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Julianne Moore (born December 3, 1960) is a four-time Academy Award-nominated, Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning American actress. The petite (5'5'), porcelain-skinned, auburn-haired Julianne Moore has consistently demonstrated her range and skill not to mention her intelligence as an actress and has proven equally at home on stage, screen or TV. As the child of a career military man, she experienced a peripatetic childhood. After graduating from the American High School in Frankfurt, Germany, Moore (nee Julie Ann Smith) attended Boston University where she began her career on stage. Like countless others, she flocked to Manhattan after graduating and fulfilled the necessary stint as a waitress before landing a bit role on the ABC soap "Edge of Night". By 1985, though, the actress had caught her first break when she was cast as Frannie Hughes on the popular CBS daytime drama "As the World Turns.” The same show spawned the careers of Marissa Tomei and Meg Ryan and like those two performers, Moore dominated her scenes on the soap. Popular with the fans, she was given added responsibilities with a dual role as Frannie's look-a-like British half-sister and in 1988 received a justifiably deserved Daytime Emmy Award. Moore was born Julie Anne Smith at Fort Bragg, near Fayetteville, North Carolina, the daughter of Anne, a psychiatric social worker who emigrated from Dunoon, Scotland, and Peter Moore Smith, a military lawyer, judge, helicopter pilot and army colonel. She has a younger sister, Valerie, and younger brother, novelist Peter Moore Smith III. Growing up as an "army brat" she lived in several places across the United States and Germany. Moore attended Frankfurt American High School in Frankfurt, Germany, graduating in 1979. She received her Bachelor's degree at the College of Fine Arts in Boston University. Leaving the security (as well as the pigeonholing) of daytime behind, Moore segued first to primetime TV playing India West, Valerie Bertinelli's best friend, in the CBS miniseries "I'll Take Manhattan" (1987), based on a Judith Krantz potboiler. Other roles in TV-movies followed while she continued to act on stage in regional theater and Off-Broadway. Eventually the actress landed her first film role as a mummy's victim in the forgettable "Tales From the Darkside: The Movie" (1990). Moore really did not make an impact on screen until she played the career-driven real estate agent friend of new mom Annabella Sciorra in the surprise box-office hit thriller "The Hand the Rocks the Cradle" (1992). Her ascendancy to critics' darling began with a three-minute scene as a medical colleague of Dr, Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford) in the big screen adaptation of "The Fugitive" and as Matthew Modine's artist wife who delivers a confessional monologue while nude from the waist down in Robert Altman's "Short Cuts" (both 1993). Further building on her status as rising star were her luminous, poised portrayal of Yelena in "Vanya on 42nd Street" (1994) and as the housewife who develops allergies to everyday chemicals and fragrances in Todd Haynes' allegorical "Safe" (1995). Moore moved to New York City in 1983, working as a waitress before being cast in the dual roles of Frannie and Sabrina Hughes on the soap opera As the World Turns, for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award; she played the roles from 1985 to 1988. Because of Screen Actors Guild rules, she had to change her name, since there were already actresses named "Julie Smith" and "Julianne Smith". She chose her father's middle name, "Moore", but because there was already another actress named "Julie Moore", she finally settled on "Julianne Moore." Moore began starring in feature films in the early 1990s, mostly appearing in supporting roles in films like The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Benny and Joon, and The Fugitive. Her part in 1993's Short Cuts gained her critical acclaim and recognition, and she was cast in several high-profile Hollywood films, including 1995's romantic comedy Nine Months, and 1997's summer blockbuster The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Her role in the well-reviewed independent film Safe also attracted critical attention. Moore attempted to raise her profile in more mainstream features by undertaking roles like Hugh Grant's pregnant girlfriend in "Nine Months" and an electronics expert targeted for death in "Assassins" (both 1995) but neither truly made full use of her astonishing range. She was slightly better served as the artist's mistress Dora Maar in "Surviving Picasso" (1996) and as the moody daughter of a highly dysfunctional family in the indie "The Myth of Fingerprints" (1997). Audiences began to put a name to her face after her 1997 appearance as a paleontologist pursuing dinosaurs in Steven Spielberg's "The Lost World: Jurassic Park". Moore rounded out that year and picked up a richly deserved Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination as a drug addicted porn star who plays mother to the ragtag film crew in Paul Thomas Anderson's "Boogie Nights.” During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Moore appeared in a series of films that received Oscar recognition, including her roles in Boogie Nights (Best Supporting Actress nomination), The End of the Affair (Best Actress nomination) and her two 2002 films, Far From Heaven (Best Actress nomination) and The Hours (Best Supporting Actress nomination). During this period, she also appeared in the commercial successes Hannibal (controversially replacing Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling) and The Forgotten and in Paul Thomas Anderson's follow-up to Boogie Nights, Magnolia. Despite being widely respected by both critics and audiences (though never a major "movie star"-style box office draw), Moore's career hit a rocky patch beginning in 2001, when she took over the role of FBI agent Clarice Starling, a role made famous by Jodie Foster, in the horror feature "Hannibal.” The role, however, did little for Moore when the film was universally panned. Less reviled but equally unsuccessful was "Evolution" (2001), a sci-fi comedy co-starring David Duchovny that audiences also avoided, followed by a turn as Wavey Prowse in the disappointing film adaptation of the beloved and much-heralded novel "The Shipping News" (2001) which failed to score either critically or commercially. Her film Freedomland opened in February 2006 to mixed reviews. Another film, Trust the Man, is directed by her husband, Bart Freundlich, and also features her son, Caleb. In March 2006, it was announced Moore would make her Broadway debut in the world premiere of David Hare's new play The Vertical Hour. The play opened in November 2006 and was directed by Sam Mendes. Also in 2006, Moore appeared as Julian Taylor in the film Children of Men. She most recently appeared opposite Nicolas Cage and Jessica Biel in Next, a science fiction action film based on The Golden Man, a short story by Philip K. Dick. After starring in the dismal romantic comedy “Trust the Man” (2006) and the equally unpleasant thriller “Freedomland” (2006), Moore had a striking appearance in Alfonso Cuarón’s “Children of Men” (2006), a futuristic dystopian tale about a former political activist (Clive Owen) turned down-and-out bureaucrat who is convinced by a former lover (Moore) to help transport a young pregnant woman (Clare-Hope Ashitey) to the fabled Human Project in order to save the future. In October 2007, she published her first children's picture book, entitled Freckleface Strawberry. It was reported that in May 2008, she would appear on the ABC show Desperate Housewives as the sister of Marcia Cross' character, Bree Hodge. Michael Ausiello of TVGuide.com later reported this to be false. Moore has been married three times, most recently to director Bart Freundlich who she wed on August 23, 2003. The couple, who have been together since 1996, have two children: a son, Caleb Freundlich , and a daughter, Liv Helen Freundlich. She is a pro-choice activist and during the 2004 presidential election donated $2,000 to John Kerry's presidential campaign. Since 2002 she has been involved with the TS Alliance to raise awareness of tuberous sclerosis. |
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