Oprah Winfrey laughs with Julia Roberts on the set of her talk show during taping Oct. 6, 2004. It was Roberts' first interview since the announcement she is pregnant with twins, due in January 2005. Since her visit with Oprah, Roberts has been ordered by doctors to stay in bed until her babies are born.
One of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood, Julia Roberts first won acclaim playing a lovable prostitute opposite Richard Gere in "Pretty Woman." She was a big box-office draw even before she won an Oscar in 2001.
Roberts holds the Golden Globe statuette she won for her role in "Pretty Woman," backstage at the 47th annual Golden Globe Awards show in Los Angeles Jan. 20, 1990.
Among the leading men she has acted with are Hugh Grant, Richard Gere, George Clooney and Brad Pitt. Here, Roberts and costar Mel Gibson walk down the red carpet together at the world premiere of their film "Conspiracy Theory" in Los Angeles, Aug. 4, 1997.
Roberts and costar Albert Finney in a scene from the movie "Erin Brockovich" for which she won a Best Actress Oscar in March 2001.
Best actress Julia Roberts and best actor Russell Crowe pose with their awards at the 73rd annual Academy Awards, March 25, 2001 in Los Angeles. Roberts won for "Erin Brockovich" and Crowe won for "Gladiator."
In her personal life, Roberts has been linked romantically with several stars, including Kiefer Sutherland, to whom she was once engaged. Here, the two attend the 63rd annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles March 25, 1991.
After her brief marriage to singer Lyle Lovett, Roberts dated former "Law and Order" star Benjamin Bratt, who was her escort when she won the Oscar. Here, she and Bratt attend the American Museum of the Moving Image's annual gala March 4, 2001, in New York. Roberts was honored as the 16th recipient of its Salute.
Roberts and her cameraman husband, Daniel Moder, kiss during their wedding ceremony July 4, 2002, at her 40-acre estate outside Taos, N.M. The wedding marked Roberts' second trip down the aisle.
Just days after her July 2002 wedding to Moder, Roberts posed for photographers as she arrived at the premiere of her 2002 film "Full Frontal" in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Adam Sandler, left, and Julia Roberts in the Green Room at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York Oct. 5, 2002. On the last day of the New York Film Festival, they attended the screening of "Punch Drunk Love," which starred Sandler.
Roberts gave a kiss and a warm embrace to David Letterman Nov. 20, 2001, on "The Late Show with David Letterman." Roberts showed off her new hairstyle on the CBS talk show.
Roberts and George Clooney are shown during a photo shoot in Los Angeles for a provocative feature titled "What Julia Said to George," which appeared in the December 2002 issue of Esquire magazine.
Roberts waved to fans while leaving the set at the Yale Art Gallery in New Haven, Conn., Nov. 1, 2002. Roberts was working on the film, "Mona Lisa Smile." For the movie, the Yale campus stood in for the Massachusetts campus of Wellesley College in 1953. Roberts played an art history professor who helps her young female students find themselves.
Roberts and the cast of "Mona Lisa Smile," a film that opened nationwide in late 2003.
From left: Ginnifer Goodwin, Julia Roberts and Julia Stiles arrive at the New York premiere of "Mona Lisa Smile" at the Ziegfeld Theater, Dec. 10, 2003.
Julia Roberts arrives for the 76th annual Academy Awards Feb. 29, 2004, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.