Emma Roberts Claims Her Family's Hollywood Ties Have Hurt Her Career More Than They've Helped

The “Nancy Drew” actress, 33, recently sat down with Flaunt magazine, and said that she has “never gotten a job” due to her well-known actor father, Eric Roberts, or her aunt, Julia Roberts

Emma Roberts has opened up about the challenges she’s faced in her career due to her family’s Hollywood connections.

The actress, 33, is the daughter of actor Eric Roberts and the niece of Julia Roberts. She recently spoke to Flaunt magazine about the “nepo baby” discourse, stating that her family’s fame has actually hindered her career more than it’s helped.

“I’ve never gotten a job because of it, I know I definitely have lost a couple of jobs because of it,” she said. “I’ve lost more jobs than I’ve gained from being in the business.”

Roberts also pointed to New York Magazine’s 2022 “Nepo Baby” feature, which she felt to be “a cheap shot to put all the celebrity kids on the cover of a magazine on babies’ bodies, … it was kind of this viral hating-on-people thing.”

During a previous appearance on Bruce Bozzi’s “Table for Two podcast,” Roberts took aim at what she felt to be a double standard in how women are highlighted in the Hollywood nepotism conversation.

“I always joke, ‘Why is no one calling out George Clooney for being a nepo baby? [His aunt] Rosemary Clooney was an icon,’” she said on the podcast.

The “Scream 4” star also tried to point out the flip side of being related to famous celebrities: “There’s two sides of the coin. People like to say, ‘You have a leg up because you have family in the industry,’ but then the other side to that is, you have to prove yourself more.”

Roberts, herself, got her breakout role when she was just 13 years old, after being cast in the 2004 Nickelodeon series “Unfabulous.” She also later starred alongside her aunt, Julia Roberts, in the romantic comedy “Valentine’s Day” (2010).

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