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Elisabeth Moss

Elisabeth Moss

Actor and producer, also director · Born July 24, 1982 (44) · Los Angeles, California, USA

2 Primetime Emmys · 2 Golden Globes · 2 Screen Actors Guild Awards · 4 other major award bodies

Elisabeth Singleton Moss (born July 24, 1982) is an American actor and producer. She is known for her work in several television dramas, earning such accolades as two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, which led Vulture to name her the "Queen of Peak TV". Moss began acting in the early 1990s and first gained recognition for playing Zoey Bartlet, the youngest daughter of President Josiah Bartlet, in the NBC political drama series The West Wing (1999–2006). Wider recognition came for playing Peggy Olson, a secretary-turned-copywriter, in the AMC period drama series Mad Men (2007–2015). She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for playing a detective in the BBC miniseries Top of the Lake (2013), and she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and Outstanding Drama Series for producing and starring in the Hulu dystopian drama series The Handmaid's Tale (2017–present). In film, Moss has appeared in Girl, Interrupted (1999), Virgin (2003), Get Him to the Greek (2010), The One I Love (2014), Listen Up Philip (2014), Queen of Earth (2015), The Square (2017), The Seagull (2018), Her Smell (2018), Us (2019), and The Invisible Man (2020). Her theatre work includes Broadway productions of David Mamet's Speed the Plow and Wendy Wasserstein's The Heidi Chronicles. For the latter, she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She has also appeared in the West End production of Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elisabeth Moss, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 24, 1982 (44)
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Works as
Actor and producer, also director
Titles
71 on MovieCove · 100 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 10% in 30 days

What are Elisabeth Moss' films like?

Across their 49 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 42 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 14 · Serious 10 · Dark 18

Grounded 28 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 4

Gentle 10 · Charged 17 · Intense 15

Steady 16 · Shifting 17 · Whiplash 9

Straight-faced 28 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 2

A split, not a type: Slow burn 23 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 3

Casual 18 · Engaged 18 · Full focus 6

Easy watch 10 · Affecting 17 · Heavy 15

A split, not a type: Resolved 20 · Open-ended 15 · Ambiguous 7

Roles they play

32 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 14 of 32 analyzed roles.

Hero
14 of 32
Ally
8 of 32
Shadow
4 of 32
Shapeshifter
3 of 32
Trickster
1 of 32
Mentor
1 of 32
Threshold guardian
1 of 32
Show the 32 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
33
Melancholic
28
Dread
14
Contemplative
12
Hopeful
11
Other
36

How their films end · 12 with a twist

  • Happy9
  • Bittersweet26
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous11
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Elisabeth Moss' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 54 of their 71 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (22).

Subscription and free streaming for Elisabeth Moss' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

100 credits, 71 with a MovieCove page; 26 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Testaments(2026)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer · as June Osborne

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
  • Imperfect Women(2026)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer · as Mary

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows
  • Shell(2024)

    Producer · as Samantha Lake

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
  • The Veil(2024)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer · as Imogen Salter

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows
  • Next Goal Wins(2023)

    as Gail

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • Shining Girls(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · Director · Executive Producer · as Kirby Mazrachi

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
  • Hive(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • The French Dispatch(2021)

    as Alumna

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Shirley(2020)

    Producer · as Shirley Jackson

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • The Invisible Man(2020)

    as Cecilia Kass

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Light from Light(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • Light of My Life(2019)

    as Mom

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • The Kitchen(2019)

    as Claire Walsh

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Her Smell(2018)

    Producer · as Becky Something

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Us(2019)

    as Kitty Tyler / Dahlia

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • The Old Man & the Gun(2018)

    as Dorothy

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • On the Nature of Daylight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • Ballet Now(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
  • The Seagull(2018)

    as Masha

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • The Square(2017)

    as Anne

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Chuck(2016)

    as Phyllis Wepner

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • The Handmaid's Tale(2017)

    Show 66 episodes · Director · Executive Producer · Producer · as June Osborne / Offred / Ofjoseph

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
  • Tokyo Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Claire

  • Mad to Be Normal(2017)

    as Angie Wood

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • The Free World(2016)

    as Doris Long

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • High-Rise(2015)

    as Helen Wilder

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Meadowland(2015)

    as Shannon

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • Truth(2015)

    as Lucy Scott

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Queen of Earth(2015)

    Producer · as Catherine Hewitt

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Listen Up Philip(2014)

    as Ashley

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • The One I Love(2014)

    as Sophie

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • Top of the Lake(2013)

    Show 13 episodes · as Det. Robin Griffin

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
  • On the Road(2012)

    as Galatea Dunkel / Helen Hinkle

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Darling Companion(2012)

    as Grace

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
  • The Pack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Diana Whelan

  • Green Lantern: Emerald Knights(2011)

    as Arisia (voice)

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Get Him to the Greek(2010)

    as Daphne Binks

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • A Buddy Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Susan

  • Did You Hear About the Morgans?(2009)

    as Jackie Drake

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
  • Eater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Danny Bannerman

  • Fear Itself(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Danny Bannerman

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • El Camino (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Lily

  • Honored (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Katie

  • Mad Men(2007)

    Show 92 episodes · as Peggy Olson

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
  • Day Zero(2007)

    as Patricia

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • They Never Found Her (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Anna

  • The Attic(2007)

    as Emma Callan

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
  • Ghost Whisperer(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Nikki Drake

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
  • Invasion(2005)

    Show 4 episodes · as Christina

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
  • Bittersweet Place (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Paulie Schaffer

  • Grey's Anatomy(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Nina Rogerson

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
  • Law & Order: Trial by Jury(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Katie Nevins

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
  • Medium(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Jennie / Haley Heffernan

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
  • The Missing(2003)

    as Anne

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • Virgin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Jessie Reynolds

  • Temptation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Wind/Morgan

  • Heart of America(2002)

    as Robin Walters

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
  • West of Here (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Cherise

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Rebecca Colemar

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
  • Spirit(2001)

    as Kelly O'Conner

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
  • Earthly Possessions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Mindy

  • Girl, Interrupted(1999)

    as Polly

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • Anywhere But Here(1999)

    as Rachel

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • Mumford(1999)

    as Katie Brockett

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • The West Wing(1999)

    Show 25 episodes · as Zoey Bartlet

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
  • The Joyriders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Jodi

  • Angelmaker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Little Turcott

  • A Thousand Acres(1997)

    as Linda

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • The Practice(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Jessica Palmer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
  • It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Girl Player (voice)

  • Freakazoid!(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Kathy / Additional Voices (voice)

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
  • Separate Lives(1995)

    as Ronni Beckwith

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
  • The Last Supper(1995)

    as Jenny Tyler

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge(1995)

    as Early Teen Ashley Judd

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • Imaginary Crimes(1994)

    as Greta

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • Gypsy(1993)

    as 'Baby' Louise Hovick

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Animaniacs(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Katrina (voice)

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
  • Once Upon a Forest(1993)

    as Michelle (voice)

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • Recycle Rex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Turbo (voice)

  • Frosty Returns(1993)

    as Holly (voice)

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • Picket Fences(1992)

    Show 7 episodes · as Cynthia Parks

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
  • Batman: The Animated Series(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Kimmy Ventrix (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
  • Midnight's Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Christina Cowan

  • Suburban Commando(1991)

    as Little Girl

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Lucky Chances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 3 episodes · as Lucky - Age 6

  • Bar Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Robin

  • The Simpsons(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Gretchen (voice)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
  • Saturday Night Live(1975)

    Show 1 episode · as Peggy Olson (uncredited) · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
  • A Letter from Rose Kennedy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Rosemary Kennedy

  • Amber Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Actor

  • American Fantasy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Conviction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer · as Neve Harper

  • Last Night at the Lobster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Mrs. March (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer · Actor

  • She Will Rise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer · as Katie Hill

  • Smacked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

  • The Invisible Man 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Cecilia Kass

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 100 titles, 91 of them dated from 1975 to 2026; peak year 2019.

Film career

MilestoneAward win
19752026

Peak 2019 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 28 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

Show 1 more milestone

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting95 of 100: 82 only acting, 13 with another role · typical Midcredits score60thDirecting3 of 100: 0 only directing, 3 with another roleProducing17 of 100: 5 only producing, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score52nd

100 titles, 13 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 12 of them.

By decade

1970s1 · acting1980s1 · acting1990s28 · acting2000s23 · acting2010s28 · 26 acting · 5 crew2020s10 · 9 acting · 7 crew

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 17% of 42 roles
9196011116

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

2 Primetime Emmys, 2 Golden Globes, 2 Screen Actors Guild Awards and 2 other major awards from 44 major nominations, 2004–2023.

WinNomination
  1. 2023
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
  2. 2022
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  3. 2021
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
  4. 2020
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Female Lead
  5. 2019
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best International Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
    • +2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actress in a Drama Series
  6. 2018
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
    • +2 other major bodies · 2 wins
      • Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Actress in a Drama Series
  7. 2017
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Drama Series
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
  8. 2016
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Show 9 earlier years
  1. 2015
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
  2. 2014
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
  3. 2013
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  4. 2012
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
  5. 2011
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  6. 2010
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  7. 2009
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
  8. 2008
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  9. 2004
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Female Lead

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Elisabeth Moss' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 49; across their 42 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 42

Approval · how many liked their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 42

Reach · how many have seen their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 42

Midcredits score across 71 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up21
  • 50th to 74th22
  • 25th to 49th17
  • Below 25th11

Shape of the crowd

32 of their 71 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser32
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed26

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 39 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Elisabeth Moss' work okay for kids?

Across up to 27 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore20 titles29–85 · median 60 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity27 titles15–72 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity21 titles40–83 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs20 titles30–88 · median 45 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense17 titles15–84 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Elisabeth Moss work with?

People who share at least 2 of Elisabeth Moss' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lindsey McManus shares the most, 4.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles