Birth Name

Carrie-Anne Moss

Birth Date

08/21/1967

Birthplace

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Credits

14 Movies, 3 TV appearances, 1 awards
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Family

Brother: Brooke Moss
older

Child:
born September 2003; father Steven Roy

Mother: Barbara Moss
divorced from Moss' father; raised Moss and her brother as a single parent

Notes

"I had a wonderful time but the work itself wasn't that fulfilling. I learned a lot--I learned what not to do." --Moss on working on Aaron Spelling's less-than-successful confection "Models Inc.". quoted in Calgary Sun, September 21, 1996.
"I worked in every restaurant in Vancouver. When I was 19, I had given up my dream of acting because I didn't know how to go about it. Gil Bellows, the actor from 'Ally McBeal'-we hung out together in high school- came into my restaturant one day and said 'I thought you wanted to be an actor. You had so much passion for acting. What are you doing?' I quit the next day." --quoted in Movieline, February 1999.
Moss was named after the 1960s hit song "Carrie Anne" by The Hollies
On her supportive friendship with fellow actress Maria Bello: "I had done a lot of nonrespectful television, things that people don't think are any good. And I didn't have a lot of confidence as an actor, in terms of being an artist. My career transformed when I met her--she inspired me to believe that I had that in me." --From Time Out New York, February 4-11, 1999.

Milestones

(1993) Appeared in an episode of "L.A. Law"
(2007) Cast in the thriller "Disturbia," a high-tech teen update of "Rear Window"
(2005) Co-starred in Arie Posin's ensemble "The Chumscrubber," about life crumbling in the midst of a seemingly idyllic suburbia
(2000) Co-starred opposite Guy Pearce in the thriller "Memento"; released in USA in 2001
(1997) Featured in the Canadian comedy feature "The Secret Life of Algernon", written by and starring John Cullum
(1993) Featured in the Toronto-shot USA Network TV series "Matrix"
(1992) Guest starred on the short-lived series "Down the Shore" and "The Hat Squad"
Had a featured role as spunky Lucinda Scott in the syndicated adventure "F/X: The Series", starring Daddo
(2000) Had female lead in "Red Planet"
(1990) Moved to Europe at age 20 to pursue a modeling career (date approximate)
(1996) Nominated for a Gemini Award for her guest performance on CBS' "Due South"
(1994) Played past-her-prime model Carrie Spencer on the Fox drama "Models Inc."; first screen collaboration with Cameron Daddo
(2007) Played the typically doting '50s housewife in the Canadian zombie film, "Fido"
(2003) Reprised her role as Trinity for the third installment "The Matrix: Revelations"
(2003) Reprised role of Trinity in the sequel "The Matrix Reloaded"
(1981) Starred in children's musical theatre in her native Vancouver at age 11 (date approximate)
(2004) Starred opposite Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley in "Suspect Zero"
(1999) Starred opposite Keanu Reeves in the sci-fi thriller "Matrix", performing her own martial arts fight scenes
(1991-1992) TV debut as a regular in the CBS late night series "Dark Justice"; moved to L.A. when series production relocated there from Europe
(2000) Was featured in the ensemble of "Chocolat" as Judi Dench's disapproving daughter
(2007) Played Alan Rickman's love interest in the drama, "Snow Cake"