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Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an Academy Award-winning
American film actress and former fashion model. She shot to fame
during the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy
Pretty Woman opposite Richard Gere, which grossed US $463 million
worldwide. She won the Best Actress Academy Award in 2001 for her
critically acclaimed turn as the title character in Erin
Brockovich and earned Oscar nominations as Best Supporting Actress
for Steel Magnolias (1989) and Best Actress for Pretty Woman
(1990). Her films, which also include The Pelican Brief, My Best
Friend's Wedding, Mystic Pizza, Notting Hill, Runaway Bride, and
Ocean's Eleven, have collectively earned box office receipts well
over US$2 billion. Roberts had become the highest-paid actress in
the world, topping the Hollywood Reporter's annual power list of
top-earning female stars for four consecutive years (2002-2005)
Until In 2006, Nicole Kidman became the highest paid actress in
the film industry. Her fee for 1990's Pretty Woman was $300,000;
in 2003, Roberts's two films released in 2006, The Ant Bully and
Charlotte's Web, were both animated features for which she
provided only voice acting. Her next film, Charlie Wilson's War,
Fireflies in the Garden, also starring Ryan Reynolds and Willem
Dafoe is currently in post-production, with release set for 2008.
she was paid an unprecedented $25 million for her role in Mona
Lisa Smile. As of 2008, Roberts' net worth was estimated to be
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