Julia Roberts will star in her first TV series oscar-winning actress is headed to the small screen and a limited series based on Maria simples book today will be different the story follows a woman named Eleanor who has plans to wake up and have the best day of her life instead a strange new future unfolds in front of her no network is attached to the project yet but we're betting with Julia as the weed that will change fast Roberts is also producing the show through her company read on films