Julianne Moore is an American actress who made her acting debut on television in 1984 in the mystery series The Edge of Night. The following year she made her first appearance in the soap opera As the World Turns, which earned her a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Ingenue in a Drama Series in 1988. Following roles in television films, Moore had her breakthrough in Robert Altman's drama film Short Cuts (1993). Her performance garnered critical acclaim as well as notoriety for a monologue her character delivers while nude below the waist. She played lead roles in 1995 in Todd Haynes' drama Safe and the romantic comedy Nine Months. In 1997, Moore portrayed a veteran pornographic actress in Paul Thomas Anderson's drama film Boogie Nights, which earned her her first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also appeared in Steven Spielberg's adventure sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park—Moore's biggest commercial success to that point. Two years later, she played a wartime adulteress in The End of the Affair, for which she received her first Academy Award for Best Actress nomination.
In 2001, Moore portrayed the fictional character Clarice Starling in the crime thriller sequel Hannibal, and appeared as a scientist in the science fiction comedy Evolution. The following year, she re-teamed with Todd Haynes on the drama Far from Heaven and starred in the Stephen Daldry-directed drama The Hours, playing a troubled 1950s suburban housewife in both films. She was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for the former and the Silver Bear for Best Actress for the latter, and also received Academy Award nominations for both Best Actress (Far From Heaven) and Best Supporting Actress (The Hours). In 2006, Moore starred in the crime drama Freedomland and Alfonso Cuarón's science fiction thriller Children of Men. She went on to play the socialite Barbara Daly Baekeland in Savage Grace (2007) and appeared opposite Colin Firth in the drama A Single Man (2009).
Moore portrayed politician Sarah Palin in the 2012 political television drama Game Change, for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. She found significant success in 2014 starring as an ageing actress in the satire Maps to the Stars, which won her the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, and as a linguistics professor with early-onset Alzheimer's disease in the drama Still Alice, for which she received the Best Actress Oscar. Moore also appeared in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, which earned over $755 million to emerge as her highest-grossing release. In 2017 Moore played a villainous entrepreneur in the highly successful spy film Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Film
Year Title Role Notes 1990 Tales from the Darkside: The Movie Susan Smith 1992 Elinor 1993 Body of Evidence Benny & Joon Ruthie Short Cuts 1994 Vanya on 42nd Street Yelena 1995 Safe Roommates Nine Months Assassins Anna / Electra 1996 Surviving Picasso 1997 Mia Boogie Nights Maggie / Amber Waves Chicago Cab Distraught Woman 1998 Psycho 1999 Cookie's Fortune Magnolia 2000 Not I Short film Audrey 2001 Hannibal Evolution World Traveler Dulcie 2002 Far from Heaven 2004 Marie and Bruce Marie Also executive producer Laws of Attraction 2005 Trust the Man Rebecca Herself Cameo 2006 Freedomland Children of Men 2007 Next Savage Grace I'm Not There 2008 Eagle Eye ARIIA (voice) Uncredited Blindness Doctor's Wife 2009 Kat Chloe 2010 Shelter Also known as 6 Souls 2011 Crazy, Stupid, Love 2012 Being Flynn What Maisie Knew Susanna 2013 Don Jon Esther Carrie 2014 Non-Stop Maps to the Stars Still Alice Seventh Son Mother Malkin 2015 Maggie's Plan Freeheld 2017 Wonderstruck / Older Rose Mayhew Suburbicon Rose / Margaret Kingsman: The Golden Circle 2018 Gloria Bell Also executive producer Bel Canto 2019 After the Wedding Also producer Short film 2020 2021 Spirit Untamed (voice) With/In: Volume 1 Unknown Segment: "Intersection" Dear Evan Hansen 2022 When You Finish Saving the World 2023 Sharper Madeline Also producer May December 2024 Ingrid 2025 Echo Valley Narrator Documentary film 2026 Two People Exchanging Saliva Short film; executive producer Post-production Completed Filming
Television
Year(s) Title Role(s) Notes 1984 7 episodes 1985–1988;2010 As the World Turns Sabrina Hughes Series regularGuest 1987 I'll Take Manhattan Miniseries 1989 Money, Power, Murder Television film 1990 B.L. Stryker Tina Episode: "High Rise" 1991 Marcy Television film Cast a Deadly Spell Television film 1998 Saturday Night Live Host Episode: "Julianne Moore / Backstreet Boys" 2004 Sesame Street Herself 2 episodes 2009–2013 30 Rock Nancy Donovan 6 episodes 2012 Game Change Television film 2016 Inside Amy Schumer Herself Episode: "Brave" Difficult People Episode: "High Alert" 2017 Nightcap Herself Episode: "Single White Staci" 2021 Lisey's Story Lead role; Miniseries 2024 Mary & George Lead role; Miniseries 2025 Sirens Michaela Kell Lead role; Miniseries 2026 The Simpsons Consonance (voice) Episode: "Seperance"
Theater Year Title Role Playwright Venue 1987 Serious Money Mandy Caryl Churchill The Public Theater, Off-Broadway 1988 Hamlet Ophelia William Shakespeare Tyrone Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis 1990 Uncle Vanya Yelena Anton Chekhov Victory Theatre, Off-Broadway 1990 Ice Cream with Hot Fudge Sonia Caryl Churchill The Public Theater, Off-Broadway 2006 The Vertical Hour Nadia Blye David Hare Music Box Theater, Broadway 2027 Faydra Faydra Sarah Ruhl Manhattan Theater Club, Off-Broadway
Video games Year Title Role Notes 1997 Chaos Island: The Lost World Sarah Harding (voice) Based on the movie The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Podcasts Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2022 Case 63 Dr. Eliza Beatrix Knight (voice) Lead role; based on the Chilean fiction podcast Caso 63
See also List of awards and nominations received by Julianne Moore
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