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Julianne Moore

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Also known as Julie Anne Smith, Julie Anne Moore Smith, Julianne Anne Smith

British-American actress and author

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Julianne Moore is a British-American actress and author known for her work in film and television. She is a notable figure in the entertainment industry who has contributed to both acting and writing.

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Gender
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Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1952-04-04
Active to
2011-02-06
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Julie Anne Smith (born December 3, 1960), better known as Julianne Moore, is an American actress. For her portrayal of sensible female figures, the red-haired actress has been nominated for four Academy Awards and has been regarded since the late '90s as one of the most expressive character actors of her time. 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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Julianne+Moore">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

  • "In the early Eighties people thought feminism was over, but now, my God, we’re dealing with third-wave feminism, which is extraordinary."
  • "My mother always told me that for a person to be happy they need love and work."
  • "When I see people do extraordinary things and I think: How did they do that?"
  • "Sometimes when things are mysterious to us– the thing that we do, you just do one, two, three and it’s done. But something that is outside of your abilities or your world and it’s mysterious, it’s amazing."
  • "You have to remember children are not usually very interested in what their parents do for a living."
  • "I think everybody's political. The act of being alive is political. Unless you choose to be a hermit, you're automatically political, because you're part of a community."

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Encyclopedic overview

Julie Anne Smith (born December 3, 1960), known professionally as Julianne Moore, is an American actress. She is particularly known for her portrayals of emotionally troubled and vulnerable women. Prolific in independent films and blockbusters since the early 1990s, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, two Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. She won Best Actress prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival, and the Venice Film Festival.

After studying theater at Boston University, she played a regular in the soap opera As the World Turns from 1985 to 1988, earning a Daytime Emmy. Moore made her breakthrough with Robert Altman's 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 as a 1970s pornographic actress in the drama film Boogie Nights (1997) and emotionally unsatisfied housewives in the period dramas The End of the Affair (1999), Far from Heaven (2002), and The Hours (2002).

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