Erin Brockovich on Film is a 2000 biographical drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Susannah Grant. The film stars Julia Roberts as ERIN Brockovich, an unemployed single mother who becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings a California power company to justice for polluting a city's water supply. The film was a critical and commercial success, and earned Roberts the Academy Award for Best Actress.