Elisabeth Moss
Born: 1982-07-24 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elisabeth Moss, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- The Testaments as June Osborne
- Imperfect Women as Mary
2025
- Shell as Samantha Lake
2024
- The Veil as Imogen Salter
2023
- Next Goal Wins as Gail
2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- Shining Girls as Kirby Mazrachi
2021
- The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun as Alumna
- Hive ... (Executive Producer)
2020
- The Invisible Man as Cecilia Kass
- Shirley as Shirley Jackson
- A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote as Self
- Director’s Journal: Making The Invisible Man as Self
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Us as Kitty Tyler / Dahlia
- Light of My Life as Mom
- The Kitchen as Claire Walsh
- Her Smell as Becky Something
- Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power as Self - Actress
- Light from Light ... (Producer)
2018
- The Old Man & the Gun as Dorothy
- The Seagull as Masha
- Ballet Now ... (Executive Producer)
- On the Nature of Daylight
2017
- The Handmaid's Tale as June Osborne / Offred / Ofjoseph
- The Square as Anne
- Chuck as Phyllis Wepner
- Mad to Be Normal as Angie Wood
- Tokyo Project as Claire
2016
- Chelsea as Self
- The Free World as Doris Long
2015
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- High-Rise as Helen Wilder
- Truth as Lucy Scott
- Meadowland as Shannon
- Queen of Earth as Catherine Hewitt
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- The One I Love as Sophie
- Listen Up Philip as Ashley
2013
- Top of the Lake as Det. Robin Griffin
- From the Bottom of the Lake as herself
2012
- On the Road as Galatea Dunkel / Helen Hinkle
- Darling Companion as Grace
2011
- Green Lantern: Emerald Knights as Arisia (voice)
- The Pack as Diana Whelan
2010
- Get Him to the Greek as Daphne Binks
- A Buddy Story as Susan
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Jackie Drake
2008
- Fear Itself as Danny Bannerman
- El Camino as Lily
- New Orleans, Mon Amour as Hyde
- Establishing Mad Men as Herself
2007
- Mad Men as Peggy Olson
- Day Zero as Patricia
- The Making of 'Mad Men' as Self
- Honored as Katie
- They Never Found Her as Anna
2006
- El hormiguero as Self - Guest
- The Attic as Emma Callan
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Nina Rogerson
- Medium as Jennie / Haley Heffernan
- Ghost Whisperer as Nikki Drake
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- Invasion as Christina
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Katie Nevins
- Bittersweet Place as Paulie Schaffer
2004
- Project Runway as Self - Guest Judge
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Missing as Anne
- Virgin as Jessie Reynolds
- Heart of America as Robin Walters
- Temptation as Wind/Morgan
2002
- West of Here as Cherise
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Rebecca Colemar
- Spirit as Kelly O'Conner
1999
- The West Wing as Zoey Bartlet
- Girl, Interrupted as Polly
- Mumford as Katie Brockett
- Anywhere but Here as Rachel
- The Joyriders as Jodi
- Earthly Possessions as Mindy
1998
- Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
- Angelmaker as Little Turcott
1997
- The Practice as Jessica Palmer
- The View as Self - Guest
- A Thousand Acres as Linda
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown! as Girl Player (voice)
1995
- Freakazoid! as Kathy (voice)
- The Last Supper as Jenny Tyler
- Escape to Witch Mountain as Anna
- Separate Lives as Ronni Beckwith
- Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge as Early Teen Ashley Judd
1994
- Gypsy as 'Baby' Louise Hovick
- Imaginary Crimes as Greta
1993
- Animaniacs as Katrina (voice)
- Once Upon a Forest as Michelle (voice)
- Recycle Rex as Turbo (voice)
1992
- Batman: The Animated Series as Kimmy Ventrix (voice)
- MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self - Presenter
- Picket Fences as Cynthia Parks
- Frosty Returns as Holly (voice)
- Midnight's Child as Christina Cowan
1991
- Suburban Commando as Little Girl
- Prison Stories: Women on the Inside as Little Molly
1990
- Lucky Chances as Lucky - Age 6
- Bar Girls as Robin
1989
- The Simpsons as Gretchen (voice)
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member