Julia Roberts’ function as a Yale professor who turns into entangled in a sexual assault case involving a colleague and a scholar in Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt” is her first probability in years to reenter the film awards image.
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Roberts gained a lead actress Oscar in 2001 for taking part in a crusading real-life authorized clerk in “Erin Brockovich,” a job that completely mixed her performing strengths and star wattage.
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She has obtained 4 Oscar nominations in all: for “Metal Magnolias,” “Fairly Lady,” “Brockovich” and “August: Osage County.”
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If it looks as if Roberts would have extra nominations, it may be due to how she exploded out of the gate, with two Oscar nominations and two Golden Globe wins by age 23.
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First, Roberts obtained an Impartial Spirit Award nomination for her breakout in “Mystic Pizza,” vying in opposition to Meg Ryan and Jodie Foster (who gained for “5 Corners”).
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Julia and brother Eric (1986 supporting actor nominee for “Runaway Practice”) are one among 5 brother-sister duos to obtain matching performing Oscar nominations. The others are Lionel and Ethel Barrymore; Shirley MacLaine and Warren Beatty; Jane and Peter Fonda; and Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
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Since Roberts’ final Oscar nomination, for “August,” she’s stored attracting accolades on the TV facet, with an Emmy nomination for “The Regular Coronary heart” and Golden Globe nominations for “Homecoming” and “Gaslit.”
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In February, Roberts obtained an honorary César Award celebrating her outstanding profession.
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A fifth Oscar nomination for Roberts, whose efficiency in “After the Hunt” was higher obtained than the movie, would validate her artistic risk-taking — and remind France simply whose sweetheart she actually is.
