Julianne Moore
Julie Anne Smith (born December 3, 1960), known professionally as Julianne Moore, 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, Moore 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. Moore's 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, Moore 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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Credits
- 2025 · Echo Valley as Kate Garrett
- 2025 · Sirens as Michaela Kell
- 2024 · The Room Next Door as Ingrid
- 2024 · Mary & George as Mary Villiers
- 2023 · May December as Gracie
- 2023 · Sharper as Madeline Phillips
- 2021 · Lisey's Story as Lisey Landon
- 2021 · Spirit Untamed as Aunt Cora (voice)
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Gloria Bell as Gloria Bell
- 2018 · Basketball: A Love Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Suburbicon as Margaret Lodge / Rose
- 2017 · Wonderstruck as Lillian Mayhew / Rose
- 2017 · Kingsman: The Golden Circle as Poppy
- 2015 · The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 as President Alma Coin
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Difficult People as Sarah Nussbaum
- 2014 · Seventh Son as Mother Malkin
- 2014 · Still Alice as Alice Howland
- 2014 · The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 as President Alma Coin
- 2014 · Maps to the Stars as Havana Segrand
- 2014 · Non-Stop as Jen Summers
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · Carrie as Margaret White
- 2013 · Don Jon as Esther
- 2013 · The English Teacher as Linda Sinclair
- 2012 · Finding Your Roots as Self
- 2011 · Billy on the Street as Self
- 2011 · Crazy, Stupid, Love. as Emily
- 2010 · The Kids Are All Right as Jules
- 2010 · The Marriage Ref as Self - Panelist
- 2010 · Chloe as Catherine Stewart
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · The Private Lives of Pippa Lee as Kat
- 2008 · Eagle Eye as ARIIA (voice) (uncredited)
- 2008 · Blindness as Doctor's Wife
- 2007 · I'm Not There as Alice Fabian
- 2007 · Next as Callie Ferris
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Nancy Donovan
- 2006 · Children of Men as Julian
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2005 · Trust the Man as Rebecca
- 2004 · The Forgotten as Telly Paretta
- 2004 · Laws of Attraction as Audrey Woods
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · The Hours as Laura Brown
- 2002 · Far from Heaven as Cathy Whitaker
- 2002 · Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
- 2001 · The Apartment as Self - Guest
- 2001 · Evolution as Dr. Allison Reed, CDC
- 2000 · Psycho Path as Self - Actress / Lila Crane
- 1999 · Magnolia as Linda Partridge
- 1998 · Psycho as Lila Crane
- 1998 · Chicago Cab as Distraught Woman
- 1998 · The Big Lebowski as Maude Lebowski
- 1997 · Boogie Nights as Amber Waves
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Surviving Picasso as Dora Maar
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1995 · Assassins as Electra
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · The Fugitive as Anne Eastman
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1992 · The Hand That Rocks the Cradle as Marlene Craven
- 1991 · The Last to Go as Marcy
- 1990 · Tales from the Darkside: The Movie as Susan (segment ‘Lot 249’)
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1984 · Goldene Kamera as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Nadia Blye (archive footage)
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Untitled Jesse Eisenberg Musical Comedy as
- 2023 · When You Finish Saving the World as Evelyn
- 2021 · Dear Evan Hansen as Heidi Hansen
- 2021 · The Woman in the Window as Jane Russell 1 (Katie)
- 2021 · French Water as
- 2020 · The Glorias as Gloria Steinem
- 2019 · The Mind, Explained as Self - Narrator
- 2018 · Bel Canto as Roxanne Cross
- 2016 · Maggie's Plan as Georgette Nørgaard
- 2015 · Freeheld as Laurel Hester
- 2015 · Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman as Self
- 2015 · The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 as Self - President Alma Coin
- 2012 · Being Flynn as Jody Flynn
- 2012 · Game Change as Sarah Palin
- 2011 · Elektra Luxx as Virgin Mary
- 2011 · Return to Jurassic Park as Self
- 2009 · A Single Man as Charley
- 2007 · Savage Grace as Barbara Baekeland
- 2006 · Freedomland as Brenda Martin
- 2005 · The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio as Evelyn Ryan
- 2001 · Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal as Self
- 2001 · Hannibal as Clarice M. Starling
- 2000 · The Ladies Man as Audrey
- 1999 · The End of the Affair as Sarah Miles
- 1999 · A Map of the World as Theresa Collins
- 1999 · Cookie's Fortune as Cora Duvall
- 1999 · An Ideal Husband as Mrs. Laura Cheveley
- 1997 · The Making of 'The Lost World' as Self
- 1995 · Nine Months as Rebecca Taylor
- 1995 · Safe as Carol
- 1993 · Short Cuts as Marian Wyman
- 1993 · Benny & Joon as Ruthie
- 1993 · Body of Evidence as Sharon Dulaney
- 1992 · The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag as Elinor
- 1989 · Money, Power, Murder. as Peggy Lynn Brady
- 1989 · B.L. Stryker as
- 1956 · As the World Turns as Frannie Hughes
- 1952 · Today as Self
- Future · Stone Mattress as Verna
- 2023 · Image Book as Self
- 2022 · Power of Women: The Changemakers as Self
- 2022 · With/In Volume 2 as
- 2021 · With/In Volume 1 as (segment "Intersection")
- 2019 · After the Wedding as Theresa
- 2019 · The Staggering Girl as Francesca
- 2017 · Alec Baldwin: One Night Only as Self
- 2016 · Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 as Self (President Alma Coin)
- 2014 · Altman as Self
- 2014 · Creating Carrie as Self
- 2013 · What Maisie Knew as Susanna
- 2011 · Florent: Queen of the Meat Market as Self
- 2011 · A Child's Garden of Poetry as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · 6 Souls as Cara Harding
- 2005 · The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie as Julianne Moore
- 2005 · The True Story of Hannibal as Self
- 2004 · Marie and Bruce as Marie
- 2003 · The Sharon Osbourne Show as
- 2002 · World Traveler as Dulcie
- 2001 · The Shipping News as Wavey Prowse
- 2000 · Welcome to Hollywood as Julianne Moore
- 2000 · Not I as Auditor / Mouth
- 2000 · That Moment: Magnolia Diary as Self
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self - Guest
- 1994 · Vanya on 42nd Street as Yelena
- Future · Control as
- 1998 · Junket Whore as Self
- 1997 · The Lost World: Jurassic Park as Sarah Harding
- 1995 · Roommates as Beth
- 1991 · Cast a Deadly Spell as Connie Stone
- Future · Misadventure as
- 1997 · The Myth of Fingerprints as Mia
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1993 · Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country as Self
- 1987 · I'll Take Manhattan as India West