CARRIE-ANNE MOSS

'Carrie-Anne Moss' (born August 21, 1967) is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Trinity in ''The Matrix'' trilogy.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Personal life

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards and recognition

External links

Biography

Early life

Moss was born in Burnaby, British Columbia. She has an older brother, Brooke. Moss's mother named her after The Hollies’ 1967 hit song, "Carrie-Anne". As a child, Moss lived with her mother, Barbara, in Vancouver, after her parents divorced. At the age of eleven, she joined the Vancouver children's musical theatre and later went on to tour Europe with the Magee Secondary School Choir in her senior year. She attended high school with Gil Bellows. She subsequently enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena upon her return. In 1985, she left Vancouver for Toronto and became a model. This career took her to Japan and Spain in the late 1980s.

Career

While in Spain, she landed a role in the drama series ''Dark Justice'', her first television appearance. She moved from Barcelona to Los Angeles, California with the series in 1992. Her big breakthrough came when she was chosen to play the latex-clad hacker Trinity in the 1999 box office success ''The Matrix''. She reprised the role of Trinity in two sequels as well as providing voice-overs for video game and animated spin-offs of the film. (Coincidentally, she had previously co-starred in an unrelated made-in-Canada television series also entitled ''Matrix''.)
Following the release of the The Matrix, Moss was hired for starring roles in four films. First, audiences saw her star opposite Burt Reynolds and Richard Dreyfuss in the Disney mobster comedy The Crew for producers Barry Sonnenfeld and Barry Josephson. Then they saw her star with Val Kilmer in ''Red Planet'' for Warner Bros. for producer Mark Canton. She then co-starred opposite Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina, Johnny Depp and Dame Judi Dench in Miramax’s Oscar-nominated film ''Chocolat'' for director Lasse Hallstrom and producer David Brown. Next she starred with Guy Pearce in the independent thriller ''Memento'' for which Carrie-Anne earned an Independent Spirit Award.

Personal life

Moss married fellow actor Steven Roy in 1999. They had a son, Owen, together in September of 2003. Moss is very keen to protect her and her family's privacy and has not released the name of her other child to the public.
Moss's best friend is actress Maria Bello, who is the godmother of Moss's first son. Moss is the godmother of Bello's son, Jack.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1993	''Flashfire''	Meredith Neal
1994	''The Soft Kill''	Jane Tanner
1996	''Sabotage''	Louise Castle	(uncredited)
	''Terrified''	Tracy
	''364 Girls a Year''
1997	''Lethal Tender''	Melissa Wilkins
	''The Secret Life of Algernon''	Madge Clerisy
1999	''The Matrix''	Trinity
	''New Blood ''	Leigh
2000	''Chocolat''	Caroline Clairmont
	''Red Planet''	Cmdr. Kate Bowman
	''Memento''	Natalie
	''The Crew''	Detective Olivia Neal
2003	''The Matrix Revolutions''	Trinity
	''Enter the Matrix''	Trinity
	''Kid's Story''	Trinity (voice)
	''The Matrix Reloaded''	Trinity
	''A Detective Story''	Trinity (voice)
	''The Animatrix''	Trinity	Video
2004	''Suspect Zero''	Fran Kulok
2005	''The Chumscrubber''	Jerri Falls
	''Sledge: The Untold Story''	Girlfriend
2006	''Fido''	Helen Robinson
	''Snow Cake''	Maggie
	''Mini's First Time''	Diane
2007	''Disturbia''	Julie
	''Fireflies in the Garden''	Kelly Hanson	announced

Television

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1991	''Dark Justice''	Tara McDonald
1992	''Forever Knight''	Monica Howard	1992
1993	''Matrix''	Liz Teel	1993
	''Doorways''
	''Silk Stalkings''	Lisa/Lana Bannon
1994	''Models, Inc.''	Carrie Spencer
	''Baywatch''	Gwen Brown/Mattie Brown
1995	''Nowhere Man''	Karin Stoltz	1995
1996	''	Lucinda Scott	(1996-1997)
	''Due South''	Irene Zuko
2008	'' Suspects''		announced

Awards and recognition

★ 2007: Genie Award, Best Actress in a Supporting Role for ''Snow Cake''

★ 2002: Independent Spirit Award, Best Supporting Actress for ''Memento''

External links

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