Lisa Roberts Gillan (born Lisa Roberts; January 1, 1965) is an American actress.
Roberts was born in Decatur, Georgia. Her mother, Betty Lou Motes (née Bredemus), was a one-time church secretary and real estate agent, and her father, Walter Grady Roberts, was a vacuum cleaner salesman. Roberts's parents, one-time actors and playwrights, met while performing theatrical productions for the armed forces and later co-founded the Atlanta Actors and Wr...
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Lisa Roberts Gillan (born Lisa Roberts; January 1, 1965) is an American actress.
Roberts was born in Decatur, Georgia. Her mother, Betty Lou Motes (née Bredemus), was a one-time church secretary and real estate agent, and her father, Walter Grady Roberts, was a vacuum cleaner salesman. Roberts's parents, one-time actors and playwrights, met while performing theatrical productions for the armed forces and later co-founded the Atlanta Actors and Writers Workshop in Atlanta, Georgia off of Juniper Street in Midtown; the two divorced in 1971. Her mother later married Michael Motes and had a daughter, named Nancy Motes, who was born in 1976. Roberts's father died of cancer when she was twelve. Her younger sister, Julia Roberts and older brother Eric Roberts, are also actors.
She has had roles in such films as I Love Trouble (1994), Something to Talk About (1995), Runaway Bride (1999), Maid in Manhattan (2002), Mona Lisa Smile (2003) and Raising Helen (2004). She produced the film Nothing...
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