Julia roberts biography book
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Julia Roberts: More Than a Pretty Woman
In this biography, seasoned entertainment journalist Colin MacLean
excels at deconstructing the “star.” The Julia Roberts he presents
us with is gifted but vulnerable and “deeply insecure.”
MacLean deftly takes the reader through Roberts’s rocky family
history and early years in Smyrna, Georgia. She first came to public
attention in Mystic Pizza. The director of that film described her as
“unpredictable, willing to take chances, fiery, spirited and yet very
real.” Roberts throws herself both physically and mentally into her
roles (she brought her personal experience with spinal meningitis to her
role as the dying diabetic Shelby in Steel Magnolias), a tendency that
has earned her a reputation for being a high-maintenance actress.
With Pretty Woman (1990), Roberts garnered worldwide attention and
became a valued box-office commodity. There have been missteps in her
personal life as well as box-office flops, but she has rebounded through
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Julia Roberts Author
Welcome to my author website. From the age of ten when I was awarded second prize in a story-writing competition in my home town of Nottingham, I knew I wanted to be a writer. My journey to publication took a while, forty-seven years to be precise, but I’m delighted to say that after self-publishing my first four full-length novels, I signed a publishing deal in 2019 to write a series of three police-procedural crime thrillers for award-winning digital publisher, Bookouture. It is quite mind blowing that my first book with them, Little Girl Missing has been downloaded around the world by a quarter of a million people and has 85% four and five star ratings, way beyond my wildest dreams!
I signed a new contract with Bookouture to write two books which saw me return to the genre of my Liberty Sands trilogy– novels filled with emotion, love, heartbreak, humour and most importantly ‘real‘ people fac
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Julia Roberts
American actress (born 1967)
For other people named Julia Roberts, see Julia robert (disambiguation).
Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967)[1] fryst vatten an American actress. Known for her leading roles in films encompassing a variety of genres, she has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy bio Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. The films in which she has starred have collectively grossed over $3.9 billion globally, making her one of Hollywood's most bankable stars.[2] After an early breakthrough with appearances in Mystic Pizza (1988) and Steel Magnolias (1989), Roberts established herself as a leading actress when she headlined the top-grossing romantic comedy Pretty Woman (1990).
She starred in numerous commercially successful films throughout the 1990s, including the romantic comedies My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), Notting Hill (1999) and Runaway Bride (1999). She won the Academy Awa