Julia Roberts and cinematographer Danny Moder met while working on The Mexican in 2000, married on July 4, 2002, and later welcomed three children: twins Hazel and Phinnaeus and son Henry. Here are the public milestones in their relationship.
2000: They meet on The Mexican
Roberts and Moder met while working on the film The Mexican. ABC News reported their meeting in a 2002 interview; later timelines place it in 2000. The available accounts do not establish a specific day they first met. ABC News · ELLE · Los Angeles Times
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July 4, 2002: They marry in New Mexico
The Associated Press reported that Roberts and Moder married during a midnight ceremony on July 4, 2002, at their home in New Mexico. ELLE later identified the property as Roberts’s ranch in Taos. Associated Press via CBS News · ELLE
In a July 2002 interview with Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America, Roberts spoke about her feelings at the time: “I hope that there are people who agree that I have done some good, kind things in my life, but to really, ultimately, stand fully in a moment of realizing that I was born to love and to be the wife of this man,” she said. ABC News
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November 2004: Twins Hazel and Phinnaeus are born
Roberts and Moder’s twins, Hazel and Phinnaeus, were born in November 2004, according to the Los Angeles Times chronology and Us Weekly’s timeline. Los Angeles Times · Us Weekly
2007: Their son Henry is born
The couple’s third child, Henry, was born in 2007. Accounts differ on the month: the Los Angeles Times gives July, while Us Weekly gives June. The sources agree on the year, so 2007 is the clearest date to use without resolving that discrepancy. Los Angeles Times · Us Weekly
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What Roberts said about their early relationship
ABC News reported that Moder was still married when he and Roberts met. In her 2002 interview with Diane Sawyer, Roberts described the circumstances as complicated. A later ELLE timeline attributes to Roberts an explanation that each handled their prior relationship separately. These are Roberts’s accounts; the public reporting cited here does not establish private motives or assign responsibility for the end of Moder’s earlier marriage. ABC News · ELLE
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