Elisabeth Moss

Biography

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

Grey's Anatomy

The Simpsons

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Daily Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

All Movies (77)

• Shell2025 · as Samantha Lake
• Next Goal Wins2023 · as Gail
• The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun2021 · as Alumna
• A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote2020 · as Self
• Shirley2020 · as Shirley Jackson
• Director’s Journal: Making The Invisible Man2020 · as Self
• The Invisible Man2020 · as Cecilia Kass
• Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power2019 · as Self - Actress
• Light of My Life2019 · as Mom
• The Kitchen2019 · as Claire Walsh
• Her Smell2019 · as Becky Something
• Us2019 · as Kitty Tyler / Dahlia
• The Old Man & the Gun2018 · as Dorothy
• On the Nature of Daylight2018
• The Seagull2018 · as Masha
• The Square2017 · as Anne
• Chuck2017 · as Phyllis Wepner
• Tokyo Project2017 · as Claire
• Mad to Be Normal2017 · as Angie Wood
• The Free World2016 · as Doris Long
• High-Rise2015 · as Helen Wilder
• Truth2015 · as Lucy Scott
• Meadowland2015 · as Shannon
• Queen of Earth2015 · as Catherine Hewitt
• Listen Up Philip2014 · as Ashley
• The One I Love2014 · as Sophie
• From the Bottom of the Lake2013 · as herself
• On the Road2012 · as Galatea Dunkel / Helen Hinkle
• Darling Companion2012 · as Grace
• The Pack2011 · as Diana Whelan
• Green Lantern: Emerald Knights2011 · as Arisia (voice)
• Get Him to the Greek2010 · as Daphne Binks
• A Buddy Story2010 · as Susan
• Did You Hear About the Morgans?2009 · as Jackie Drake
• Fear Itself: Eater2008 · as Danny Bannerman
• Establishing Mad Men2008 · as Self
• New Orleans, Mon Amour2008 · as Hyde
• El Camino2008 · as Lily
• Honored2007 · as Katie
• Day Zero2007 · as Patricia
• They Never Found Her2007 · as Anna
• The Making of 'Mad Men'2007 · as Self
• The Attic2006 · as Emma Callan
• Bittersweet Place2005 · as Paulie Schaffer
• The Missing2003 · as Anne
• Virgin2003 · as Jessie Reynolds
• Temptation2003 · as Wind/Morgan
• Heart of America2003 · as Robin Walters
• West of Here2002 · as Cherise
• Spirit2001 · as Kelly O'Conner
• Earthly Possessions1999 · as Mindy
• Girl, Interrupted1999 · as Polly
• Anywhere but Here1999 · as Rachel
• Mumford1999 · as Katie Brockett
• The Joyriders1999 · as Jodi
• Angelmaker1998 · as Little Turcott
• A Thousand Acres1997 · as Linda
• It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown!1996 · as Girl Player (voice)
• Separate Lives1995 · as Ronni Beckwith
• The Last Supper1995 · as Jenny Tyler
• Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge1995 · as Early Teen Ashley Judd
• Escape to Witch Mountain1995 · as Anna
• Imaginary Crimes1994 · as Greta
• Gypsy1994 · as 'Baby' Louise Hovick
• Once Upon a Forest1993 · as Michelle (voice)
• Recycle Rex1993 · as Turbo (voice)
• Frosty Returns1992 · as Holly (voice)
• Midnight's Child1992 · as Christina Cowan
• Suburban Commando1991 · as Little Girl
• Prison Stories: Women on the Inside1991 · as Little Molly
• Bar Girls1990 · as Robin
• Amber Light—
• Last Night at the Lobster—
• A Letter from Rose Kennedy— · as Rosemary Kennedy
• Mrs. March—
• She Will Rise— · as Katie Hill
• The Invisible Man 2— · as Cecilia Kass

All TV Shows (46)

• The Testaments2026 · as June Osborne
• Imperfect Women2026 · as Mary
• The Veil2024 · as Imogen Salter
• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022 · as Self
• Shining Girls2022 · as Kirby Mazrachi
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• The Handmaid's Tale2017 · as June Osborne / Offred / Ofjoseph
• Chelsea2016 · as Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
• Top of the Lake2013 · as Det. Robin Griffin
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Fear Itself2008 · as Danny Bannerman
• Mad Men2007 · as Peggy Olson
• El hormiguero2006 · as Self - Guest
• Ghost Whisperer2005 · as Nikki Drake
• Invasion2005 · as Christina
• Grey's Anatomy2005 · as Nina Rogerson
• Law & Order: Trial by Jury2005 · as Katie Nevins
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• Medium2005 · as Jennie / Haley Heffernan
• Project Runway2004 · as Self - Guest Judge
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Rebecca Colemar
• The West Wing1999 · as Zoey Bartlet
• Hollywood Squares1998 · as Self - Panelist
• The View1997 · as Self - Guest
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Practice1997 · as Jessica Palmer
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Freakazoid!1995 · as Kathy / Additional Voices (voice)
• Animaniacs1993 · as Katrina (voice)
• Picket Fences1992 · as Cynthia Parks
• Batman: The Animated Series1992 · as Kimmy Ventrix (voice)
• MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self - Presenter
• Lucky Chances1990 · as Lucky - Age 6
• The Simpsons1989 · as Gretchen (voice)
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Audience Member
• Conviction— · as Neve Harper