{{Infobox company | name = Revlon Incorporated | logo = | type = Public () | genre = | foundation = 1932 | founder = Joseph & Charles Revson, Charles Lachman | location_city = New York City, New York | location_country = United States | location = | locations = | area_served = | key_people = Alan T. Ennis, President and CEO | industry = Cosmetics, skin care, fragrance, personal care | products = | services = | market cap = | revenue = US$1.3 billion (2009) | operating_income = US$170.8 million (2009) Starting with a single product — a new type of nail enamel — the three founders pooled their resources and developed a unique manufacturing process. Using pigments instead of dyes, Revlon developed a variety of new shades of opaque nail enamel. In 1937, Revlon started selling the polishes in department stores and drug stores. In six years, the company became a multimillion dollar organization. By 1940, Revlon offered an entire manicure line, and added lipstick to the collection. During World War II, Revlon created makeup and related products for the U.S. Army, which was honored in 1944 with the Army-Navy "E" Award for Excellence.

By the end of the war, Revlon was listed as one of America's top five cosmetic houses. Expanding its capabilities, the company bought ''Graef & Schmidt'', a cutlery manufacturer seized by the government in 1943 because of German business ties. This acquisition made it possible for Revlon to produce its own manicure and pedicure instruments, instead of buying them from outside supply sources.

In November 1955, Revlon went public. The IPO price was $12 per share, but it reached $30 per share within 8 weeks.

In the 1960s, Revson segmented Revlon Inc into different divisions, each focusing on a different market. He borrowed this strategy from General Motors. Each division had its own target customer:

Revlon, the largest and most popular-priced brand

Princess Marcella Borghese, upscale/international

Ultima II, premium

Natural Wonder, juniors

Moon Drops, dry skin

Etherea, hypo-allergenic

In 1957, Revlon acquired ''Knomark'', a shoe-polish company, and sold its shoe-polish line Esquire Shoe Polish in 1969. Other acquisitions, such as ''Ty-D-Bol'', the maker of toilet cleansers, and a 27 percent interest in the Schick electric shaver company were soon discarded. Evan Picone, a women's sportswear manufacturer which came with a price tag of $12 million in 1962, was sold back to one of the original partners four years later for $1 million. However, the 1967 acquisition of U.S. Vitamin and Pharmaceutical Corporation made Revlon a leader in diabetes drugs.

The company began to market its products overseas at the end of the 1950s. By 1962, when Revlon debuted in Japan, there were subsidiaries in France, Italy, Argentina, Mexico, and Asia. Revlon's entrance into the Japanese market was typical of its international sales strategy. Instead of adapting its ads and using Japanese models, Revlon chose to use its basic U.S. advertising and models. Japanese women loved the American look, and the sales for 1962 came to almost $164 million.

In 1968, Revlon introduced Eterna27, the first cosmetic cream with an estrogen precursor called ''Progenitin'' (pregenolone acetate), as well as introducing the world's first American fashion designer fragrance, Norman Norell. Later, Revlon launched ''Braggi'' and ''Pub'' for men, and a line of wig maintenance products called Wig Wonder.

In 1970, Revlon acquired the Mitchum line of deodorants.

In 1973, Revlon introduced Charlie. Geared to the under-30 market, Charlie model Shelley Hack in Ralph Lauren clothes, personified the independent woman of the 1970s. This was the first perfume ad to feature a woman wearing pants. Charlie raised Revlon's net sales figures to $506 million for 1973 and almost $606 million the following year. Shelley Hack appeared on ''Oprah'' in 2007 to talk about the power of these Charlie print and commercial ads. Their follow-up fragrance, ''Jontue'', became the number two best seller.

In 1973, model Lauren Hutton signed an exclusive modeling contact, agreeing to pose for Revlon's Ultima line for $400,000 for two years. She was featured on the cover of Newsweek for this ground-breaking cosmetics contract. Additionally, famed photographer Richard Avedon was signed on as the exclusive photographer for the brand - another cosmetics industry first.

In 1975, Charles Revson died. Michel Bergerac, who Revson had hired as President of the company, continued to expand the company holdings. Revlon acquired Coburn Optical Industries, an Oklahoma-based manufacturer of ophthalmic and optical processing equipment and supplies. Barnes-Hind, the largest U.S. marketer of hard contact lens solutions, was bought in 1976 and strengthened Revlon's share of the eye-care market. Revlon purchased ''Armour Pharmaceutical Company'', a division of Armour and Company, from The Greyhound Corporation in 1977. Other acquisitions included the Lewis-Howe Company, makers of ''Tums'' antacid in 1978. These health-care operations helped sales figures to pass the $1 billion mark in 1977, bringing total sales to $1.7 billion in 1979.

In the mid-1980s, Revlon lost ground to Estée Lauder. Estee Lauder spent millions of dollars on numerous magazine ads featuring Czech supermodel Paulina Porizkova, shot by famed Chicago fashion photograhper Victor Skrebneski. Revlon's share dropped from 20 percent to 10 percent of department store cosmetics sales. Sales at the drugstore also declined as Revlon lost shares to Noxell's Cover Girl brand. Revlon compensated with more acquisitions; Max Factor, Ellen Betrix, Charles of the Ritz, Germaine Monteil, Almay, Fermodyl, Lancaster, Aziza, and Halston. The 1977 acquisition of ''Carlos Colomer'', a Spanish professional beauty supply distributor, brought ''Fermodyl'' and ''Roux'' and helped introduce Revlon to the world of ethnic care: ''Creme of Nature'', ''Realistic'', ''Lovely Color'' and ''Milk and Honey''. In 1983 the company attempted an unsuccessful hostile takeover of Gillette. In 1989, Revlon became one of the first companies to replace animal tests with alternative safety testing methods.

On November 5, 1985, at a price of $58 per share, totaling $2.7 billion, Revlon was sold to Pantry Pride (later renamed to Revlon Group, Inc.), a subsidiary of Ronald Perelman's MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings. The buyout--engineered with the help of junk bond king Michael P. Milken--saddled Revlon with a huge $2.9 billion debt load, which became an albatross around the company's neck for years to come. Pantry Pride Inc. offered to buy any or all of Revlon's 38.2 million outstanding shares for $47.5 a share when its street price stood at $45 a share. Initially rejected, he repeatedly raised his offer until it reached $53 a share while fighting Revlon's management every step of the way. Forstmann Little & Company swooped in at $56 a share, a brief public bidding war ensued, and Perelman triumphed with an offer of $58 a share. Perelman paid $1.8 billion to Revlon's shareholders, but he also paid $900 million of other costs associated with the purchase. Perelman had Revlon sell four divisions: two for $1 billion, the vision care division for $574 million, and the National Health Laboratories division which became a publicly owned corporation in 1988. Additional make-up lines were purchased for Revlon: Max Factor in 1987 and Betrix in 1989, later sold to Procter & Gamble in 1991. Also in 1991, Revlon sold the Clean & Clear brand to Johnson & Johnson.

In March 2011, Revlon acquired Mirage Cosmetics, makers of Sinful Colors nail products.

Advertising

Up until the 1940s, Revlon's magazine ads were drawn by hand and mostly in black and white. Beginning in 1945, Revlon began launching full-color photographic advertisements in major magazines and stores across the country. Revlon introduced matching nail polish and lipsticks with exotic and unique names. These ads were taken by the top fashion photographers of the day including Richard Avedon, Cecil Beaton, and John Rawlings. Some of these ads were for "Paint the Town Pink" and 1945's "Fatal Apple" with Dorian Leigh. In 1947 Revlon introduced "Bachelor's Carnation" and in 1948, "Sweet Talk".

In 1950, Revlon introduced a red lipstick and nail enamel called "Where's the Fire?" Revlon used the word "fire" again later in their "Fire and Ice" ads. One of the world's first supermodels, Dorian Leigh, starred in some of Revlon's most memorable advertisements of all time. In 1946, Dorian was covered in purple flowers and wrapped in a pale purple sheet for "Ultra Violet." In 1947, Dorian appeared in "Fashion Plate." In 1953, at the age of 36, she appeared in "Cherries in the Snow." Later that year she appeared in the legendary "Fire and Ice" ad shot by Richard Avedon. Originally, Dorian appeared in a tight, silver-beaded dress with an enormous red wrap. Her black hair had a silver swirl in it and she had her hands, with long red nails, positioned in front of her breasts. Charles Revson rejected Avedon's original ad as "too sexual." They re-shot the ad, this time with her open hand in front of one hip, the other in front of her cheek. The advertisement became Madison Avenue legend because of the full-page quiz next to the sensual ad. Almost 50 years later, in November 2010, Revlon re-created 1953's "Fire and Ice" magazine ad, this time with actress Jessica Biel. With this ad, Revlon announced they were issuing a limited edition Fire and Ice lipstick and nail color calling this campaign, "lips and tips."

Dorian Leigh's 15-years-younger red-headed sister, Suzy Parker, also shot numerous Revlon magazine ads in the 1950s. Charles Revson, who wanted to marry Dorian at some point, despised Suzy, and vice-versa. At one point, he refused to hire her anymore because Suzy complained about the "peanut" paycheck she received from Revlon. Richard Avedon, however, after photographing other models for a particular Revlon ad, would call in Suzy last minute, sometimes late at night, to do re-takes with him. This happened with "Stormy Pink," an ad Suzy shot very late at night with a wild white horse in the ocean. Avedon would then told Revson that it was not Suzy in the ad, but a model named "Bubbles" or another made-up name.

In 1970, Revlon became the first American cosmetics company to feature an African American model, Naomi Sims, in their advertising. Revlon was also noted for featuring models of a wide age range in the 1980s, including then 13-year-old Milla Jovovich and then 60-year-old Audrey Hepburn. Despite the successful campaigns of the 1980s and 1990s featuring models, in particular Cindy Crawford, Revlon decided to drop fashion models and focus on movie stars, among them Kate Bosworth, Jaime King, Halle Berry Susan Sarandon, Melanie Griffith, Julianne Moore, Eva Mendes, Jessica Alba, Jennifer Connelly, Beau Garrett, Jessica Biel, and Bond girls. In 2009, Australian supermodel Elle MacPherson became a new spokesmodel for the company. American actress Jessica Biel is the newest woman to model for the brand, first shown in advertisements in January 2010. (Main article: List of Revlon spokesmodels) In 2008, celebrity makeup artist Gucci Westman was hired as Revlon's Global Artistic Director, representing the company at runway shows and brand events and designing collections.

Philanthropy

Revlon is a corporate sponsor of several charity projects. The largest of these is the Revlon Run Walk, a run and walk event held in New York and Los Angeles to raise money and awareness for breast and ovarian cancer. Revlon also supports other cancer charities such as Look Good Feel Better and the National Breast Cancer Coalition and operates a mobile mammography clinic in and around Oxford, North Carolina, where the company's primary manufacturing operations are located. In 1996 Revlon supported the development of a breast center at the University of California, Los Angeles. Renamed Revlon/UCLA Breast Center, the center is a well-known institute for treatment and research of breast cancer and other breast diseases and disorders. A Revlon lip gloss shade whose proceeds support Revlon's cancer charities was also created in 2009.

In September 2010, Revlon, with global artistic director Gucci Westman and spokesmodel Halle Berry hosted an event at Fashion's Night Out in New York City to raise funds for the Jenesse Center, a Los Angeles organization for domestic violence victims. Revlon also hosted luncheons and various other events to benefit the center and partnered with online retailer Drugstore.com to donate portions of lipstick sales to the organization.

See also

List of Revlon spokesmodels

References

External links

Revlon, Inc. Company Profile, Yahoo!

Company History

About Revlon Inc. in French / Au sujet de la Cie Revlon

Revlon sales lifted by good duty-free performance

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name	Jessica Biel
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Jessica Claire Biel (born March 3, 1982) is an American actress, model, and occasional singer. Biel is known for her television role as Mary Camden in the long-running family-drama series ''7th Heaven''. She has also appeared in several Hollywood films, including ''Summer Catch'', ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'', ''The Illusionist'', ''I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry'', and ''The A-Team''.

Early life

Jessica Claire Biel was born in Ely, Minnesota. Her mother, Kimberly (née Conroe), is a homemaker and spiritual healer. Her father, Jonathan Biel, worked for GE and was also an entrepreneur and business consultant. She is of German, French, English, and Choctaw ancestry and has a younger brother, Justin, born in 1985. Biel's family moved frequently during her childhood, living in Texas, Connecticut, and Woodstock, Illinois, before finally settling in Boulder, Colorado. While growing up, Biel played soccer and also trained as a gymnast. She is also an avid snowboarder. From 2000 to 2002, she attended Tufts University. '''

Early work

Biel initially trained to be a vocalist, and from age nine appeared in several musical productions in her hometown, playing lead roles in productions such as ''Annie'', ''The Sound of Music'', and ''Beauty and the Beast''. Biel auditioned for the ''a cappella'' choir the Tufts Amalgamates, but was not accepted.

At twelve, Biel attended The International Modeling and Talent Association conference in Los Angeles where she was discovered and signed by a talent agency. She began modeling for print advertisements, and appeared in commercials for products such as Dulux Paint and Pringles.

Biel also played the character ''Regrettal'', a lead role in a low-budget musical short titled ''It's a Digital World'', but the film was never released. At fourteen, after auditioning for several television pilots, Biel was cast as Mary Camden, the oldest daughter in the family drama ''7th Heaven''.

Career

1997–2002

Biel landed her first feature film role as Peter Fonda's granddaughter in the critically acclaimed drama ''Ulee's Gold'', released in 1997. Her performance earned her a Young Artist Award. In spring 1998, during a break from filming ''7th Heaven'', Biel starred in ''I'll Be Home for Christmas'', playing the love interest of Jonathan Taylor Thomas.

In 2000, during the fourth season of ''7th Heaven'', Biel commented that she had grown tired of playing the wholesome preacher's kid, and blamed the show for giving her a squeaky-clean image, causing her to lose out on a role in ''American Beauty'' (the part went to Thora Birch). In a last-ditch attempt to be released from her contract, she posed semi-nude for the cover of ''Gear'' magazine. The shoot sparked considerable controversy as Biel was still under eighteen at the time. Fans and producers of ''7th Heaven'' were outraged, and the latter brought legal action against Gear magazine.

''7th Heaven'' producer Aaron Spelling made it clear that Biel would be staying with the show for the remainder of her contract, although Biel appeared in minimal episodes in season five, due to her character attending college out of state. She later stated that she regrets the ''Gear'' shoot but considers it a learning experience.

In 2001, Biel played the love interest of Freddie Prinze, Jr. in the baseball-themed film ''Summer Catch''. The next year she starred as promiscuous college student Lara in the ensemble film ''The Rules of Attraction'', an adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel.

2003–2005

After leaving ''7th Heaven'' at the end of its sixth season, Biel was cast in her first top-billing role in ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre''. The film met with negative reviews but it was a commercial success, scoring the number-one spot in its opening week and going on to earn more than $80 million in the U.S. In 2003, Biel began work on the third installment of the Blade film series, ''Blade: Trinity''. Almost immediately after finishing it in 2004, she headed to Australia to shoot the action-thriller ''Stealth''.

Both films were critical and box office failures. ''Stealth'' had a budget of $130 million but grossed $76 million worldwide. Biel also made a cameo appearance in the 2004 film ''Cellular''.

Biel went on to audition for the role of Claire Colburn in the romantic comedy ''Elizabethtown'', but the role eventually went to Kirsten Dunst. Biel was instead cast in a smaller role as Ellen Kishmore. She then played the title character in the indie film ''London''.

2006–present

Biel's film career blossomed when she played a turn-of-the-century duchess in the period piece ''The Illusionist'', co-starring Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti. The film received mostly positive reviews and was a turning point for Biel, who had previously played more contemporary roles. She received the Rising Star Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and an Achievement Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival for her performance.

Biel played an Iraq War veteran in the 2006 film ''Home of the Brave'', a drama about soldiers struggling to adjust back into society after facing the hardships of war. Her performance was well-received but the film was a commercial failure. After being pulled from theaters twice, it eventually went to DVD in late 2007. Biel and ''Home of the Brave'' co-star Samuel L. Jackson were nominated for Prism Awards for their performances.

Meanwhile, after a three-year absence from television, Biel returned for what was to be the series finale of ''7th Heaven'' (the show was later unexpectedly renewed at the last minute by The CW Television Network). The episode had already been initially shot, but producer and creator Brenda Hampton was determined to have Biel featured in the episode, so Biel agreed to shoot her scenes during a break from filming her upcoming 2007 film ''Next''.

In ''Next'', Biel played alongside Nicolas Cage and Julianne Moore. She then played in the summer comedy, ''I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry'', co-starring Adam Sandler and Kevin James. Like her earlier film, ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'', ''Chuck and Larry'' received mixed reviews, but opened its first week at number one at the box office. Biel also produced and starred in a short film titled ''Hole in the Paper Sky'', which was released in 2008.

Biel was invited to announce nominations at both the Golden Globe Awards (with Rosario Dawson and Matthew Perry) and the Academy Awards in 2007.

In late 2007, Biel signed on to play a stripper in ''Powder Blue'', alongside Forest Whitaker (who also produced the film), Ray Liotta and Patrick Swayze.

At the start of 2008, Biel shot ''Easy Virtue'', an adaptation of the play by Noël Coward. Like the play, the film is set in the 1920s and Biel plays young widow Larita, who impulsively marries John Whittaker in France and must face her disapproving in-laws on returning to England. The film premiered in September 2008 at the Toronto International Film Festival. Critics praised Biel for her performance, with Todd McCarthy of ''Variety'' saying Biel "more than kept up" with veterans Kristin Scott Thomas and Colin Firth and praising her "sparkling" performance. ''The Hollywood Reporter'' described her performance as "an irresistible force of nature — a kind, witty, supremely intelligent and beautiful woman who ... is capable of rejoinders that thoroughly undercut her opponent's withering criticism." Biel also performed two songs on the film's soundtrack, "Mad About the Boy" and "When the Going Gets Tough".

In 2009, Biel lent her voice to the animated science fiction film ''Planet 51''.

In April 2008, Biel began working on the political satire ''Nailed'', with Jake Gyllenhaal. The film centers around a woman who accidentally gets a nail lodged in her head, then travels to Washington D.C. to fight for better health care. Filming wrapped up in late June after several production shutdowns. She is also co-producing and starring in ''Die a Little'', a contemporary adaptation of the novel by Megan Abbott. A filming start date has not been set.

Biel performed the role of "Sarah Brown" with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a fully staged concert production of ''Guys and Dolls'' during the 2009 season at the Hollywood Bowl. On the last night, she received a rousing standing ovation from 17,000 people. She subsequently landed a part in Lincoln Center Theater's two-week-long workshop of the musical version of the Pedro Almodóvar classic ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'', along with Salma Hayek.

Charity work

On July 18, 2006, Biel participated in a charity auction to raise medical funds for Colorado teen Molly Bloom, who was injured in a limousine accident. John Schiffner of Fergus Falls, Minnesota successfully bid $30,000 to have lunch with Biel. "I promise I'm a cheap date," Biel quipped. Biel and Schiffner lunched at The Palm restaurant in Denver, Colorado on August 18, 2006.

In early 2007, Jessica co-founded the Make the Difference Network with her father and another business partner, Kent McBride. Make the Difference Network (MTDN) is a cause-oriented social network that connects non-profit organizations with potential donors and increases the awareness for small-to-medium non-profit organizations. MTDN's mission is to democratize giving by increasing the visibility of thousands of non-profit organizations and empowering potential donors to search, select, and fund these organizations' specific "wishes" and then to see the results of their giving. Make the Difference Network was also featured at the 2007 Clinton Global Initiative, where they made a commitment to democratize giving through the use of a social network.

In 2010, Biel climbed to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro with members of the ''United Nation Foundation'' to raise awareness of the global water crisis. That same year, Biel's humanitarian and charity work (as well as her popularity with young people) earned her a nomination for a Do Something Award. The awards show, produced by VH1, is dedicated to honoring people who do good and is powered by Do Something, an organization that aims to empower, celebrate, and inspire young people.

Honors

Awards

1998: Young Artist Award — Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress in ''Ulee's Gold''

2005: ShoWest Award Female Star of Tomorrow — 2005 ShoWest Convention

2007: Rising-Star Award — Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007 Gala Awards

Rankings

Ranked No.99 in ''Stuff'' magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World" (2002).

Ranked No.98 on VH1's "100 Hottest Hotties".(2003)

''Esquire'' magazine named her the "Sexiest Woman Alive" in a 2005 six-part series, with each month revealing a different body part and clue to the woman's identity. Ranked No.1 in ''Stuff'' magazine's "100 Sexiest Women" (2007). Ranked as No.5 on ''Maxim'''s Hot 100 for 2007 and No.11 on Maxim's Top 100 for 2009. Ranked No.7 by AskMen.com readers in the list "Top 99 Women 2008." Ranked No.4 by ''FHM US'' magazine in their 2009 list of "100 Sexiest Women". Actress Jennifer Garner praised her saying "there's an earthiness and a strength to it" that brings her beauty to another level.

Personal life

Biel dated actor Adam LaVorgna from 1998 to 2001. They were co-stars in the film ''I'll Be Home for Christmas'' and on ''7th Heaven''. She dated actor Chris Evans from 2001 to June 2006, and appeared opposite him in the films ''Cellular'' and ''London''. She has also been romantically linked to actor Ryan Reynolds, and baseball player Derek Jeter. She started dating singer Justin Timberlake in 2007, they broke up in March 2011.

Filmography

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1996–2006	''7th Heaven''	Mary Camden
1997	''Ulee's Gold''	Casey Jackson	Young Artist Award for Best Supporting Actress
1998		Allie
2001	''Summer Catch''	Tenley Parrish
2002	''''	Lara Holleran
2003	''''	Erin Hardesty	Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough PerformanceNominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress
2004	''It's a Digital World''	Regrettal (voice)
2004		Chloe
2004	''Blade: Trinity''	Abigail Whistler
2005		Lieutenant Kara Wade
2005		Ellen Kishmore
2005		London
2005	''Family Guy''	Brooke (Voice)	Episode: "Brian the Bachelor"
2006	''''	Duchess Sophie von Teschen	Newport Beach Film Festival Best Achievement Award
2006		Vanessa Price
2007		Liz Cooper
2007	''I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry''	Alex McDonough
2008	''Hole in the Paper Sky''	Karen Watkins	Short film, also executive producer
2008		Larita Whittaker
2009	''Planet 51''	Neera (voice)
2009		Rose-Johnny
2010		Kara Monahan
2010	''''	Capt. Charisa Sosa
2011		Julia Denning
2011		Tess
2012		Stacie
2012		Melina
2012	''The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea''	Cindy	Produced by her production company, Iron Ocean Films.
????		Alice Eckle	Production was cancelled four times

References

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Coordinates	55°45′06″N37°37′04″N
birth name	Julie Anne Smith
birth date	December 03, 1960
birth place	Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.
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Julianne Moore (born Julie Anne Smith; December 3, 1960) is an American actress and a children's book author. Throughout her career, she has been nominated for four Oscars, six Golden Globes, three BAFTAs and nine Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Moore began her acting career in 1983 in minor roles, before joining the cast of the soap opera ''As the World Turns'', for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1988. She began to appear in supporting roles in films during the early 1990s, in films such as ''The Hand That Rocks the Cradle'' and ''The Fugitive''. Her performance in ''Short Cuts'' (1993) won her and the rest of the cast a Golden Globe for their ensemble performance, and her performance in ''Boogie Nights'' (1997) brought her widespread attention and nominations for several major acting awards.

Her success continued with films such as ''The Big Lebowski'' (1998), ''The End of the Affair'' (1999) and ''Magnolia'' (1999). She was acclaimed for her portrayal of a betrayed wife in ''Far from Heaven'' (2002), winning several critic awards as best actress of the year, in addition to several other nominations, including the Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award. The same year, she was also nominated for several awards as best supporting actress for her work in ''The Hours''. In 2010, Moore starred in the comedy drama ''The Kids Are All Right'', for which she received a Golden Globe and BAFTA nomination.

Early life

Moore was born Julie Anne Smith at Fort Bragg, near Fayetteville, North Carolina. Her mother, the late Anne McNeil McLean (née Love), was a psychiatric social worker who emigrated from Greenock, Scotland, and her father, Peter Moore Smith, a New Jersey native, was a military lawyer, judge, helicopter pilot, and army colonel. She has a younger sister, Valerie, and a younger brother, novelist Peter Moore Smith III. Growing up as an "army brat", she lived in several places across the United States and Germany. Moore attended J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, Virginia and Frankfurt American High School in Frankfurt, Germany, graduating in 1979. She received her bachelor's degree at the College of Fine Arts at Boston University.

Career

Acting

Moore moved to New York City in 1983, working as a waitress and performing in bit parts before being cast in the dual roles of Frannie Hughes and Sabrina Hughes on the soap opera ''As the World Turns'', for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award; she played the roles from 1985 to 1988. In 1987, she was part of the junior company in the New York premiere of Caryl Churchill's ''Serious Money'' at The Public Theater. Because of Screen Actors Guild rules, she had to change her name, since there were already actresses named "Julie Smith" and "Julianne Smith". She chose her father's middle name, "Moore", but because there was already another actress named "Julie Moore", she finally settled on "Julianne Moore."

Moore began starring in feature films in the early 1990s, mostly appearing in supporting roles in films like ''The Hand That Rocks the Cradle,'' ''Benny & Joon,'' and ''The Fugitive.'' Her part in 1993's ''Short Cuts'' gained her critical acclaim and recognition, and she was cast in several high-profile Hollywood films, including 1995's romantic comedy ''Nine Months,'' and 1997's summer blockbuster ''The Lost World: Jurassic Park''. Her first role as the central lead, Carol White, in the well-reviewed independent film ''Safe'' also attracted critical attention. The role was called the ancestor of one of Moore's best-praised roles, Cathy Whitaker, in another Haynes film, ''Far from Heaven''. Critics noted the importance of this role in establishing her as an actress to take seriously. In addition, her performance on ''Vanya on 42nd Street'', a filmed version of Anton Chekhov's play ''Uncle Vanya'', earned her critical recognition, with film critic Kenneth Turan calling her work in the film "a revelation". For this role, Moore won Best Actress from the Boston Society of Film Critics.

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Moore appeared in a series of films that received Oscar recognition, including her roles in ''Boogie Nights'' (1997, Best Supporting Actress nomination), ''The End of the Affair'' (1999, Best Actress nomination), and her two 2002 films, ''The Hours'' (Best Supporting Actress nomination) and ''Far from Heaven'' (Best Actress nomination), for which she also won "Best Actress" from no less than 16 critics groups, more than any other actress that year (see below for a list), and from the Venice Film Festival. In the ''Los Angeles Times'' review of the film, critic Manohla Dargis wrote: "The film's three leads are extraordinary, but what Moore does with her role is so beyond the parameters of what we call great acting that it nearly defies categorization." During this period, she also appeared in the commercial successes ''Hannibal'' (replacing Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling) and ''The Forgotten'', in Paul Thomas Anderson's follow-up to ''Boogie Nights'', ''Magnolia'', and in the Coen brothers cult hit ''The Big Lebowski''. ''Entertainment Weekly'' has chosen her one of The 25 Greatest Actresses of the '90s. In 2003, ''The Guardian'' called her "the most talented actress of her generation".

In November 2006, Moore made her Broadway debut in the world premiere of David Hare's new play ''The Vertical Hour'', directed by Sam Mendes. 2006 also saw the releasing of three of her films: ''Freedomland'', which opened in February to mixed reviews, followed by ''Trust the Man,'' directed by her husband Bart Freundlich, and the critically acclaimed science fiction feature ''Children of Men''. The following year she appeared opposite Nicolas Cage and Jessica Biel in ''Next,'' a science fiction action film based on ''The Golden Man,'' a short story by Philip K. Dick; and the controversial film ''Savage Grace'', the story of a high-society mother and son whose Oedipal relationship ends in tragedy. In 2008, she starred alongside Mark Ruffalo in ''Blindness'', a thriller from director Fernando Meirelles. In her review of the film, Stephanie Zacharek of Salon.com called Moore "an apparition of generosity and compassion who seems in danger of disappearing at any moment. Moore takes the movie's stiff, signpost dialogue and delivers it in a way that's consistently believable. [...] She's a miracle worker, and whatever Meirelles paid her, it isn't nearly enough", while ''The Austin Chronicle'' commented that Moore "masterfully characterizes the devoted wife’s metamorphosis into a heroicism both unwanted and unheralded. It’s a rattling, heartrending performance in, yes, a long, hard slough of a film – one that is well worth the journey, if not a repeat trip."

The next year, Moore appeared opposite Colin Firth in the well-received American drama ''A Single Man'', for which she received her fifth Golden Globe nomination, with Peter Travers of ''Rolling Stone'' calling her performance "explosively good". When the cancellation of ''As the World Turns'' was announced in late 2009, Moore decided to honor the soap that brought her fame and temporarily returned for a few days as Frannie Hughes. During the 2009–2010 season of ''30 Rock'', she had a guest role as Nancy Donovan, a love interest for Alec Baldwin's character, Jack Donaghy.

In 2010, Moore starred in the erotic thriller ''Chloe'', theatrically released by Sony Pictures Classics and had since became director Atom Egoyan's biggest moneymaker ever.. In his review of the film, David Edelstein of the ''New York'' magazine called Moore's performance "extraordinarily raw and affecting." Moore next appeared in the comedy-drama ''The Kids Are All Right'', co-starring Annette Bening and Mark Ruffalo; Moore was instrumental in getting the film made and in getting Bening involved. The film was both a critical and commercial success, garnering acting and production nominations from the Gotham Awards, the Independent Spirit Awards and the Academy Awards, as well as winning the Golden Globe Award for "Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy". Roger Ebert of the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' commented, "Moore and Bening are superb actors here, evoking a marriage of more than 20 years, and all of its shadings and secrets, idealism and compromise", and the ''Los Angeles Times'' review said, "Moore is fearless" and "plays every note perfectly." For this role, Moore received her sixth Golden Globe Award nomination and a BAFTA nomination.

In July 2011, Moore appeared in the comedy ''Crazy, Stupid, Love.'', co-starring Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling. It has been announced that Moore is to portray former vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin in an upcoming HBO drama. Altogether, she has five upcoming projects, amongst others the fantasy film ''The Seventh Son'' based on the book series ''The Wardstone Chronicles'', co-starring Jeff Bridges, in which Moore will star as the "most dangerous 1700s witch" Mother Malkin.

Writing

In October 2007, Moore made her literary debut with the publication of ''Freckleface Strawberry'', a children's book based on her experiences as a child. In April 2009, Moore followed up with a second children's book titled ''Freckleface Strawberry and the Dodgeball Bully''.

Personal life

Moore met her first husband, John Gould Rubin, in 1984. They married in 1986, separated in 1994, and divorced in 1995. In 1996, she began a relationship with director Bart Freundlich, whom she wed on August 23, 2003. The couple had two children prior to their marriage: a son, Caleb (b. December 4, 1997), and a daughter, Liv Helen (b. April 11, 2002). In an interview, Moore said she picked roles in movies that film in the summer so her family can accompany her: "My husband and I are very fortunate, because we have flexible jobs," she says. "If you talk to parents, that's what they're trying to do — have as much flexibility as possible." She lives with her family in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan.By way of her Scottish ancestry, Moore became a British citizen on 8 July, 2011.

Activism

Politics

Moore is a pro-choice activist and, during the 2004 presidential election, donated $2,000 to John Kerry's presidential campaign.

Charity work

Since 2002, she has been involved with the TS Alliance to raise awareness of tuberous sclerosis and is an Artist Ambassador for Save the Children's programs in the United States.

LGBT advocacy

She actively supports same-sex marriage, and some of her films and roles deal with LGBT topics.

Filmography

! Year	! Film	! Role	Notes
1984	''''	Carmen Engler
1985–1988& 2010, 1986–1988	''As the World Turns''	Frannie HughesSabrina Hughes
1987		India West
1989	''Money, Power, Murder''	Peggy Lynn Brady
1990	''Tales from the Darkside: The Movie''	Susan
1990	''An Adult Comedy''	Lead
1991	''Cast a Deadly Spell''	Connie Stone
1991	''The Last to Go''	Marcy
1992	''''	Marlene Craven	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
1992	''''	Elinor
1993		Sharon Dulaney
1993	''Benny & Joon''	Ruthie
1993	''Luck, Trust & Ketchup''	Herself
1993	''''	Dr. Anne Eastman
1993	''Short Cuts''	Marian Wyman
1994	''Vanya on 42nd Street''	Yelena
1995		Beth Holzcek
1995		Carol White
1995	''Nine Months''	Rebecca Taylor
1995		Electra
1996	''Surviving Picasso''	Dora Maar
1997	''''	Dr. Sarah Harding
1997	''''	Mia	Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
1997	''Boogie Nights''	Amber Waves
1997	''The Lost World: Jurassic Park – Chaos Island''	Dr. Sarah Harding	(voice)
1998	''''	Maude Lebowski	Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
1998	''Hellcab''	Distraught Woman
1998		Lila Crane
1999	''Cookie's Fortune''	Cora Duvall	Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
1999	''''	Mrs. Laura Cheveley	Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or ComedyNominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1999		Theresa Collins
1999	''''	Sarah Miles	Nominated—Academy Award for Best ActressNominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleNominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated—Chlotrudis Awards 2000
1999		Linda Partridge
2000	''''	Audrey
2000	''[[Not I''	Mouth
2001		Agent Clarice Starling	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress
2001		Dr. Allison Reed
2001	''''	Wavey Prowse
2001	''World Traveler''	Dulcie
2002	''Far from Heaven''	Cathy Whitaker	Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressChicago Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressChlotrudis Award for Best ActressDallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressFlorida Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActressIndependent Spirit Award for Best Lead FemaleKansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActressLondon Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActressLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress (also for ''The Hours'')National Board of Review Award for Best ActressOnline Film Critics Society Award for Best ActressPhoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best ActressSan Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best ActressSeattle Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressSoutheastern Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressToronto Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressVancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActressWashington D.C. Area Film Critics Association for Best ActressVolpi CupVillage Voice Film Poll – Best Lead PerformanceNominated—Academy Award for Best ActressNominated—Empire Award for Best ActressNominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaNominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaNominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
2002	''''	Laura Brown	Silver Bear for Best Actress (shared with Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman)Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress (also for ''Far from Heaven'')Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleNominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best CastNominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaNominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureNominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
2004	''Marie and Bruce''	Marie
2004	''Laws of Attraction''	Audrey Woods
2004	''''	Telly Paretta	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress
2005	''''	Evelyn Ryan	Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
2005,2007	''''	Herself
2006		Brenda Martin
2006	''Trust the Man''	Rebecca
2006	''Children of Men''	Julian
2007		Callie Ferris
2007	''I'm Not There''	Alice
2008	''Savage Grace''	Barbara Daly Baekeland
2008	''Eagle Eye''	ARIIA	(voice) (uncredited)
2008		Doctor's Wife	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best ActressNominated—Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film
2009	''The Ballad of G.I. Joe''		Video short
2009	''''	Kat
2009	''''	Charlotte
2009		Catherine
2009	''30 Rock''
2010	''Elektra Luxx''	Virgin Mary	Uncredited cameo role
2010		Cara
2010	''''	Jules	Comedy Film Awards
2011		Emily Weaver
2011		[[Sarah Palin	Television film

Other appearances

On December 11, 2005, Moore and actress Salma Hayek co-hosted the annual Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo, Norway.

On November 30, 2006, ''The Vertical Hour'', directed by Sam Mendes, opened on Broadway.

References

External links

People in Film: Julianne Moore – Focus Features

CBS News interview (September 30, 2005)

IGN Films interview (April 29, 2004)

Julianne Moore at Rotten Tomatoes

Julianne Moore interview for ''The Kids Are All Right''

Julianne Moore Q&A; for theartsdesk.com (July 24, 2010)

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