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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 24, 1982
Place of Birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Elisabeth Moss
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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Veil | Imogen Salter |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self |
| 2022 | Shining Girls | Kirby Mazrachi |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self |
| 2017 | The Handmaid's Tale | June Osborne / Offred / Ofjoseph |
| 2016 | Chelsea | Self |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
| 2014 | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self |
| 2013 | Top of the Lake | Det. Robin Griffin |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
| 2008 | Fear Itself | Danny Bannerman |
| 2007 | Mad Men | Peggy Olson |
| 2006 | El hormiguero | Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Ghost Whisperer | Nikki Drake |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Katie Nevins |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Nina Rogerson |
| 2005 | Invasion | Christina |
| 2005 | Medium | Jennie / Haley Heffernan |
| 2004 | Project Runway | Self - Guest Judge |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Rebecca Colemar |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Zoey Bartlet |
| 1997 | The View | Self - Guest |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1997 | The Practice | Jessica Palmer |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self |
| 1995 | Freakazoid! | Kathy (voice) |
| 1992 | Batman: The Animated Series | Kimmy Ventrix (voice) |
| 1992 | Picket Fences | Cynthia Parks |
| 1990 | Lucky Chances | Lucky - Age 6 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Gretchen (voice) |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Audience Member |
| Imperfect Women | ||
| Fever | Mary Mallon |