Quick Facts
Born:
1982-07-24
Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits:
119 Total Roles
Elisabeth Moss
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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.
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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
Grey's Anatomy
Nina Rogerson
The Simpsons
Gretchen (voice)
Us
Kitty Tyler / Dahlia
The Invisible Man
Cecilia Kass
Girl, Interrupted
Polly
The Handmaid's Tale
June Osborne / Offred / Ofjoseph
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Alumna
Get Him to the Greek
Daphne Binks
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Imperfect Women TV | Mary |
| 2025 | Shell MOVIE | Samantha Lake |
| 2024 | The Veil TV | Imogen Salter |
| 2023 | Next Goal Wins MOVIE | Gail |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show TV | Self |
| 2022 | Shining Girls TV | Kirby Mazrachi |
| 2021 | The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun MOVIE | Alumna |
| 2020 | A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote MOVIE | Self |
| 2020 | Shirley MOVIE | Shirley Jackson |
| 2020 | Director’s Journal: Making The Invisible Man MOVIE | Self |