
Acting
Born December 3, 1960 · Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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.

The New Yorker at 100
2025

Echo Valley
2025

The Room Next Door
2024

May December
2023

Image Book
2023

Sharper
2023

When You Finish Saving the World
2023

Power of Women: The Changemakers
2022

With/In Volume 2
2022

Dear Evan Hansen
2021

With/In Volume 1
2021

Spirit Untamed
2021

The Woman in the Window
2021

The Glorias
2020

After the Wedding
2019

The Staggering Girl
2019

Gloria Bell
2019

Bel Canto
2018

Suburbicon
2017

Wonderstruck
2017

Kingsman: The Golden Circle
2017

Alec Baldwin: One Night Only
2017

Maggie's Plan
2016

Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
2016

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015

Freeheld
2015
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
2015

The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015

Seventh Son
2014

Still Alice
2014