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Carrie Anne Moss Profile |
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Birth Date: August 21, 1967
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Birth Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Birth Name: Carrie-Anne Moss
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Height: 5'9"
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Biography |
Carrie-Anne Moss hails from Vancouver, Canada, and was born
August 21, 1967. The youngest of 2 siblings and named after
the Hollies' hit 1967 song, "Carrie-Anne," the striking
beauty was raised on the Canadian West Coast by her single
mother, Barbara.
Carrie-Anne always wanted to pursue acting, and at age 11
she made her acting debut in the Vancouver children's
musical theater. Her high school years were spent at Magee
Secondary School, where she toured Europe with the school
choir.
After working as a waitress in Vancouver and model in
Toronto, Carrie-Anne became the first member of her family
to leave Canada, and set off to Europe at the age of 20 to
pursue modeling.
Posing for cameras as a model took her from Europe to Japan
and back, and eventually led to her first break in acting; a
role in the CBS television series Dark Justice in 1991,
filmed in Barcelona.
She returned to the US when the show relocated to LA, which
in turn opened more doors for the porcelain-skin actress,
one of which was a role in Outward Bound, at the Hudson
Theater. After her stint on Dark Justice, Carrie-Anne
studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
In 1992, Carrie-Anne appeared in TV's Nightmare Café,
Forever Knight, and Street Justice, Silk Stalkings, L.A.
Law, The Matrix (which had no relation to the hit movie),
and Baywatch in the next couple of years.
The small appearances on TV shows finally led to a role on a
Spelling television production, the drama Models Inc. in
1994, also starring Garcelle Beauvais. Following the
short-lived series, Carrie-Anne was still waiting for her
big break, especially after small roles in films like The
Soft Kill (in which she had a topless scene), Terrified,
co-starring Heather Graham, Sabotage, Lethal Tender, and The
Secret Life of Algernon.
In 1996, she gave television another try when she was cast
in F/X: The Series for a season.
Finally, after six auditions for a little sci-fi film called
The Matrix, Carrie-Anne proved to the film's directors that
she could undergo the grueling physical work for the film,
and was the perfect face and talent for the role. Once
audiences laid eyes on Carrie-Anne as Trinity -- latex
catsuit and all -- in 1999's The Matrix, it was clear the
world had a new sci-fi cyber woman to fulfill every
moviegoer's fantasy.
Named Best Actress in a Leading Role with a Golden State
Award for The Matrix, Carrie-Anne expanded her film roles in
projects like The Crew, Memento, Red Planet, and the
critically-acclaimed Chocolat, in which she portrayed a
frigid woman living in a French provincial town. And all
these roles were in the year 2000.
International audiences are counting down the days until the
rest of The Matrix trilogy arrives to the screen. The next
installment will be released in 2003, and is entitled The
Matrix Reloaded.
The chemistry between Trinity and Neo was not all fiction;
Carrie-Anne and Keanu Reeves have dated. The graceful
actress is now married to actor Steve Roy. |
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Other
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Attended high school with Gil Bellows.
Her husband, Steven Roy, is an actor.
Was a character in a television show also named "Matrix"
(1993).
Has starred with each of the three main actors from The
Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) in
separate films: Hugo Weaving in The Matrix (1999), Guy
Pearce in Memento (2000) and Terence Stamp in Red Planet
(2000).
Recommended Joe Pantoliano for Memento (2000)
Was named after The Hollies' 1967 song "Carrie Anne", which
was on the charts when she was born.
Gave birth to her first child, a son Owen, in September
2003.
Appeared in three movies with Joe Pantoliano within the
space of two years: The Matrix (1999), New Blood (1999) and
Memento (2000).
Favourite drink is coffee (lots of cream, but no sugar)
Best friend is actress Maria Bello.
Meredith Brooks is a close friend
Bears a slight resemblance to fellow Canadian k.d. lang.
She's godmother of Maria Bello's son Jack
Maria Bello is the godmother of her first son
Her second child and second son was born in November 2005.
She has two sons. Her eldest son is called Owen. She has
never released the name of her second son.
Toured Europe with her high school choir.
Has been good friends with Jada Pinkett-Smith since the
filming of The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and The Matrix
Revolutions (2003).
Daughter of Barbara Moss.
Has an older brother named Brooke Moss. |
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