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Alternate Names: Elizabeth Moss, Liz Moss, Elissabeth Moss, Elisabeth Singleton Moss, אליזבת סינגלטון מוס
Physical Characteristics: N/A
Career
First Appearances: - Bar Girls (1990) as Robin
Most Important Roles: - Girl, Interrupted (1999) as Polly
- Virgin (2003) as Jessie Reynolds
- Mumford (1999) as Katie Brockett
- Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009) as Jackie Drake
- Once Upon a Forest (1993) as Michelle (voice)
- Get Him to the Greek (2010) as Daphne Binks
- The Attic (2006) as Emma Callan
- Frosty Returns (1992) as Holly (voice)
- Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011) as Arisia Rrab (voice)
- A Thousand Acres (1997) as Linda
Career Highlights: - Girl, Interrupted (1999)
- Virgin (2003)
- Mumford (1999)
- Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
- Once Upon a Forest (1993)
- Get Him to the Greek (2010)
- The Attic (2006)
- Frosty Returns (1992)
- Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011)
- A Thousand Acres (1997)
Awards
Awards: - Won Saturn Award - Best Actress (2021)
- Nominated for 1 BSFC Award - Best Actress (2019)
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA TV Award - Best International Series (2019)
- Nominated for 1 Critics Choice Award - Best Actress in a Drama Series (2019)
- Won Critics Choice Award - Best Actress in a Drama Series (2018)
- Nominated for 1 Broadcasting Press Guild Award - Best Actress (2014)
- Nominated for 1 CFCA Award - Best Actress (2019)
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2023)
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Drama Series (2021)
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2021)
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Drama Series (2020)
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2018)
- Nominated for 1 FFCC Award - Best Actress (2020)
- Nominated for 1 FFCC Award - Best Actress (2019)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama (2022)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama (2019)
- Won Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama (2018)
- Won Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television (2014)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama (2011)
- Won Satellite Award - Best Actress in a Series, Drama or Genre (2023)
Full Biography
Elisabeth Singleton Moss 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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