Julianne Moore’s acting career began nearly 40 years ago after landing a role on the crime drama series The Edge Of Night in the mid-’80s.
Since then, the North Carolina native has become one of Hollywood’s most recognizable screen stars with nearly 80 films to her credit and an Academy Award.
And while promoting her latest project, Sharper, Moore reflected on her decades-long career and how she thinks luck played a part in her success.
“I look back and think, ‘I can’t believe I’ve been doing this for so long. I’ve had good fortune,’ admitted Moore, 62, to PEOPLE.
‘I still enjoy it. That’s the other thing that’s really cool,” Moore said of his longevity.
Almost 40 years and counting: Julianne Moore, 62, credits ‘good fortune’ for her decades-long career in Hollywood in a new interview with PEOPLE; she is seen on february 7
While Moore began his soap opera career in the 1980s, which earned him a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Witty in a Drama Series, he would have his eyes on the big screen, eventually making his feature film debut in the horror comedy Tales. From The Darkside. : The movie (1990).
From there, he landed a series of small roles that left big impressions on fans and critics alike, including The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (1992), Benny & Joon (1993), and The Fugitive (1993).
But it wasn’t long before he jumped to leading man status. in nearly every genre, including the romantic comedy Nine Months (1995), opposite Hugh Grant; the action thriller Assassins (1995), together Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas; the dinosaur science fiction The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997); with Jeff Goldblum; and the porn comedy-drama Boogie Nights (1997), with Mark Wahlberg, which earned her her first Oscar nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category.
The genre leap would continue with such favorites as The Big Lebowski (1998), Magnolia (1999), The End of the Affair (1999), which resulted in his second Oscar nomination, Hannibal (2001), and Far From Heaven (2003). . ), The Hours (2003) and Still Alice (2014), all of which earned her Oscar nominations with the last of her, playing a woman with early-onset Alzheimer’s, garnering her the Best Actress award.
In total, the actress has starred in nearly 80 films since 1990, and has spent the last half of her career as the mother of two children: Caleb, 25, and daughter Live, 20, and wife to husband Bart Freundlich.
The couple will celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary next summer, on August 23.
For her latest role, Moore stars as Madeline, the mysterious wife of billionaire Richard Hobbes (John Lithgow), in the psychological thriller Sharper, also starring Sebastian Stan, Justice Smith and Briana Middleton.
Milestone: Next year will mark 40 years since Julianne Moore made her professional acting debut in the crime drama series The Edge Of Night (1984), which was followed by a four-year stint on the soap opera As The World Turns ( 1985-1988). ); she is seen in a promo for As The World Turns in 1985
yahoo life he describes the crux of the story as “a young man takes revenge on his family for not accepting him and cheats other rich people to get the wealth he wants.”
And after working in five different decades, Moore still gets emotional when he can confess, ‘I went crazy’ while reading the script. “It was so amazing, so funny and shocking. I never got ahead of myself; He was always in front of me.
In fact, the story inspired her enough to call screenwriters Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka to pitch the idea that she would pull double duty as star and producer for help get the project done.
‘It’s good to have him in the world right now. And people seem to be enjoying it. So I’m very excited, ”she said of the final result of the film.
Sharper was released in select theaters on February 10, and from there, it was scheduled to premiere on Apple TV+ on February 17.
Upon further reflection, Moore credits her acting longevity to a willingness to work hard, be prepared enough to really understand the situation, and collaborate with cool-headed co-stars and directors.
Acclaimed: In addition to being an A-list actress for more than 25 years, Moore has been nominated for five Academy Awards and won Best Actress for playing a woman with early-onset Alzheimer’s in Still Alice at 87 .ª delivery of the Oscars in 2015.