Eric's parents are actors and playwrights Betty Lou Bredemus and Walter Grady Roberts, who welcomed Eric in 1956. The family later grew with the addition of Eric's two sisters, actresses Lisa Roberts Gillan and Julia Roberts, born in 1965 and 1967, respectively.
Eric Anthony Roberts (born April 18, 1956) is an American actor and the older brother of actress Julia Roberts. His career began with a leading role in King of the Gypsies (1978) for which he received his first Golden Globe Award nomination.
Roberts was born on October 28, 1967, in Smyrna, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, to Betty Lou Bredemus and Walter Grady Roberts. She is of English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, German, and Swedish descent. Her father was a Baptist, her mother a Catholic, and she was raised Catholic.
How is Emma Roberts related to Julia and Eric Roberts?
In the case of upcoming rom-com Maybe I Do, the whiff of déjà vu comes from the fact that Emma Roberts, daughter of actor Eric Roberts and niece of Julia Roberts, is starring alongside Richard Gere. Gere, of course, made not one but two beloved romantic comedies in the '90s with Julia — Pretty Woman and Runaway Bride.
And she just found out that she is related to another person who is very famous on this planet (no, it's not her bestie George, although that would be iconic). The Oscar winner is distantly related to Glass Onion star (and three-time Oscar nominee) Edward Norton.
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How are Liam Neeson and Julia Roberts related?
Teenage Julia Roberts had a relationship with Liam Neeson
As high-profile actors, both the love life of Irish actor Liam Neeson and Pretty Woman star Julia Roberts have been the subject of much speculation yet you may not have known of the love affair between the famous pair when Roberts was still a teenager.
"Oh, wait — but am I not a Roberts?" the Ticket to Paradise star asked as Gates Jr. walked her through his findings. Gates Jr. then explained that public databases instead found "a cluster of matches" that traced Roberts, 55, to a man called Henry McDonald Mitchell Jr.
Roberts made her acting debut at age nine in Ted Demme's 2001 drama film Blow. It was the first film for which she auditioned. In the film, she portrayed Kristina Jung, the daughter of Johnny Depp's character (cocaine smuggler George Jung).
“I was ushered into their room and was immediately awash in brotherly and uncle-ly love,” the Runaway Train actor recalled to Vanity Fair, noting that the siblings have since spent multiple Thanksgiving holidays together and are frequent “e-mail buddies.”
Julia Roberts and Danny Moder may keep their relationship private but have shared many sweet moments with their children over the years. The couple met in 2000 on the set of The Mexican, tying the knot two years later in New Mexico. In 2004, the actress gave birth to twins, daughter Hazel and son Phinnaeus.
As he went on to explain her family tree, Gates revealed that her correct surname is Mitchell, not Roberts. In the show, Gates told the Oscar-winning star that the man, Willis Roberts, whom she thought was her great-great-grandfather, actually died more than a decade before her great-grandfather John was even born.
While Eric often speaks highly of his daughter, Emma tends to stay more private about their relationship. They haven't been photographed together since she was a child, and she doesn't talk about him in interviews or post anything about him on social media the way she does her mother.
Roberts is currently married to Eliza Garret since 1992; they have a son and a daughter. He also has a daughter from an earlier relationship with Kelly Cunningham, Emma Roberts.
Most famous for his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean, Johnny Depp happens to be another cousin of the Queen. He is a 20th cousin. A pic from the Studio, when @kirkhammett (of @metallica , obviously) brought the famous guitar, "Greeny" over for a visit...
In ET's exclusive sneak peek at the episode, after walking Julia Roberts and Edward Norton through their respective family trees, he reveals that the two of them actually share a distant cousin!
Despite the fact that the DNA test results failed to show that Julia had any British roots, the Pole took to Facebook to vocalize her scepticism. She began by stating that it was a "mistake" to have used the "I am Madeleine McCann" on her Instagram profile.
