Erin Brockovich-Ellis is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in.

In the decades since her story inspired Julia Roberts' award-winning movie, Erin Brockovich has continued to be an activist Jessica Sager is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working ...

Given a strong three-dimensional role in a film smartly directed by Steven Soderbergh ( "sex, lies and videotape") and written by Susannah Grant, Roberts does what the best movie stars do. She makes ...

Erin Brockovich's famous settlement and the Julia Roberts-starring movie made her a household name — but back in Brockovich's actual home, it took a toll on her family, she and her daughter ...

Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts investigating and soon exposes a monumental cover-up.

Take one ice-cool movie star of sometimes hidden talent, one former maverick filmmaker turned shaper of sensual star vehicles and add a serious issue about real people. What you get is Erin Brockovich ...

It’s a stellar cast, there’s no doubt about it. However, some fans of the original Erin Brockovich movie may be sad to learn that neither Roberts nor Albert Finney are due to reprise their roles.

Erin Brockovich-Ellis is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in.