Julianne Moore

Birth Name: Julie Anne Smith

Date of Birth: 3rd. December, 1960

Place of Birth: Fort Bragg near Fayetteville, North Carolina, US

Father: Moore Smith, a military lawyer, judge, helicopter pilot, and army colonel.

Mother: late Anne Love, a psychiatric social worker who emigrated from Greenock, ScotlandPeter

Siblings: a younger sister, Valerie, and younger brother, novelist Peter Moore Smith III

Schooling: Moore attended J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, Virginia and Frankfurt American High School in Frankfurt, Germany, graduating in 1979. She received her bachelor's degree at the College of Fine Arts at Boston University.

Career:

She began her acting career in 1983 in minor roles, before joining the cast of the soap opera, As the World Turns, for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1988. She began to appear in supporting roles in films during the early 1990s, achieving recognition in several independent films before her performance in Boogie Nights (1997) brought her widespread attention and nominations for several major acting awards.

Her success continued with films such as The End of the Affair (1999) and Magnolia (1999). She was acclaimed for her portrayal of a betrayed wife in Far from Heaven (2002), winning several critic awards as best actress of the year, in addition to several other nominations, including the Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award. The same year she was also nominated for several awards as best supporting actress for her work in The Hours.

Moore remains active in film making, with films scheduled for release in 2009 and 2010, yet she has explained that she has curtailed her work in order to spend more time with her children.

Personal Life: Moore is married to director Bart Freundlich whom she wed on August 23, 2003. The couple, who have been together since 1996, have two children: a son, Caleb (b. December 4, 1997), and a daughter, Liv Helen (b. April 11, 2002). Even though Moore has been a prolific actress for two decades, she is now focusing on raising her two children, from walking them to school to cooking dinner.

She is a pro-choice activist and during the 2004 presidential election donated $2,000 to John Kerry's presidential campaign. Since 2002 she has been involved with the TS Alliance to raise awareness of tuberous sclerosis and is an Artist Ambassador for Save the Children's programs in the United States.

Films:

1988 sLaughterhouse II

1992 The Hand That Rocks The Cradle

     Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress

1993 Short Cuts

     Golden Globe Special Ensemble Award

     Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female

1994 Vanya on 42nd Street

     Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress

     Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress

1995 Safe

     Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress

     Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female

1997 The Myth of Fingerprints

     Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress

1997 Boogie Nights

     Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress

     Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast

     National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress

     Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture

     Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

     Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress also for The Myth of Fingerprints

     Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture

     Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

     Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

1998 The Big Lebowski

     Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture

1999 Cookie's Fortune

     Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress

1999 An Ideal Husband

     Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress

     Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

     Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

 The End of the Affair

 Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress

 Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

 Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress

 Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress also for An Ideal Husband

 Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama

 Nominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

 Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

 Magnolia

 Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast

 National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress

 National Board of Review Award for Best Cast

 Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress

 Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

 Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

     Hannibal

     Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress 

     Far from Heaven

     Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress

     Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress

     Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress

     Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress

     Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

     Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female

     Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

     London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

     Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress also for The Hours

     National Board of Review Award for Best Actress

     Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress

     Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress

     San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress

     Seattle Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress

     Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress

     Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress

     Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

     Volpi Cup

     Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress

     Nominated — Empire Award for Best Actress

     Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama

     Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama

     Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

     The Hours

     Silver Bear for Best Actress shared with Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman

     Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress also for Far from Heaven

     Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

     Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

     Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress

     Nominated — Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress

     Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast

     Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama

     Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

     Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

2004 The Forgotten

     Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress

2005 The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

     Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama

2007 Next

     I'm Not There

2008 Blindness

     Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress

2009 A Single Man

2010 The Kids Are All Right   (post-production)

     Boone's Lick   (in pre-production)