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Elisabeth Moss

Elisabeth Moss, American actress

Born
July 24, 1982
Age in 2026
44
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1982

About Elisabeth Moss

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 became known for portraying Peggy Olson in the AMC series Mad Men (2007–2015) and June Osborne in the Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale (2017–2025), which she also produced. She has also starred in the BBC miniseries Top of the Lake (2013), the Apple TV+ series Shining Girls (2022) and the FX on Hulu series The Veil (2024). In film, Moss has held 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, Moss 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). In his review, Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter declared, "No single actor in the past 25 years has a more reliable television track record than Elisabeth Moss". Moss's first screen role was in 1990, when she appeared in the NBC miniseries Lucky/Chances. In 2014, Moss starred in the independent film Listen Up Philip (2014), her first collaboration with writer-director Alex Ross Perry. 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.

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Elisabeth Moss timeline

  1. Moss's first screen role was in 1990, when she appeared in the NBC miniseries Lucky/Chances.
  2. 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.
  3. In 2014, Moss starred in the independent film Listen Up Philip (2014), her first collaboration with writer-director Alex Ross Perry.

The world when Elisabeth Moss was born

Elisabeth Moss was born in 1982. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1982

  • #1 song"Physical" – Olivia Newton-John
  • Top movieE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Top TV showDallas
  • Best-selling bookThe Color Purple – Alice Walker

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentItaly wins the FIFA World Cup in Spain
  • Top headlineFalklands War between UK and Argentina
  • Technology milestoneCompact disc (CD) released commercially
  • Defining fadValley Girl speak
  • Notable inventionCompact disc (CD)
  • World population4.61 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRonald Reagan
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • Also wonLos Angeles Lakers (NBA)
  • U.S. population231.7M

1982 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Elisabeth Moss's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19822026
Gas$1.22$3.45/gal
Average home$67,800$435,000
Average income$23,433$67,500
Minimum wage$3.35$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$2.94$11.95
Postage stamp$0.20$0.73
Population231.7M341 million

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