Actor Eric Roberts and his spouse, Eliza Roberts, have been married for greater than three a long time.

The couple first met on a flight from New York Metropolis to Los Angeles, however they remained simply pals as a result of he was in a relationship on the time. On Feb. 10, 1991, he welcomed his daughter, actress Emma Roberts, with then-girlfriend Kelly Cunningham. The couple break up a number of months later, and Eric and Eliza began courting that very same 12 months.

They obtained married in 1992 and have been collectively ever since.

“My spouse is my hero,” Eric instructed the Love, Medication and Hollywood podcast in 2020. “She’s smarter than me and she or he’s as proficient as me after which some. She’s additionally higher trying than me … And he or she taught me the right way to be a grown-up to a point.”

The actor added, “She rescued me from my ridiculous, foolish childhood self, and that is one thing that I actually treasure.”

So, who’s Eric Roberts’ spouse? This is every little thing to find out about Eliza Roberts and her relationship with the actor.

Her mother and father have been screenwriters

Eliza was born into the leisure trade. In keeping with the Los Angeles Occasions, her father, David Rayfield, regularly collaborated with director Sydney Pollack and is liable for movies together with Three Days of the Condor.

Her mom, Lila Garrett, gained a number of Emmys for her writing on exhibits such The ABC Afternoon Playbreak and The Julie Andrews Hour. She was additionally a producer and a director.

“I grew up within the enterprise,” Eliza instructed Impartial Movie Quarterly. “I began performing as a toddler, and so did Eric. I all the time was an actress.”

Eliza and Eric met on a flight

Although Eric instructed The Good, The Dangerous and The Sequel podcast in 2021 that Eliza tried to solid him “in a bunch of various stuff, a bunch of various instances,” it by no means labored out. After operating in the identical circles for years, they lastly met in individual on a flight from New York to L.A.

“I used to be in one other relationship on the time,” Eric instructed Howard Stern in 1994. “I’m studying a script, she’s studying a script, I inform her who my favourite author is, the identify’s David Rayfield … he simply occurs to be her father.”

They exchanged telephone numbers, and Eric later known as Eliza whereas she was heading out the door to see a play. Actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan from The Strolling Useless was babysitting her two youngsters when the telephone rang. Morgan answered, and he instructed Eliza she needed to take the decision earlier than she left.

“The babysitter covers the telephone and says, ‘This feels like Eric Roberts … You take this name, or I’ll die,’ ” he recalled.

She manages Eric

Eliza has acted all through her profession and appeared in main exhibits comparable to All within the Household and flicks together with Nationwide Lampoon’s Animal Home. Nevertheless, in keeping with her Instagram bio, she does a variety of work behind the scenes as an performing coach, a casting director and Eric’s supervisor.

In a 2022 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Eric credited his spouse with overseeing his wild schedule and the as much as 30 venture alternatives he receives each day.

“We’re all the time shifting issues round,” Eliza instructed the outlet. “It’s fairly wild. However contemplating they provide you all these thoughts workouts as you become old to maintain your thoughts sharp … I don’t suppose we want these!”

They’ve appeared in lots of movies collectively 

Eric has amassed greater than 700 movie and TV appearances in his 50 years as an actor — and he shares a number of of these along with his spouse. The couple has acted collectively in The Method Bathe, First Canine, Nature of the Beast and extra. Eliza instructed Impartial Movie Quarterly that the hardest roles for her to play are those closest to residence.

“Really, the toughest factor I needed to do with my husband was a love scene,” she mentioned. “Apart from that, I discover him actually enjoyable to work with. We all the time run our traces collectively. We just about work collectively 24 hours a day.”

She has two youngsters

Eliza has two kids from a earlier marriage.

In keeping with a 2023 interview for the Roger the Wild Little one Present, her daughter, Morgan Simons, is a chef and a mother of two. Her son, Keaton Simons, is the lead guitarist and musical director for nation artist Brett Younger, per his Instagram bio.

She’s shut with Emma

Eliza is supportive of not solely her kids’s inventive ventures, but in addition her stepdaughter’s. Throughout an look with Eric on the Roger the Wild Little one Present, she mentioned her bond with Emma was “instantaneous” and that she “instantly liked her.”

Being part of an inventive household will be difficult and aggressive, however Eric mentioned everybody will get alongside as a result of they’ve all adopted their very own pursuits.

“The attention-grabbing factor about our household is everyone is profitable,” he mentioned. “Keaton, Morgan, Julie, Emma, me, Eliza — all of us have a aim we completed. All of us arrived at a spot we wished to get to. All of us have that in our favor.”