Julianne Moore
Biography
Julianne Moore is an American actress known for playing emotionally troubled and vulnerable women in independent films and blockbusters. After training in theater at Boston University, she won a Daytime Emmy for As the World Turns, appearing from 1985 to 1988. Her breakthrough came with Robert Altman's Short Cuts (1993), followed by a praised role in Safe (1995). Starring roles in Nine Months (1995) and The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) made her a leading lady. She received Oscar nominations for Boogie Nights (1997), The End of the Affair (1999), Far from Heaven (2002), and The Hours (2002). Her films include 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 an Emmy for Game Change (2012) and the Academy Award for Still Alice (2014). She has also written children's books.
65years old
Turns 66 on December 3in 50 days
- Born Fort Bragg
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Julie Anne Smith (birth name)Also credited as Julie Anne Moore Smith and Julianne Anne Smith
Movie Career
- Films
- 79
- Career span
- 35 years1990 to 2025
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Big break
Moore's breakthrough came when Robert Altman saw her in a workshop production of Uncle Vanya and cast her in Short Cuts, his ensemble drama based on Raymond Carver stories.
Behind the camera
Moore's first book, Freckleface Strawberry, came out in October 2007 and went on to become a New York Times Best Seller.
Julianne Moore movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Todd Haynes directed five of these films, Bart Freundlich four and Francis Lawrence two. Three actors appear in five of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Todd Haynes
Bart FreundlichDirector, 4 films, 1997 to 2019
All films by Bart Freundlich
All films by Francis Lawrence
Box office
What Julianne Moore's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$5.3 billion
63 of the 79 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 79 films: 63 worldwide figure; 6 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 2 streaming, short cinema run; 4 figure not found.
- 63Worldwide figure
- 6US gross only
- 4Never in cinemas
- 2Streaming, short cinema run
- 4Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 67% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$755M14.2% of the total
- 2$653M12.3% of the total
- 3$619M11.7% of the total
- 4$411M7.7% of the total
- 5$369M6.9% of the total
- 6$352M6.6% of the total
- 7$223M4.2% of the total
- 8$177M3.3% of the total
$1.8 billionfrom the other 55 films with a worldwide figure, 33% of the total
Awards
Eleven awards and honors from 1999 to 2015, seven of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 2015 | Best Actress | Still Alice | Won |
| BAFTA | |||
| 2015 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Still Alice | Won |
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 2012 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Game Change | Won |
| Daytime Emmy Award | Won | ||
| Cannes Film Festival | |||
| 2004 | Best Actress | Maps to the Stars | Won |
| Berlin Film Festival | |||
| 2003 | Silver Bear for Best Actress | The Hours | Won |
| Venice Film Festival | |||
| 2002 | Volpi Cup for Best Actress | Far from Heaven | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2014 | Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award | Maps to the Stars | Won |
| 2011 | Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year | Won | |
| 1999 | National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress | An Ideal Husband | Won |
| Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.