Pretty Woman (1990).Top grossing movies followed, including Flatliners (1990), Sleeping with the Enemy (1991), The Pelican Brief (1993), My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997) and Notting Hill (1999), and she ended the decade on a high with legal biopic Erin Brockovich, which in 2001 swooped the awards board, wining her ‘best actress’ gongs including the Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAG.Roberts managed to achieve what relatively few Hollywood stars before or since have done – universal likeability.
Her undisputed talent, mane of red curls (now matured to honey-blonde waves), broad smile and infectious laugh made her one of the most bankable stars ever – and at the same time, she broke down barriers for female actors, becoming the first to move.
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