Julianne Moore
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. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Emmy Awards.
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| Born | Julie Anne Smith December 3, 1960 Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | Boston University (BFA) |
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| Years active | 1981–present |
| Works | Full list |
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| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Peter Moore Smith (brother) |
| Awards | Full list |
A theater graduate of Boston University, Moore began her career with a series of television roles. From 1985 to 1988, she was a regular in the soap opera As the World Turns, earning a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance. Her film debut was in Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990), and she continued to play small roles for the next four years, including in the thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992). Moore first received critical attention with Short Cuts (1993), Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) and Safe (1995) continued this acclaim. Starring roles in the blockbusters Nine Months (1995) and The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) established her as a Hollywood leading lady.
Moore went on the receive the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of an Alzheimer's patient in Still Alice (2014). Her other Oscar-nominated roles were in Boogie Nights (1997), The End of the Affair (1999), Far from Heaven (2002) and The Hours (2002). Other notable roles include in the films The Big Lebowski (1998), Magnolia (1999), Hannibal (2001), Children of Men (2006), A Single Man (2009), The Kids Are All Right (2010), Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), Wonderstruck (2017), and Gloria Bell (2019). She won a Primetime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Sarah Palin in the HBO film Game Change (2012). She won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for Maps to the Stars (2014). Among her highest-grossing releases are the final two films in the series The Hunger Games and the spy film Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017).
In addition to her acting work, Moore has written a series of children's books about a character named Freckleface Strawberry. In 2015, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2020, The New York Times named her one of the greatest actors of the 21st century. She is married to director Bart Freundlich, with whom she has two children.