Julia Roberts and Danny Moder’s Relationship Timeline, Photos

Spring 2000: Roberts and Moder met on the set of her film “The Mexican.”

Directed by Gore Verbinski, and starring Roberts and Brad Pitt, the drama was released in March 2001.

Moder was working as a camera operator on the film when he met Roberts, but at the time, the two were romantically involved with different people. Roberts was dating actor Benjamin Bratt, while Moder was married to makeup artist Vera Steimberg.

Eventually, both couples split up, and Moder’s divorce with Steimberg was finalized in 2002.

July 4, 2002: The couple tied the knot on Roberts’ ranch in New Mexico.

According to Us Weekly, the ceremony (held at an 82-acre property in Taos) was ultra secretive, and guests were just invited to come and “celebrate Independence Day” with Moder and Roberts.

November 2004: Roberts gave birth to twins Hazel Patricia and Phinnaeus Walter.

On November 28, Roberts and Moder welcomed their first two children together in Los Angeles. As People noted at the time, two of Roberts’ cousins, as well as the actress’ great grandmother, are twins.

June 2007: Roberts and Moder welcomed their third child, son Henry.

As with Hazel and Phinnaeus, Roberts gave birth in Los Angeles. People reported that Henry weighed 8 lbs, 8 oz. when born.

2013: The couple collaborated on another film, HBO’s “The Normal Heart,” together.

Based on Larry Kramer’s award-winning stage play, the film follows an impassioned AIDS activist in the early days of the disease. Roberts plays Dr. Emma Brookner, one of the few physicians shown in the film to be not only compassionate towards AIDS patients, but determined to help research and spread awareness about the disease as well.

Mark Ruffalo, Jim Parsons, Matt Bomer, and and Taylor Kitsch also star in the film, which features cinematography by Moder.

July 4, 2017: Moder commemorated the couple’s 15th wedding anniversary with a sweet Instagram post.

“This pretty lady and I have been following each other around for awhile,” Modern captioned a photo of Roberts wandering through a grassy field with a hat in her hand.

“look how green our garden still is!!! love you,” the cinematographer added.

October 28, 2017: Moder shared a snapshot from a family vacation to celebrate Roberts’ 50th birthday.

“No Lovers birthday weekend is complete without a surprise bumping into your kids in a surf shop,” Moder captioned the photo of Roberts and their three children. “50 is better with 5.”

November 2018: Roberts described the “seismic shift” that occurred when she met Moder.

“That was the first time my life will never be the same in the most incredible, indescribable way,” Roberts, speaking to Gwyneth Paltrow on her Goop podcast, said of meeting Moder.

“He truly, to this day, to this minute, is just my favorite human. I’m more interested in what he has to say or his point of view just than anybody,” the “Mona Lisa Smile” actress continued. “Really, we’re so lucky in that way. We just really, really like each other and we just enjoy each other’s company.”

January 2019: Roberts posted a picture of her and Moder enjoying In-N-Out to Instagram following the Oscars.

In the blurry photo, Roberts and Moder share a kiss while holding burgers and an In-N-Out bag in their hands.

The “Pretty Woman” actress congratulated everyone involved in the evening’s festivities, and wrote, “to all a good (burger) night.”

February 14, 2019: The couple paid tribute to their relationship on Valentine’s day with sweet Instagram posts.

“My very funny valentine… Still pinching myself,” Moder captioned a photo of Roberts making a face for the camera.

The “Notting Hill” actress, on the other hand, shared a striking black and white photo of her gazing lovingly at Moder, with only a string of heart emojis as the caption.

July 2021: Both Moder and Roberts took to Instagram to celebrate another year of marriage.

In the caption of her photo (showing her and Moder embracing on a beach), Roberts wrote that the couple were “Just getting started!”

Moder shared a throwback photo of him and Roberts (that appears to have been taken just before their 2002 wedding), and captioned it: “Today we start our 20th year of marriage. This photo was on a dusty road before that big idea … just holding on to this beautiful girl one day at a time. One epic day at a time.”

Roberts’ post garnered several supportive comments from fellow celebrities, including Rita Wilson, Tom Hanks’ wife, and director Sam Taylor-Johnson.

Early 2022: Roberts posted a photo for Moder’s birthday, and another one a few weeks later for Valentine’s day.

“You make my world go round,” Roberts captioned a birthday photo of Moder holding a surfboard.

For her Valentine’s day post, the actress shared a photo of her and Moder kissing on the lips, with only a smiley-face emoji as the caption.

July 4, 2022: Roberts shared a throwback photo of her and Moder kissing to celebrate 20 years of marriage.

For their milestone 20th wedding anniversary, the “Erin Brockovich” star posted an older photo of her and Moder locked in a passionate kiss, with their faces turned towards each other.

“TWENTY,” Roberts wrote in the caption. She also included several cheeky hashtags, including “can’tstopsmiling” and “can’tstopkissing.”