American actress Demi Moore made her film debut in 1981 and joined the cast of the daytime soap opera General Hospital that same year. After departing the show in 1983, she came to prominence as a member of the Brat Pack with roles in Blame It on Rio (1984), St. Elmo's Fire (1985), and About Last Night... (1986). [1] While the lattermost made her a star, Moore established herself as a bankable performer with Ghost , the highest-grossing film of 1990. Her performance was praised and earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination. She had further box-office success in the early 1990s with A Few Good Men (1992), Indecent Proposal (1993), and Disclosure (1994).
In 1996, Moore became the highest-paid actress in film history when she received an unprecedented $12.5 million to star in Striptease . [2] The large-budget starring vehicles The Scarlet Letter (1995), The Juror (1996), and G.I. Jane (1997) fell below commercial expectations and contributed to a downturn in her career. [3] [4] She has since held sporadic leading roles in the arthouse films Passion of Mind (2000), Flawless (2008), and Blind (2017), as well as supporting roles in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Bobby (2006), Mr. Brooks (2007), Margin Call (2011) and Rough Night (2017). [5] Moore's primetime television work includes the Emmy-nominated cable anthology If These Walls Could Talk (1996) and the streaming series Brave New World (2020). She also had a recurring role on Empire (2015–2017) and portrayed Ann Woodward in the limited series Feud: Capote vs. The Swans (2024).
† | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Refs. |
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1981 | Choices | Corri | ||
1982 | Parasite | Patricia Welles | ||
Young Doctors in Love | New Intern | Uncredited | ||
1984 | Blame It on Rio | Nicole "Nikki" Hollis | ||
No Small Affair | Laura Victor | |||
1985 | St. Elmo's Fire | Jules | ||
1986 | About Last Night... | Debbie Sullivan | ||
One Crazy Summer | Cassandra Eldridge | |||
Wisdom | Karen Simmons | |||
1988 | The Seventh Sign | Abby Quinn | ||
1989 | We're No Angels | Molly | ||
1990 | Ghost | Molly Jensen | ||
1991 | Nothing but Trouble | Diane Lightson | ||
Mortal Thoughts | Cynthia Kellogg | Also producer | ||
The Butcher's Wife | Marina Lemke | |||
1992 | A Few Good Men | LCDR JoAnne Galloway | ||
1993 | Indecent Proposal | Diana Murphy | ||
1994 | Disclosure | Meredith Johnson | ||
1995 | The Scarlet Letter | Hester Prynne | ||
Now and Then | Samantha Albertson (older) | Also producer | ||
1996 | The Juror | Annie Laird | ||
The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Esmeralda | Voice | ||
Striptease | Erin Grant | |||
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | Dallas Grimes | Voice | ||
1997 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | — | Producer only | |
G.I. Jane | Lieutenant Jordan O'Neil | Also producer | ||
Deconstructing Harry | Helen | |||
1999 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | — | Producer only | |
2000 | Passion of Mind | Martha Marie / 'Marty' Talridge | ||
2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | — | Producer only | |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II | Esmeralda | Voice; direct-to-video | ||
2003 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | Madison Lee | ||
2006 | Half Light | Rachel Carlson | ||
Bobby | Virginia Fallon | |||
2007 | Flawless | Laura Quinn | ||
Mr. Brooks | Detective Tracy Atwood | |||
2009 | Happy Tears | Laura | ||
The Joneses | Kate Jones | |||
2010 | Bunraku | Alexandra | ||
2011 | Margin Call | Sarah Robertson | ||
Another Happy Day | Patty | |||
Nepal's Stolen Children | Narrator | Voice; documentary | ||
2012 | LOL | Anne Williams | ||
2013 | Very Good Girls | Kate Fields | ||
2015 | Forsaken | Mary-Alice Watson | ||
2016 | Wild Oats | Crystal | ||
Blind | Suzanne Dutchman | |||
2017 | Rough Night | Lea | ||
2018 | Love Sonia | Selma | ||
2019 | Corporate Animals | Lucy | ||
2020 | Songbird | Piper Griffin | ||
2022 | Please Baby Please | Maureen | ||
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent | Olivia Cage | |||
2024 | The Substance | Elisabeth Sparkle | ||
Brats | Herself | Documentary | ||
TBA | I Love Boosters † | TBA | Filming |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Refs. |
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1982–1984 | General Hospital | Jackie Templeton | 85 episodes | |
1984 | The Master | Holly Trumbull | Episode: "Max" | |
Bedrooms | Nancy | Television film | ||
1987 | The New Homeowner's Guide to Happiness | Sandy Darden | Television special | [6] [7] |
1989 | Moonlighting | Woman in Elevator | Episode: "When Girls Collide" | [8] |
1990 | Tales from the Crypt | Cathy Marno | Episode: "Dead Right" | |
1996 | If These Walls Could Talk | Claire Donnelly | Television film; also producer | |
1997 | Ellen | The Sample Lady | Episode: "The Puppy Episode"; uncredited | |
Destination Anywhere | Janie | Television film | ||
2003 | Will & Grace | Sissy Palmer-Ginsburg | Episode: "Women and Children First" | |
2017–2018 | Empire | Claudia | 7 episodes | |
2018 | Comedy Central Roast | Herself | Episode: "Bruce Willis" | |
Animals | General | Voice; 5 episodes | ||
2020 | Brave New World | Linda | 3 episodes | |
2024 | Feud: Capote vs. The Swans | Ann Woodward | 4 episodes | |
TBA | Landman † | Cami Miller | Main role |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Refs. |
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2020 | Dirty Diana | Diana | 6 episodes |
Year | Title | Artist | Refs. |
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1980 | "It's Not a Rumor" | The Nu Kats | |
1998 | "Ugly" | Jon Bon Jovi |
Year | Title | Notes | Refs. |
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2008 | Streak | Short film | |
2011 | Five | TV movie; segment: "Charlotte" |
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