Julianne Moore

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Julie Anne Smith (born December 3, 1960), better known as Julianne Moore, is an American actress. Noted for her portrayal of sensible female figures, the red-haired actress has been nominated for four Academy Awards.

1 Biography
2 Selected filmography
3 Other appearances
4 Other work
5 External links
- 5.1 Interviews
- 5.2 Web sites
6 References

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Moore was born to Peter Moore Smith, a military judge and army colonel, and Anne, a psychiatrist and social worker who emigrated from Dunoon, Scotland; she has a younger sister, Valerie, and brother, Peter Moore Smith, Jr. (born 1965). Her exact birthplace is not confirmed, and is sometimes stated as Fayetteville, North Carolina or Boston, Massachusetts. Growing up as an "army brat", she lived in twenty-three places across the United States and Germany. Moore attended Frankfurt American High School in Frankfurt, Germany, graduating in 1979. She received her Bachelor's degree at the School of Fine Arts in Boston University.

[edit] Career

Moore moved to New York City in 1983, working as a waitress before being cast in the dual roles of Frannie and Sabrina Hughes on the soap opera As the World Turns, for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award; she played the roles from 1985 to 1988.

Moore began starring in feature films in the early 1990s, mostly appearing in supporting roles in films like The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Benny and Joon with Johnny Depp, and The Fugitive. Her part in 1993's Short Cuts gained her critical acclaim and recognition, and she was cast in several high-profile Hollywood films, including 1995's romantic comedy Nine Months, and 1997's summer blockbuster The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Her role in the well-reviewed independent film, Safe, also attracted critical attention.

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Moore appeared in a series of films that received Oscar recognition, including her roles in Boogie Nights ("Best Supporting Actress" nomination), The End of the Affair ("Best Actress" nomination) and her two 2002 films, Far From Heaven ("Best Actress" nomination) and The Hours ("Best Supporting Actress" nomination). During this period, she also appeared in the commercial successes Hannibal (controversially replacing Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling) and The Forgotten, and in Paul Thomas Anderson's follow-up to Boogie Nights, Magnolia.

Her film, Freedomland, opened in February 2006 to mixed reviews.[1]

Her latest film Trust the Man is directed by her husband, Bart Freundlich and also features her son Caleb.

Moore is rumored to be reprising her role as Ian Malcolm's girlfriend, Dr. Sarah Harding in the film Jurassic Park IV which is set for release in summer 2008

[edit] Private life

Moore has been married three times: to Sundar Chakravarthy from November 21, 1983 to October 12, 1985, to John Gould Rubin from May 3, 1986 to August 25, 1995 and, since August 2003, to director Bart Freundlich. The couple, who have been together since 1996, have two children: a son, Caleb Freundlich (born December 4, 1997), and a daughter, Liv Helen Freundlich (born April 11, 2002). She is a noted pro-choice activist and during the last U.S. election donated money to John Kerry's presidential campaign.

[edit] Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Next		Post-production
2006	Children of Men	Julian
2006	Savage Grace	Barbara Daly Baekeland	Filming
2006	Trust the Man	Rebecca
2006	Freedomland	Brenda Martin
2005	The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio	Evelyn Ryan
2004	The Forgotten	Telly Paretta
2004	Laws of Attraction	Audrey Woods
2002	The Hours	Laura Brown
2002	Far from Heaven	Cathy Whitaker
2001	The Shipping News	Wavey Prowse
2001	Evolution	Dr. Allison Reed
2001	Hannibal	Agent Clarice Starling
2000	The Ladies Man	Audrey
1999	Magnolia	Linda Partridge
1999	The End of the Affair	Sarah Miles
1999	A Map of the World	Theresa Collins
1999	An Ideal Husband	Mrs. Laura Cheveley
1999	Cookie's Fortune	Cora Duvall
1998	Psycho	Lila Crane
1998	The Big Lebowski	Maude Lebowski
1997	Boogie Nights	Amber Waves
1997	The Myth of Fingerprints	Mia
1997	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Dr. Sarah Harding
1996	Surviving Picasso	Dora Maar
1995	Assassins	Electra
1995	Nine Months	Rebecca Taylor
1995	Safe	Carol White
1995	Roommates	Beth Holzcek
1994	Vanya on 42nd Street	Yelena
1993	Short Cuts	Marian Wyman
1993	The Fugitive	Dr. Anne Eastman
1993	Benny & Joon	Ruthie
1993	Body of Evidence	Sharon Dulaney
1992	The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag	Elinor
1992	The Hand That Rocks The Cradle	Marlene Craven
1990	Tales from the Darkside: The Movie	Susan
1988	sLaughterhouse II	Julie
1982	Timerider	Technician

[edit] Other appearances

On December 11, 2005, Moore, with actress Salma Hayek, co-hosted the annual Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo, Norway.

[edit] Other work

In March 2006, it was announced Moore would make her Broadway debut in the world premiere of David Hare's new play The Vertical Hour. The play is scheduled to open on November 30, 2006 and will be directed by Sam Mendes.^[1]