Born in Biloxi, Mississippi, in 1956, Eric Roberts rose to fame as one of the most promising leading men of his generation.
After earning raves on Broadway for Burn This, he quickly exploded onto the movie scene, earning Golden Globe nominations for King of the Gypsies, Star 80, and Runaway Train.
By the mid-1980s, Eric was a Hollywood staple — handsome, talented, and unstoppable. But away from the spotlight, the actor was spiraling into addiction, and that darkness would soon tear apart his family.
When Eric’s daughter Emma was born on February 10, 1991, it didn’t take long for everything to fall apart.
Abandoned her when she was 7 months old
“I had abandoned Kelly when Emma was just seven months old,” he once admitted, referring to his ex-partner Kelly Cunningham and their infant daughter.
