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Born in Georgia in 1967, Roberts wanted to be a vet until she graduated from high school. She won her first film role thanks to her brother, Eric, in Blood Red (made in 1986, although it wasn't released until after Mystic Pizza in 1988) and was Oscar-nominated for Steel Magnolias. Her break came with Pretty Woman - it was originally a bleak drama, but Disney bought the rights and it became My Fair Hooker. A number of stinkers followed (Hook, Dying Young, Mary Reilly) and after passing up on Shakespeare in Love she won the best actress Oscar for Erin Brockovich. We may have had a different view of her had she taken the lead in Basic Instinct.
