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Elisabeth Singleton Moss (born July 24, 1982) is an American actor, director, and producer. She has received several accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a nomination for a Tony Award. Moss began acting in the early 1990s and received attention for playing Zoey Bartlet in the NBC series The West Wing (1999–2006). She gained wide recognition for her portrayal of Peggy Olson, a secretary-turned-copywriter, in the AMC series Mad Men (2007–2015). She then won a Golden Globe for the BBC miniseries Top of the Lake (2013) and two Primetime Emmys for starring as June Osborne in the Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale (2017–2025), which she also produced. She also acted in the Apple TV+ series Shining Girls (2022) and the FX on Hulu series The Veil (2024). Moss's film credits include supporting roles in Girl, Interrupted (1999), The Seagull (2018), Us (2019), and The French Dispatch (2021), and starring roles in The One I Love (2014), The Square (2017), The Invisible Man (2020) for which she was nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Actress, and Shirley (2020). She has also starred in three films by Alex Ross Perry: Listen Up Philip (2014), Queen of Earth (2016), and Her Smell (2018). On stage, she starred in the Broadway revivals of David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow (2008) and Wendy Wasserstein's The Heidi Chronicles (2015), the latter earning her a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play nomination. She made her West End debut in a production of Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour (2011).

Quick facts about Elisabeth Moss

  • Full name: Elisabeth Moss
  • Born: 1982-07-24
  • Nationality: United States
  • Known as: Actor
  • Wikidata ID: Q233466

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Who is Elisabeth Moss?

Elisabeth Singleton Moss (born July 24, 1982) is an American actor, director, and producer.

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Elisabeth Moss is United States.

When was Elisabeth Moss born?

Elisabeth Moss was born on 1982-07-24.

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