Julia Roberts is the most powerful actress in Hollywood and the third most powerful woman in the entertainment industry, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Paramount Pictures president Sherry Lansing tops the newspaper's annual list of showbiz females to reckon with, followed by Stacey Snider, head of production at Universal Pictures. Roberts is the first actress to make the list.
With a price tag of $US20 million ($48 million) a movie, the 33-year-old star of Erin Brockovich, Notting Hill, Runaway Bride and Pretty Woman is Hollywood's highest-paid actress.
"Julia Roberts is really the only actress in Hollywood who has the ability to have any project she's interested in made," said Christy Grosz, a managing editor at the Reporter. "Her ability to turn a small project into a mainstream commercial vehicle and to help to secure financing for major production companies gives her unprecedented clout for an actress."
Also on the list, at No 50, was J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books.
- NZPA
Now she's a pretty powerful woman
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