Elisabeth Moss

Elisabeth Moss

Acting
Born Jul 24, 1982
From Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Known For

Filmography — Acting

Girl, Interrupted
7.6
1999

Girl, Interrupted

Polly

Us
7.0
2019

Us

Kitty Tyler / Dahlia

The Invisible Man
7.1
2020

The Invisible Man

Cecilia Kass

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
7.0
2021

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

Alumna

The Square
6.8
2017

The Square

Anne

High-Rise
5.6
2015

High-Rise

Helen Wilder

The Kitchen
6.1
2019

The Kitchen

Claire Walsh

Get Him to the Greek
6.0
2010

Get Him to the Greek

Daphne Binks

The Missing
6.3
2003

The Missing

Anne

On the Road
5.6
2012

On the Road

Galatea Dunkel / Helen Hinkle

The Seagull
5.4
2018

The Seagull

Masha

Next Goal Wins
6.4
2023

Next Goal Wins

Gail

Light of My Life
6.5
2019

Light of My Life

Mom

Truth
6.5
2015

Truth

Lucy Scott

Shell
5.1
2025

Shell

Samantha Lake

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
6.7
2011

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

Arisia Rrab (voice)

Shirley
6.1
2020

Shirley

Shirley Jackson

Mumford
6.5
1999

Mumford

Katie Brockett

Chuck
6.2
2017

Chuck

Phyllis Wepner

Anywhere but Here
6.1
1999

Anywhere but Here

Rachel

Did You Hear About the Morgans?
5.4
2009

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

Jackie Drake

The Old Man & the Gun
6.4
2018

The Old Man & the Gun

Dorothy

Her Smell
5.8
2019

Her Smell

Becky Something

The One I Love
6.9
2014

The One I Love

Sophie

The Last Supper
6.5
1995

The Last Supper

Jenny Tyler

Once Upon a Forest
6.6
1993

Once Upon a Forest

Michelle (voice)

Day Zero
4.9
2007

Day Zero

Patricia

Meadowland
5.8
2015

Meadowland

Shannon

A Thousand Acres
5.7
1997

A Thousand Acres

Linda

Gypsy
6.2
1993

Gypsy

'Baby' Louise Hovick

Darling Companion
5.0
2012

Darling Companion

Grace

Suburban Commando
4.7
1991

Suburban Commando

Little Girl

The Attic
3.9
2006

The Attic

Emma Callan

Escape to Witch Mountain
5.4
1995

Escape to Witch Mountain

Anna

The Free World
6.1
2016

The Free World

Doris Long

Separate Lives
4.7
1995

Separate Lives

Ronni Beckwith

Listen Up Philip
5.9
2014

Listen Up Philip

Ashley

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
7.9
2020

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

Self

Tokyo Project
6.3
2017

Tokyo Project

Claire

Prison Stories: Women on the Inside
3.2
1991

Prison Stories: Women on the Inside

Little Molly

Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge
6.6
1995

Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge

Early Teen Ashley Judd

Bar Girls
1990

Bar Girls

Robin

Queen of Earth
6.0
2015

Queen of Earth

Catherine Hewitt

Frosty Returns
5.6
1992

Frosty Returns

Holly (voice)

Mad to Be Normal
5.9
2017

Mad to Be Normal

Angie Wood

Midnight's Child
4.4
1992

Midnight's Child

Christina Cowan

Imaginary Crimes
6.2
1994

Imaginary Crimes

Greta

West of Here
2.0
2002

West of Here

Cherise

El Camino
3.0
2008

El Camino

Lily

Spirit
6.2
2001

Spirit

Kelly O'Conner

The Joyriders
4.5
1999

The Joyriders

Jodi

Virgin
4.4
2003

Virgin

Jessie Reynolds

Heart of America
4.9
2003

Heart of America

Robin Walters

The Pack
2011

The Pack

Diana Whelan

7.0
2008

New Orleans, Mon Amour

Hyde

Last Night at the Lobster

Earthly Possessions
5.9
1999

Earthly Possessions

Mindy

A Buddy Story
2010

A Buddy Story

Susan

Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
6.8
2019

Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power

Self - Actress

Temptation
5.3
2003

Temptation

Wind/Morgan

Amber Light

A Letter from Rose Kennedy

A Letter from Rose Kennedy

Rosemary Kennedy

Angelmaker
1998

Angelmaker

Little Turcott

They Never Found Her
2007

They Never Found Her

Anna

It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown!
6.5
1996

It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown!

Girl Player (voice)

Mrs. March

Mrs. March

She Will Rise

Katie Hill

Recycle Rex
5.4
1993

Recycle Rex

Turbo (voice)

2013

From the Bottom of the Lake

herself

Honored
3.0
2007

Honored

Katie

Bittersweet Place
7.0
2005

Bittersweet Place

Paulie Schaffer

The Invisible Man 2

Cecilia Kass

On the Nature of Daylight
8.0
2018

On the Nature of Daylight

Director’s Journal: Making The Invisible Man
2020

Director’s Journal: Making The Invisible Man

Self

Filmography — Crew