Carrie-Anne Moss

Carrie-Anne Moss
Moss at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Carrie-Anne Moss August 21, 1967 Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1989–present
Spouse(s)	Steven Roy (1999–present)
Children	Owen, Kaden, Frances

Carrie-Anne Moss (born August 21, 1967) is a Canadian actress, best known for her role of Trinity in The Matrix trilogy of films beginning with the sci-fi action film The Matrix (1999), her breakthrough film. She has starred in the neo-noir-psychological thriller film Memento, directed by Christopher Nolan, the sci-fi thriller Red Planet, and the romantic drama Chocolat (all 2000), the indie drama Snow Cake (2006), the Hitchcockian mystery horror-thriller film Disturbia (2007) and the controversial suspense thriller Unthinkable (2010). Moss stars as Jeri Hogarth in the Netflix series Jessica Jones and reprised the role in Daredevil.

Early life

Carrie-Anne Moss was born in Burnaby, British Columbia, to Melvyn and Barbara Moss. She has an older brother, Brooke. Moss' mother reportedly named her after The Hollies' 1967 hit song, "Carrie Anne", which had been released in May that year. Moss lived with her mother in Vancouver as a child.^[1] 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.

Career

While in Spain, Moss 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 enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena upon her return. She starred in Fox's short-lived prime time soap opera Models Inc., a spin-off of Melrose Place, as a model.

Her breakthrough role came when she was chosen to play Trinity in the 1999 box office success The Matrix. She reprised the role in two sequels The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, as well as providing voiceovers 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.^[2]

Following the release of The Matrix, Moss starred opposite Burt Reynolds and Richard Dreyfuss in the Disney mobster comedy The Crew. She starred with Val Kilmer in Red Planet for Warner Bros. She next appeared in Miramax's Oscar-nominated film Chocolat. She then starred with Guy Pearce in the thriller Memento for which Moss earned an Independent Spirit Award for her performance. In 2006 she appeared in Fido and Snow Cake, and in 2007 she appeared in the thriller Disturbia. She voiced the character Aria in Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3.

Moss plays Jeri Hogarth in the Netflix TV series based on the Marvel Comics character Jessica Jones. The show was released in November, 2015 to positive critical reviews.

Personal life

Moss married actor Steven Roy in 1999. They have two sons and a daughter.^[3]

Filmography

Films

Moss in August 1999

List of films credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Soft Kill, TheThe Soft Kill	Jane Tanner
1994	Flashfire	Meredith Neal
1995	Terrified	Tracy	also known as Evil Never Sleeps and Toughguy
1996	Sabotage	Louise Castle
1997	Lethal Tender	Melissa Wilkins
1997	Secret Life of Algernon, TheThe Secret Life of Algernon	Madge Clerisy
1999	Matrix, TheThe Matrix	Trinity
1999	New Blood	Leigh
2000	Chocolat	Caroline Clairmont
2000	Red Planet	Cmdr. Kate Bowman
2000	Memento	Natalie
2000	Crew, TheThe Crew	Detective Olivia Neal
2003	Matrix Reloaded, TheThe Matrix Reloaded	Trinity
2003	Matrix Revolutions, TheThe Matrix Revolutions	Trinity
2003	Animatrix, TheThe Animatrix	Trinity	Voice only
2004	Suspect Zero	Fran Kulok
2005	Chumscrubber, TheThe Chumscrubber	Jerri Falls
2005	Sledge: The Untold Story	Herself/Girlfriend in movie
2006	Fido	Helen Robinson
2006	Snow Cake	Maggie
2006	Mini's First Time	Diane Droggs Tennan
2007	Disturbia	Julie Brecht
2007	Normal	Catherine
2008	Fireflies in the Garden	Kelly Hanson
2009	Love Hurts	Amanda Bingham
2010	Unthinkable	Agent Helen Brody
2012	Silent Hill: Revelation	Claudia Wolf
2012	Knife Fight	Penelope Nelson
2013	The Clockwork Girl	Admiral Wells	Voice
2013	Compulsion	Saffron
2014	Warriors' Dawn	Elena	Voice
2014	Pompeii	Aurelia
2014	Elephant Song	Olivia
2015	Pirate's Passage	Kerstin Hawkins	Voice
2015	Unity[4]	Narrator	Documentary
2015	Frankenstein	Marie
2016	Brain on Fire		Post-production[5]
2016	The Bye Bye Man		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991–1993	Dark Justice	Tara McDonald	9 episodes
1991	Street Justice	Jennifer	2 episodes
1992	Forever Knight	Monica Howard
1993	Matrix	Liz Teel	13 episodes
1993	Doorways	Laura	Unaired TV pilot
1993	Silk Stalkings	Lisa/Lanax Bannon
1994–1995	Models Inc.	Carrie Spencer	28 episodes
1994	Baywatch	Gwen Brown/Mattie Brown
1995	Nowhere Man	Karin Stoltz
1996–1997	F/X: The Series	Lucinda Scott	17 episodes
1996	Due South	Irene Zuko	Episode "Juliet is Bleeding"
2007	Suspect	Lt. Chivers	TV pilot
2008	Pretty/Handsome	Elizabeth Fitzpayne	TV pilot
2011	Normal	Ann Brown	TV pilot
2011–2012	Chuck	Gertrude Verbanski	4 episodes
2012–2013	Vegas	Katherine O'Connell	21 episodes
2014	Crossing Lines	Amanda Andrews	4 episodes
2015–present	Jessica Jones	Jeryn "Jeri" Hogarth	10 episodes
2016	Daredevil	Jeryn "Jeri" Hogarth	Episode: "A Cold Day in Hell's Kitchen"

Video games

Year	Title	Voice	Notes
2003	Enter the Matrix	Trinity	FMV, motion capture performance
2010	Mass Effect 2	Aria T'Loak
2012	Mass Effect 3	Aria T'Loak[6]

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1997	Due South	Gemini Award for Best Guest Actress in a Drama	Nominated
1999	The Matrix	Empire Award for Best Newcomer (tied with Damien O'Donnell)	Won
1999	The Matrix	MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Female Performance	Nominated
1999	The Matrix	Saturn Award for Best Actress	Nominated
2000	Chocolat	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Nominated
2000	Memento	Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female	Won
2000	Memento	Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
2003	Matrix Revolutions, TheThe Matrix Revolutions	Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress – Drama/Action Adventure	Nominated
2006	Fido	[[Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film]]	Won
2006	Snow Cake	Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role	Won

References

1. "Carrie-Anne Moss – Profile, Latest News and Related Articles". Eonline.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
2. "New 'Matrix'-Inspired One Sheet for 'Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D'". Bloody-disgusting.com. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
3. "Baby Boom". People magazine 60 (20). November 17, 2003. ISSN 0093-7673. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
4. Dave McNary (April 22, 2015). "Documentary ‘Unity’ Set for Aug. 12 Release with 100 Star Narrators". Variety. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
5. http://www.scannain.com/irish/brain-on-fire-preview#
6. Mass Effect 3 Voice Cast Revealed

External links

• Carrie-Anne Moss at the Internet Movie Database
• Carrie-Anne Moss at AllMovie
• Annapurna Living