Carrie-Anne Moss

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Born

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (1967)

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Four people stand in a line, wearing dark clothing and sunglasses with guns in their hands. The background is a moody blue fog, penetrated by downward streaks of computer code which resemble rain. Front and centre in the lineup is Neo, a white man with short black hair in a trenchcoat over a plain black shirt, portrayed by Keanu Reeves. Behind Neo on the right is Trinity, a white woman with short black hair in a latex tank top, portrayed by Carrie-Anne Moss. Behind Neo on the left is Morpheus, a bald black man in a trenchcoat over a well-kept suit and tie, portrayed by Laurence Fishburne. Finally, behind Morpheus on the right is Cypher, a bald white man in a trenchcoat over a run-down suit and tie, portrayed by Joe Pantoliano. The names "Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne" appear at the top of the poster in glowing blue text, and the title "The Matrix" appears at the bottom of the poster in jagged glowing blue text. Beneath the title is the tagline "on March 31st the fight for the future begins," also in glowing blue text.
Three people in dark clothing and sunglasses stand dramatically in a line and look towards camera at the end of a brick corridor. The corridor is lit in an unnatural green sepiatone, with streaks of bright green code flowing down the walls and across the floor. The character front and center in the lineup is Neo, a white man with short black hair wearing a long black coat, portrayed by Keanu Reeves. The character to Neo's left is Trinity, a white woman with short black hair wearing a latex trenchcoat, portrayed by Carrie-Anne Moss. The character to Neo's right is Morpheus, a bald black man wearing a suit and tie beneath a trenchcoat, portrayed by Laurence Fishburne. The film's title, "Matrix Reloaded," appears at the top of the poster in jagged glowing green text.
Five characters wearing dark sunglasses and coats stand in a loose lineup amid a fragmented blue digital landscape which roughly resembles a rain-streaked city at night. The characters are rendered with a degree of opacity, allowing lights from the city and stray shooting particles to partially appear through their bodies. The character at the front and centre of the poster is Neo, a white man with long dark hair wearing a black trenchcoat, portrayed by Keanu Reeves, who stands with his hand held outward in a stopping motion and the bottom of his trenchcoat flaring out dramatically like a cape. Directly behind Neo on his right is Trinity, a white woman with short black hair and a black leather trenchcoat, portrayed by Carrie-Anne Moss, who is stepping out from behind him. Behind Trinity on her right is Bugs, an East Asian woman with bright blue short curly hair wearing a trench coat and holding a small gun pointed at the ground, protrayed by Jessica Henwick, who stares over at Trinity. Behind Neo on the left is Morpheus, a bald black man in bright plum dress pants, a bright plum trenchcoat with bright turquoise lining, and a bright turquoise dress shirt, with a machine gun pointed dramatically past camera, portrayed by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Further back, positioned between Morpheus and Neo is Lexy, a latinx woman with short dreadlocks, a dark coat, and a small gun pointed towards the ground, portrayed by Eréndira Ibarra. Near the top of the poster, the film's title "The Matrix Resurrections," is written in jagged grey text. Near the bottom of the poster, the film's tagline "Return to the source," appears in small grey text along with the release date, "Christmas."
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Biography

Carrie-Anne Moss was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada. At age 20, after studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she moved to Europe to pursue a career in modeling. While in Spain she was cast in the TV show Dark Justice which was produced in Barcelona for its first season and Los Angeles for its second. Once in LA, Carrie-Anne was cast in other series regular opportunities like Matrix (which coincidentally presaged the movie that would later make her famous), and then Aaron Spelling's Models Inc.

Carrie-Anne's work was gaining attention when the late great Mali Finn brought her in to audition for The Wachowski's, who offered her the opportunity to create the iconic cyber warrior "Trinity". Alongside her "One" Keanu Reeves, in stride with Laurence Fishburne and the multifaceted Hugo Weaving. Carrie-Anne Moss galvanized her place in cinematic history in one of the highest grossing sci-fi action franchises of all time.

Carrie-Anne began receiving a wide range of scripts but it was the complex screenplay Memento that stirred her creative senses and once meeting the then unknown writer/director Christopher Nolan, it was without hesitation that she accepted the role of "Natalie" in Nolan's directorial debut. Her remarkable performance won her the coveted Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female that year.

Prominent directors and producers continued to pursue her. She survived with Val Kilmer on the Red Planet for Warner Bros; sweetened Lasse Hallstrom's multi Oscar nominated Chocolat for Miramax and tracked Sir Ben Kingsley in Paramount's Suspect Zero. She mothered Shia LaBeouf in DreamWork's box-office hit Disturbia; and together with Samuel L. Jackson, led the intense interrogation of Michael Sheen in Sony's Unthinkable.

Carrie-Anne continued to collaborate on independent projects including The Chumscrubber with Ralph Fiennes and Glenn Close; the comedy noir Mini's First Time also starring Alec Baldwin and Luke Wilson; Snow Cake the touching drama with Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman; Fireflies in the Garden in the company of Ryan Reynolds, Julia Roberts and Willem Defoe; and the retro zombie rom-com Fido along with Billy Connelly and Dylan Baker.

Throughout her career, Carrie-Anne has joined compelling television projects such as Ryan Murphy's Pretty Handsome; CBS's Vegas for James Mangold and Marvel's Jessica Jones as "Jerry Hogarth" for show runner Melissa Rosenberg. She recently finished acting and also producing in her second season, the bi-lingual English/Norwegian detective crime series Wisting, as an FBI agent set in the Norwegian landscape.

Next up, Carrie-Anne returns once again to star as "Trinity" in the much anticipated fourth installment of Lana Wachowski's Matrix Resurrections opposite Keanu Reeves for Warner Bros, which launches globally December 22, 2021.

IMDb. “Carrie-Anne Moss - Biography.” Accessed July 20, 2023. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005251/bio/.
Filmography
References
IMDb. “Carrie-Anne Moss - Biography.” Accessed July 20, 2023. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005251/bio/.