Erin Brockovich-Ellis Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Erin Brockovich-Ellis (born June 22, 1960) is an American legal clerk and environmental activist, who, despite the lack of a formal education in the law, was instrumental in building a case against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) of California in 1993. Since the release of the film that shares her story and name, she has hosted Challenge America with Erin Brockovich on ABC and Final Justice on Zone Reality. She is the president of Brockovich Research & Consulting, a consulting firm. She now works as a consultant for Girardi & Keese, the New York law firm of Weitz & Luxenberg, which has a focus on personal injury claims for asbestos exposure, and Shine Lawyers in Australia.
Eric L. Ellis (m. 1999), Steven Brockovich (m. 1989–1990), Shawn Brown (m. 1982–1987)
Children
Katie Brown, Matthew Brown, Beth Brockovich
Parents
Betty Jo O'Neal-Pattee, Frank Pattee
Siblings
Tom Pattee, Jodie Knight, Frank Pattee Jr.
Awards
Academy Award for Best Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, Critics' Choice Mo...
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Sup...
Movies
Erin Brockovich
TV Shows
Final Justice with Erin Brockovich
Star Sign
Cancer
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[on environmental issues] People can't trust anybody, which is why I get so many emails. People don't know where to report information. If you see something, say something. Did you notice your water smelled funny? Don't be afraid to talk about it.
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Fact
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Is the president of Brockovich Research & Consulting.
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Recorded voice-over work as herself for The Simpsons Movie (2007), but her scenes were deleted.
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Following the success of Erin Brockovich (2000), Brockovich got repeatedly referenced in The Simpsons (1989) episode "Sweets and Sour Marge". In that episode, Marge discovers that all the sugar in the food is making the town overweight. She hires a lawyer to file a class-action lawsuit against the sugar company. After the trial ends in the banning of all sugar from Springfield, Homer angrily calls Marge "Erin Choco-snitch" and "Blue Hair-in Brocko-witch". After he realizes that Marge was trying to do the right thing, Homer calls her "a regular Carin' A Lot-ovich".
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After the success of the movie about her, she was the target of a blackmail attempt by her first husband and an old boyfriend (the 'George' character in the movie), with their attorney, who threatened to smear her reputation as a parent. She called the police, who recorded his shakedown threats and arrested them. The attorney reportedly served time in prison as a result.
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Received an honorary Master's degree in Business Communication from Jones International University from Centennial, Colorado.
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Received an honorary degree in Humane Letters from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California on May 5, 2007.
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Received an honorary (Doctor of Laws) degree from Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. [May 2005]
The youngest of four children, she created a great deal of mischief with her brother Thomas.
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Has three children: Matthew Brown, Katie Brown and Beth Brockovich.
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Has three older siblings: Frank Pattee Jr., Thomas Pattee and Jodie Knight.
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She was paid over $2.5 million for her work on the public utility class-action lawsuit against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E).
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While working as a paralegal on a pro bono real estate case, Erin sorted through the file and discovered that a public utility company was contaminating a town's water supply. She then knocked on doors to discuss the problem with residents and helped plaintiffs win $333 million in damages in one of the largest class-action lawsuits in history. Afterwards, a movie was made about her life.
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She worked as a management trainee for Kmart in 1981 but quit after several months and joined some potentially lucrative beauty pageants. She won Miss Pacific Coast but soon gave up the beauty pageant because she found that "shallow".
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Received an associate degree in applied arts from Wade, College in Dallas, Texas (1980).
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Attended and graduated from Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Kansas (1978).