Julianne Moore
- Acting
- December 3, 1960 · Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
Biography
Julianne Moore (born Julie Anne Smith; December 3, 1960) is an American actress and children's author. Prolific in film since the early 1990s, she is known for her portrayals of emotionally troubled women in independent films and her roles in blockbusters. She has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Emmy Awards. In 2015, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world; in 2020, The New York Times named her one of the greatest actors of the 21st century. After studying theatre at Boston University, she began acting in television. From 1985 to 1988, she was a regular in the soap opera As the World Turns, earning a Daytime Emmy Award. Moore made her breakthrough with Robert Altman's ensemble film Short Cuts (1993), followed by a critically acclaimed performance in Todd Haynes' Safe (1995). Starring roles in the blockbusters Nine Months (1995) and The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) established her as a Hollywood leading lady. She received Oscar nominations for her roles in the period films Boogie Nights (1997), The End of the Affair (1999), Far from Heaven (2002) and The Hours (2002); in the first of these, she played a 1970s pornographic actress, while in the other three, she starred as an unhappy mid-20th century housewife. Her career progressed with roles in 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), and Maps to the Stars (2014). She won a Primetime Emmy Award for portraying Sarah Palin in the HBO film Game Change (2012) and the Academy Award for Best Actress for portraying an Alzheimer's patient in Still Alice (2014). Her highest-grossing releases came with the final two films in The Hunger Games film series (2014–2015) and the spy film Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017). She has since starred in independent films and streaming projects, including Haynes' May December (2023) drama and the historical drama miniseries Mary & George (2024). In addition to her acting work, she has written a series of children's books about Freckleface Strawberry. She is married to director Bart Freundlich, with whom she has two children.
Known for
Filmography
- The Debut · Mona Friedman
- Two People Exchanging Saliva · Executive producer
- The New Yorker at 100 · Self
- Echo Valley · Kate Garrett
- Sirens · Michaela Kell
- The Room Next Door · Ingrid
- Mary & George · Mary Villiers, Executive producer
- May December · Gracie
- Image Book · Self
- Sharper · Madeline Phillips, Producer
- When You Finish Saving the World · Evelyn
- Power of Women: The Changemakers · Self
- Dear Evan Hansen · Heidi Hansen
- With/In Volume 1 · (segment "Intersection")
- Lisey's Story · Lisey Landon, Executive producer
- Spirit Untamed · Aunt Cora (Voice)
- The Woman in the Window · Jane Russell 1 (Katie)
- The Glorias · Gloria Steinem
- Good as New
- The Mind, Explained · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- After the Wedding · Theresa, Producer
- The Staggering Girl · Francesca
- Gloria Bell · Gloria Bell, Executive producer
- Basketball: A Love Story · Narrator (Voice)
- Bel Canto · Roxanne Cross
- Suburbicon · Margaret Lodge / Rose
- Wonderstruck · Lillian Mayhew / Rose
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle · Poppy
- Alec Baldwin: One Night Only · Self
- Maggie's Plan · Georgette Nørgaard
- Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 · Self
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 · President Alma Coin
- Freeheld · Laurel Hester
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Difficult People · Sarah Nussbaum
- Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman · Self
- The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 · Self
- Seventh Son · Mother Malkin
- Still Alice · Alice Howland
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 · President Alma Coin
- Altman · Self
- Maps to the Stars · Havana Segrand
- Non-Stop · Jen Summers
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- 9 Kisses · Woman in Club
- Creating Carrie · Self
- Carrie · Margaret White
- Don Jon · Esther
- Find Our Daughter · Mother
- The English Teacher · Linda Sinclair
- What Maisie Knew · Susanna
- Finding Your Roots · Self
- Being Flynn · Jody Flynn
- Game Change · Sarah Palin
- Billy on the Street · Self
- Crazy, Stupid, Love. · Emily
- Florent: Queen of the Meat Market · Self
- A Child's Garden of Poetry · Self
- Elektra Luxx · Virgin Mary
- Return to Jurassic Park · Self
- The Kids Are All Right · Jules
- 6 Souls · Cara Harding
- The Marriage Ref · Self
- Chloe · Catherine Stewart
- A Single Man · Charley
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- The Private Lives of Pippa Lee · Kat
- Eagle Eye · ARIIA (voice) (uncredited)
- Blindness · Doctor's Wife
- I'm Not There · Alice Fabian
- Savage Grace · Barbara Baekeland
- Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation · Self
- Next · Callie Ferris
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- 30 Rock · Nancy Donovan
- Children of Men · Julian
- The One Show · Self
- Freedomland · Brenda Martin
- The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie · Julianne Moore