Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts (born 10 June 1956) is a British television home shopping host on the shopping channel QVC. Dancer Roberts started her career as a cabaret dancer, supporting Cannon and Ball in a summer season in Guernsey, and then followed their act on to television. She supplemented this work with various supporting cast roles on TV including Citizen Smith and Doctor Who in 1979, Christmas pantomimes and dancing on cruise liners. She then took a job in a cabaret show in Hong Kong, dancing and singing. Roberts returned to the UK, and appeared in various commercials, including the Woolwich Building Society and Head & Shoulders shampoo. In 1980, she was approached by a group called The Main Event to sing on their Eurovision Song contest entry, "I'm Gonna Do My Best To Please You" – which came last. The ensemble included Cheryl Baker, who won the following year as part of Bucks Fizz. Television Wishing to undertake more television, she appeared as a hostess on The Price is Right with Leslie Crowther. After two series she had her first child, Daniel, and then worked on the 'Hit Squad' on Beadle's About, before having her second child, Sophie.