Julianne Moore
Known for: Acting
Julianne Moore (born Julie Anne Smith; December 3, 1960) is an American actress and children's author. Prolific in film since the early 1990s, she is known for her portrayals of emotionally troubled women in independent films and her roles in blockbusters. She has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Emmy Awards. In 2015, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world; in 2020, The New York Times named her one of the greatest actors of the 21st century. After studying theatre at Boston University, she began acting in television. From 1985 to 1988, she was a regular in the soap opera As the World Turns, earning a Daytime Emmy Award. 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 in the period films 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 an unhappy mid-20th century housewife. Her career progressed with roles in The Big Lebowski (1998), Magnolia (1999), Hannibal (2001), Children of Men (2006), A Single Man (2009), The Kids Are All Right (2010), Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), and Maps to the Stars (2014). She won a Primetime Emmy Award for portraying Sarah Palin in the HBO film Game Change (2012) and the Academy Award for Best Actress for portraying an Alzheimer's patient in Still Alice (2014). Her highest-grossing releases came with the final two films in The Hunger Games film series (2014–2015) and the spy film Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017). She has since starred in independent films and streaming projects, including Haynes' May December (2023) drama and the historical drama miniseries Mary & George (2024). In addition to her acting work, she has written a series of children's books about Freckleface Strawberry. She is married to director Bart Freundlich, with whom she has two children.
Filmography
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
The Simpsons
Consonance (voice)
1989
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
30 Rock
Nancy Donovan
2006
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The One Show
Self
2006
Series
Tony Awards
Nadia Blye (archive footage)
1956
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Self - Guest
2016
Film
The Big Lebowski
Maude Lebowski
1998
Film
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
President Alma Coin
2014
Film
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Emily
2011
Series
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Apartment
Self - Guest
2001
Film
Children of Men
Julian
2006
Series
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self
2002
Film
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
President Alma Coin
2015
Film
The Fugitive
Anne Eastman
1993
Film
Echo Valley
Kate Garrett
2025
Film
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Poppy
2017
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Series
Today
Self
1952
Series
Basketball: A Love Story
Narrator (voice)
2018
Film
Boogie Nights
Amber Waves
1997
Series
Made in Hollywood
Self
2005
Film
May December
Gracie
2023
Film
Eagle Eye
ARIIA (voice) (uncredited)
2008
Film
Seventh Son
Mother Malkin
2014
Film
Next
Callie Ferris
2007
Series
Sirens
Michaela Kell
2025
Film
Evolution
Dr. Allison Reed, CDC
2001
Film
Magnolia
Linda Partridge
1999
Film
Spirit Untamed
Aunt Cora (voice)
2021
Series
Mary & George
Mary Villiers
2024
Series
Lisey's Story
Lisey Landon
2021
Film
Don Jon
Esther
2013
Film
Non-Stop
Jen Summers
2014
Series
Difficult People
Sarah Nussbaum
2015
Film
Still Alice
Alice Howland
2014
Series
Billy on the Street
Self
2011
Film
Carrie
Margaret White
2013
Film
Assassins
Electra
1995
Film
The Forgotten
Telly Paretta
2004
Series
As the World Turns
Frannie Hughes
1956
Film
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Marlene Craven
1992
Film
Suburbicon
Margaret Lodge / Rose
2017
Film
I'm Not There
Alice Fabian
2007
Film
Chloe
Catherine Stewart
2010
Film
Sharper
Madeline Phillips
2023
Film
The Hours
Laura Brown
2002
Film
A Single Man
Charley
2009
Series
The Mind, Explained
Self - Narrator
2019
Film
The Room Next Door
Ingrid
2024
Film
Dear Evan Hansen
Heidi Hansen
2021
Film
The Woman in the Window
Jane Russell 1 (Katie)
2021
Series
The Sharon Osbourne Show
2003
The Marriage Ref
Self - Panelist
2010
Film
Maps to the Stars
Havana Segrand
2014
Film
Blindness
Doctor's Wife
2008
Series
B.L. Stryker
Tina
1989
Film
Body of Evidence
Sharon Dulaney
1993
Film
Nine Months
Rebecca Taylor
1995
Film
The Debut
Mona Friedman
2026
Film
Laws of Attraction
Audrey Woods
2004
Film
Short Cuts
Marian Wyman
1993
Film
Maggie's Plan
Georgette Nørgaard
2016
Film
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Susan (segment ‘Lot 249’)
1990
Film
Benny & Joon
Ruthie
1993
Film
Psycho
Lila Crane
1998
Film
Far from Heaven
Cathy Whitaker
2002
Film
Savage Grace
Barbara Baekeland
2007
Film
The Kids Are All Right
Jules
2010
Film
The Shipping News
Wavey Prowse
2001
Film
The Ladies Man
Audrey
2000
Series
The Edge of Night
Carmen Engler
1956
Film
Freedomland
Brenda Martin
2006
Film
6 Souls
Cara Harding
2010
Film
An Ideal Husband
Mrs. Laura Cheveley
1999
Film
Bel Canto
Roxanne Cross
2018
Series
The Early Show
Self - Guest
1999
Film
After the Wedding
Theresa
2019
Film
Safe
Carol
1995
Film
What Maisie Knew
Susanna
2013
Film
The End of the Affair
Sarah Miles
1999
Film
Game Change
Sarah Palin
2012
Film
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Kat
2009
Film
The English Teacher
Linda Sinclair
2013
Film
Gloria Bell
Gloria Bell
2019
Film
When You Finish Saving the World
Evelyn
2023
Film
Being Flynn
Jody Flynn
2012
Film
The Glorias
Gloria Steinem
2020
Film
Freeheld
Laurel Hester
2015
Film
Welcome to Hollywood
Julianne Moore
2000
Film
Trust the Man
Rebecca
2005
Film
Vanya on 42nd Street
Yelena
1994
Film
Cast a Deadly Spell
Connie Stone
1991
Film
Cry to Heaven
Film
Cookie's Fortune
Cora Duvall
1999
Film
Wonderstruck
Lillian Mayhew / Rose
2017
Film
Altman
Self
2014
Film
Roommates
Beth
1995
Film
Junket Whore
Self
1998
Film
Elektra Luxx
Virgin Mary
2011
Film
Surviving Picasso
Dora Maar
1996
Film
Hannibal
Clarice M. Starling
2001
Film
Good as New
2020
Film
The New Yorker at 100
Self – Narrator (voice)
2025
Film
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Evelyn Ryan
2005
Film
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Elinor
1992
Film
9 Kisses
Woman in Club
2014
Film
A Map of the World
Theresa Collins
1999
Film
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
Julianne Moore
2005
Film
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self
2007
Film
Return to Jurassic Park
Self
2011
Film
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Self - President Alma Coin
2015
Film
Marie and Bruce
Marie
2004
Film
Chicago Cab
Distraught Woman
1998
Series
I'll Take Manhattan
India West
1987
Film
With/In Volume 1
(segment "Intersection")
2021
Film
The Myth of Fingerprints
Mia
1997
Film
The Staggering Girl
Francesca
2019
The Joy of Sex
Jane
Film
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
Self
2000
Not I
Auditor / Mouth
2000
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Film
Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
Self (President Alma Coin)
2016
Film
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
Self
1993
Film
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Self
1997
Film
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Self - From "Not I"(archive footage)
2003
Film
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Self
2001
Film
A Child's Garden of Poetry
Self - Narrator (voice)
2011
Film
World Traveler
Dulcie
2002
Film
Alec Baldwin: One Night Only
Self
2017
Film
Psycho Path
Self - Actress / Lila Crane
1999
Film
Power of Women: The Changemakers
Self
2022
Film
The Last to Go
Marcy
1991
The True Story of Hannibal
Self
2005
Film
Image Book
Self
2023
Film
Money, Power, Murder.
Peggy Lynn Brady
1989
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
Self
2015
Find Our Daughter
Mother
2013
Control
Florent: Queen of the Meat Market
Self
2011
Film
Creating Carrie
Self
2014
Film
The Beginning of the End of the Affair
Self
2000
Film
Stone Mattress
Film
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Sarah Harding
1997
Untitled Julianne Moore/Netflix Film
Moonsong: A Life In Seven Verses