Elisabeth Moss

Birthday: 24 July 1982, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name: Elisabeth Singleton Moss

Height: 160 cm

Elisabeth Moss was born on July 24, 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Elisabeth Singleton Moss. She is an actress, known for Mad Men (2007), Girl, Interrupted (1999) and The One I Love (2014). She was previously married to Fred Armisen.

I don't think any of us could have possibly anticipated how successful Mad Men (2007) has been. When...Show more »

I don't think any of us could have possibly anticipated how successful Mad Men (2007) has been. When we were working on the pilot, we loved it. We thought it was special. We hoped and prayed it'd be a success. But, we didn't count on it. Show less «

I've heard people say, 'I love how the characters never say what they're really thinking, and I love...Show more »

I've heard people say, 'I love how the characters never say what they're really thinking, and I love how things are so open-ended and you just never know what's going to happen.' Do you know what I mean? So it's an opinion, you know? I've heard very few, if any criticisms of the show, and I think that it obviously is working, whatever we're doing. Show less «

Obviously, my life and my job in 2010 is very different from Peggy's experience in the 1960s. I exis...Show more »

Obviously, my life and my job in 2010 is very different from Peggy's experience in the 1960s. I exist in a world that enjoys more equality between men and women. But I don't take any of that into my performance. I just want to play the character as who she is as an individual - scene to scene.\ Show less «

I think my guideline has been to find things that inspire me. And as long as I stick to that, I don'...Show more »

I think my guideline has been to find things that inspire me. And as long as I stick to that, I don't think I'll have any problems crossing over to becoming an adult actress. Show less «

There's nothing like getting yourself into character and seeing a different person. It really wears ...Show more »

There's nothing like getting yourself into character and seeing a different person. It really wears on your vanity. Show less «

To go from Girl, Interrupted (1999), where I had to cry every day, to a TV show like The West Wing (...Show more »

To go from Girl, Interrupted (1999), where I had to cry every day, to a TV show like The West Wing (1999), where I get to laugh and joke around every day, has been a welcome relief. Show less «

I think one of my biggest influences is Bette Davis. I've seen almost every one of her films, and sh...Show more »

I think one of my biggest influences is Bette Davis. I've seen almost every one of her films, and she's been very inspiring to me. Show less «

I don't feel I was ever a 'famous' child actor. I was just a working actor who happened to be a kid....Show more »

I don't feel I was ever a 'famous' child actor. I was just a working actor who happened to be a kid. I was never really in a hit show until I was a teenager with The West Wing (1999), playing "First Daughter Zoey Bartlet". In a way, that was my saving grace - not being a star on a hit show. It kept me working and kept me grounded. Show less «

I heard that people were really interested in the new haircut, which I think is so funny. Great hair...Show more »

I heard that people were really interested in the new haircut, which I think is so funny. Great haircut, I really like it. It goes great with the time period. And I was super, super, super-happy to have my bangs swept to the side rather than straight in front of me, which I dealt with for three seasons. I'm very, very much done with that. Show less «

It's a great dynamic. The dynamic between men and women in the workplace is really interesting.

[observation, 2014] I feel like I've been working for a long time. And I feel like I'm in a place I'...Show more »

[observation, 2014] I feel like I've been working for a long time. And I feel like I'm in a place I'm proud to be in. We're doing projects I'm proud of, with people I like to work with. Show less «

I love working with male actors, and I think there's a tendency to write really interesting characte...Show more »

I love working with male actors, and I think there's a tendency to write really interesting characters that would work solely alongside men where they would be in a man's world and have to deal with that, and it creates a lot of interesting storylines. For me, it's kind of circumstantial, but I definitely enjoy it. Show less «

The great thing about Pete and Peggy's storyline is that you barely have to do anything. There's so ...Show more »

The great thing about Pete and Peggy's storyline is that you barely have to do anything. There's so much there, so much history, that you can have them exchange a look and it's so loaded. So you honestly don't have to do anything. Show less «

I think every day there is some new actress who comes out and inspires me to do something else... li...Show more »

I think every day there is some new actress who comes out and inspires me to do something else... like Hilary Swank. After she did Boys Don't Cry (1999), I felt this yearning to go out and be even half as good as she was. Show less «

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