Emma Roberts is showing love to her famous aunt, Julia Roberts, on her birthday.
Emma, 35, marked Julia’s 59th birthday on Wednesday, October 28, by uploading a sweet photo of them together to Instagram.
“Happy birthday Aunt Julia 👑 i love you beyond!!” the American Horror Story actress captioned the post dedicated to her aunt, who is the younger sister of Emma’s dad, actor Eric Roberts.
Oscar winner Julia was also celebrated on Wednesday by her husband, Danny Moder, with whom she shares twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, 21, and son Henry, 19.
“Celebrating everyday… but october 28 the most. More candles bring more joy. Love you so much,” Moder, 57, captioned a throwback photo in which he can be seen planting a kiss on his wife’s shoulder.
In July, Julia was among the guests who attended Emma’s wedding to husband Cody John. The pair tied the knot in an intimate ceremony in Idaho after four years of dating.
Although Emma shares a strong bond with her aunt, the actress has always been keen to establish her own career in Hollywood.
“I’m just doing my own thing,” Emma told Us in 2011. “I don’t really compare it to what my aunt does, but I do admire her and love all her movies.”
In June 2024, Emma shared what it was like watching her aunt shoot to fame after starring in hit movies like Pretty Woman and Steel Magnolias.
During an appearance on the “Table for Two” podcast, the Scream Queens alum was asked if she ever wanted to become a “massive movie star” like her aunt, to which she responded, “I saw very up close what that really looks like with my aunt Julia. It’s fun and it’s great, but there is a part of it that’s really scary.”
Instead, Emma said she “always wanted to kind of carve my own path.”
“Fame has never been the goal, because fame at a certain level is kind of scary,” Emma shared.
She continued, “Even in my later teens, I was like, I never want my fame to outweigh my work. Because there’s nothing scarier to me than being so famous that you’re never left alone, but also you’re not getting good jobs.”
Emma also spoke about being labeled a “nepo baby” due to her family’s strong Hollywood ties.
“I think there’s two sides of the coin. People like to say, you know, you have a leg up because you have family in the industry,” she said. “But then the other side to that is you have to prove yourself more. Also, if people don’t have good experiences with other people in your family, then you’ll never get a chance.”
