Erin Brockovich

Erin Brockovich fascinates me because she inverted every assumption about who gets to fight power. A file clerk with no law degree took on a utility giant by knocking on doors, reading water records, and refusing to be dismissed — and won one of the largest settlements in American history. The Julia Roberts film made her a symbol, but the more impressive story is what came after: decades of continued advocacy, long past the point where she could have cashed out on her fame. To me she stands for the unglamorous core of justice — persistence, paperwork, and the nerve to keep asking questions.

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Name (English)

Erin Brockovich

Name (Japanese)

エリン・ブロコビッチ

Reading

えりん・ぶろこびっち

Born

June 22, 1960 (age 66)

Origin

Lawrence, Kansas, United States

Occupation

jurist / businessperson / environmentalist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rat

High school

Lawrence High School

University

Kansas State University

• Official sitehttps://www.brockovich.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/ErinBrockovich
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin%20Brockovich
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B3%E3%83%93%E3%83%83%E3%83%81
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232019

Tags

• Kansas
• jurist
• businessperson
• environmentalist

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.