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{{Infobox person
| image = Carrie-Anne Moss 07 TIFF.jpg
| caption = Moss at the [[2007 Toronto International Film Festival]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1967|8|21}}
| birth_place = [[Burnaby]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]
| birth_name = Carrie-Anne Moss
| other_namess = Carrie-Ann Moss, Carrie Moss
| spouse = Steven Roy (1999–present)
| *****ren = Owen, Jaden, Frances
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1989–present
}}
'''Carrie-Anne Moss''' (born August 21, 1967) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] actress, best known for her role of [[Trinity (The Matrix)|Trinity]] in [[The Matrix (series)|''The Matrix'' trilogy]] of films beginning with the sci-fi action film ''[[The Matrix]]'' (1999), her breakthrough film. She has starred in the neo-noir-psychological thriller film ''[[Memento (film)|Memento]]'', directed by [[Christopher Nolan]], the sci-fi thriller ''[[Red Planet (film)|Red Planet]]'', and the romantic drama ''[[Chocolat (2000 film)|Chocolat]]'' (all 2000), the indie drama ''[[Snow Cake]]'' (2006), the Hitchcockian mystery horror-thriller film ''[[Disturbia (film)|Disturbia]]'' (2007) and the controversial suspense thriller ''[[Unthinkable]]'' (2010). Moss stars as Jeri Hogarth in the [[Netflix]] [[Jessica Jones (TV series)|series about the Marvel Comics character Jessica Jones]]. 

==Early life==
Carrie-Anne Moss was born in [[Burnaby]], [[British Columbia]], to Melvyn and Barbara Moss. She has an older brother, Brooke. Moss' mother reportedly named her after  [[The Hollies]]' 1967 hit song, "[[Carrie Anne]]", which had been released in May that year. Moss lived with her mother in Vancouver as a *****.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/celebrities/profile/index.jsp?uuid=39813244-d75d-4048-af1b-c20f7aae2ae1 |title=Carrie-Anne Moss&nbsp;– Profile, Latest News and Related Articles |publisher=Eonline.com |date= |accessdate=2010-08-10 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20090210164833/https://www.eonline.com:80/celebrities/profile/index.jsp?uuid=39813244-d75d-4048-af1b-c20f7aae2ae1 |archivedate=February 10, 2009 }}</ref> At the age of 11, she joined the Vancouver *****ren's musical theatre and later went on to tour Europe with the [[Magee Secondary School]] Choir in her senior year.

==Career==
While in Spain, Moss landed a role in the drama series ''[[Dark Justice]]'', her first television appearance. She moved from [[Barcelona]] to [[Los Angeles, California]] with the series in 1992. She enrolled at the [[American Academy of Dramatic Arts]] in Pasadena upon her return. She starred in [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]'s short-lived prime time soap opera ''[[Models Inc.]],'' a spin-off of ''[[Melrose Place]]'', as a model.

Her breakthrough role came when she was chosen to play [[Trinity (The Matrix)|Trinity]] in the 1999 box office success ''[[The Matrix]]''. She reprised the role in two sequels ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'' and ''[[The Matrix Revolutions]]'', as well as providing voiceovers for [[video game]] and [[animation|animated]] spin-offs of the film. Coincidentally, she had previously co-starred in an unrelated made-in-Canada television series also entitled ''[[Matrix (TV series)|Matrix]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20548|title=New 'Matrix'-Inspired One Sheet for 'Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D'|publisher=Bloody-disgusting.com|date=|accessdate=2010-08-10}}</ref>

Following the release of ''The Matrix'', Moss starred opposite [[Burt Reynolds]] and [[Richard Dreyfuss]] in the Disney mobster comedy ''[[The Crew (2000 film)|The Crew]]''. She starred with [[Val Kilmer]] in ''[[Red Planet (film)|Red Planet]]'' for [[Warner Bros.]] She next appeared in [[Miramax]]'s Oscar-nominated film ''[[Chocolat (2000 film)|Chocolat]]''. She then starred with [[Guy Pearce]] in the thriller ''[[Memento (film)|Memento]]'' for which Moss earned an [[Independent Spirit Award]] for her performance. In 2006 she appeared in ''[[Fido (film)|Fido]]'' and ''[[Snow Cake]]'', and in 2007 she appeared in the thriller ''[[Disturbia (film)|Disturbia]]''. She voiced the character Aria in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' and ''[[Mass Effect 3]]''.

Moss plays Jeri Hogarth in the [[Netflix]] TV series based on the [[Marvel Comics]] character [[Jessica Jones (TV series)|Jessica Jones]]. The show was released in November, 2015 to positive critical reviews. 

==Personal life==
Moss married actor Steven Roy in 1999. They have two sons and a daughter.<ref name="People2003" />

==Filmography==

=== Films ===
[[File:Carrie-Anne Moss 1999.jpg|thumb|Moss in August 1999]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of films credits
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" |Notes
|-
| 1994
| ''{{sortname|The|Soft Kill|nolink=1}}''
| Jane Tanner
|
|-
| 1994
| ''Flashfire''
| Meredith Neal
|
|-
| 1995
| ''Terrified''
| Tracy
| also known as ''Evil Never Sleeps'' and ''Toughguy''
|-
| 1996
| ''Sabotage''
| Louise Castle
|
|-
| 1997
| ''Lethal Tender''
| Melissa Wilkins
|
|-
| 1997
| ''{{sortname|The|Secret Life of Algernon|nolink=1}}''
| Madge Clerisy
|
|-
| 1999
| ''{{sortname|The|Matrix}}''
| [[Trinity (The Matrix)|Trinity]]
|
|-
| 1999
| ''New Blood''
| Leigh
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Chocolat (2000 film)|Chocolat]]''
| Caroline Clairmont
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Red Planet (film)|Red Planet]]''
| Cmdr. Kate Bowman
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Memento (film)|Memento]]''
| Natalie
|
|-
| 2000
| ''{{sortname|The|Crew|The Crew (2000 film)}}''
| Detective Olivia Neal
|
|-
| 2003
| ''{{sortname|The|Matrix Reloaded}}''
| Trinity
|
|-
| 2003
| ''{{sortname|The|Matrix Revolutions}}''
| Trinity
| 
|-
| 2003
| ''{{sortname|The|Animatrix}}''
| Trinity
| Voice only
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Suspect Zero]]''
| Fran Kulok
|
|-
| 2005
| ''{{sortname|The|Chumscrubber}}''
| Jerri Falls
|
|-
| 2005
| ''Sledge: The Untold Story''
| Herself/Girlfriend in movie
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Fido (film)|Fido]]''
| Helen Robinson
| 
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Snow Cake]]''
| Maggie
| 
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Mini's First Time]]''
| Diane Droggs Tennan
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Disturbia (film)|Disturbia]]''
| Julie Brecht
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Normal (2007 film)|Normal]]''
| Catherine
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Fireflies in the Garden]]''
| Kelly Hanson
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Love Hurts (2009 film)|Love Hurts]]''
| Amanda Bingham
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Unthinkable]]''
| Agent Helen Brody
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Silent Hill: Revelation]]''
| Claudia Wolf
| 
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Knife Fight (film)|Knife Fight]]''
| Penelope Nelson
| 
|-
| 2013
| ''[[The Clockwork Girl (film)|The Clockwork Girl]]''
|Admiral Wells
| Voice
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Compulsion (2013 film)|Compulsion]]''
| Saffron
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn (2014 film)| Warriors' Dawn]]''
| Elena
| Voice

|-
| 2014
| ''[[Pompeii (2014 film)|Pompeii]]''
| Aurelia
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Elephant Song (2014 film)|Elephant Song]]''
| Olivia
|
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Unity (film)|Unity]]''<ref>{{cite web|author1=Dave McNary|title=Documentary ‘Unity’ Set for Aug. 12 Release with 100 Star Narrators|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/documentary-unity-set-for-aug-12-release-with-100-star-narrators-1201477200/|publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=May 1, 2015|date=April 22, 2015}}</ref>
| Narrator
| Documentary
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Brain on Fire (film)|Brain on Fire]]''
| 
| Filming
|-
| 2016
| ''[[The Bye Bye Man]]''
| 
| Post-production
|-
|}

=== Television ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1991-1993
| ''[[Dark Justice]]''
| Tara McDonald
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Street Justice]]''
| Jennifer
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Forever Knight]]''
| Monica Howard
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Matrix (TV series)|Matrix]]''
| Liz Teel
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Doorways]]''
| Laura
| Unaired TV pilot
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Silk Stalkings]]''
| Lisa/Lanax Bannon
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Models Inc.]]''
| Carrie Spencer
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Baywatch]]''
| Gwen Brown/Mattie Brown
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Nowhere Man (TV series)|Nowhere Man]]''
| Karin Stoltz
|
|-
| 1996&ndash;1997
| ''[[F/X: The Series]]''
| Lucinda Scott
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Due South]]''
| Irene Zuko
| Episode "Juliet is Bleeding"
|-
| 2007
| ''Suspect''
| Lt. Chivers
| TV pilot
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Pretty/Handsome]]''
| Elizabeth Fitzpayne
| TV pilot
|-
| 2011
| ''Normal''
| Ann Brown
| TV pilot
|-
| 2011–2012
|''[[Chuck (TV series)|Chuck]]''
| Gertrude Verbanski
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Vegas (TV series)|Vegas]]''
| Katherine O'Connell
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Crossing Lines]]''
| Amanda Andrews
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Jessica Jones (TV series)|Jessica Jones]]''
| [[Jeryn Hogarth|Jeryn "Jeri" Hogarth]]
| 
|}

=== Video games ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Voice
! Notes
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Enter the Matrix]]''
| [[Trinity (The Matrix)|Trinity]]
| [[full motion video based game|FMV]]
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
| [[Characters of the Mass Effect universe#Aria T.27Loak|Aria T'Loak]]
| 
|-
|2012
| ''[[Mass Effect 3]]''
| Aria T'Loak<ref>[https://www.rwdmag.com/2012/02/exclusive-mass-effect-3-voice-cast-revealed/ Mass Effect 3 Voice Cast Revealed]</ref>
| 
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Nominated work
! Award
! Result
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Due South]]''
| [[Gemini Award]] for Best Guest Actress in a Drama
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1999
| ''[[The Matrix]]''
| [[Empire Award for Best Newcomer]] <small>(tied with [[Damien O'Donnell]])</small>
|{{won}}
|-
| 1999
| ''[[The Matrix]]''
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance|MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Female Performance]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| 1999
| ''[[The Matrix]]''
| [[Saturn Award for Best Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Chocolat (2000 film)|Chocolat]]''
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Memento (film)|Memento]]''
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female]]
|{{won}}
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Memento (film)|Memento]]''
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
|{{nom}}
|-
| 2003
| ''{{sortname|The|Matrix Revolutions}}''
| [[***** Choice Awards|***** Choice Award]] for Choice Movie Actress – Drama/Action Adventure
|{{nom}}
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Fido (film)|Fido]]''
| [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film]]
|{{won}}
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Snow Cake]]''
| [[Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role]]
|{{won}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist
| refs =
<ref name="People2003">
{{cite journal
| journal = [[People magazine]]
| title = Baby Boom
| date = November 17, 2003
| volume = 60
| issue = 20
| issn = 00937673
| url = https://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20148623,00.html
| accessdate = 2009-06-07
}}
</ref>

}}

==External links==
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