom
Stepmom (1998)
GoodWatch score 62

as Isabel Kelly

Conspiracy Theory
Conspiracy Theory (1997)
GoodWatch score 60

as Alice Sutton

My Best Friend's Wedding
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
GoodWatch score 64

as Julianne Potter

Something to Talk About
Something to Talk About (1995)
GoodWatch score 46

as Grace King Bichon

The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief (1993)
GoodWatch score 59

as Darby Shaw

Hook
Hook (1991)
GoodWatch score 57

as Tinkerbell

Sleeping with the Enemy
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
GoodWatch score 49

as Laura Burney / Sara Walters

Dying Young
Dying Young (1991)
GoodWatch score 43

as Hilary O'Neil

Pretty Woman
Pretty Woman (1990)
GoodWatch score 65

as Vivian Ward

Flatliners
Flatliners (1990)
GoodWatch score 58

as Rachel Mannus

1980s

10 titles ยท average score 56
Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias (1989)
GoodWatch score 70

as Shelby Eatenton Latcherie

Blood Red
Blood Red (1989)
GoodWatch score 39

as Maria Collogero

Mystic Pizza
Mystic Pizza (1988)
GoodWatch score 65

as Daisy

Satisfaction
Satisfaction (1988)
GoodWatch score 40

as Daryle

Murphy Brown
Murphy Brown (1988)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show

Comic Relief
Comic Relief (1988)

TV show

Baja Oklahoma
Baja Oklahoma (1988)
GoodWatch score 64

as Candy Hutchins

Firehouse
Firehouse (1987)
GoodWatch score 27

as Babs (uncredited)

Crime Story
Crime Story (1986)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Tracy

Miami Vice
Miami Vice (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Polly Wheeler