Julianne Moore

In 1986, she got married to actor and stage director John Gould Rubin. However, they separated in 1993.

She got into a relationship with her current husband Bart Freundlich in 1996 when she was working in the film ‘The Myth of Fingerprints’. Bart was the director of the film.

Julianne and Bart got married in August 2003. The couple has a son named Caleb, born in 1997 and a daughter Liv, born in 2002. They live in Greenwich Village, New York City.

Julianne was born on 3rd December, 1960 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Her mother, Anne, was a psychologist and a social worker whereas her father, Peter Moore Smith, Jr. was an American military judge.

Since her father was working with the army, she spent early years of her life at two dozen locations and hence attended different schools.

In 1983, she graduated from School of Performing Arts, Boston University, with Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Thereafter, she moved back to New York City to start her career in theaters.

She started with roles in two plays, ‘Serious Money’ and ‘Ice Cream With Hot Fudge’. She also played ‘Ophelia’ in ‘Hamlet’.

After theater, she turned to television. She got her first major break in 1985 in the series ‘As the World Turns’. Initially, she played the role of Frannie. Eventually, she also played the role of her half sister Sabrina in this soap. She won Daytime Emmy award for this role.

In 1990, she got her first movie role in the film ‘Tales of the Dark Side’ wherein she played the victim of mummy.

Her supporting role in the movie ‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’ which was released in 1992 got critic’s attention and appreciation. She also played a comic role in ‘The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag’ in the same year.

In 1993, she 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 Robert Altman's ‘Short Cuts’, based on the stories of Raymond Carver.

In 1994, she made a distinguished appearance in classic theatrical work ‘Vanya on 42nd Street’.

In 1995, her movie ‘Safe’ was released. In this movie she played a woman battling unknown diseases. Her portrayal of an affluent housewife who develops an inexplicable allergic reaction to her environment, won critical praise as well as an ‘Independent Spirit Award’ nomination. This movie established her as a fine actress.

She rose to prominence with ‘Boogie Nights’ in 1997. In this film she portrayed an adult film star and a mother figure to ragtag crew. She received both Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for this film.

In 2014, she won the ‘Best Actress’ award at the ‘Cannes Film Festival’ for her portrayal of an ageing actress receiving psychotherapy in a black comedy ‘Maps to the stars’. Her success at Cannes made her the second actress in history, after Juliette Binoche, to win at the "Big Three" film festivals (Cannes, Venice, and Berlin). She also received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance.

Her final appearance of 2014 was one of the most acclaimed of her career. In the drama ‘Still Alice’, she played the leading role of a linguistic professor diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease. She spent four months training for the film, by watching documentaries on the disease and interacting with patients at the Alzheimer's Association. She was awarded with the Oscar, Golden Globe, SAG and BAFTA for ‘Best Actress’.