Demi Gene Guynes professionally known as Demi Moore is an American actress and film producer. She gained popularity and also known as a member of the Brat Pack with roles in Blame It on Rio (1984), St. Elmo's Fire (1985), and About Last Night... (1986).
Demi Moore reveals she was raped aged 15
Demi Moore has said she was raped at the age of 15 in her home, by a man who claimed to have paid her mother $500. The Hollywood star, 56, made the allegation during a candid interview on Good Morning America to discuss her memoir, Inside Out.
Speaking to Diane Sawyer, she said she came home to find the older man, who knew her mother, in her apartment. After he had raped her, Moore alleges he said her mother had sold her to him. In the book, she writes: “It was rape. And a devastating betrayal, revealed by the man’s cruel question: how does it feel to be whored by your mother for $500?”Moore’s mother was an alcoholic who, according to Moore, took her to bars when she was a teenager so that men would notice them. She died in 1998. Asked if she believed the man, she said: “I think, in my deep heart no. I don’t think it was a straightforward transaction. But she still did give him the access, and put me in harm’s way.”
Famous for
- An American actress and film producer.
- Her starring role in Ghost (1990), the highest-grossing film of that year.
Where was Demi Moore born?
Demi Moore was born on 11 November 1962 in Roswell, New Mexico. She holds an American nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity. Her birth name is Demi Gene Guynes with the birth sign of Scorpio and was born to her father Charles Harmon, Sr. who is an Air Force airman and mother Virginia King. She was raised by her stepfather Dan Guynes, a newspaper advertising salesman as her biological father left her mother after a two-month marriage before she was born. Also, her mother never told her about her father until she found her mother and stepfather's marriage certificate at the age of 13. She often found her parents drunk and argued, until her stepfather Guynes committed suicide in October 1980 at age 37 by inhaling carbon monoxide from the exhaust of his car and her mother died of cancer on July 1998 at age 54. Besides, she also has said that "My dad was Dan Guynes. He raised me. There is a man who would be considered my biological father who I don't really have a relationship with." Moreover, Moore suffered from strabismus as a child and had two operations. Also, She had suffered from kidney dysfunction.
Regarding her education, she attended Fairfax High School after moving to West Hollywood, California, where her mother worked for a magazine distribution company.
How tall is Demi Moore?
Actress Demi Moore stands the height of 5ft 5in tall with a balanced weight of 54 kg. As an actress, she has an amazing fit n slim body physique with the body measurements of 36-25-36 inches with a bra size of 32B, a shoe size of 7(US) and a dress size of 4(US). She also has a fair complexion with her hazel blue eyes and dark brown hair color.
Career of Demi Moore
- She started her career by signing with the Elite Modeling Agency and went to Europe to work as a pin-up girl.
- She then enrolled in drama classes after being inspired by her next-door neighbor, 17-year-old German actress Nastassja Kinski.
- In August 1979, Moore met musician Freddy Moore, also Demi Moore co-wrote three songs with Freddy Moore and appeared in the music video for their selection "It's Not a Rumor," performed by his band, The Nu Kats.
- Moore also sang in the films One Crazy Summer and Bobby.
- Moore appeared on the cover of the January 1981 issue of the adult magazine Oui, taken from a photo session in which she had posed nude.
- Moore made her film debut with a brief role in the 1981 teen drama Choices, directed by Silvio Narizzano.
- Her second film feature was the 3-D sci-fi horror film Parasite (1982).
- Moore then joined the cast of the ABC soap opera General Hospital, playing the role of an investigative reporter until 1983.
- Moore's film career took off in 1984 after her appearance in the sex comedy Blame It on Rio.
- Her commercial breakthrough came in Joel Schumacher's yuppie drama St. Elmo's Fire (1985), which received negative reviews, but was a box office success.
- She progressed to more serious material with About Last Night... (1986), co-starring Rob Lowe, which marked a positive turning point in her career.
- Moore made her professional stage debut in an off-Broadway production of The Early Girl.
- In 1988, Moore starred as a prophecy-bearing mother in the apocalyptic drama The Seventh Sign—her first outing as a solo film star.
- Her most successful film to date is the supernatural romantic melodrama Ghost (1990), which grossed over US$505 million at the box office and was the highest-grossing film of the year which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination.
- In 1991, Moore starred in the horror-comedy Nothing but Trouble and played a blonde for the first time in the romantic comedy The Butcher's Wife.
- Moore sustained her A-list status with her starring roles in Rob Reiner's A Few Good Men (1992), Adrian Lyne's Indecent Proposal (1993), and Barry Levinson's Disclosure (1994)—all of which opened at #1 at the box office and were blockbuster hits.
- By 1995, Moore was the highest-paid actress in Hollywood. Moore was paid a record-breaking salary of US$12.5 million in 1996 to star in Striptease.
- Moore also produced and starred in a controversial miniseries for HBO called If These Walls Could Talk (1996).
- In 1996, she provided the speaking voice of the beautiful Esmeralda in Disney's animated adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
- In 1997, Moore shaved her head to play the first woman to undergo training in the Navy SEALs in Ridley Scott's G.I. Jane.
- After G.I. Jane, Moore retreated from the spotlight and moved to Hailey, Idaho, on a full-time basis to devote herself to raising her three daughters.
- She returned to the screen in 2003, playing a villain in the film Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.
- Moore took on the role of a driven police officer investigating a serial killer in 2007's Mr. Brooks, In Bunraku (2010),
- In 2011, Moore received a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film for her work as a director in a segment of the 2011 Lifetime anthology film Five.
- Moore appeared as the mother of a troubled teen in LOL (2012).
- In 2016, Moore starred in her next film, the drama Blind where she played as a neglected wife of an indicted businessman having an affair with a novelist blinded in a car crash.
- In February 2017, Moore joined the cast of Empire, in the recurring role of a take-charge nurse with a mysterious past.
- Moore's memoir titled Inside Out is set to be released on September 24, 2019, by HarperCollins.
Additionally,
- Moore has appeared on the cover of numerous international fashion magazines, including France's Elle; UK's Grazia; US' W, Vanity Fair, Interview, Rolling Stone, Glamour and InStyle; Australia's Harper's Bazaar and Turkey's Marie Claire.
- She has also appeared in television commercials for Keds, Oscar Mayer, Diet Coke, Lux, Jog Mate, and Seibu Department Stores.
- Moore has been included in magazine lists of the world's most beautiful women. In 1996, she was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.
- In August 1991, Moore appeared nude on the cover of Vanity Fair under the title More Demi Moore.
- She has won Saturn Award 1991 for Best actress.
- In 1993 and In 1996, she won People's Choice Award for Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture Actress.
- In 1994, Moore won TV Award for Best Kiss
- In 1995, Moore won ShoWest Convention Award for Female Star of the Year.
- In 1997, she won two Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress and Worst Screen Couple.
- In 2007, she won Critics Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble.
- In 2012, she won Independent Spirit Award for Ensemble Cast.
Demi Moore is married thrice in her life. She was first married to singer Freddy Moore, 12 years her senior. They got married On February 8, 1980, when she was 17 years old. Later, She filed for divorce in September 1984 and it was finalized on August 7, 1985. Then, Moore was engaged to actor Emilio Estevez and planned to marry in December 1986 but got separated on an unknown reason.
Moore then got married to her second husband, actor Bruce Willis On November 21, 1987. The couple also has three daughters together: Rumer (born August 16, 1988), Scout (born July 20, 1991), and Tallulah (born February 3, 1994). The couple also got separated on June 24, 1998, and filed for divorce on October 18, 2000. In between her third marriage, Moore had a three-year relationship with martial arts instructor Oliver Whitcomb, whom she dated from 1999 to 2002. After then, Moore began dating actor Ashton Kutcher in 2003, who was 15 years younger. They married on September 24, 2005, on a wedding with around 150 close friends and family of the couple, including her ex-husband Willis. The couple also got separated in 2011 after months of media speculation. After over a year of separation, Kutcher filed for divorce from Moore on December 21, 2012, in Los Angeles Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences and the divorce was finalized On November 27, 2013. Currently, Moore seems to be single as further updates will be added soon.
Birthday of Demi Moore
Actress Demi Moore celebrates her birthday on the 11th of November.
Net worth of Demi Moore
Demi Moore is earning a good amount of money from her acting career. Moore is also included as one of the highest-paid actresses in the industry. Also, In 1996 Moore became the highest-paid actress in film history when she received a then-unprecedented US$12.5 million to star in Striptease. As of 2019, her net worth is estimated to around $150 Million and is expected to grow more in coming years as she is still active on her acting career.
