Early life

Elisabeth Moss was born in 1982 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of musicians. She was first seen onscreen in 1990, when she appeared in the NBC miniseries Lucky/Chances.

Career

From 1992 until 1995, Moss appeared as Cynthia Parks in seven episodes of the TV series Picket Fences. She provided the voice of Holly DeCarlo, a main character in the TV special Frosty Returns (1992) and of Michelle in the animated film Once Upon a Forest (1993). She appeared in the television remake of the 1993 film Gypsy (2013) and played Harvey Keitel's younger daughter in the film Imaginary Crimes (1994). The following year, she appeared in the remake of the Walt Disney Pictures film Escape to Witch Mountain (1995) and played a young Ashley Judd in the TV-movie biopic Love Can Build A Bridge (1995).

From 1999 to 2006, she played Zoey Bartlet in 25 episodes of the White House TV drama The West Wing. In 1999, she had a supporting role as a patient in a mental institution in Girl, Interrupted, opposite Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie. That same year, she had a small role as Katie Brockett in the movie Mumford, playing the daughter of a woman with a shopping addiction.

Moss went on to do Heart of America and three other films in 2004. That year, she also made the movie Virgin, for which she was nominated for a 2004 Independent Spirit Award. She also appeared in the film Day Zero.

She had a role in the 2005-2006 science fiction series Invasion, and a 2007 episode of Grey's Anatomy entitled "My Favorite Mistake".

From 2007 to 2015, she played Peggy Olson, secretary-turned-copywriter in the AMC dramatic series Mad Men. In 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015, Moss was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. In 2010, she was nominated for the Outstanding Supporting Actress Emmy.

Moss made her Broadway début in October 2008, playing the role of Karen in the 20th Anniversary revival of Speed-the-Plow by David Mamet. She also starred in the 2008 horror film The Attic, and appeared in Did You Hear About the Morgans?, playing Sarah Jessica Parker's assistant. Moss's West End début was as Martha Dobie in Lillian Hellman's play The Children's Hour, which opened at The Comedy Theatre, London on January 22, 2011.

Moss played detective Robin Griffin in the 2013 Sundance Channel miniseries Top of the Lake, a co-production by the Sundance Channel, the UK's BBC Two and Australia's UKTV. It was written and directed by Oscar-winner Jane Campion. For her role, Moss received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film.

It was announced in June 2014 that Moss would join the cast of the upcoming film High-Rise directed by Ben Wheatley. It was released in the UK in March 2016.

In September 2014 it was announced that Moss would star on Broadway as Heidi Holland in The Heidi Chronicles. The play opened on March 19, 2015. Though the play received some positive reviews, it closed on May 3, 2015 due to low ticket sales. Moss was nominated for a Tony Award for her role.

In early 2016, she is due to star in Mad to be Normal, a biopic of the Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing.

Personal life

After meeting Fred Armisen in October 2008, they became engaged in January 2009, and married on October 25, 2009, in Long Island City, New York. They separated in June 2010, and in September, Moss filed for divorce, which was finalized on May 13, 2011.

Moss is a Scientologist.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Suburban Commando	Little Girl
1993	Once Upon a Forest	Michelle (voice)
1993	Recycle Rex	(voice)	Short film
1994	Imaginary Crimes	Greta Weiler
1995	Separate Lives	Ronni Beckwith
1995	Last Supper, TheThe Last Supper	Jenny Tyler
1997	Thousand Acres, AA Thousand Acres	Linda
1998	Angelmaker	Little Turcott	Short film
1999	The Joyriders	Jodi
1999	Mumford	Katie Brockett
1999	Anywhere but Here	Rachel
1999	Girl, Interrupted	Polly 'Torch' Clark
2002	West of Here	Cherise
2002	Heart of America	Robin Walters
2003	Temptation	Wind / Morgan
2003	Virgin	Jessie Reynolds
2003	Missing, TheThe Missing	Anne
2005	Bittersweet Place	Paulie Schaffer
2007	Attic, TheThe Attic	Emma Callan	Video
2007	They Never Found Her	Anna	Short film
2007	Day Zero	Patricia
2007	Honored	Katie	Short film
2008	El camino	Lily
2008	New Orleans, Mon Amour	Hyde
2009	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Jackie Drake
2010	Buddy Story, AA Buddy Story	Susan
2010	Get Him to the Greek	Daphne Binks
2011	Green Lantern: Emerald Knights	Arisia Rrab (voice)	Video
2012	Smoking/Non-Smoking	Diana Whelan
2012	Darling Companion	Grace Winter
2012	On the Road	Galatea Dunkel
2014	Listen Up Philip	Ashley
2014	The One I Love	Sophie
2015	Queen of Earth	Catherine
2015	Meadowland	Shannon
2015	Truth	Lucy Scott
2015	High-Rise	Helen Wilder
2016	The Seagull	Masha	Post-production
2016	The Bleeder	Phyllis Wepner	Filming
2016	The Free World	Doris Lamb

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Bar Girls	Robin	TV movie
1990	Lucky Chances	Lucky - Age 6	TV miniseries
1991	Anything but Love		Episode: "A Tale of Two Kiddies"
1992	Midnight's Child	Christina	TV movie
1992	Frosty Returns	Holly (voice)	TV short
1992-95	Picket Fences	Cynthia Parks	7 episodes
1993	Batman: The Animated Series	Kimmy Ventrix (voice)	Episode: "See No Evil"
1993	Johnny Bago	Agnes	Episode: "Hail the Conquering Marrow"
1993	Animaniacs	Katrina (voice)	Episode: "O Silly Mio/Puttin' on the Blitz/The Great Wakkorotti"
1993	Gypsy	Baby Louise	TV movie
1995	Escape to Witch Mountain	Anna	Disney Channel TV movie
1995	Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge	Early Teen Ashley Judd	TV movie
1995	Freakazoid!	Kathy / Additional Voices	Episode: "Candle Jack/Toby Danger in Doomsday Bet/The Lobe"
1996	It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown	Girl Player (voice)	TV short
1999	Earthly Possessions	Mindy	TV movie
1999-2006	West Wing, TheThe West Wing	Zoey Bartlet	25 episodes
2001	Spirit	Kelly	TV movie
2003	Practice, TheThe Practice	Jessica Palmer	Episode: "Rape Shield"
2005	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Katie Nevins	Episode: "Baby Boom"
2005-06	Invasion	Christina	5 episodes
2006	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Rebecca Colemar	Episode: "The Good"
2007	Grey's Anatomy	Nina Rogerson	Episode: "My Favorite Mistake"
2007	Medium	Haley Heffernan / Jennie	Episode: "No One to Watch Over Me"
2007	Ghost Whisperer	Nikki Drake	Episode: "Unhappy Medium"
2007-15	Mad Men	Peggy Olson	Lead role
2008	Fear Itself	Danny Bannerman	Episode: "Eater"
2008	Saturday Night Live	Peggy Olson (uncredited)	Episode: "Jon Hamm/Coldplay"
2009	Mercy	Lucy Morton	Episode: "The Last Thing I Said Was"
2013	Top of the Lake	Robin Griffin	Lead role
2013	The Simpsons	Gretchen (voice)	Episode: "Labor Pains"

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Theatre	Notes
2008	Speed-the-Plow	Karen	Ethel Barrymore Theatre
2011	The Children's Hour	Martha Dobie	The Comedy Theatre
2015	The Heidi Chronicles	Heidi Holland	Music Box Theatre

Awards and nominations

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Production	Result
2001	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actress	The West Wing	Nominated
2004	Director's Choice Award	Best Actress	Virgin	Won
	Independent Spirit Award	Best Female Lead		Nominated
2008	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Mad Men	Nominated
2009		Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated
		Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Won
	Satellite Award	Best Actress in a Series, Drama		Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated
2010		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Won
	Golden Nymph	Outstanding Actress - Drama Series		Nominated
2011				Nominated
	Golden Globe Award	Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama		Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated
		Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated
	PRISM Award	Performance in a Drama Series Episode		Nominated
	Critics' Choice Television Award	Best Drama Actress		Nominated
2012	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated
	Critics' Choice Television Award	Best Drama Actress		Nominated
2013	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated
	Critics' Choice Television Award	Best Drama Actress		Nominated
		Best Movie/Miniseries Actress	Top of the Lake	Won
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	Mad Men	Nominated
		Outstanding Lead Actress in a Movie or Miniseries	Top of the Lake	Nominated
2014	Golden Globe Award	Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie		Won
	Satellite Award	Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Film		Won
	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film		Nominated
	Equity Ensemble Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Miniseries or Telemovie		Won
2015	Tony Awards	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play	The Heidi Chronicles	Nominated
	Drama League Awards	Distinguished Performance		Nominated
	Outer Critics Circle Awards	Outstanding Actress in a Play		Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	Mad Men	Nominated

Charities

Elisabeth Moss supports the following charitable causes: Children, Disabilities.

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