Female Icons of the 2000s: Then and Now

#12: Julia Roberts Now

These days, Julia Roberts works on her own terms. She’s traded back-to-back blockbusters for select projects like Homecoming and Ticket to Paradise, showing she still knows how to draw a crowd. She’s more relaxed now, but that effortless magnetism hasn’t gone anywhere.

She lives mostly out of the spotlight, raising her family and keeping her privacy intact — a rarity in modern Hollywood. What’s impressive is how she’s stayed beloved without chasing relevance. Julia Roberts didn’t adapt to fame; fame adapted to her.