theOscarSite Facts:
Birth Name:
  • Julie Anne Smith
Birthdate:
  • 3 December 1960
Birthplace:
  • Fayetteville, North Carolina
Quote:
  • "I just want to work. The notion that anyone can plan a career is a fallacy, unless you're making $20 million a picture." -- Time, November 29, 1999
Education:
  • Graduated from Frankfurt American High School, Frankfurt, Germany, 1979
  • Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; BFA, Drama, 1983
Factoids:
  • Played dual role of Frannie and her look-alike half-sister Sabrina on "As the World Turns" (1985-88)
  • She reads every script she receives
Significant Other(s):
  • Husband: Sundar Chakravarthy; married 1983; divorced 1985
  • Husband: John Gould Rubin, actor; married 1986; divorced 1995
  • Husband: Bart Freundlich, director, screenwriter - b. 1970; married 2003
Family:
  • Father: military judge
  • Mother: psychiatric social worker; immigrated from Scotland
  • Brother: Peter Moore Smith; author of Raveling, for which Moore bought the film rights
  • Son: Caleb Freundlich; b. 4 December 1997; father, Bart Freundlich
  • Daughter: Liv Helen Freundlich; b. 11 April 2002; father, Bart Freundlich
Feature Film
Credits:
  • Morgan's Summit (2009)
    Shelter (2009)
    The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
    Hateship, Friendship, Courtship (2008)
    Boone's Lick (2008)
    Blindness (2008)
    I'm Not There (2007)
    Savage Grace (2007)
    Next (2007)
    Children of Men (2006)
    Freedomland (2006)
    The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohia (2006)
    Trust the Man (2005)
    The Forgotten (2004)
    Laws of Attraction (2003)
    The Hours (2002)
    Far from Heaven (2002)
    Hannibal (2001)
    Evolution (2001)
    The Shipping News (2001)
    Not I (2000)
    The Ladies Man (2000)
  • Cookie's Fortune (1999)
    Magnolia (1999)
    The End of the Affair (1999)
    An Ideal Husband (1999)
    A Map of the World (1999)
    The Big Lebowski (1998)
    Psycho (1998)
    Junket Whore (1998)
    Chicago Cab (1998)
    The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
    Boogie Nights (1997)
    The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
    Surviving Picasso (1996)
    Roommates (1995)
    Safe (1995)
    Nine Months (1995)
    Assassins (1995)
    Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
    Body of Evidence (1993)
    Benny and Joon (1993)
    The Fugitive (1993)
    Short Cuts (1993)
    The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
    The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)
    Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)
Academy Awards®: