Erin Brockovich is a tense legal thriller, but it's also so much more than that, thanks in large part to Julia Roberts.

Erin Brockovich, the activist who inspired Steven Soderbergh's 2000 drama, reflects on the film's legacy amid current crises as citizens "no longer have the comfort to believe an agency has our back.

Paralegal Erin Brockovich inspired a namesake movie 25 years ago. Here's everything to know about the real-life Erin Brockovich and her life today.

Erin Brockovich on set of the movie "Erin Brockovich" in 2001. Courtesy of Erin Brockovich “We're still talking about this, and that movie came out 21 years ago.

Brockovich is a consumer advocate and environmental activist. She was born Erin Pattee on June 22, 1960, in Lawrence, Kan., and struggled academically as a child because of her dyslexia.

In “Erin Brockovich,” the character goes up against energy giant Pacific Gas and Electric Company over its culpability for groundwater contamination in the small town of Hinkley, California.

More than 100,000 former homeowners in South Africa are uniting against the country's largest banks in a landmark R60 billion ...

Erin Brockovich's new book, "Superman's Not Coming," explores problems from contaminated drinking water and water shortages due to climate change.

The 2016 presidential race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump has become a substance-free fight between “two teenagers” who don’t like each other, according to environmentalist Erin ...

We Must Save Our Own Water Supply Because 'Superman's Not Coming' Says Erin Brockovich The environmental activist and consumer advocate takes a brutally honest look at how mismanagement, chemical ...

Erin Brockovich at a 2014 rally against the federal government's support for what they say is a known polluter in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images.