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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.
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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
The Simpsons
Saturday Night Live
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Tony Awards
The One Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Oscars
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Graham Norton Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Daily Show
Golden Globe Awards
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Today
Difficult People
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Finding Your Roots
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
The Early Show
30 Rock
The Marriage Ref
Movie 43
Eagle Eye
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
The Ladies Man
The Fugitive
Return to Jurassic Park
As the World Turns
I'm Not There
The Woman in the Window
The Mind, Explained
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Money, Power, Murder.
I'll Take Manhattan
A Child's Garden of Poetry
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Dear Evan Hansen
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Magnolia
Children of Men
Don Jon
The Big Lebowski
Assassins
Cast a Deadly Spell
Boogie Nights
Psycho
Wonderstruck
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Carrie
A Map of the World
May December
Chloe
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Beginning of the End of the Affair
Non-Stop
Spirit Untamed
Evolution
Hannibal
Seventh Son
Suburbicon
Sharper
Blindness
Still Alice
Stone Mattress
The Glorias
When You Finish Saving the World
The Room Next Door
Mary & George
The Hours
Far from Heaven
Maps to the Stars
Sirens
Lisey's Story
Gloria Bell
What Maisie Knew
Echo Valley
Production Credits
Mary & George
Sharper
Lisey's Story
Gloria Bell
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