Birth Land : Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA

Boasting talent, versatility, and one of the most distinctive heads of hair in Hollywood, Julianne Moore has proven herself equally adept in both mainstream blockbusters and smaller, more intelligent films. The daughter of a military judge and a Scottish social worker, Moore was born in Fayetteville, NC, on December 3, 1961. After attending Boston University, she began her acting career via the taxing world of \\soap opera. From 1985 until 1988, she was best known for her role as Franny Hughes on As the World Turns. The part, which on occasion required her to play twins, won Moore a 1988 Daytime Emmy Award.

The actress made her entrance into the big screen arena with a 1990 debut in the schlocktastic Tales From the Darkside: The Movie (which also featured Steve Buscemi). Two years later, after making various TV movies, Moore reappeared in feature films with supporting parts in Curtis Hanson's tale of a babysitter gone bad, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, and the \\comedy The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag. The following year, her exposure increased further thanks to roles in four different films that ranged from the half-baked \\thriller Body of Evidence to the sweetly quirky Benny and Joon to the big-budget smash The Fugitive to Robert Altman's epic Short Cuts. The last film gave Moore literal exposure in addition to the more figurative kind: she was required to play one scene naked from the waist down, something that predictably won the attention of critics and filmgoers.

The intermittent praise that had been afforded Moore was amplified in 1994 with her performance as Yelena in Vanya on 42nd Street. The object of adjectives ranging from "luminescent" to "radiant" to "revelatory," the actress went on to play a very different character in Todd Haynes' Safe (1995). Moore won an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her portrayal of a woman (literally) sickened by the environment around her and further proved that she was an actress of distinct versatility. The same year she again demonstrated this ability with a starring role opposite Hugh Grant in the \\comedy Nine Months.

Following a turn as one of Picasso's numerous lovers in Surviving Picasso (1996), a lead in the family \\drama The Myth of Fingerprints (she would later have a son with the film's director, Bart Freundlich), and a substantial part in The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Moore nabbed what was one of the plum roles of her career in Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights. For her portrayal of a porn actress, she won Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations.

A substantial role as an erotic artist in Ethan Coen's and Joel Coen's The Big Lebowski followed in 1998, along with a turn as Marion Crane's sister in Gus Van Sant's Psycho remake. The next year, Moore starred in a number of high-profile projects, beginning with Robert Altman's Cookie's Fortune, in which she was cast as the dim sister of a decidedly unhinged Glenn Close. A portrayal of the scheming Mrs. Cheveley followed in Oliver Parker's An Ideal Husband, with a number of critics asserting that Moore was the best part of the movie. The actress then enjoyed another collaboration with director Anderson in Magnolia, an epic telling of nine interweaving stories inspired by Short Cuts and featuring an impressive cast that included Anderson regulars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Baker Hall, and John C. Reilly. The same year, Moore also starred in the \\drama The End of the Affair, with Ralph Fiennes and Stephen Rea, and portrayed a grieving mother in A Map of the World, which premiered at the 1999 Toronto Film Festival.

2001 found the popular acress stepping into dark territory with the role of FBI Agent Clarice Starling in Ridley Scott's Hannibal, the long-awaited and eagerly anticipated follow-up to Jonathan Demme's numbingly suspenseful Silence of the Lambs. A few short months later, Moore lightened the mood substantially with her humorous turn as a bumbling government scientist in the sci-fi comedy Evolution. ~ Rebecca Flint, All Movie Guide
filmography

Far from Heaven (2002)
Behind the Scenes: Hannibal (2001) (V) .... Herself/FBI Agent Clarice Starling
Hours, The (2001) .... Laura Brown
Shipping News, The (2001) .... Wavey
World Traveler (2001) .... Dulcie
Evolution (2001) .... Dr. Allison Reed
Hannibal (2001) .... F.B.I. Special Agent Clarice M. Starling
Not I (2000) .... Mouth
Ladies Man, The (2000) .... Audrey
... aka Ladies' Man, The (2001) (UK)
Magnolia (1999) .... Linda Partridge
... aka mag-no'li-a (1999) (USA: promotional title)
End of the Affair, The (1999) .... Sarah Miles
Map of the World, A (1999) .... Theresa Collins
Ideal Husband, An (1999) .... Mrs. Laura Cheveley
Cookie's Fortune (1999) .... Cora Duvall
Welcome to Hollywood (1998) .... Herself
Psycho (1998) .... Lila Crane
Chicago Cab (1998) .... Distraught Woman
... aka Hellcab (1998) (USA: video title)
Big Lebowski, The (1998) .... Maude Lebowski
Boogie Nights (1997) .... Amber Waves/Maggie
Myth of Fingerprints, The (1997) .... Mia
Lost World: Jurassic Park, The (1997) .... Dr. Sarah Harding
Surviving Picasso (1996) .... Dora Maar
Assassins (1995) .... Electra
... aka Assassins (1995) (France)
... aka Day of Reckoning (1995)
Nine Months (1995) .... Rebecca Taylor/Rebecca Faulkner
Safe (1995) .... Carol White
Roommates (1995) .... Beth Holzcek
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) .... Yelena
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman In Carver Country (1993) .... Herself/Interviewee
... aka Luck, Trust and Ketchup (1993) (USA: short title)
Short Cuts (1993) .... Marian Wyman
Fugitive, The (1993) .... Dr. Anne Eastman
Benny & Joon (1993) .... Ruthie
Body of Evidence (1993) .... Sharon Dulaney
... aka Deadly Evidence (1993)
Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag, The (1992) .... Elinor
Hand That Rocks the Cradle, The (1992) .... Marlene 'Marl' Craven
Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) (TV) .... Connie Stone
Last to Go, The (1991) (TV) .... Marcy
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) .... Susan (segment "Lot 249")
Money, Power, Murder. (1989) (TV) .... Peggy Lynn Brady
Slaughterhouse 2 (1988) .... Julie
... aka Abbatoir d'amusement: La vengeance du Pigsby, L' (1988) (Canada: French title)
"I'll Take Manhattan" (1987) (mini) TV Series .... India West
"As the World Turns" (1956) TV Series .... Frannie Hughes #6 (1985-1988)/Sabrina Hughes Fullerton #1 (1986-1988)
"Edge of Night, The" (1956) TV Series .... Unknown (1980s)
... aka "Edge of Night" (1983) (USA: last season title)

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