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Elisabeth Moss

Born: 1982

Biography

Elisabeth Singleton Moss (born July 24, 1982) is an American actor and producer. She is known for her work in several television dramas, earning such accolades as two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, which led Vulture to name her the "Queen of Peak TV". Moss began acting in the early 1990s and first gained recognition for playing Zoey Bartlet, the youngest daughter of President Josiah Bartlet, in the NBC political drama series The West Wing (1999–2006). Wider recognition came for playing Peggy Olson, a secretary-turned-copywriter, in the AMC period drama series Mad Men (2007–2015). She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for playing a detective in the BBC miniseries Top of the Lake (2013), and she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and Outstanding Drama Series for producing and starring in the Hulu dystopian drama series The Handmaid's Tale (2017–present). In film, Moss has appeared in Girl, Interrupted (1999), Virgin (2003), Get Him to the Greek (2010), The One I Love (2014), Listen Up Philip (2014), Queen of Earth (2015), The Square (2017), The Seagull (2018), Her Smell (2018), Us (2019), and The Invisible Man (2020). Her theatre work includes Broadway productions of David Mamet's Speed the Plow and Wendy Wasserstein's The Heidi Chronicles. For the latter, she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She has also appeared in the West End production of Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elisabeth Moss, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For Acting
Gender Female
Place of Birth Los Angeles, California, USA

Resources

Movies

Girl, Interrupted

Polly in Girl, Interrupted

Virgin

Jessie Reynolds in Virgin

Mumford

Katie Brockett in Mumford

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

Jackie Drake in Did You Hear About the Morgans?

Once Upon a Forest

Michelle (voice) in Once Upon a Forest

Get Him to the Greek

Daphne Binks in Get Him to the Greek

The Attic

Emma Callan in The Attic

Frosty Returns

Holly in Frosty Returns

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

Arisia Rrab (voice) in Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

A Thousand Acres

Linda in A Thousand Acres

Amber Light

in Amber Light

Shell

Samantha in Shell

Bittersweet Place

Paulie Schaffer in Bittersweet Place

Spirit

Kelly O'Conner in Spirit

On the Road

Galatea Dunkel / Helen Hinkle in On the Road

Imaginary Crimes

Greta in Imaginary Crimes

Heart of America

Robin Walters in Heart of America

El Camino

Lily in El Camino

Separate Lives

Ronni Beckwith in Separate Lives

A Buddy Story

Susan in A Buddy Story

The Joyriders

Jodi in The Joyriders

Bar Girls

Robin in Bar Girls

West of Here

Cherise in West of Here

Listen Up Philip

Ashley in Listen Up Philip

Escape to Witch Mountain

Anna in Escape to Witch Mountain

The One I Love

Sophie in The One I Love

Day Zero

Patricia in Day Zero

The Making of ‘Mad Men’

Self in The Making of ‘Mad Men’

They Never Found Her

Anna in They Never Found Her

Earthly Possessions

Mindy in Earthly Possessions

High-Rise

Helen Wilder in High-Rise

New Orleans, Mon Amour

Hyde in New Orleans, Mon Amour

Queen of Earth

Catherine Hewitt in Queen of Earth

Truth

Lucy Scott in Truth

From the Bottom of the Lake

herself in From the Bottom of the Lake

Honored

Katie in Honored

Meadowland

Shannon in Meadowland

The Seagull

Masha in The Seagull

The Missing

Anne in The Missing

Last Night at the Lobster

in Last Night at the Lobster

Mad to Be Normal

Angie Wood in Mad to Be Normal

Chuck

Phyllis Wepner in Chuck

Recycle Rex

(voice) in Recycle Rex

The Free World

Doris Long in The Free World

Director’s Journal: Making The Invisible Man

Self in Director’s Journal: Making The Invisible Man

Anywhere but Here

Rachel in Anywhere but Here

The Square

Anne in The Square

Darling Companion

Grace in Darling Companion

Francis and the Godfather

Eleanor Coppola in Francis and the Godfather

The Last Supper

Jenny Tyler in The Last Supper

It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown

Girl Player (voice) in It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown

Suburban Commando

Little Girl in Suburban Commando

Gypsy

'Baby' Louise Hovick in Gypsy

Midnight's Child

Christina Cowan in Midnight's Child

Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge

Early Teen Ashley Judd in Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge

Tokyo Project

Claire in Tokyo Project

The Kitchen

Claire Walsh in The Kitchen

Her Smell

Becky Something in Her Smell

The Pack

Diana Whelan in The Pack

Shirley

Shirley Jackson in Shirley

The Old Man & the Gun

Dorothy in The Old Man & the Gun

Light of My Life

Mom in Light of My Life

Us

Kitty Tyler / Dahlia in Us

The Invisible Man

Cecilia Kass in The Invisible Man

Temptation

Wind/Morgan in Temptation

The French Dispatch

Alumna in The French Dispatch

Next Goal Wins

Gail in Next Goal Wins

Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power

Self - Actress in Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power

A Letter from Rose Kennedy

Rosemary Kennedy in A Letter from Rose Kennedy

Prison Stories: Women on the Inside

Little Molly in Prison Stories: Women on the Inside

Mrs. March

in Mrs. March

She Will Rise

Katie Hill in She Will Rise

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

Self in A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

On the Nature of Daylight

in On the Nature of Daylight

TV Shows