BY CHARIS TORRANCEJulianne Moore has proven t
no matter what the role, she’ll put h
it. At 58 she’s still about choosing
speak to her – portrayals that cap
beauty and drama of an ordinar
scar winner Julianne Moore is known
for her unique beauty, her intelligence
and her uncanny ability to disappear into
roles. She can make the most complicated
characters sympathetic to audiences,
hether she’s playing a matriarchal porn
r or a ruthless dictator in a dystopian
re. She’s become Hollywood’s go-to gold
ulteress’: from her breakout performance
Short Cuts as the tequila-drinking artist
reaking her vows with Ralph Fiennes
ir to the ’50s housewife who falls for her
dener in Far from Heaven, Julianne has
made a career out of being unfaithful on screen. She also steals
a kiss from Toni Collette in The Hours, has an affair with
Alec Baldwin on 30 Rock, enjoys a romp with Amanda Seyfried
in Chloe and cheats in The Kids are All Right, Magnolia and
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
But at the end of the day, says Julianne, the ‘adulteress’
label is incidental. ‘Some people say, “You play happy people,”
and I’m like, “No.” Or, “You play people who have affairs,”
and I’m like, “No.” Or, “You play lesbians,” and I’m like,
“No!” I’ve made 50-something movies, so there’s a lot of
different people. I like really human stories.’
Julianne’s father, Peter, was a US paratrooper and her
Scottish-born mother, Anne, worked as a social worker.28 Fairlady/September 2019