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    Julia Roberts' Hottest Moments

    Julia Roberts Hottest Moments

      Over the past two decades, no actress has captured moviegoers' attention, headlined more hit movies and pleased more fans than Julia Roberts. She's played a hooker with a heart of gold, a runaway bride and a world-famous actress (not a stretch) on screen, romanced a bevy of good-looking men (and one Lyle Lovett) off screen, and won an Oscar. And through it all, she's always been America's sweetheart.

      As she returns to theaters with 'Duplicity,' her first role as a leading lady in six years, Moviefone looks back at Roberts' hottest moments -- including her career-making turn in 'Pretty Woman,' her high profile romances with Kiefer Sutherland and Benjamin Bratt, and her cleavage-and-soul-baring performance in 'Erin Brockovich.' And it just gets better from there. -- By Tom DiChiara

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      Gettin' Some Satisfaction

      At the age of 19, Roberts made her big-screen debut opposite Justine Bateman and Liam Neeson as a beautiful, big-haired hipster musician in 1988's 'Satisfaction.' Though critics were less than smitten with the film, Roberts was clearly smitten with 35-year-old co-star Neeson. The two began dating, and even moved in together for a while.

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      Tasty 'Pizza'

      Julia fared much better with her second theatrical release of '88, 'Mystic Pizza,' about three girlfriends (Roberts, Annabeth Gish, Lily Taylor) who come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic, Conn. Though not a runaway hit, the film offered Roberts her first real taste of fame and introduced audiences to the pretty young woman who would become America's sweetheart.

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      'Steel' Equals Gold

      Roberts' ascent to stardom received another boost when she followed up 'Pizza' with the critically lauded 1989 dramedy 'Steel Magnolias.' Her bittersweet performance as a diabetic mom won her a Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe and scored the actress her first Oscar nomination. Roberts also became briefly engaged to her on-screen hubby in the film, Dylan McDermott.

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      'Pretty Woman' Indeed

      A year later, in 1990, a little romantic comedy (maybe you've heard of it?), 'Pretty Woman' made Julia the most sought-after young actress in Hollywood. Her turn as a sassy hooker who melts business tycoon Richard Gere's icy heart helped the film rake in $463 million worldwide, won her a second Golden Globe, earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination AND forever made it cool to sing Prince in the bathtub.

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      Dating Kiefer

      While filming the 1990 psychological thriller 'Flatliners' Roberts met and became engaged to a pre-'24' Kiefer Sutherland. The photogenic pair ran it hot and heavy for a while, but the relationship flatlined: Roberts called off the wedding just days prior and fled to Dublin with Sutherland's former pal Jason Patric. We have to imagine Jack Bauer was pissed.

      Steve Granitz Archive, WireImage.com

      Finding Neverland

      In 1991, Julia proved spritely could be sexy when she played a miniature fairy with some big love for Robin Williams, tackling the role of Tinkerbell in Steven Spielberg's live-action Peter Pan flick, 'Hook.' We even dug the pointy ears.

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      Lovin' Lovett

      Following 'Hook,' Roberts faded from the spotlight, accepting only one role -- a brief cameo in 2002's 'The Player' -- in the next two years. That role would prove an important one, however: Julia met musician Lyle Lovett while filming, and they were married in 1993. They divorced 21 months later, but they sure made an interesting-looking pair while it lasted.

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      Vanity Fair Lady

      Julia made a much ballyhooed return to the big screen in 1993, starring opposite Denzel Washington in the adaptation of John Grisham's 'The Pelican Brief.' In anticipation, she appeared in the October 1993 issue of Vanity Fair, talking about her sabbatical, dishing on her marriage and setting the pages on fire with a Herb Ritts pictorial that ranks as one of her steamiest photo shoots to date. Seriously, order yourself a copy if you can.

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      'Friends' & Lovers

      Roberts made a rare jaunt into TV with a 1996 episode of 'Friends,' playing Susie, a gorgeous middle-school classmate of Chandler's (Matthew Perry) whom he once ridiculed. In the ep, she exacts her revenge by leaving Chandler in a restaurant bathroom wearing women's underwear and nothing else. In real life, Julia and Perry dated for a short time, but she never pulled the same stunt -- not that we know of, anyway.

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