The Fourth of July might mean independence day to any ordinary American but, for Oscar winner Julia Roberts, it marked her 21st wedding anniversary to .

The Georgia-born 55-year-old - who boasts 11M Instagram followers - her PDA picture with explosion emojis: '21! #truelove #heckyeah #fromhereonout.'

Among Julia's six approved comments included one from happily married Rita Wilson, who gushed: 'Scorpio sister! Happy anniversary to you love birds! [Tom Hanks and I] love you both!'

When asked by on October 12 what her secret to a lasting marriage was, Roberts replied: 'I always say that same thing and I'm sticking with it.

It's making out. Lots of making out.'

The Chopard brand ambassador was still dating Emmy nominee Benjamin Bratt when she first crushed on the 54-year-old Emmy-nominated cinematographer while on the 2000 set of Gore Verbinski's film The Mexican.

Congratulations! The Fourth of July might mean independence day to any ordinary American but, for Oscar winner Julia Roberts, it marked her 21st wedding anniversary to second husband Daniel Moder (pictured December 4)

The Georgia-born 55-year-old - who boasts 11M Instagram followers - captioned her PDA picture with explosion emojis: '21! #truelove #heckyeah #fromhereonout'

'[Writing handwritten notes is] something Danny and I have always done,' Julia told on October 9.

'The first letter he ever wrote me, which was seven pages long, I still have it tucked away. One day I'll show it to [my daughter] Hazel and say, "That's what you’re looking for."'

Roberts said when she's not working she's a full-time homemaker to their three children - 18-year-old twins Hazel and Phinnaeus as well as 16-year-old son Henry - at their $9.

5M Point Dume hilltop estate in Malibu.

'It isn't rainbows and kittens every day, but it does bring me a lot of joy,' the Ticket to Paradise producer-star explained.

'It's just never consumed me, being an actor. It is my dream come true, but it is not my only dream come true. The life that I have built with my husband [and] the life that we've built with our children, that's the best stuff. To come home at the end of the day, triumphantly, to them.'

Julia added: 'I always think that they all look like me, and then Danny comes home from work, and I go, "Oh, you, that's who they look like."'

Roberts' first engagement to Flatliners co-star Kiefer Sutherland famously ended three days before their 1991 wedding, and her first marriage to four-time Grammy-winning country crooner Lyle Lovett ended in 1995 after just 21 months.

Among Julia's six approved comments included one from happily married Rita Wilson, who gushed: 'Scorpio sister! Happy anniversary to you love birds! [Tom Hanks and I] love you both!'

When asked by E! News on October 12 what her secret to a lasting marriage was, Roberts (pictured in 2022) replied: 'I always say that same thing and I'm sticking with it. It's making out. Lots of making out'

Not Mr. Right: The Chopard brand ambassador was still dating Emmy nominee Benjamin Bratt (R) when she first crushed on the 54-year-old Emmy-nominated cinematographer while on the 2000 set of Gore Verbinski's film The Mexican 

Julia told CBS Sunday Morning on October 9: '[Writing handwritten notes is] something Danny and I have always done. The first letter he ever wrote me, which was seven pages long, I still have it tucked away. One day I'll show it to [my daughter] Hazel and say, "That's what you’re looking for"'

2019 family portrait: Roberts said when she's not working she's a full-time homemaker to their three children - 18-year-old twins Hazel and Phinnaeus as well as 16-year-old son Henry - at their $9.5M Point Dume hilltop estate in Malibu

The Ticket to Paradise producer-star explained: 'It isn't rainbows and kittens every day, but it does bring me a lot of joy. It's just never consumed me, being an actor.

It is my dream come true, but it is not my only dream come true'

Julia continued: 'The life that I have built with my husband [and] the life that we've built with our children, that's the best stuff. To come home at the end of the day, triumphantly, to them'

Premieres December 8 on Netflix! Roberts will next produce and star as married mother-of-two Amanda in Sam Esmail's big-screen adaptation of Rumaan Alam's 2020 novel Leave the World Behind

Lights out! The Long Island blackout psychological thriller also stars Mahershala Ali (L), Myha'la Herrold (2-L), Ethan Hawke (R), Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans, and Kevin Bacon

The Pretty Woman alum will next produce and star as married mother-of-two Amanda in Sam Esmail's big-screen adaptation of Rumaan Alam's 2020 novel Leave the World Behind, which premieres December 8 on Netflix.

The Long Island blackout psychological thriller also stars Ethan Hawke, Mahershala Ali, Myha'la Herrold, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans, and Kevin Bacon.

Meanwhile, Moder served DP duties on Tony Goldwyn's upcoming stand-up comedy dramedy Ezra (formerly known as Inappropriate Behavior) starring Robert DeNiro, Whoopi Goldberg, Rose Byrne, Bobby Canavale, and Vera Farmiga.