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Julia Roberts, meet Julia Roberts, Julia Roberts, Julia Roberts and Julia Roberts

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Credit: Jennifer Brett

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By Jennifer Brett
Nov 16, 2015

Julia Roberts, meet Julia Roberts. And Julia Roberts. And Julia Roberts...

The actress and metro Atlanta native visited Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show, where the amiable host introduced her to 9 other Julias. "Jimmy Kimmel Live" airs weeknights on Channel 2, right after Channel 2 Action News Nightbeat.

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Julia confessed she was a little apprehensive about meeting her fellow Julias.

"I guess I am self-centered and it never occurred to me that anybody else would be named Julia Roberts," she said. "Until a girl came up to me and said, 'I just wanted to say my name is Julia Roberts.' I was like, WHAT?'"

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