MOST TALENTED AND LUCKIEST CELEBRITIES
JULIA ROBERTS
Roberts
next role, in Hook (1991), was panned by critics and nominated for a Razzie
Worst Supporting Actress slam. A breakup with fiancé Keifer Sutherland just
days before the planned wedding was among the gossip column-fodder personal
problems that led to a year of seclusion and naught but a cameo appearance in
one film, The Player (1992). Light dawned. Roberts breathed new life into her
career in 1993 with The Pelican Brief (for which she received an MTV Movie
award). She married singer/songwriter/actor Lyle Lovett the same year, but the
media-dubbed “pretty woman - ugly duckling” couple lasted only 21 months. She
took on roles in Pret-a-Porter (1994), I Love Trouble (1994), A Century of
Cinema (TV - 1994), Something To Talk About (1995), Michael Collins (1996),
Everyone Says I Love You (1996), and Mary Reilly (1996 - oops, another Razzie
nomination). The next three years were very good: Roberts was cast in My Best
Friend’s Wedding (1997 - netting her a Golden Globe nomination, Golden
Satellite award, People’s Choice award, Blockbuster Entertainment award and
MTV Movie award), Conspiracy Theory (1997 - Blockbuster Entertainment award),
Stepmom (1998 - Roberts not only acted her way to a Blockbuster Entertainment
award, but was the successful film’s executive producer), Notting Hill (1999 -
Golden Globe nomination and People’s Choice award), and Runaway Bride (1999).
As
well, Roberts was nominated for an Emmy for a guest appearance on the
television series Law and Order (1999), and has three times been on People
Magazine’s Best-Dressed list. Upcoming for this popular and talented
producer/actor are roles in Erin Brockovich, The Moviegoer, The Women, and,
tentatively, Beyond Borders, Oceans II, The Mexican, To Catch A Thief, Martha
and Arthur, and From Alice to Ocean. Roberts is on top of the Hollywood heap,
and no matter how high the salaries go, the good-as-gold performer is worth
every penny.