Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore born Julie Anne Smith December 3 1960 is an American actress and childrens 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 Altmans 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 mid20th 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 Alzheimers patient in Still Alice 2014 Her highestgrossing releases came with the final two films in The Hunger Games film series 20142015 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 childrens books about Freckleface Strawberry She is married to director Bart Freundlich with whom she has two children
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