Julie Anne Smith born December 3 1960 known professionally as Julianne Moore is an American actress and author Prolific in film since the early 1990s she is particularly known for her portrayals of emotionally troubled women in independent films as well as for her roles in blockbusters She is the recipient of numerous accolades including an Academy Award a British Academy Film Award two Golden Globe Awards and two Emmy Awards After studying theater at Boston University Moore began her career with a series of television roles From 1985 to 1988 she was a regular in the soap opera As the World Turns earning a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance Her film debut was in Tales from the Darkside The Movie 1990 and she continued to play small roles for the next four years including in the thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle 1992 Moore first received critical attention with Robert Altmans Short Cuts 1993 and successive performances in Vanya on 42nd Street 1994 and Safe 1995 continued this acclaim Starring roles in the blockbusters Nine Months 1995 and The Lost World Jurassic Park 1997 established her as a Hollywood leading lady Moore received considerable recognition in the late 1990s and early 2000s earning Academy Award nominations for 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 a mid20th century unhappy housewife She also had success with the films The Big Lebowski 1998 Magnolia 1999 Hannibal 2001 Children of Men 2006 A Single Man 2009 The Kids Are All Right 2010 and Crazy Stupid Love 2011 She won a Primetime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Sarah Palin in the television film Game Change 2012 She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of an Alzheimers patient in Still Alice 2014 and was named Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for her role in Maps to the Stars 2014 Among her highestgrossing releases are the final two films in the series The Hunger Games and the spy film Kingsman The Golden Circle 2017 In addition to her acting work Moore has written a series of childrens books about a character named Freckleface Strawberry In 2015 Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world and in 2020 The New York Times named her one of the greatest actors of the 21st century She is married to director Bart Freundlich with whom she has two children
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