Julia Roberts Flashes Her Million Dollar 'Smile'

Posted Thursday, October 25, 2001 at 10:33 AM Central

by John Couture

Julia Roberts has long been considered one of the most endearing and bankable actresses in Hollywood. Her trademark smile and pearly whites certainly played no small role in her rise to stardom.

Well now, they're really going to pay off for her. Julia Roberts has landed the lead role in Mona Lisa Smile. The story follows Roberts' free-spirited '50s college graduate who becomes a teacher. It's being compared favorably to 1989's Dead Poets Society.