Julianne Moore Bio

Who is Julianne Moore?

Julianne Moore is an American actress and children’s author. In Hollywood movies, Julianne has received many accolades, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globes. Time magazine named Julianne Moore as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015.

Julianne has been prolific in films since the early 1990s, she is well known for her portrayals of emotionally troubled women in both independent and Hollywood films.

Julianne Moore: Childhood, Education, and Family

Julianne was born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the United States on December 3, 1960, to parents Peter Moore Smith and Anne Love Smith. Her father was an American military judge and her mother was a psychologist and a social worker.

She has two siblings namely, Peter Moore Smith, and Valerie Smith. She belongs to American-British nationality and mixed ( Irish- German- Welsh- Ashkenazi Jewish- English- Scottish) ethnicity.

Her birth sign is Sagittarius.

Julianne attended  J. E. B. Stuart High School. Then, she attended Frankfurt American High School. Similarly, she attended  Boston University, with Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

Julianne Moore: Professional Career

In the 1990s, Julianne got her first movie role in the film ‘Tales of the Dark Side’ wherein she played the victim of the mummy. Similarly, she also played a comic role in ‘The Gun in Betty Lou’s Handbag’ in the same year. During 1993, she also appeared in four commercially successful movies.

Her first release that year was ‘Body of Evidence’, a romantic story of ‘Benny & Joon’, followed by a hit crime drama starring Harrison Ford ‘The Fugitive’, and as well as in  Robert Altman’s ‘Short Cuts’, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. During 1994, she also made a distinguished appearance in classic theatrical work ‘Vanya on 42nd Street’.

She also played a woman battling unknown diseases. Whereas, she also played Hugh Grant’s pregnant girlfriend in ‘Nine Month’ in 1995. During 1996, she also played the role of one of the lovers of Picasso in ‘Surviving Picasso’. During 2015, she also appeared as an evil queen in ‘Seventh Son’, a poorly received fantasy–adventure film.