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Carrie-Anne Moss - Biography |
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Carrie-Anne Moss (born August 21,
1967) is a Canadian actress known for her roles in The Matrix trilogy,
Memento, and Chocolat.
Carrie-Anne Moss was born in Burnaby, British Columbia. She has an older
brother, Brooke. Moss' mother Barbara named her for The Hollies' 1967 hit
song, "Carrie Anne." Moss lived with her mother in Vancouver as a child.
At the age of 11, she joined the Vancouver children's musical theatre and
later went on to tour Europe with the Magee Secondary School Choir in her
senior year; one of her classmates was Gil Bellows. She enrolled at the
American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena upon her return. In 1985,
she left Vancouver for Toronto and became a model. This career took her to
Japan and Spain in the late 1980s.
While in Spain, she landed a role in the drama series Dark Justice, her
first television appearance. She moved from Barcelona to Los Angeles,
California with the series in 1992. She starred in FOX's short-lived
primetime soap opera Models Inc., a spin-off of Melrose Place, as one of
the models. Her big breakthrough came when she was chosen to play the
latex-clad hacker Trinity in the 1999 box office success The Matrix. She
reprised the role of Trinity in two sequels as well as providing
voice-overs for video game and animated spin-offs of the film.
Coincidentally, she had previously co-starred in an unrelated
made-in-Canada television series also entitled Matrix.
Following the release of the The Matrix, Moss starred opposite Burt
Reynolds and Richard Dreyfuss in the Disney mobster comedy The Crew for
producers Barry Sonnenfeld and Barry Josephson. She then starred with Val
Kilmer in Red Planet for Warner Bros. for producer Mark Canton, and next
co-starred opposite Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, and Dame Judi Dench in
Miramax's Oscar-nominated film Chocolat for director Lasse Hallström and
producer David Brown. Next, she starred with Guy Pearce in the critically
acclaimed independent thriller Memento for which Moss earned an
Independent Spirit Award for her performance. She is voicing the character
Aria in Mass Effect 2.
Moss married fellow actor Steven Roy in 1999. They have two sons, born in
2003, 2005, and a daughter in 2009. Moss has refused to reveal the names
of her children in public in order to protect their privacy. Actress Maria
Bello is the godmother of Moss' older son.
She is vegan |
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Carrie-Anne Moss - Personal Quotes |
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"After The Matrix (1999), I
cannot wear sunglasses. As soon as I put them on, people recognize
me".
"I won't play another character like her [Trinity], out of respect
to her and out of respect to the film. I wouldn't play a
leather-clad kicking butt girl. It just wouldn't make any sense to
me. It would be like cheating. It wouldn't be right … I'm not sad
that it's over. I completed it. It was a really intense, awesome
experience and I feel I completed it. So I'm happy to be moving on
to other things." |
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Carrie-Anne Moss - Filmography |
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Mass Effect 2 (2010) (VG)
(voice) .... Aria T'Loak
Unthinkable (2010) .... Agent Helen Brody
Love Hurts (2009/I) .... Amanda Bingham
Pretty/Handsome (2008) (TV) .... Elizabeth Fitzpayne
Fireflies in the Garden (2008) (as Carrie Anne Moss) .... Kelly
Hanson
Normal (2007) .... Catherine
Disturbia (2007) .... Julie
Suspect (2007) (TV) .... Lt. Chivers
Fido (2006) .... Helen Robinson
Mini's First Time (2006) .... Diane Droggs Tennan
Snow Cake (2006) .... Maggie
The Chumscrubber (2005) .... Jerri Falls
... aka Glück in kleinen Dosen (Germany)
Suspect Zero (2004) .... Fran Kulok
... aka Suspect 0 (Philippines: English title)
The Matrix Revolutions (2003) .... Trinity
... aka The Matrix Revolutions: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX
version (promotional title))
Kid's Story (2003) (voice) .... Trinity
... aka The Animatrix: Kid's Story (USA: series title)
Enter the Matrix (2003) (VG) (voice) .... Trinity
The Matrix Reloaded (2003) .... Trinity
... aka The Matrix Reloaded: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version
(promotional title))
A Detective Story (2003) (voice) .... Trinity
... aka The Animatrix: A Detective Story (USA: series title)
The Animatrix (2003) (voice) .... Trinity (segments "Kid's Story"
and "A Detective Story")
Chocolat (2000) .... Caroline Clairmont
Red Planet (2000) .... Cmdr. Kate Bowman
Memento (2000) .... Natalie
The Crew (2000/I) .... Detective Olivia Neal
The Matrix (1999) .... Trinity
New Blood (1999) .... Leigh
"F/X: The Series" .... Lucinda Scott (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
- Flashback (1997) TV episode .... Lucinda Scott
- Script Doctor (1997) TV episode .... Lucinda Scott
- Medea (1997) TV episode .... Lucinda Scott
- Shivaree (1996) TV episode .... Lucinda Scott
- Supernote (1996) TV episode .... Lucinda Scott
(7 more)
"Viper" .... Stacy Taylor (1 episode, 1997)
- Triple Cross (1997) TV episode .... Stacy Taylor
Lethal Tender (1997) (as Carrie-Ann Moss) .... Melissa Wilkins
... aka Deadly Currents
The Secret Life of Algernon (1997) .... Madge Clerisy
Sabotage (1996) .... Louise Castle
"Spider-Man" .... Additional Voices (2 episodes, 1996)
- Sins of the Fathers Chapter 3: Attack of the Octobot (1996) TV
episode (voice) .... Additional Voices
- Sins of the Fathers Chapter 2: Make a Wish (1996) TV episode
(voice) .... Additional Voices
"Due South" .... Irene Zuko (1 episode, 1996)
... aka Direction: Sud (Canada: French title)
- Juliet Is Bleeding (1996) TV episode .... Irene Zuko
364 Girls a Year (1996)
... aka The Last Bachelor
"Nowhere Man" .... Karin Stoltz (1 episode, 1995)
- Something About Her (1995) TV episode .... Karin Stoltz
"Models Inc." .... Carrie Spencer (29 episodes, 1994-1995)
- Sometimes a Great Commotion (1995) TV episode .... Carrie Spencer
- Exposure (1995) TV episode .... Carrie Spencer
- By Crook or by Hook (1995) TV episode .... Carrie Spencer
- Adam's Family Values (1995) TV episode .... Carrie Spencer
- Really Big Problems (1995) TV episode .... Carrie Spencer
(24 more)
Toughguy (1995) .... Tracy
... aka Evil Never Sleeps (UK: DVD title)
... aka Terrified
Flashfire (1994) .... Meredith Neal
... aka August Fires (USA: TV title)
"Baywatch" .... Gwen Brown / ... (1 episode, 1994)
... aka Baywatch Hawaii (USA: new title)
- Mirror, Mirror (1994) TV episode .... Gwen Brown / Mattie Brown
The Soft Kill (1994) .... Jane Tanner
"L.A. Law" .... Woman Driving the Jeep (1 episode, 1993)
- Pacific Rimshot (1993) TV episode .... Woman Driving the Jeep
"Silk Stalkings" .... Lana Bannon / ... (1 episode, 1993)
- The Perfect Alibi (1993) TV episode .... Lisa/Lana Bannon
"Matrix" .... Liz Teel (13 episodes, 1993)
- The Yellow Chamber (1993) TV episode .... Liz Teel
- Lapses in Memory (1993) TV episode .... Liz Teel
- Shadows from the Past (1993) TV episode .... Liz Teel
- Conviction of His Courage (1993) TV episode .... Liz Teel
- Love Kills (1993) TV episode .... Liz Teel
(8 more)
"Dark Justice" .... Tara McDonald (6 episodes, 1991-1993)
... aka Justicia ciega (Spain)
... aka Quan es fa fosc (Spain: Catalan title: first season title)
- Suitable for Framing (1993) TV episode .... Tara McDonald
- Diplomatic Immunity (1991) TV episode .... Tara McDonald
- Playing the Odds (1991) TV episode (as Carrie Anne Moss) .... Tara
McDonald
- Forbes for the Defense (1991) TV episode (as Carrie Anne Moss)
.... Tara McDonald
- Brother Mine (1991) TV episode .... Tara McDonald
(1 more)
"Street Justice" .... Jennifer (2 episodes, 1991-1993)
- A Sense of Duty (1993) TV episode .... Jennifer
- Kid Stuff (1991) TV episode (as Carrie Ann Moss) .... Jennifer
Doorways (1993) (TV)
"Forever Knight" .... Monica Howard (1 episode, 1992)
... aka Nick Knight - Der Vampircop (Germany)
- Feeding the Beast (1992) TV episode .... Monica Howard
"The Hat Squad" (1 episode, 1992)
- Phoenix Rising (1992) TV episode
"Down the Shore" .... Nancy (1 episode, 1992)
- Atlantic City (1992) TV episode .... Nancy
"Nightmare Cafe" .... Amanda (1 episode, 1992)
- Nightmare Cafe (1992) TV episode .... Amanda
"The Hitchhiker" .... Lookalike (1 episode, 1989)
... aka Deadly Nightmares (UK: video compilation title)
... aka Le voyageur (France)
- My Enemy (1989) TV episode .... Lookalike |
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Carrie-Anne Moss - Related Links |
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