Demi Moore
Biography
Born
Demetria Guynes in Roswell, NM, on November 11, 1962, Demi led a
troubled childhood. Her father left the family before she was born
and her mother married Danny Guynes, a newspaper ad salesman. His
unstable job forced the family to move more than 30 times during
Demi's adolescence, and whatever money he made was lost by gambling.
By the time she was 18, Demi's family had experienced divorce, poverty,
alcoholism, and suicide. Her stepfather committed suicide when she
was 15, around the time that she discovered that he was not her
biological father.
To add
to her less than positive upbringing, Demi had a cross-eyed condition,
which was finally corrected thanks to two operations. After her
surgery, Demi used her looks to earn some money modeling in Europe
(after dropping out of high school), and put her now trademark raspy
voice to work as a collection agent.
When
she was 18, Demi married rocker Freddy Moore, who is 12 years her
senior. The union lasted four years, and is what led her to pursue
an acting career. Demi and Freddy lived next door to actress Nastassja
Kinski, who inspired Demi to become an actress. Demi soon landed
her first role playing Jackie Templeton on the TV daytime drama
General Hospital. After appearing in a few unsuccessful films and
as Michael Caine's daughter in Blame It on Rio, Demi left General
Hospital in 1984.
Demi
became a member of the Brat Pack with a role in St. Elmo's Fire
in 1984. For a while, she played a dual role as a cocaine addict,
both on- and off-screen; she finally kicked the habit after receiving
an ultimatum from the film's director. The '80s were marked with
an engagement to Emilio Estevez, a marriage to Bruce Willis and
some more film roles, but none as memorable as her role in Ghost.
Demi
rose to the top of the box office after the commercial and critical
success of 1990's romantic tearjerker, Ghost. Her role in the courtroom
drama A Few Good Men (1992), co-starring heavy hitters Jack Nicholson
and Tom Cruise, secured her standing in Hollywood and made audiences
forgive her for her 1991 roles in Mortal Thoughts, Nothing But Trouble
and The Butcher's Wife.
In 1993,
Demi starred in Indecent Proposal, which garnered her an MTV Movie
Award for Best Onscreen Kiss (shared with Woody Harrelson). The
next year, she co-starred with Michael Douglas in Disclosure, in
which her physical assets were disclosed to audiences worldwide.
What followed were a string of box-office disappointments, with
The Scarlet Letter (1995), Now and Then (1995) and The Juror (1996).
The buzz and hype surrounding her controversial film Striptease
(1996) were the only reasons to flock to the theaters -- well, aside
from the fact that Demi was playing a stripper. This was the film
that placed Demi among the highest paid female actresses, with a
salary of $12.5 million.
After
her role in Striptease, Demi disappeared from the spotlight, only
to resurface with the lead role in G.I. Jane (1997) and a highly
publicized separation from her husband of 11 years, Bruce Willis
(in 1998), with whom she has three daughters, Rumer Glenn, Scout
LaRue and Tallulah Belle.
Demi's
time in the spotlight is also due to her behavior in the media.
She appeared nude in the '80s for the magazine Oui and twice on
the cover of Vanity Fair; once while seven months pregnant, and
a second time covered in body paint.
Demi
also appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman before the release
of Striptease, wearing nothing but a bikini and the "Top Ten"
list cards covering her, successfully disproving rumors that she
was too fat to appear in the movie. And just as the Demi-hype calmed
down in the media, she again proved to audiences that she was fit
enough to star as a Navy SEAL in G.I. Jane, by doing one-arm pushups
on the Late Show.
Demi
returned to the spotlight after a three-year hiatus, this time in
2000's Passion of Mind. After reprising her role as Esmeralda in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II in 2002 (by lending her voice) she
made her much-anticipated screen comeback as the villain in Charlie's
Angels: Full Throttle in 2003.
Demi
is currently dating Ashton Kutcher and working on Half Light and
The Magic 7, both due out later this year.
Demi Moore Filmography
The Magic 7 (2005) (TV)
(voice) .... U-Z-Onesa
Half Light (2005) .... Rachel Carson
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) .... Madison Lee
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002) (V) (voice) .... Esmeralda
Passion of Mind (2000) .... Marie/Martha 'Marty' Talmadge
Deconstructing Harry (1997) .... Helen/Harry's Character
G.I. Jane (1997) .... Lt. Jordan O'Neil
Destination Anywhere (1997) (V) .... Janie
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) (voice) .... Dallas Grimes
If These Walls Could Talk (1996) (TV) .... Claire Donnelly (segment
"1952")
Striptease (1996) .... Erin Grant
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) (voice) .... Esmeralda
The Juror (1996) .... Annie Laird
Now and Then (1995) .... Samantha
The Scarlet Letter (1995) .... Hester Prynne
Disclosure (1994) .... Meredith Johnson
Indecent Proposal (1993) .... Diana Murphy
A Few Good Men (1992) .... Lt. Cdr. JoAnne Galloway
The Butcher's Wife (1991) .... Marina Lemke
Mortal Thoughts (1991) .... Cynthia Kellogg
Nothing But Trouble (1991) .... Diane Lightson
Ghost (1990) .... Molly Jensen
We're No Angels (1989) .... Molly
The Seventh Sign (1988) .... Abby Quinn
The New Homeowner's Guide to Happiness (1988) (V)
Wisdom (1986) .... Karen Simmons
One Crazy Summer (1986) .... Cassandra Eldrich
About Last Night... (1986) .... Debbie Sullivan
St. Elmo's Fire (1985) .... Jules Jacoby
No Small Affair (1984) .... Laura
Blame It on Rio (1984) .... Nicole 'Nikki' Hollins
"General Hospital" (1963) TV Series .... Jackie Templeton
(1982-1983)
Young Doctors in Love (1982) (uncredited) .... New Intern
Parasite (1982) .... Patricia Welles
Choices (1981) .... Corri |
