In 1967, a star who conquered the world was born – Julia Roberts. Her hometown is Smyrna (Georgia). She was the youngest in her family. Julia’s father was also quite a creative person. He was involved in acting and wrote poetry.
Her mother was also an actress. Julia Roberts’ parents taught acting lessons at an acting school for children. So it’s no surprise that all three children followed their parents’ stage path.
At the time of the birth of the third child, the family lived in total poverty. If they had not been helped by Coretta Scott King, things would have been very bad. Her children were students at the Roberts acting studio. It was she who saved them in a very difficult financial situation.
A few years later (1971), Julia’s mother divorced her husband for another man. Eric, the actress’s brother, stayed with their father. The mother married her colleague for the second time. It was theater critic M. Moats.
In her second marriage, Betty gave birth to a daughter. Her husband hated the children from her first husband and was often aggressive. Moats was constantly violent. Julia tried not to remember this, so she never told journalists about her childhood traumas. But other relatives have repeatedly made frank statements.
Julia was friends with her sisters. But when they grew up, each went their own way. The actress kept in touch with her father by phone. He married a second time, but soon his wife died. A few years later, he was diagnosed with stomach cancer, which was the cause of his death. However, his daughter retained the warmest memories of him. The actress says that she often talks to her father in her thoughts and asks him for advice.
When Michael left Julia’s mother, the woman was left alone with four children. Julia got a job at 13 to help her mother. At first, she worked as a waitress. Soon the girl decided to go to university, but failed the exam. After an unsuccessful attempt, Julia went to New York. Her sister lived there at the time. The future star actively participated in various screen tests. Soon she managed to get a job at a modeling agency.
At the same time, the actress attended acting classes and improved her English. The thing is that Julia had a special accent, so she wanted to get rid of it. Her first role was in the film “Fire Brigade”. However, this did not lead to success. Everything began to move more actively when Eric recommended his sister to the directors. Then Roberts played in the film “Red as Blood”. Her brother played the main role in it.
Thanks to her brother’s recommendations, Julia starred in several more films. To play a rocker in the film “Satisfaction”, the actress learned to play musical instruments. And for the filming of “Mystic Pizza” she had to radically change her image – she dyed her hair red.
Then the actress moved to the suburbs of Los Angeles. She wanted to recover from meningitis. And near Hollywood, her dream of becoming a star became more and more real.
