Thestatuesque blonde was spotted standing at the deli counter of Gelson’s supermarket in Westlake Village, California, talking on her cell phone while she waited to be helped.
‘We need to see the trust!’ she said emphatically, ‘Once we get that we’ll look it over but you have to get your hands on a copy ASAP.’
Wearing a hot pink camisole, tight black leggings, biker boots, and carrying a Louis Vuitton handbag, it was hard to miss the woman wheeling and dealing as she stocked up on groceries.
Full of energy, she got tired of just standing and waiting at the counter. She began to push her cart in a tight circle around the aisles and then return to the deli.
Erin
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Erin
What her fellow shoppers didn’t realize is that the restless dynamo is probably the most famous activist of our time and had an Oscar winning movie made about her life more than 20 years ago.
After checking out, she ditched the shopping cart and instead carried her four bags full of food to her car, showing off some impressive biceps.
So, did you guess her identity?
The incredibly fit woman is none other than famed legal eagle and environmental activist Erin Brockovich, now 63-years-old and living in nearby Agoura Hills.
Erin, once an unemployed single mother of three, rose to fame in 1993 as a whistleblower, exposing Pacific Gas & Electric for groundwater contamination in and around the town of Hinkley, California.
As a paralegal she was instrumental in the town’s lawsuit against the utility company.
The case later settled with an award of $333 million to the town, with Brockovich receiving $2.5 million for her work.
A few years later Hollywood came knocking and her life was turned into a big screen movie with Julia Roberts in the lead role. Erin even had a cameo in the movie playing a waitress called Julia.
Much was made of Erin’s sexy way of dressing to get attention, and to get information from sources.
Julia, playing Erin, could be seen with a push up bra, and a child on her hip as she worked over paper pushing clerks in her quest for justice.
![Julia Roberts emphasized Erin's penchant for low-cut tops in the 2000 movie](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/01/14/75946421-12572019-Julia_Roberts_emphasized_Erin_s_penchant_for_low_cut_tops_in_the-a-7_1696167232882.jpg)
Julia Roberts emphasized Erin’s penchant for low-cut tops in the 2000 movie
![Nearly a quarter century after the movie Erin Brockovich's release, its namesake still dresses sexy and has a strong presence.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/01/14/75948335-12572019-Nearly_a_quarter_century_after_the_movie_Erin_Brockovich_s_relea-a-5_1696167230719.jpg)
Nearly a quarter century after the movie Erin Brockovich’s release, its namesake still dresses sexy and has a strong presence.
![A photograph of Erin was included in a 2014 exhibition called The Boomer List at the Newseum in Washington, DC](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/01/14/75948349-12572019-A_photograph_of_Erin_was_included_in_a_2014_exhibition_called_Th-a-9_1696167232884.jpg)
A photograph of Erin was included in a 2014 exhibition called The Boomer List at the Newseum in Washington, DC
![Brockovich addressed a rally against the federal government's support for an alleged polluter on Capitol Hill in 2014](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/01/14/75948329-12572019-Brockovich_addressed_a_rally_against_the_federal_government_s_su-a-6_1696167230720.jpg)
Brockovich addressed a rally against the federal government’s support for an alleged polluter on Capitol Hill in 2014
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‘We need to see the trust!’ she said into her phone while shopping. ‘Once we get that we’ll look it over but you have to get your hands on a copy ASAP’
The movie Erin Brockovich earned four Academy Awards in 2000, including Best Picture, Best Director (Steven Soderbergh), Best Supporting Actor (Albert Finney) and of course, Best Actress for Roberts.
Now, nearly a quarter century after the film’s release, its namesake still dresses sexy and has a strong presence.
But it hasn’t all been a Hollywood fairy tale ending for Brockovich.
![Erin's shocking mug shot made headlines around the world. It showed her with severe sunburn and red marks near her eyes after her arrest for boating unde the influence](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/01/14/75948333-12572019-Erin_s_shocking_mug_shot_made_headlines_around_the_world_It_show-a-10_1696167233635.jpg)
Erin’s shocking mug shot made headlines around the world. It showed her with severe sunburn and red marks near her eyes after her arrest for boating unde the influence
In 2013, DailyMail.com reported that she was arrested for a DUI while boating on Lake Mead, Nevada.
Her shocking mug shot made headlines around the world. It showed her with severe sunburn and red marks near her eyes.
It was later revealed that her blood was at twice the legal limit.
She quickly apologized for the incident in a statement, ‘At no point was the boat away from the dock and there was no public safety risk. That being said, I take drunk driving very seriously, this was clearly a big mistake. After a day in the sun and with nothing to eat it appears that a couple of drinks had a greater impact than I realized.’
She made headlines in February for voicing her concern over the citizens of East Palestine, Ohio, after a massive freight train derailment that caused hazardous waste to be released into and above the area.
After visiting the disaster site twice, she said it was like nothing she had ever seen before.
‘I’ve been doing this for 30 years now, and the lack of information that has not been given to these people, that they’ve been almost left here, not knowing what’s going on, where to go, what to do, who to turn to, their fear. I mean all of it feels very remnant to me, of what happened in Hinkley.’
Erin Brockovich has been married three times – to Shawn Brown in the 1980s, briefly to Steven Brockovich in 1989, and to Eric Ellis fromo 1998-2012.
She has three children, Mathew and Katie Brown from her first marriage and Elizabeth Brockovich from her second.
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