Julia Roberts' Best Movie Roles

USMagazine, Friday, October 28, 2011, 11:55am (PDT)

Ever since her role in the 1988 rom-com Mystic Pizza, Julia Roberts has been captivating audiences with her girl-next-door charm and megawatt smile.

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As the actress turns 44 Friday, Us Weekly revisits some of her most beloved movie roles, including Steel Magnolias, Pretty Woman, My Best Friend's Wedding, Erin Brockovich and Eat Pray Love.

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Married to cameraman Daniel Moder since 2002, Roberts has scaled back her acting career to spend more time with her husband and their three children.

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"I felt I earned the right to stay home and be home and get super selective about what I wanted to do work wise," she told Access Hollywood in May.

Roberts will next appear in Snow White, which also stars Abduction's Lily Collins and The Social Network's Armie Hammer.

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