Film diva and beauty icon, Julia Roberts shines through her many performances in the cinematic universe. But as surprising as it may seem, the 55-year-old actress has just discovered that she shares a family connection with another movie celeb. But which?
Julia Roberts discovers a family connection with another movie star
From Pretty Woman in Ocean’s ElevenPassing through Love at first sight in Notting Hillthe american producer and actress recently found out that she is related to one of the actors of Glass Onion: a story at loggerheads available on Netflix from December 23, 2022. This is Edward Norton, who slipped into the role of Miles Bron in Rian Johnson’s film, alongside Madelyn Cline, Kate Hudson and David Especially Craig.
How did Julia Roberts find out about her relationship with Edward Norton?
It’s during an episode of the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr on January 3, 2023 that the two celebrities confronted this new branch of the family tree. Indeed, Julia Roberts and Edward Norton would be distant cousins. “You and Ed share an identical long stretch of DNA on your ninth chromosome,” Louis Gates told Julia Roberts. “It means you inherited this shared DNA from a distant ancestor, somewhere in the heart of this family tree,” he adds.