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Elisabeth Moss

Elisabeth Moss

Acting

Born: July 24, 1982Los 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
Shell

Shell

Samantha Lake

2025
Next Goal Wins

Next Goal Wins

Gail

2023
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

Alumna

2021
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

Self

2020
Shirley

Shirley

Shirley Jackson

2020
Director’s Journal: Making The Invisible Man

Director’s Journal: Making The Invisible Man

Self

2020
The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man

Cecilia Kass

2020
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power

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

Self - Actress

2019
Light of My Life

Light of My Life

Mom

2019
The Kitchen

The Kitchen

Claire Walsh

2019
Her Smell

Her Smell

Becky Something

2019
Us

Us

Kitty Tyler / Dahlia

2019
The Old Man & the Gun

The Old Man & the Gun

Dorothy

2018
On the Nature of Daylight

On the Nature of Daylight

2018
The Seagull

The Seagull

Masha

2018
The Square

The Square

Anne

2017
Chuck

Chuck

Phyllis Wepner

2017
Tokyo Project

Tokyo Project

Claire

2017
Mad to Be Normal

Mad to Be Normal

Angie Wood

2017
The Free World

The Free World

Doris Long

2016
High-Rise

High-Rise

Helen Wilder

2015
Meadowland

Meadowland

Shannon

2015
Truth

Truth

Lucy Scott

2015
Queen of Earth

Queen of Earth

Catherine Hewitt

2015
Listen Up Philip

Listen Up Philip

Ashley

2014
The One I Love

The One I Love

Sophie

2014

From the Bottom of the Lake

herself

2013
On the Road

On the Road

Galatea Dunkel / Helen Hinkle

2012
Darling Companion

Darling Companion

Grace

2012
The Pack

The Pack

Diana Whelan

2011
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

Arisia Rrab (voice)

2011
Get Him to the Greek

Get Him to the Greek

Daphne Binks

2010
A Buddy Story

A Buddy Story

Susan

2010
Did You Hear About the Morgans?

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

Jackie Drake

2009

New Orleans, Mon Amour

Hyde

2008
El Camino

El Camino

Lily

2008
Honored

Honored

Katie

2007
Day Zero

Day Zero

Patricia

2007
They Never Found Her

They Never Found Her

Anna

2007
The Attic

The Attic

Emma Callan

2006
Bittersweet Place

Bittersweet Place

Paulie Schaffer

2005
The Missing

The Missing

Anne

2003
Virgin

Virgin

Jessie Reynolds

2003
Temptation

Temptation

Wind/Morgan

2003
Heart of America

Heart of America

Robin Walters

2003
West of Here

West of Here

Cherise

2002
Spirit

Spirit

Kelly O'Conner

2001
Earthly Possessions

Earthly Possessions

Mindy

1999
Girl, Interrupted

Girl, Interrupted

Polly

1999
Anywhere but Here

Anywhere but Here

Rachel

1999
Mumford

Mumford

Katie Brockett

1999
The Joyriders

The Joyriders

Jodi

1999
Angelmaker

Angelmaker

Little Turcott

1998
A Thousand Acres

A Thousand Acres

Linda

1997
It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown!

It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown!

Girl Player (voice)

1996
The Last Supper

The Last Supper

Jenny Tyler

1995
Separate Lives

Separate Lives

Ronni Beckwith

1995
Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge

Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge

Early Teen Ashley Judd

1995
Escape to Witch Mountain

Escape to Witch Mountain

Anna

1995
Imaginary Crimes

Imaginary Crimes

Greta

1994
Gypsy

Gypsy

'Baby' Louise Hovick

1993
Frosty Returns

Frosty Returns

Holly (voice)

1993
Once Upon a Forest

Once Upon a Forest

Michelle (voice)

1993
Recycle Rex

Recycle Rex

Turbo (voice)

1993
Midnight's Child

Midnight's Child

Christina Cowan

1992
Suburban Commando

Suburban Commando

Little Girl

1991
Prison Stories: Women on the Inside

Prison Stories: Women on the Inside

Little Molly

1991
Bar Girls

Bar Girls

Robin

1990