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Julie Anne Smith (born December 3, 1960), known professionally as Julianne Moore, is an American actress. Prolific in film since the early 1990s, she is particularly known for her portrayals of emotionally troubled women in independent films, as well as for her roles in blockbusters.
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- Julianne Moore Filmography
- As The World Turns and The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
- Benny & Joon, The Fugitive, and Short Cuts
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Boogie Nights
- The Big Lebowski and Hannibal
- Far from Heaven and The Hours
- Children of Men
- The Kids Are All Right and 30 Rock
- Game Change
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 & 2 and Still Alice Oscar Win
In 1985, Moore landed her first major television role: She played Frannie Hughes on the soap opera As the World Turns for several years, eventually taking on the dual role of her character’s twin sister, Sabrina. Moore won a Daytime Emmy Award for her work on the drama. In 1990, she made her film debut in Tales of the Darkside. Moore, however, gain...
Her career seemed to pick up momentum around this time. In 1993 Moore acted in four films of varied quality and success. She appeared in Madonna's dramatic dud Body of Evidence, as well as the quirky romantic tale Benny & Joon with Johnny Depp and Mary Stuart Masterson. That year Moore also had roles in The Fugitive, a hit crime drama starring Harr...
In 1997, Moore starred in Steven Spielberg’s box-office blockbuster The Lost World: Jurassic Park with Jeff Goldblum. She also picked up her first Academy Award nomination that same year for Best Supporting Actress in Boogie Nights. In this Paul Thomas Anderson movie about adult films, Moore plays a porn star named Amber Waves.
Moore continued to work with interesting filmmakers, appearing in Joel and Ethan Coen’s The Big Lebowski (1998). While not a box-office hit, this offbeat comedy starring Jeff Bridges has become a cult classic. Moore revisited one of film’s scariest movies that same year, appearing in a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. She also took over the rol...
In 2002, Moore earned great acclaim for two compelling roles: In Far From Heaven, she plays a 1950s stay-at-home mother whose picture-perfect life unexpectedly shatters. Dennis Quaid plays her husband, who struggles with his sexuality. In The Hours, Moore portrays another 1950s housewife who contemplates freeing herself from her suburban shackles.
As the 2000s progressed, Moore had established herself among Hollywood’s elite actors. She appeared in a slew of films, including The Forgotten (2004), Children of Men (2006), and A Single Man(2009). She also experimented on Broadway, debuting in David Hare’s The Vertical Hourin late 2006; however, critics were generally unenthusiastic about her pe...
Moore continued to tackle a diverse mix of interesting roles. She and Annette Bening starred as a lesbian couple in the 2010 critically acclaimed indie film The Kids Are All Right, co-starring Mark Ruffalo. On the small screen, Moore had a recurring role as Alec Baldwin’s former high school friend and love interest on the hit sitcom 30 Rock.
In 2012, Moore gave another compelling performance on the small screen. She earned raves from critics for her spot-on portrayal of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in the television movie Game Change. The real-life role gave Moore her first Emmy Award win. That same year, Moore appeared in two dramatic films: What Maisie Knew and Bein...
In 2013, Moore took on a classic horror role once again, playing the sinister mother in the remake of Carrie. The following year she co-starred in the airplane thriller Non-Stop and the sci-fi blockbuster The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 while garnering big buzz for her lead role in the drama Maps to the Stars. Moore was nominated for a Golden...
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Actress: Far from Heaven. Julianne Moore was born Julie Anne Smith in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on December 3, 1960, the daughter of Anne (Love), a social worker, and Peter Moore Smith, a paratrooper, colonel, and later military judge. Her mother moved to the U.S. in 1951, from Greenock, Scotland.
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Actress: Far from Heaven. Julianne Moore was born Julie Anne Smith in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on December 3, 1960, the daughter of Anne (Love), a social worker, and Peter Moore Smith, a paratrooper, colonel, and later military judge. Her mother moved to the U.S. in 1951, from Greenock, Scotland.
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- December 3, 1960
May 23, 2024 · Julianne Moore, American actress known for her exacting and sympathetic portrayals of women at odds with their surroundings, often in films that examined social issues. She garnered accolades for her performances in such movies as Boogie Nights (1997), The Hours (2002), and Still Alice (2014).
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Jan 3, 2024 · Julianne Moore walks us through her legendary career, discussing her roles in 'As the World Turns,' 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park,' 'Boogie Nights,' 'The Big Lebowski,' 'Hannibal,' 'The...
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