Elisabeth Moss

Acting · Born 1982-07-24 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Girl, Interrupted as Polly
• Virgin as Jessie Reynolds
• Mumford as Katie Brockett
• Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Jackie Drake
• Once Upon a Forest as Michelle (voice)
• Get Him to the Greek as Daphne Binks
• The Attic as Emma Callan
• Frosty Returns as Holly (voice)
• Green Lantern: Emerald Knights as Arisia Rrab (voice)
• A Thousand Acres as Linda