Julia Roberts and Emma Roberts are related as aunt and niece. The American actresses are respectively known for their roles in Pretty Woman and Nancy Drew.
Emma is the daughter of Julia’s brother, Eric Roberts, and his former girlfriend Kelly Cunningham. Julia, on the other hand, is the daughter of Betty Lou Bredemus and Walter Grady Roberts.
How Are Emma Roberts and Julia Roberts Related?
Emma Roberts and Julia Roberts are definitely related but not as siblings. Julia Roberts is not the only child that her parents had, but she was the last of their three children. The first two children were, Eric and Lisa. When her parents got divorced, her mother got remarried and from that second marriage, Nancy Motes, her half-sister was born. Of all her siblings, Eric is the link that Julia has to Emma, as Emma Roberts is the daughter of Eric which makes Emma Roberts the niece of Julia Roberts.
The Roberts family is riddled with people who have made a name for themselves by acting, starting from Betty Lou Bredemus who is the matriarch of the Hollywood Roberts family. Bredemus had a long career in acting that was mostly spent with her teaching acting classes, her husband was also an actor but she was the more famous one of the duo. Betty and her husband, Walter Grady Roberts, met while they gave performances at training centers for the armed forces. Their kids followed in the footsteps; Eric started to act when he was in his early twenties and the same can be said for Julia Roberts.
Emma Roberts, who can be considered as lucky to have such proximity to people who are major stakeholders in the film industry, had a much earlier start in her career, a decision that her mother was against. As a child, she would visit her father while he was on set and when the relationship between her father and his sister was fixed (as they had been estranged for years), Emma had more access to her aunt who she also visited on the set of films. The time she spent there was a catalyst in her decision to become an actress, and in the course of her career, she has been featured in three films alongside her aunt.
Who Are The Parents of Emma Roberts and Julia Roberts?
Emma Rose Roberts was born on the 10th of February 1990 while the older actress Julia Roberts was born on the 28th of October, 1967.
Emma is the child of Eric Roberts and Kelly Cunningham; she was born in Rhinebeck, New York. This actress hails from a blended family of sorts; this is because of the multiple marriages that have existed between her parents and other people which have resulted in her having siblings from these different marriages. When the actress was still a baby, her parents split up and got married to other people. From these other marriages, she is related to Kelly Nickels, David Rayfiel, Lila Garret, Grace Nickels, and Keaton Simmons.
On the other hand, Julian Fiona Roberts is the daughter of Betty Lou Bredemus and Walter Grady Roberts; she was born in the city of Smyrna in Georgia. Unlike the younger Roberts whose parents never got married and separated in the early 90s, Julia’s parents had their divorce in 1971 and were actually a married couple, this rules out the possibility of them having the same parents.
