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)