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Demi Guynes Kutcher ( /dəˈmiː/ də-MEE; born November 11, 1962),[n 1] known professionally as Demi Moore, is an American actress. After minor roles in film and a role in the soap opera General Hospital, Moore established her career in films such as St. Elmo's Fire (1985), and in the early 1990s, became one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood with her successes in Ghost (1990), A Few Good Men (1992), Indecent Proposal (1993), and Disclosure (1994). Moore took her professional name from her first husband, musician Freddy Moore, and is the mother of three daughters from her second marriage to actor Bruce Willis. She married her third husband, actor Ashton Kutcher, in 2005, and separated from him in November 2011.

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Background information

Born November 11, 1962 (1962-11-11) (age 49)

Roswell, New Mexico, U.S.[n 1]

Occupation Actress

Years active 1981–present

Spouse Freddy Moore (1980–1985)

Bruce Willis (1987–2000)

Ashton Kutcher (2005–present)

Children Rumer Willis, Scout Willis, Tallulah Willis

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Early life

Moore was born in Roswell, New Mexico. As a child, she had a difficult and unstable home life. Her biological father, Charles Harmon, left her mother, Virginia King (November 27, 1943 – July 2, 1998), after a two-month marriage, before Moore was born. As a result, Moore had the surname of her stepfather, Danny Guynes (March 9, 1943 – October 1980; death by suicide), on her birth certificate. Danny Guynes frequently changed jobs; as a result, the family moved a total of forty times. Moore has two younger half-brothers: James Craig Harmon (paternal) and Morgan Guynes (maternal, born 1967). Her parents were alcoholics who often fought and beat each other. Moore was cross-eyed as a child and wore an eye patch in an attempt to correct the problem until it was ultimately corrected by two surgeries. She also suffered from kidney dysfunction.[12]

Moore's family settled in Los Angeles in 1976. She attended Fairfax High School in Hollywood, where her schoolmates included Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis, bassist Michael Balzary (aka Flea) and actor Timothy Hutton. When Moore was 16, her friend Nastassja Kinski persuaded her to drop out of school to become an actress.[12]

Career

After training with John Casablancas — the founder of Elite Model Management — and posing as a cover model for Oui magazine,[13] Moore made her film debut with a small supporting role in the 1981 deaf-teen drama Choices, directed by Silvio Narizzano.[14] She joined the ensemble of the 1982 3-D science fiction/horror film Parasite after director Charles Band instructed casting director Johanna Ray to "find me the next Karen Allen."[13] However, Moore was not widely known until she played the part of Jackie Templeton on the ABC soap opera General Hospital from 1982 to 1983.

In the mid-1980s, Moore appeared in the youth-oriented films St. Elmo's Fire, Blame It on Rio and About Last Night...; and she was often listed as one of the Brat Pack, a name the media dubbed a certain group of top young actors at the time. In 1988, she starred in The Seventh Sign, directed by Carl Schultz. After the commercial success of Ghost, Moore was given more prominent roles in A Few Good Men, Indecent Proposal, Disclosure, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame for which she was the first actress to reach the $10 million salary mark.

During the early 1990s, she was the highest-paid actress in Hollywood.[citation needed] She never surpassed the success of Ghost, and had a string of less successful films like Nothing but Trouble, The Scarlet Letter, The Juror, Striptease, and G.I. Jane. Moore's Passion of Mind co-star Joss Ackland lambasted her by describing her as being "not very bright or talented",[15] although he worked with her again on Flawless in 2008. At the same time, she produced and starred in a TV miniseries called If These Walls Could Talk, written by Nancy Savoca. A three-part series on abortion, Savoca directed two segments, including the one in which Moore played a single woman in the 1950s seeking a back-alley abortion. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress for that role.

Moore was a founding "celebrity investor" in the Planet Hollywood chain of international theme restaurants (modeled after the Hard Rock Cafe and launched in New York on October 22, 1991) along with Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and then-husband Bruce Willis.

After a break from her acting career, Moore returned to the screen as the villain of the 2003 film Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. In 2006, she appeared in Bobby which featured an all-star cast, including her husband Ashton Kutcher, although they did not appear in any scenes together. She later starred in the thriller film Mr. Brooks, which was released on June 1, 2007. She appeared in Jon Bon Jovi's longform video "Destination Anywhere" as Janie.[16]

In 2006, Moore became the new face for the Helena Rubinstein brand of cosmetics.[17]

Moore had been cast to play feminist activist Gloria Steinem in the Linda Lovelace film biography Lovelace[18] but within a month of being announced for the role, she dropped out of the production in the wake of a January 23, 2012, hospitalization and what her representative called "professional assistance to treat her exhaustion and improve her overall health."[19] Sara Jessica Parker took over the role.[20]

Vanity Fair controversy

In August 1991, Moore appeared nude on the cover of Vanity Fair under the title More Demi Moore. Annie Leibovitz shot the picture while Moore was seven months pregnant with her daughter Scout LaRue, intending to portray "anti-Hollywood, anti-glitz" attitude.[21] The cover sparked an intense controversy for Vanity Fair and Moore. It was widely discussed on television, radio, and in newspaper articles.[22] The frankness of Leibovitz's portrayal of a pregnant sex symbol led to divided opinions, ranging from complaints of sexual objectification to celebrations of the photograph as a symbol of empowerment.[23]

The photograph was subject to numerous parodies, including the Spy magazine version which placed Moore's then-husband Bruce Willis' head on her body. In Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp., Leibovitz sued over one parody featuring Leslie Nielsen, made to promote the 1994 film Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult. In the parody, the model's body was attached to what is described as "the guilty and smirking face" of Nielsen. The teaser said "Due this March".[24] The case was dismissed in 1996 because the parody relied "for its comic effect on the contrast between the original".[24] In November 2009, the Moroccan magazine Femmes du Maroc emulated the infamous pose with Moroccan news reporter Nadia Larguet, causing controversy in the majority Muslim nation.[25] In August 1992, Moore would again appear nude on the cover of Vanity Fair, modeling for the world's leading body painting artist, Joanne Gair in Demi's Birthday Suit.[26][27] The painting is widely considered to be the best-known example of modern body painting artwork.[28]

Personal life

Marriages and children

In 1980, at the age of 18, she married singer Freddy Moore, adopting his surname.[29] The marriage ended in 1984.[30]

In 1987, Moore met and married her second husband, actor Bruce Willis.[31] They had three daughters together: Rumer Glenn Willis (born August 16, 1988), Scout Willis and Tallulah Willis.[31] Moore and Willis divorced in 2000.[31]

After two years of dating, Moore wed actor Ashton Kutcher on September 24, 2005.[30] On November 17, 2011, Moore released a statement announcing her intention to divorce Kutcher.[32] The announcement followed weeks of media speculation about the state of the couple's marriage due to his alleged cheating.[33]

Charity work

In April 2011, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher launched their "Demi and Ashton Foundation", a non-profit, non-governmental organization directed towards fighting child sexual slavery.[34][35] Its first campaign was "Real Men Don't Buy Girls".[36]

Interests

Moore's primary residence is in Hailey, Idaho, near the Sun Valley resort, although she spent much time in the Los Angeles area during her marriage to Kutcher. She also owns a waterfront mansion on Sebago Lake, Maine. She is a practicing follower of Philip Berg's Kabbalah Centre religion, and initiated Kutcher into the faith, having said that she "didn't grow up Jewish, but ... would say that [she has] been more exposed to the deeper meanings of particular rituals than any of [her] friends that did".[37] Contrary to popular belief, Moore claims she has never been a raw foodist and dispelled the vegan rumors by eating a hamburger in a recent Mario Testino photo shoot.[38]

According to The New York Times, Moore is "the world's most high-profile doll collector", and among her favorites is the Gene Marshall fashion doll.[39]

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Footnote

1.^ a b Sources are divided as to whether her birth name is Demetria[1][2][3][4] or Demi.[5][6][7][8] Moore says the latter.[9][10][11]

References

1.^ Heffernan, Virginia (February 27, 2004). "Critic's Notebook; Unabashed Stars Break the Shackles of the Name Game". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/27/movies/critic-s-notebook-unabashed-stars-break-the-shackles-of-the-name-game.html?scp=3&sq=demetria&pagewanted=3.

2.^ Cerio, Gregory (June 24, 1996). "Striptease's Demi Moore Knows What It Took to Get to the Top. Her Scarlet Letter Is 'A' for Ambition". People 45 (25). Archived from the original on March 30,2011. http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20141624,00.html.

3.^ Dare, Michael (March 9, 1995). "ShoWest Honors Demi Moore: Beauty's Got Brains and Talent". Daily Variety via Michael Dare's official site. Archived from the original on March 24, 2010. http://www.dareland.com/emulsionalproblems/mooredemi.htm.

4.^ Encyclopaedia Britannica Editors; King, Thad, ed. (2009). 2009 Britanncia Almanac. Encyclopaedia Britannica. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-59339-228-4. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2nxLkMspauIC&q=%22demetria%22#v=snippet&q=%22demetria%22&f=false.

5.^ "Demi Moore". The New York Times Biographical Service (The New York Times and Arno Press) 22: 476. 1991. ISSN 0161-2433. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AXIoAQAAIAAJ.

6.^ Hayward, Jeff (January 17, 1993). "Taking Chances: Demi Moore Knows All about Risk and Controversy - and Seeks It". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-01-17/features/9303162897_1_demi-moore-pregnant-woman-cover.

7.^ Getlen, Larry (2003). Demi: The Naked Truth. AMI Books. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-932270-24-2. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9gO2utxmX7oC.

8.^ Maltin, Leonard; Green, Spencer; Sader, Luke (1994). Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia. E. P. Dutton. p. 624. ISBN 978-0-525-93635-0. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BKEYAQAAIAAJ.

9.^ Moore, Demi (May 12, 2009). "Demi is the name I was born with!". @mrskutcher at Twitter.com. https://twitter.com/#!/mrskutcher/status/1766980116.

10.^ Moore, Demi (April 27, 2011). "No it is just Demi Gene it was never Demitria!". @mrskutcher at Twitter.com. https://twitter.com/#!/mrskutcher/status/63312781096652801.

11.^ "Demi Moore 'obsesses' over appearance". BangShowbiz.com. December 31, 2010. http://bangshowbiz.com/produkte/showbiz/index.html?id=2010365175506645196&ch=Showbiz.

12.^ a b "Demi Moore". The Biography Channel UK. http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/demi-moore.html. Retrieved February 4, 2010.

13.^ a b Mannes, George (June 9, 1995). "When Moore Was Less". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,297532,00.html.

14.^ Choices (1981) at Rotten Tomatoes

15.^ "SHOWBIZ , Joss Ackland admits 'awful' films". BBC News. August 6, 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1476550.stm. Retrieved February 4, 2010.

16.^ "Moore, Demi". Bon Jovi official site, Island Records. Archived from the original on June 30, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070630095321/http://www.islandrecords.com/bonjovi/archives_atoz_m.las.

17.^ "Helena Rubinstein has signed Demi Moore to front all its products". AccessMyLibrary. October 20, 2006. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-154391764/helena-rubinstein-has-signed.html. Retrieved February 4, 2010.

18.^ "Demi Moore to Play Feminist Activist Gloria Steinem in Linda Lovelace Movie". The Hollywood Reporter. January 2, 2012. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/demi-moore-gloria-steinem-linda-lovelace-277291.

19.^ "Demi Moore seeks treatment, drops out of 'Lovelace'". CNN. January 25, 2012. http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/25/demi-moore-seeks-treatment-drops-out-of-lovelace/.

20.^ Alexander, Bryan (February 2, 2012). "Sarah Jessica Parker steps into Steinem role". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/story/2012-02-02/sarah-jessica-parker-lovelace/52940246/1.

21.^ Anderson, Susan Heller. "Chronicle". The New York Times. July 11, 1991. Retrieved March 28, 2008.

22.^ Stabile, C. (1992). "Shooting the mother: Fetal photography and the politics of disappearance" (PDF). Camera Obscura. http://www.cas.buffalo.edu/classes/dms/berna/dms434/readings/stabile.pdf. Retrieved August 23, 2007.

23.^ Murphy, Candace (August 12, 2007). "Big bold bellies: Flaunting one's pregnancy becomes a fashion trend". Inside Bay Area. ANG Newspapers. http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_6606324. Retrieved August 23, 2007.

24.^ a b Richardson, Lynda (December 20, 1996). "A Parody of a Pregnant Actress Stands Up in Court". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503E7DE1531F933A15751C1A960958260&scp=3&sq=%22Demi+Moore%22+%22Vanity+Fair%22&st=nyt. Retrieved February 19, 2008.

25.^ T.B., Ahmed. "I Am Pregnant And I Exist". http://cabalamuse.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/i-am-pregnant-and-i-exist/. Retrieved November 6, 2009.

26.^ Penner, Degan (November 21, 1993). "A Egos & Ids; It's Demi Vu All Over Again". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE0D81730F932A15752C1A965958260&scp=4&sq=%22Demi+Moore%22+%22Vanity+Fair%22&st=nyt. Retrieved February 19, 2008.

27.^ "Make-Up ILLUSION by Joanne Gair". http://www.photoimpactonline.com/gair.htm. Retrieved February 18, 2008.

28.^ Singer, Natasha (February 2, 2006). "A Real Body of Work". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/02/fashion/weddings/02skin2.html?scp=1&sq=%22Demi+Moore%22+%22body+painting%22&st=nyt. Retrieved April 5, 2009.

29.^ "Demi Moore Biography". People.com. http://www.people.com/people/demi_moore/biography. Retrieved February 6, 2012.

30.^ a b "Ashton & Demi Get Married". People. September 25, 2005. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1090617,00.html.

31.^ a b c Silverman, Stephen M. (April 30, 2007). "Bruce Willis: I Still Love Demi Moore - Bruce Willis, Demi Moore". People.com. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20037286,00.html. Retrieved February 6, 2012.

32.^ "Demi Moore announces plans to end her 6-year marriage to Ashton Kutcher". The Washington Post. Associated Press. November 17, 2011. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/apnewsbreak-demi-moore-announces-plans-to-end-her-6-year-marriage-to-ashton-kutcher/2011/11/17/gIQANPlOVN_story.html. [dead link]

33.^ Tauber, Michelle (November 17, 2011). "Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore to Divorce". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20536470,00.html.

34.^ "Lea Michele, Lady Gaga, Ashton & Demi Among Hollywood’s Most Charitable of 2011". wetpaint.com. http://www.wetpaint.com/glee/articles/lea-michele-lady-gaga-ashton--demi-among-hollywoods-most-charitable-of-2011. Retrieved December 27, 2011.

35.^ "Just wondering...". Wonderwall. MSN. February 18, 2011. http://wonderwall.msn.com/movies/just-wondering-are-ashton-and-demis-charity-handcuff-necklaces-in-bad-taste-1605557.story. Retrieved December 27, 2011.

36.^ Kavner, Lucas (April 11, 2011). "Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore Launch 'Real Men Don't Buy Girls' Campaign (VIDEO)". The Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/11/ashton-kutcher-demi-moore-trafficking_n_847291.html. Retrieved December 27, 2011.

37.^ Hammerman, Joshua (May 7, 2004). "Bar Mitzvah Nation". The Jewish Week (New York). Archived from the original on February 16, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060216205012/http://www.thejewishweek.com/top/editletcontent.php3?artid=3430. Retrieved April 17, 2009.

38.^ Speyer, Adriana (Spring 2008). "Gimme Moore". V 51. http://www.vmagazine.com/article.php?n=3467&p=4. [dead link]

39.^ Decaro, Frank (February 22, 1998). "A Star is Born, and She's a Doll". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07EFDA113FF931A15751C0A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all. Retrieved December 17, 2007.

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