GRACE UNDER PRESSURE; INTERVIEW JULIANNE MOORE TAKES ON YET ANOTHER CHALLENGING ROLE IN HER DRAMATIC NEW FILM.Byline: By JAMES MOTTRAM If there's one word that sums up Julianne Moore Julianne Moore (born December 3, 1960) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress. She has been nominated for four Academy Awards. Biography Early life Moore was born Julie Anne Smith in Fort Bragg, near Fayetteville, North Carolina,[] , it's fearless. Ever since the four-times Oscar-nominated actress came to our attention in Robert Altman's 1993 film Short Cuts - in which she proved she really is a redhead thanks to a full-frontal nude scene - she's made a career out of being brave. Since then, she's played a porn star in Boogie Nights, a pill-popping trophy wife in Magnolia, a suicidal depressive in The Hours and even took on the daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin task of succeeding Jodie Foster Alicia Christian Foster (born November 19 1962), better known as Jodie Foster, is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress, director, and producer. She has also won two Golden Globes, 3 BAFTA awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award, making her one of the few select as Clarice Starling starling, any of a group of originally Old World birds that have become distributed worldwide. Starlings were brought to New York in 1890; since then the common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) has spread throughout North America. in the Silence Of The Lambs sequel Hannibal. Moore continues in this intrepid vein in her latest role as true-life socialite Barbara Baekeland in Savage Grace, out today. The film, which begins in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of in 1947 and spans three decades, follows Barbara's dwindling dwin·dle v. dwin·dled, dwin·dling, dwin·dles v.intr. To become gradually less until little remains. v.tr. To cause to dwindle. See Synonyms at decrease. marriage with her husband Brooks (Stephen Dillane), heir to the Bakelite plastics fortune. More disturbingly, it details her increasingly suffocating suf·fo·cate v. suf·fo·cat·ed, suf·fo·cat·ing, suf·fo·cates v.tr. 1. To kill or destroy by preventing access of air or oxygen. 2. To impair the respiration of; asphyxiate. 3. relationship with their only son, Tony (Eddie Redmayne). "I was very interested in this story," says Moore, 47. "It's a really classic tragedy of a family destroying itself." Certainly, Baekeland is another in a long line of women on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of a nervous breakdown nervous breakdown n. A severe or incapacitating emotional disorder, especially when occurring suddenly and marked by depression. nervous breakdown played by Moore. "Barbara has a history of depression and several suicide attempts," she says. "Her father committed suicide, her brother committed suicide and she was probably manic-depressive. Tony was a diagnosed schizophrenic, so clearly there was a tremendous amount of mental illness in the family, as well as drug use and excessive wealth - you name it!" If one thing will cause controversy, though, it is the final third when Barbara and her son enter into an incestuous in·ces·tu·ous adj. 1. Of, involving, or suggestive of incest. 2. Having committed incest. relationship culminating in a jaw-dropping finale. "Obviously you do have some trepidation about that kind of stuff," Julianne concedes. "But it's not being celebrated. This is presented as a tragedy." In person, Julianne is far removed from the troubled souls she plays on screen. Married for the past five years to 38-year-old writer-director Bart Freundlich - whom she met on 1997's The Myth Of Fingerprints - they have two children, Caleb, 10, and Liv, six. "I have a very, very normal life," Moore smiles. "I really do - with the exception of being very lucky and privileged. I have two children, a dog and a husband. We live in New York, the kids go to school and we're fortunate that we have flexible schedules. I like that. That's what I want." Last year, Julianne published her first children's book, Freckleface Strawberry, with another planned for next year. Part of this desire for a stable domestic life stems from her own childhood. Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina Fayetteville is a city located in Cumberland County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 121,015. It is the county seat of Cumberland County GR6, and is best known as the home of Fort Bragg, a U.S. , she grew up in such far-flung places as Alaska, Paris and Panama. Her Vietnam vet father, Peter, was a military judge, a role that forced his family to move some 23 times. "It makes you more adaptable," she says. "When you are not from anywhere, you are always trying to fit in." As it happens, Moore has Scottish roots. Her mother Anne, a psychiatric social worker, originates from Greenock. "I grew up with a mother who would tell us all the time that we weren't American," she recalls. "And she didn't get her US citizenship until I was seven. She's totally Scottish." Julianne studied drama at the School Of The Performing Arts at Boston University, before moving on to TV, theatre and film work. Her next project will be Blindness, directed by Brazilian Fernando Meirelles, who made City of God. In it, she plays the wife of a doctor (Mark Ruffalo) in a city where almost every inhabitant INHABITANT. One who has his domicil in a place is an inhabitant of that place; one who has an actual fixed residence in a place. 2. A mere intention to remove to a place will not make a man an inhabitant of such place, although as a sign of such intention he loses their sight. It's yet another bleak tale featuring murder, rape and other sexual deviancies. This may be just another day at the office for Moore, but the actress wants to leave a legacy of classy movies for her kids to see one day. "When they grow up and they see my movies, they'll know I did something I cared about," she says. Savage Grace is released today. Mental illness, drug use and excessive wealth. You name it, this film has it CAPTION(S): ALL SMILES: With hubby Bart; TRAGEDY: Savage Grace with Stephen Dillane; VALIANT: Julianne relishes tough roles |
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