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\u00a0independent films and her roles in\u00a0blockbusters. She has received\u00a0numerous accolades, including an\u00a0Academy Award, a\u00a0British Academy Film Award, two\u00a0Golden Globe Awards, and two\u00a0Emmy Awards. In 2015,\u00a0Time named her one of the\u00a0100 most influential people in the world; in 2020,\u00a0The New York Times named her one of the greatest actors of the 21st century.<\/p>\n
After studying theatre at\u00a0Boston University, she began acting in television. From 1985 to 1988, she was a regular in the soap opera\u00a0As the World Turns, earning a\u00a0Daytime Emmy Award. Moore made her breakthrough with\u00a0Robert Altman’s ensemble film\u00a0Short Cuts\u00a0(1993), followed by a critically acclaimed performance in\u00a0Todd Haynes’\u00a0Safe\u00a0(1995). Starring roles in the blockbusters\u00a0Nine Months\u00a0(1995) and\u00a0The Lost World: Jurassic Park\u00a0(1997) established her as a Hollywood leading lady. She received Oscar nominations for her roles in the period films\u00a0Boogie Nights (1997), The End of the Affair (1999),\u00a0Far from Heaven\u00a0(2002) and\u00a0The 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\u00a0housewife.<\/p>\n
Her career progressed with roles in\u00a0The Big Lebowski\u00a0(1998), Magnolia\u00a0(1999), Hannibal (2001),\u00a0Children of Men\u00a0(2006),\u00a0A Single Man\u00a0(2009),\u00a0The Kids Are All Right\u00a0(2010),\u00a0Crazy, Stupid, Love\u00a0(2011), and\u00a0Maps to the Stars\u00a0(2014). She won a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award\u00a0for portraying\u00a0Sarah Palin\u00a0in the\u00a0HBO\u00a0film\u00a0Game Change (2012) and the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Actress\u00a0for portraying an Alzheimer’s\u00a0patient in\u00a0Still Alice\u00a0(2014). Her highest-grossing releases came with the final two films in The Hunger Games\u00a0film series\u00a0(2014\u20132015) and the spy film\u00a0Kingsman: The Golden Circle\u00a0(2017). She has since starred in independent films and streaming projects, including Haynes’\u00a0May December\u00a0(2023) drama and the historical drama miniseries Mary & George\u00a0(2024).<\/p>\n
In addition to her acting work, she has written a series of children’s books about Freckleface Strawberry. She is married to director\u00a0Bart Freundlich, with whom she has two children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0independent films and her roles in\u00a0blockbusters. She has received\u00a0numerous accolades, including an\u00a0Academy Award, a\u00a0British Academy Film Award, two\u00a0Golden Globe Awards, and two\u00a0Emmy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-28305","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n