Julianne Moore was born Dec. 3, 1960, in Fort Bragg, N.C. After a few TV roles (including the soap opera "As the World Turns") in the 1980s, her first foray into film was 1990's Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, followed by a string of unremarkable pictures.In 1993, Moore caught the eye of critics and filmmakers in director Robert Altman's Short Cuts. Her chameleonlike ability to find the heart in diverse roles was demonstrated in movies such as Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) and The Myth of Fingerprints (1997).
But it was her turn as a maternal porn star in 1997's Boogie Nights (opposite Burt Reynolds) that netted Moore her first wave of Golden Globe and Oscar nods. In 2002, she was nominated for two Academy Awards: as Best Actress for Far from Heaven and as Best Supporting Actress for The Hours. Moore's performances in A Single Man (2009) and The Kids Are All Right (2010) garnered her two more Golden Globe nods.
The Kids Are All RightJoni (Mia Wasikowska) and Laser (Josh Hutcherson), the children of same-sex parents Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules (Julianne Moore), become curious about the identity of their sperm-donor dad (Mark Ruffalo) and set out to make him part of their family unit, often with hilarious results. But his... Read More
ChloeSuspecting her husband, David (Liam Neeson), of infidelity, doctor Catherine (Julianne Moore) hires sexy escort Chloe (Amanda Seyfried) to seduce him and test his faithfulness. But as Catherine checks in on Chloe's encounters with David, Chloe's reports become increasingly lurid. Soon, the... Read More
Far from HeavenWhen she finds her husband (Dennis Quaid) with another man, a Connecticut housewife (Julianne Moore) finds herself dealing with infidelity and the racial tension that epitomized the late 1950s at the advent of the Civil Rights movement in America. As a coping mechanism to deal with the emotional... Read More
BlindnessAfter a plague of blindness overtakes the residents of a city, all sense of order breaks loose in the hospital where the victims are being quarantined. It's up to a woman (Julianne Moore) who's keeping her sight a secret to lead a group safely to the streets. Gael García Bernal, Mark Ruffalo,... Read More
The Prize Winner of Defiance, OhioWith 10 children to feed, postwar Ohio housewife Evelyn Ryan (Julianne Moore) has gotten used to being resourceful, stretching her husband's meager salary to the limit. But when clipping coupons won't cut it, she's forced to rely on her creativity. Woody Harrelson and Laura Dern co-star in this... Read More
