Julianne Moore - Details

Biography

Julianne MooreJULIANNE MOORE, an actress of exceptional range, has delivered outstanding work in both box-office hits and independent features. She has been seen in the critically acclaimed Boogie Nights for which she was nominated for an Academy Award®, The Big Lebowski, as well as The Myth of Fingerprints. Moore also starred opposite Jeff Goldblum in Steven Spielberg’s box-office blockbuster The Lost World, Robert Altman’s Cookie’s Fortune, co-starring Glenn Cose, Charles Dutton and Liv Tyler, An Ideal Husband with Rupert Everett, Minnie Driver and Cate Blanchett - for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe, and in the remake of Psycho, directed by Gus Van Sant and co-starring Anne Heche, Viggo Mortensen, Vince Vaughn and William H. Macy.

Moore has been seen in such films as Map of the World opposite Sigourney Weaver, director Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia for which she was nominated for a SAG Award, and The End of the Affair opposite Ralph Fiennes and directed by Neil Jordan. Moore’s role as Sarah Miles in The End of the Affair earned her an Academy Award® nomination, Golden Globe Award nomination, a Screen Actor’s Guild Award nomination, as well as several critics awards.

Moore was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for both Robert Altman’s Short Cuts and Todd Hayne’s Safe. She also received critical acclaim for her performance as Yelena in Louis Malle’s Vanya on 42nd Street and Dora Maar in James Ivory’s Surviving Picasso. Her additional film credits include The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Benny & June, The Fugitive, Nine Months and Assassins.

Moore will next be seen in World Traveler opposite Billy Crudup directed by Bart Freundlich. She will also be starring in Ivan Reitman’s Evolution opposite David Duchovny. This spring she begins production on The Hours opposite Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman and Shipping News opposite Kevin Spacey.

After earning her B.F.A. from Boston University for the Performing Arts, Moore starred in a number of off-Broadway productions, including Caryl Churchill’s "Serious Money" and "Ice Cream/Hot Fudge" at the Public Theater. She appeared in Minneapolis in the Guthrie Theater’s Hamlet and participated in workshop productions of Strindberg’s "The Father" with Al Pacino and in Wendy Wasserstein’s "An American Daughter" with Meryl Streep.

Events

  • 3rd December 1961 - Birth