---
name: "Elisabeth Moss"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elisabeth-moss"
fi1m_id: "elisabeth-moss"
imdb_id: "nm0005253"
tmdb_id: 32798
wikidata_id: "Q233466"
roles: ["Actor","Producer","Director"]
born: "24 July 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-22T03:31:12.308434+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Elisabeth Moss

## Identity

Elisabeth Moss

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elisabeth-moss
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** elisabeth-moss
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005253
- **TMDB ID:** 32798
- **Wikidata ID:** Q233466
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Moss, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233466, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32798

Actor and producer. Born 24 July 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Producer, Director
- **Born:** 24 July 1982, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 2007–present
- **Also known as:** Elizabeth Moss, Liz Moss, Elissabeth Moss, Elisabeth Singleton Moss
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 9: 8 acting, 1 directing
- **Frequently works with:** [Jason Blum](https://film.one/person/jason-blum.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 88 (1), 2010s 73 (4), 2020s 66 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 68 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 4 of 6 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Comedy 2, Horror 2, Mystery 2, Crime 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $469m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Moss, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233466, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32798

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Top of the Lake*](https://film.one/tv/top-of-the-lake.md) (82), [*The Handmaid's Tale*](https://film.one/tv/the-handmaids-tale.md) (75), [*Next Goal Wins*](https://film.one/film/next-goal-wins.md) (50)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Invisible Man*](https://film.one/film/the-invisible-man.md) (76), [*High-Rise*](https://film.one/film/high-rise.md) (58)
- **AMC+:** [*Mad Men*](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md) (88)
- **HBO Max:** [*Us*](https://film.one/film/us.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Elisabeth Moss

> Elisabeth Moss makes the decision to speak worth watching. We rate her most highly when patient writing lets her build a character gradually; the familiar casting as a woman under pressure need not be the limit.

Elisabeth Moss makes listening look like work. In *Mad Men* (2007), her Peggy Olson watches and weighs what she hears, and we can see her deciding how much to say. We were absorbed by Peggy even when she was silent, because the effort of choosing what to say was so clear. It is a precise performance, without the fuss that can make restraint look like an actor waiting to be noticed.

Matthew Weiner's series gives her the time to build that performance across a long character arc. Peggy begins as a secretary in a 1960s advertising agency, and Moss makes her ambition legible without asking us to understand her completely. Christina Hendricks's Joan Holloway has practised assurance; January Jones's Betty Draper has a stiffness that makes her unhappiness hard to dismiss. Moss's watchfulness is equally specific. These performances help us forgive the series its occasional smugness about the past, though it remains a fault worth acknowledging.

That breakthrough was followed by *Top of the Lake* (2013), with director Jane Campion, and the lead role of June Osborne in *The Handmaid's Tale* (2017). On the latter, Moss also produced and directed episodes, extending her work beyond acting. Her film work includes the lead role of Cecilia Kass in the horror-thriller *The Invisible Man* (2020). The recurring emphasis on women under pressure suits her precision, though we would welcome more parts that do not require her to endure quite so much.

Taika Waititi's *Next Goal Wins* (2023) offers a comic change of pace, but little reason to make it the next stop. Moss plays Gail, one of the people who send Michael Fassbender's coach to the Pacific. The film is kind and intermittently funny, but its attention stays with the coach when the team would make a better subject. For a sense of what she can do with time and patient writing, start with Peggy.

## Biography

Elisabeth Moss is an American actor and producer. Born on 24 July 1982 in Los Angeles, California, she began acting in the early 1990s.

She first gained recognition playing Zoey Bartlet in the NBC series *The West Wing* (1999–2006). Wider recognition came for her role as Peggy Olson in the AMC series *Mad Men* (2007–2015). She won two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her performance as June Osborne in the Hulu series *The Handmaid's Tale* (2017–present), which she also produced.

Her film credits include *Girl, Interrupted* (1999), *Get Him to the Greek* (2010), *Us* (2019), *The Invisible Man* (2020) and *Next Goal Wins* (2023), in which she played Gail. She received a Tony Award nomination for her Broadway role in *The Heidi Chronicles*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

### Performed in (8) — the average rests on these

- *The Testaments* (2026), Fi1m 70, as June Osborne — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-testaments.md)
- *Next Goal Wins* (2023), Fi1m 50, as Gail — [page](https://film.one/film/next-goal-wins.md)
- *The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun* (2021), Fi1m 68, as Alumna — [page](https://film.one/film/the-french-dispatch-of-the-liberty-kansas-evening-sun.md)
- *The Invisible Man* (2020), Fi1m 76, as Cecilia Kass — [page](https://film.one/film/the-invisible-man.md)
- *Us* (2019), Fi1m 78, as Kitty Tyler / Dahlia — [page](https://film.one/film/us.md)
- *High-Rise* (2015), Fi1m 58, as Helen Wilder — [page](https://film.one/film/high-rise.md)
- *Top of the Lake* (2013), Fi1m 82, as Det. Robin Griffin — [page](https://film.one/tv/top-of-the-lake.md)
- *Mad Men* (2007), Fi1m 88, as Peggy Olson — [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)

### Directed (1)

- *The Handmaid's Tale* (2017), Fi1m 75, as June Osborne / Offred / Ofjoseph — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-handmaids-tale.md)

## Complete filmography (98)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Testaments* (2026), series, as June Osborne · Executive Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-testaments.md)
- *Imperfect Women* (2026), series, as Mary · Executive Producer
- *Shell* (2025), as Samantha Lake · Producer
- *The Veil* (2024), series, as Imogen Salter · Executive Producer
- *Next Goal Wins* (2023), as Gail — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/next-goal-wins.md)
- *Shining Girls* (2022), series, as Kirby Mazrachi · Executive Producer, Director
- *Hive* (2021), Executive Producer
- *The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun* (2021), as Alumna — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-french-dispatch-of-the-liberty-kansas-evening-sun.md)
- *Shirley* (2020), as Shirley Jackson · Producer
- *The Invisible Man* (2020), as Cecilia Kass — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-invisible-man.md)
- *Light from Light* (2019), Producer
- *Light of My Life* (2019), as Mom
- *The Kitchen* (2019), as Claire Walsh
- *Her Smell* (2019), as Becky Something · Producer
- *Us* (2019), as Kitty Tyler / Dahlia — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/us.md)
- *The Old Man & the Gun* (2018), as Dorothy
- *On the Nature of Daylight* (2018), Actor
- *Ballet Now* (2018), Executive Producer
- *The Seagull* (2018), as Masha
- *The Square* (2017), as Anne
- *Chuck* (2017), as Phyllis Wepner
- *The Handmaid's Tale* (2017), series, as June Osborne / Offred / Ofjoseph · Executive Producer, Director, Producer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-handmaids-tale.md)
- *Tokyo Project* (2017), as Claire
- *Mad to Be Normal* (2017), as Angie Wood
- *The Free World* (2016), as Doris Long
- *High-Rise* (2015), as Helen Wilder — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/high-rise.md)
- *Truth* (2015), as Lucy Scott
- *Meadowland* (2015), as Shannon
- *Queen of Earth* (2015), as Catherine Hewitt · Producer
- *Listen Up Philip* (2014), as Ashley
- *The One I Love* (2014), as Sophie
- *Top of the Lake* (2013), series, as Det. Robin Griffin — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/top-of-the-lake.md)
- *On the Road* (2012), as Galatea Dunkel / Helen Hinkle
- *Darling Companion* (2012), as Grace
- *The Pack* (2011), as Diana Whelan
- *Green Lantern: Emerald Knights* (2011), as Arisia (voice)
- *Get Him to the Greek* (2010), as Daphne Binks
- *A Buddy Story* (2010), as Susan
- *Did You Hear About the Morgans?* (2009), as Jackie Drake
- *Mercy* (2009), series, as Lucy Morton
- *Eater* (2008), as Danny Bannerman
- *Fear Itself* (2008), series, as Danny Bannerman
- *New Orleans, Mon Amour* (2008), as Hyde
- *El Camino* (2008), as Lily
- *Honored* (2007), as Katie
- *Mad Men* (2007), series, as Peggy Olson — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)
- *Day Zero* (2007), as Patricia
- *They Never Found Her* (2007), as Anna
- *The Attic* (2006), as Emma Callan
- *Ghost Whisperer* (2005), series, as Nikki Drake
- *Invasion* (2005), series, as Christina
- *Bittersweet Place* (2005), as Paulie Schaffer
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Nina Rogerson — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *Law & Order: Trial by Jury* (2005), series, as Katie Nevins
- *Medium* (2005), series, as Jennie / Haley Heffernan
- *The Missing* (2003), as Anne
- *Virgin* (2003), as Jessie Reynolds
- *Temptation* (2003), as Wind/Morgan
- *Heart of America* (2003), as Robin Walters
- *West of Here* (2002), as Cherise
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Rebecca Colemar
- *Spirit* (2001), as Kelly O'Conner
- *Earthly Possessions* (1999), as Mindy
- *Girl, Interrupted* (1999), as Polly
- *Anywhere but Here* (1999), as Rachel
- *Mumford* (1999), as Katie Brockett
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, as Zoey Bartlet — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *The Joyriders* (1999), as Jodi
- *Angelmaker* (1998), as Little Turcott
- *A Thousand Acres* (1997), as Linda
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as Jessica Palmer
- *It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown* (1996), as Girl Player (voice)
- *Freakazoid!* (1995), series, as Kathy / Additional Voices (voice)
- *The Last Supper* (1995), as Jenny Tyler
- *Separate Lives* (1995), as Ronni Beckwith
- *Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge* (1995), as Early Teen Ashley Judd
- *Escape to Witch Mountain* (1995), as Anna
- *Imaginary Crimes* (1994), as Greta
- *Gypsy* (1994), as 'Baby' Louise Hovick
- *Animaniacs* (1993), series, as Katrina (voice)
- *Once Upon a Forest* (1993), as Michelle (voice)
- *Recycle Rex* (1993), as Turbo (voice)
- *Frosty Returns* (1992), as Holly (voice)
- *Picket Fences* (1992), series, as Cynthia Parks
- *Batman: The Animated Series* (1992), series, as Kimmy Ventrix (voice)
- *Midnight's Child* (1992), as Christina Cowan
- *Suburban Commando* (1991), as Little Girl
- *Prison Stories: Women on the Inside* (1991), as Little Molly
- *Lucky Chances* (1990), series, as Lucky - Age 6
- *Bar Girls* (1990), as Robin
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Gretchen (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Conviction*, series, as Neve Harper · Executive Producer
- *Last Night at the Lobster*, Actor
- *The Invisible Man 2*, as Cecilia Kass
- *Smacked*, Executive Producer
- *American Fantasy*, Producer
- *A Letter from Rose Kennedy*, as Rosemary Kennedy
- *Amber Light*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Elisabeth Moss](https://film.one/media/person/14974/gallery-c28d2d97c38c.jpg) Elisabeth Moss — Colleen Sturtevant, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Elisabeth_Moss_2026_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Elisabeth Moss](https://film.one/media/person/14974/gallery-30e75f8edd49.jpg) Elisabeth Moss — Image via TMDB
- ![Elisabeth Moss](https://film.one/media/person/14974/gallery-edbe605dc52f.jpg) Elisabeth Moss — Image via TMDB
- ![Elisabeth Moss](https://film.one/media/person/14974/gallery-4c41273422fe.jpg) Elisabeth Moss — Image via TMDB
- ![Elisabeth Moss](https://film.one/media/person/14974/gallery-320f00d079ae.jpg) Elisabeth Moss — Image via TMDB
- ![Elisabeth Moss](https://film.one/media/person/14974/gallery-c114da7996b6.jpg) Elisabeth Moss — Image via TMDB
- ![Elisabeth Moss](https://film.one/media/person/14974/gallery-99b540da7067.jpg) Elisabeth Moss — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 2017: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (won), for *The Handmaid's Tale*

### Other awards — 3 won, 1 nominated

- Saturn Awards 2020: Saturn Awards (won)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 2015: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Golden Nymph for Outstanding Actress in a Mini Series 2014: Golden Nymph for Outstanding Actress in a Mini Series (won), for *Top of the Lake*
- Lucy Award 2013: Lucy Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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