# Demi Moore
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{{Short description|American actress (born 1962)}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2026}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Demi Moore
| image = Demi Moore at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival (cropped).jpg
| caption = Moore at the [2026 Cannes Film Festival](/source/2026_Cannes_Film_Festival)
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1962|11|11}}
| birth_place = [Roswell, New Mexico](/source/Roswell%2C_New_Mexico), U.S.
| occupation = {{Hlist|Actress|producer}}
| works = [Full list](/source/Demi_Moore_filmography)
| years_active = 1978–present
| spouse = {{Plainlist |
* {{Marriage|Freddy Moore|1981|1985|end=divorced}}
* {{Marriage|[Bruce Willis](/source/Bruce_Willis)|1987|2000|end=divorced}}
* {{Marriage|[Ashton Kutcher](/source/Ashton_Kutcher)|2005|2013|end=divorced}}
}}
| children = 3, including [Rumer Willis](/source/Rumer_Willis)
| parents =
| awards = [Full list](/source/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Demi_Moore)
| signature = Demi Moore signature.svg
}}
'''Demi Gene Moore'''{{refn|group=n|name=born}} ({{IPAc-en|d|ə|ˈ|m|iː}} {{respell|də|MEE}};[{{cite web |last=McRady |first=Rachel |date=2017-06-13 |title=Demi Moore Plays Charades with Jimmy Fallon, Explains the Origins of Her Name |url=https://www.etonline.com/news/219547_demi_moore_plays_charades_with_jimmy_fallon_explains_the_origins_of_her_name |website=[Entertainment Tonight](/source/Entertainment_Tonight) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531101653/https://www.etonline.com/news/219547_demi_moore_plays_charades_with_jimmy_fallon_explains_the_origins_of_her_name |archive-date=May 31, 2023 |access-date=2023-05-31}}] {{nee|'''Guynes'''}}; born November 11, 1962)[{{cite web |last=Parker |first=Ashley Joy |date=November 12, 2022 |title=Demi Moore Dances with Joy as She Celebrates 60th Birthday with Family |url=https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1354403/demi-moore-dances-with-joy-as-she-celebrates-60th-birthday-with-family |website=[E! News](/source/E!_News) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112200722/https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1354403/demi-moore-dances-with-joy-as-she-celebrates-60th-birthday-with-family |archive-date=12 November 2022 |access-date=November 11, 2023 |quote=Demi Moore rang in her milestone 60th birthday Nov. 11 aboard a private jet with family and friends.}}] is an American actress and producer. After rising to prominence in the 1980s, she became the world's highest-paid actress by 1995.[{{cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Terri |date=December 7, 2009 |title=Kristen Stewart's 'Welcome to the Rileys' Role is Only the Latest Fictional Stripper in Hollywood |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2434699/kristen-stewarts-welcome-to-the-rileys-role-is-only-the-latest-fictional-stripper-in-hollywood/ |publisher=[MTV](/source/MTV) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112184846/http://www.mtv.com/news/2434699/kristen-stewarts-welcome-to-the-rileys-role-is-only-the-latest-fictional-stripper-in-hollywood/ |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |access-date=November 12, 2020}}] [Her accolades](/source/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Demi_Moore) include a [Golden Globe](/source/Golden_Globes), a [Critics' Choice Award](/source/Critics'_Choice_Awards), and an [Actor Award](/source/Actor_Awards), and nominations for an [Academy Award](/source/Academy_Awards), a [British Academy Film Award](/source/British_Academy_Film_Awards), and a [Primetime Emmy Award](/source/Primetime_Emmy_Awards).[{{cite web |title=Demi Moore |url=https://goldenglobes.com/person/demi-moore/ |website=[Golden Globes](/source/Golden_Globes) |publisher=[Hollywood Foreign Press Association](/source/Hollywood_Foreign_Press_Association) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102151839/https://goldenglobes.com/person/demi-moore/ |archive-date=2 January 2025 |access-date=September 23, 2024}}][{{cite news |last=Ryzik |first=Melena |date=2025-01-23 |title=Demi Moore Caps a Career Comeback with an Oscar Nomination |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/movies/demi-moore-the-substance-oscar-nomination.html |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123143121/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/movies/demi-moore-the-substance-oscar-nomination.html |archive-date=23 January 2025 |access-date=2025-01-23}}] In 2025, she appeared on ''[Time](/source/Time_(magazine))''{{'}}s [100 most influential people in the world](/source/Time_100) list,[{{cite magazine |last=Murphy |first=Ryan |author-link=Ryan Murphy (producer) |date=April 16, 2025 |title=Demi Moore: The 100 Most Influential People of 2025 |url=https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273755/demi-moore/ |magazine=[Time](/source/Time_(magazine)) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250416123309/https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273755/demi-moore/ |archive-date=16 April 2025 |access-date=April 16, 2025}}] and received a star on the [Hollywood Walk of Fame](/source/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame) that year.[{{cite news |last=Harvey |first=Lauren |date=2025-07-02 |title=Miley Cyrus, Timothée Chalamet and Demi Moore to receive stars on Hollywood Walk of Fame |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-07-02/miley-cyrus-timothee-chalamet-demi-moore-hollywood-walk-of-fame |newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250702233507/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-07-02/miley-cyrus-timothee-chalamet-demi-moore-hollywood-walk-of-fame |archive-date=July 2, 2025 |access-date=April 21, 2026}}]
Moore began her career as a model and joined the cast of the soap opera ''[General Hospital](/source/General_Hospital)'' in 1981.[{{cite news|last=Connelly|first=Sherryl|date=1981-12-27|title=Here's Luke's new love|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/486216891/|newspaper=[Daily News](/source/New_York_Daily_News)|location=New York|page=3|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260111065949/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/486216891/|archive-date=January 11, 2026|access-date=March 3, 2026|via=Newspapers.com}}] After departing the show in 1983, she rose to prominence as a member of the [Brat Pack](/source/Brat_Pack), with roles in the films ''[Blame It on Rio](/source/Blame_It_on_Rio)'' (1984), ''[St. Elmo's Fire](/source/St._Elmo's_Fire_(film))'' (1985), and ''[About Last Night...](/source/About_Last_Night_(1986_film))'' (1986). She emerged a star with her portrayal of a grieving girlfriend in the romance film ''[Ghost](/source/Ghost_(1990_film))'' (1990), had further box office success with ''[A Few Good Men](/source/A_Few_Good_Men)'' (1992), ''[Indecent Proposal](/source/Indecent_Proposal)'' (1993), and ''[Disclosure](/source/Disclosure_(1994_film))'' (1994), and received a then-unprecedented {{USD|12.5 million|long=No}} to star in ''[Striptease](/source/Striptease_(film))'' (1996). Her output decreased significantly after ''[The Scarlet Letter](/source/The_Scarlet_Letter_(1995_film))'' (1995), ''[The Juror](/source/The_Juror)'' (1996) and ''[G.I. Jane](/source/G.I._Jane)'' (1997) fell below commercial expectations.[{{cite news|last=Goodwin|first=Christopher|date=March 4, 2012|title=She can't take any Moore|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/she-cant-take-any-moore-mkldh7thmhs|newspaper=[The Times](/source/The_Times)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201170807/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/she-cant-take-any-moore-mkldh7thmhs|archive-date=December 1, 2021|access-date=November 12, 2020}}][{{cite web|last=Juzwiak|first=Rich|date=August 3, 2012|title=Demi Moore, Queen of Flops|url=https://gawker.com/5931334/demi-moore-queen-of-flops|website=[Gawker](/source/Gawker)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810082028/https://gawker.com/5931334/demi-moore-queen-of-flops|archive-date=August 10, 2020|access-date=January 4, 2020}}]
Moore has sporadically held leading roles in [arthouse](/source/Art_film) films; supporting roles in ''[Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle](/source/Charlie's_Angels%3A_Full_Throttle)'' (2003), ''[Bobby](/source/Bobby_(2006_film))'' (2006), ''[Mr. Brooks](/source/Mr._Brooks)'' (2007), ''[Margin Call](/source/Margin_Call)'' (2011), and ''[Rough Night](/source/Rough_Night)'' (2017); as well as television credits in ''[If These Walls Could Talk](/source/If_These_Walls_Could_Talk)'' (1996), ''[Empire](/source/Empire_(2015_TV_series))'' (2017–2018), ''[Feud: Capote vs. The Swans](/source/Feud%3A_Capote_vs._The_Swans)'' (2024), and ''[Landman](/source/Landman_(TV_series))'' (2024–present). She gained renewed recognition for her performance as an aging celebrity in the body horror film ''[The Substance](/source/The_Substance)'' (2024), for which she won a [Golden Globe](/source/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Motion_Picture_%E2%80%93_Musical_or_Comedy) and received an [Academy Award](/source/Academy_Awards) nomination for [Best Actress](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actress).
Moore has been married three times. From 1981 to 1985, she was married to musician Freddy Moore. From 1987 to 2000, she was married to [Bruce Willis](/source/Bruce_Willis), with whom she has three daughters.[{{cite web|date=September 25, 2019|title=Demi Moore and Bruce Willis pose together with daughters and Willis' wife: Pic!|url=https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2019/09/25/demi-moore-bruce-willis-pose-together-with-daughters-and-willis-wife-pic/23820052/|publisher=[AOL](/source/AOL)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101131211/https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2019/09/25/demi-moore-bruce-willis-pose-together-with-daughters-and-willis-wife-pic/23820052/|archive-date=November 1, 2019|access-date=November 1, 2019}}] She was married to [Ashton Kutcher](/source/Ashton_Kutcher) from 2005 to 2013. Her 2019 memoir, ''[Inside Out](/source/Inside_Out_(Moore_book))'', reached [number one](/source/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_2019) on [''The New York Times'' Best Seller list](/source/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list).[{{cite magazine|date=April 17, 2019|title=Demi Moore to Release Long-Awaited, 'Deeply Candid' Memoir This Fall|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/demi-moore-release-long-awaited-memoir-fall-1202625|magazine=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)|publisher=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809072616/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/demi-moore-release-long-awaited-memoir-fall-1202625|archive-date=August 9, 2019|access-date=April 21, 2026}}][{{cite web|date=October 4, 2019|title=Demi Moore's memoir tops New York Times Best Sellers list|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/demi-moores-memoir-tops-new-york-times-best-sellers-list-60763960/|website=[Hollywood.com](/source/Hollywood.com)|publisher=[World Entertainment News Network](/source/World_Entertainment_News_Network)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026172342/http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/demi-moores-memoir-tops-new-york-times-best-sellers-list-60763960/|archive-date=October 26, 2019|access-date=October 26, 2019}}] ''[People](/source/People_(magazine))'' magazine named her the most beautiful woman in the world in 2025.[{{cite magazine |last=Jordan |first=Julie |date=April 22, 2025 |title=World's Most Beautiful: Of Course It's Demi! Read Her Candid Interview and See the Stunning Photos|url=https://people.com/worlds-most-beautiful-demi-moore-cover-story-photos-exclusive-11717760 |magazine=[People](/source/People_(magazine)) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425154807/https://people.com/worlds-most-beautiful-demi-moore-cover-story-photos-exclusive-11717760 |archive-date=April 25, 2025 |access-date=August 5, 2025}}]
==Early life==
Demi Moore was born Demetria Gene Harmon[{{cite web |date=January 6, 2025 |title=Demi Moore |url=https://www.biography.com/actors/demi-moore |website=[Biography.com](/source/Biography.com) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251030145124/https://www.biography.com/actors/demi-moore |archive-date=October 30, 2025 |access-date=October 31, 2025}}] on November 11, 1962, in [Roswell, New Mexico](/source/Roswell%2C_New_Mexico). Her biological father, [Air Force](/source/United_States_Air_Force) airman Charles Foster Harmon Sr.,[{{cite magazine |date=February 11, 2012 |title=Demi Moore's Long-Lost Siblings: We Can Save Her |url=https://okmagazine.com/news/demi-moores-long-lost-siblings-we-can-save-her/ |magazine=[OK!](/source/OK!) |agency=[Star](/source/Star_(magazine)) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212160108/http://www.okmagazine.com/news/demi-moores-long-lost-siblings-we-can-save-her |archive-date=February 12, 2012 |access-date=April 21, 2026}}] deserted her then-18-year-old mother, Virginia (née King),[{{cite web|title=Beverley Virginia King, Born 11/27/1943 in California|url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/beverley_virginia_king_born_1943_2657822|website=californiabirthindex.org|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716213415/https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/beverley_virginia_king_born_1943_2657822|archive-date=July 16, 2022|access-date=May 31, 2023}}] after a two-month marriage before Moore's birth.[{{cite magazine |last=Collins |first=Nancy |date=August 1991 |title=Demi's Big Moment |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/04/demi-moore-cover-story-august-1991 |magazine=[Vanity Fair](/source/Vanity_Fair_(magazine)) |volume=54 |issue=8 |pages=96–101, 142–150 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412233534/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/04/demi-moore-cover-story-august-1991 |archive-date=April 12, 2023 |access-date=May 31, 2023 }}] Charles came from [Lanett, Alabama](/source/Lanett%2C_Alabama), and Virginia was born in [Richmond, California](/source/Richmond%2C_California) but had grown up in Roswell.{{sfn|Moore|2019|page=24}} Moore's maternal grandmother was raised on a farm in [Elida, New Mexico](/source/Elida%2C_New_Mexico).{{sfn|Moore|2019|page=24}} Moore has deep roots in the [South Central](/source/West_South_Central_states) and [Southern U.S.](/source/Southern_United_States), particularly Oklahoma, Arkansas and Georgia. When Moore was three months old, her mother married Dan Guynes, a newspaper advertising salesman who frequently changed jobs; as a result, the family moved many times.[{{cite news|last=Nieman|first=Beth|date=January 5, 2020|title=Actress Demi Moore, a Roswell native, talks about life, love and money|url=https://www.currentargus.com/story/entertainment/books/2020/01/05/actress-demi-moore-roswell-native-talks-life-love-and-money/2784373001/|newspaper=[Carlsbad Current-Argus](/source/Carlsbad_Current-Argus)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812013632/https://www.currentargus.com/story/entertainment/books/2020/01/05/actress-demi-moore-roswell-native-talks-life-love-and-money/2784373001/|archive-date=August 12, 2020|access-date=October 7, 2020}}] Moore said in 1991, "My dad is 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."[{{cite episode |date=June 1, 2003 |title=Demi Moore |series=[E! True Hollywood Story](/source/E!_True_Hollywood_Story) |season=7 |issue=28}}] On October 20, 1980, a year after their second divorce from each other, Guynes died by suicide.[{{cite news|date=October 23, 1980|title=Found Dead|newspaper=[Carlsbad Current-Argus](/source/Carlsbad_Current-Argus)|page=4}}] Her biological father Harmon died in 1997 from liver cancer in [Brazoria, Texas](/source/Brazoria%2C_Texas).[{{cite news|last=Lines|first=Andy|date=October 24, 1997|title=DAD IS DYING DEMI .. PLEASE GET IN TOUCH; Brother's plea for star to call off rift.|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/DAD+IS+DYING+DEMI+..+PLEASE+GET+IN+TOUCH;+Brother%27s+plea+for+star+to...-a061060590|newspaper=[Daily Mirror](/source/Daily_Mirror)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008210200/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/DAD+IS+DYING+DEMI+..+PLEASE+GET+IN+TOUCH%3B+Brother%27s+plea+for+star+to...-a061060590|archive-date=October 8, 2020|access-date=April 21, 2026|via=[The Free Dictionary](/source/The_Free_Dictionary)}}][{{cite news|date=November 20, 1997|title=Demi's dad dies in rift|newspaper=[Birmingham Evening Mail](/source/Birmingham_Evening_Mail)|page=4}}] Moore's mother had a long arrest record which included drunk driving and arson.[{{cite news|last=Murphy|first=Meagan|date=January 25, 2012|title=Demi Moore's hospitalization puts spotlight on alleged past demons|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/demi-moores-hospitalization-puts-spotlight-on-alleged-past-demons|work=[Fox News](/source/Fox_News)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002131644/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/01/25/demi-moores-hospitalization-puts-spotlight-on-her-alleged-history-substance/|archive-date=October 2, 2012|access-date=September 28, 2012}}] Moore broke off contact with her mother in 1989, when she left halfway through a rehab stay Moore had financed at the [Hazelden Foundation](/source/Hazelden_Foundation) in Minnesota.[{{cite news |last=Lipper |first=Hal |date=February 8, 1993 |title=Names in the News |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1993/02/08/names-in-the-news/ |newspaper=[Tampa Bay Times](/source/Tampa_Bay_Times) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260303101412/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1993/02/08/names-in-the-news/ |archive-date=March 3, 2026 |access-date=2026-03-03}}] Moore and Guynes reconciled shortly before Guynes died of a brain tumor on July 2, 1998.[{{cite magazine|last=Gliatto|first=Tom|date=July 13, 1998|title=Dreams Die Hard|url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-dreams-die-hard-vol-49-no-27/|magazine=[People](/source/People_(magazine))|volume=49|issue=27|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908182714/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0%2C%2C20125762%2C00.html|archive-date=September 8, 2015|access-date=September 26, 2012}}]
Moore spent her early childhood in Roswell, and later, [Canonsburg, Pennsylvania](/source/Canonsburg%2C_Pennsylvania).{{sfn|Moore|2019|pages=17, 27}} Bob Gardner, a photographer for the ''Monongahela Daily Herald'' when Dan Guynes was head of advertising, recalled that Moore "looked malnourished and not so much abused as neglected. That haunting look as a child made me feel uneasy."[{{cite news|last=Templeton|first=David|date=November 12, 1995|title=Demi Now and Then|newspaper=[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette](/source/Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette)|page=W-5}}] She suffered from [strabismus](/source/strabismus), which was corrected by two operations, as well as kidney dysfunction.[{{cite web |title=Demi Moore Biography |url=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/demi-moore.html |publisher=[The Biography Channel](/source/The_Biography_Channel_(UK_%26_Ireland)) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330074250/http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/demi-moore.html |archive-date=March 30, 2010 |access-date=February 4, 2010}}] Moore learned that Guynes was not her real father at age 13, when she discovered a marriage certificate and inquired about the circumstances since she "saw my parents were married in February 1963. I was born in '62."[{{cite web|last=Walters|first=Mike|date=October 9, 2019|title=Demi Moore Reveals To Howard Stern Her Rapist Had A Daughter Her Age|url=https://theblast.com/c/demi-moore-book-rape-interview-howard-stern-val-dumas-rapist-daughters/|website=The Blast|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707011952/https://theblast.com/c/demi-moore-book-rape-interview-howard-stern-val-dumas-rapist-daughters/|archive-date=July 7, 2022|access-date=May 31, 2023}}] Doumas claimed he had paid Moore's mother to get access to Moore to rape her, although Moore said it is unclear if this was true.[{{cite news|last=Jensen|first=Erin|date=September 23, 2019|title=Demi Moore memoir details teen rape, substance abuse, why Ashton Kutcher marriage failed|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/23/20880743/demi-moore-inside-out-reveals-rape-marriage-failure-substance-abuse-ashton-kutcher|newspaper=[Chicago Sun-Times](/source/Chicago_Sun-Times)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924080607/https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/23/20880743/demi-moore-inside-out-reveals-rape-marriage-failure-substance-abuse-ashton-kutcher|archive-date=September 24, 2019|access-date=September 24, 2019}}][{{cite news|date=September 24, 2019|title=Demi Moore reveals she was raped aged 15|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/sep/24/demi-moore-reveals-she-was-raped-aged-15-in-new-memoir|newspaper=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924125203/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/sep/24/demi-moore-reveals-she-was-raped-aged-15-in-new-memoir|archive-date=September 24, 2019|access-date=September 24, 2019}}]
In November 1978, Moore moved in with 28-year-old guitarist Tom Dunston, quitting high school in her junior year to work as a receptionist at [20th Century Fox](/source/20th_Century_Fox)—a job she secured through Dunston's mother, who was an executive assistant to producer [Douglas S. Cramer](/source/Douglas_S._Cramer).{{sfn|Moore|2019|page=24}}[{{cite magazine|last=Thomas |first=Walter |date=January 1987|title=Demi, More or Less |magazine=Scene|page=33 (unnumbered)}}] She signed with the [Elite Modeling Agency](/source/Elite_Modeling_Agency), then enrolled in acting classes after being inspired by her next-door neighbor, 17-year-old German starlet [Nastassja Kinski](/source/Nastassja_Kinski).[{{cite press release|date=May 15, 2008|title=John Casablancas Modeling & Career Centers Re-opens in Chicago|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/5/prweb942664.htm|publisher=John Casablancas Modeling & Career Centers|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919083959/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb942664.htm|archive-date=September 19, 2018|access-date=April 28, 2026|via=[PRWeb](/source/PRWeb)}}][{{cite interview|last=Moore|first=Demi|date=November 24, 2024|orig-date=1988|title=Demi Moore on career and family growth in 1988 interview|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r-w179x3Vg&t=3m10s|interviewer-last=Martin|interviewer-first=Harry|publisher=[KCRA-TV](/source/KCRA-TV)|time=3:10|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124001857/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r-w179x3Vg&feature=youtu.be|archive-date=January 24, 2025|access-date=January 6, 2025|via=[YouTube](/source/YouTube)}}][{{cite news|last=Reed|first=Jon-Michael|date=January 22, 1982|title=Two New 'GH' Sisters May Lure a Lonely Luke|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/185298710|newspaper=[Philadelphia Daily News](/source/Philadelphia_Daily_News)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124011808/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/185298710/|archive-date=January 24, 2025|access-date=January 6, 2025|via=Newspapers.com|quote=For TV series she played a teenage prostitute in an episode of ''Kaz'' and an innocent teen for the short-lived ''W.E.B.''}}][{{cite news|last=Peterson|first=Bettelou|date=December 27, 1987|title=Moore put in time on 'Hospital' soap|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/347266455|newspaper=[The Post-Star](/source/The_Post-Star)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250811031043/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/347266455/|archive-date=August 11, 2025|access-date=January 6, 2025|via=Newspapers.com|quote=It was her first important role after making her debut in an episode of the CBS series ''Kaz'' in 1979.}}][{{cite interview|last=Hirschberg|first=Lynn|author-link=Lynn Hirschberg|date=January 3, 2025|title=Demi Moore Knows All About Resilience|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6q3jbyhnTM&t=2m29s|work=[W Magazine](/source/W_(magazine))|time=2:29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106053400/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6q3jbyhnTM&gl=US&hl=en|archive-date=January 6, 2025|access-date=January 6, 2025|via=[YouTube](/source/YouTube)}}]{{sfn|Moore|2019|page=60}} In August 1979, three months before her 17th birthday,[{{cite web|title=Demi Moore (Songwriter) Bio|url=http://www.demophonic.com/bio/demimoor.html|publisher=Demophonic Music|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219214049/http://demophonic.com/bio/demimoor.html|archive-date=December 19, 2011|access-date=March 22, 2012}}] Moore met musician Freddy Moore,[{{cite press release|title=Demi Moore, Female Lead in 'Parasite,' Rocketed to Fame in 'General Hospital' |website=[Parasite](/source/Parasite_(1982_film))|publisher=[Embassy Pictures](/source/Embassy_Pictures), 1982|page=2}}]
==Career==
===Beginnings and breakthrough (1980–1989)===
thumb|upright|Newspaper clipping, January 29, 1982
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. She continues to receive royalty checks from her songwriting work (1980–1981).[{{cite magazine|last=Mannes|first=George|date=June 9, 1995|title=When Moore Was Less|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,297532,00.html|magazine=[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919083903/https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,297532,00.html|archive-date=September 19, 2018|access-date=February 19, 2020}}] taken from a photo session in which she had posed nude.[{{cite magazine|last1=Gregory|first1=Alex|last2=Huyck|first2=Peter|author-link2=Peter Huyck|date=July–August 1995|title=The Bimbo Conspiracy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zgu9QCTT_SwC&pg=PA48|magazine=[Spy](/source/Spy_(magazine))|volume=9|issue=4|page=48}}] In a 1988 interview, Moore said she "only posed for the cover of ''Oui''—I was 16; I told them I was 18." Interviewer Alan Carter said, "However, some peekaboo shots did appear inside. And later, nude shots of her turned up in ''Celebrity Sleuth''—photos that she once said 'were for a European fashion magazine'."[{{cite news|last=Carter|first=Alan|date=March 31, 1988|title=Moore Ways Than One|newspaper=[Daily News](/source/New_York_Daily_News)|location=New York|page=51}}] In 1990, she told another interviewer, "I was 17 years old. I was underage. It was just the cover."[{{cite magazine|last=Rensin|first=David|date=September 17, 1990|title=The ''Us'' Interview: She's Gotta Have It|magazine=[Us Weekly](/source/Us_Weekly)|page=18}}]
Moore made her film debut as the protagonist's girlfriend in ''Choices'' (1981), a sports drama directed by [Silvio Narizzano](/source/Silvio_Narizzano).[{{cite web|title=Choices (1981)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1004101-choices/|website=[Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114171353/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1004101-choices/|archive-date=November 14, 2016|access-date=January 31, 2018}}] It did not garner much attention until after Moore became a household name, with home video releases heavily hyping up her appearance.[{{cite AV media notes |year=1992 |title=Choices |type=Jacket copy |publisher=[Gemstone Entertainment](/source/Gemstone_Entertainment)}}] Her second feature was the [3-D](/source/3-D_film) sci-fi horror ''[Parasite](/source/Parasite_(1982_film))'' (1982), for which director [Charles Band](/source/Charles_Band) had instructed casting director [Johanna Ray](/source/Johanna_Ray) to "find me the next [Karen Allen](/source/Karen_Allen)".[{{cite web|title=Demi Moore Biography|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/demi-moore/biography.html|website=[Yahoo Movies](/source/Yahoo_Movies)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013121910/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/demi-moore/biography.html|archive-date=October 13, 2012|access-date=April 28, 2026}}] Moore had already joined the cast of the [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company) soap opera ''[General Hospital](/source/General_Hospital)'' several months before the film's release, playing the role of investigative reporter Jackie Templeton through 1983. During her tenure on the series, she made an uncredited cameo appearance in the 1982 spoof ''[Young Doctors in Love](/source/Young_Doctors_in_Love)''.[[File:Demi Moore at 61st Annual Academy Awards.jpg|thumb|left|Moore at the [61st Academy Awards](/source/61st_Academy_Awards) in 1989|255x255px]]
Moore's film career took off in 1984 following her appearance as the teenage daughter of a businessman (played by [Michael Caine](/source/Michael_Caine)) in the sex comedy ''[Blame It on Rio](/source/Blame_It_on_Rio)''.[{{cite news |last=Scott |first=Vernon |date=September 13, 1988 |title=Beauty suffers career hitch |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/09/13/Beauty-suffers-career-hitch/6584590126400/ |publisher=[United Press International](/source/United_Press_International) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260303102927/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/09/13/Beauty-suffers-career-hitch/6584590126400/ |archive-date=March 3, 2026 |access-date=2026-03-03}}][{{cite news |last=Linfield |first=Susan |date=1991-05-12 |title=Demi Moore, Overnight Star, At Long Last |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/12/archives/film-demi-moore-overnight-star-at-long-last.html |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250105222057/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/12/archives/film-demi-moore-overnight-star-at-long-last.html |archive-date=January 5, 2025 |access-date=2026-03-03}}] In ''[No Small Affair](/source/No_Small_Affair)'' (1984), she played the love interest of an amateur photographer, opposite [Jon Cryer](/source/Jon_Cryer). [Sheila Benson](/source/Sheila_Benson) of the ''[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)'' called her "the movie's revelation", asserting that she was "[gamine](/source/gamine), molten, wild, tragicomic and genuinely affecting".[{{cite news |last=Benson |first=Sheila |author-link=Sheila Benson |date=November 8, 1984 |title='No Small Affair' Has Certain Charm |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-frank-richwood-art/30551750/ |newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |page=144 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250402035514/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-frank-richwood-art/30551750/ |archive-date=April 2, 2025 |access-date=March 31, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}] Her commercial breakthrough came with her role as an uninhibited banker in [Joel Schumacher](/source/Joel_Schumacher)'s [yuppie](/source/yuppie) drama ''[St. Elmo's Fire](/source/St._Elmo's_Fire_(film))'' (1985). Having lobbied for her casting,[{{cite book |last=Gora |first=Susannah |year=2010 |title=You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation |url=https://archive.org/details/youcouldntignore00gora/page/90 |url-access=registration |location=New York |publisher=Crown Publishers |page=90 |isbn=978-0-307-40843-3}}] the director urged her to go to rehab before shooting and hired a full-time sober companion during production.[{{cite magazine |last=Wang |first=Jessica |date=June 14, 2024 |title=Demi Moore recalls her 24/7 sober companion on St. Elmo's Fire set, says director 'stuck his neck out for me' |url=https://ew.com/demi-moore-recalls-sober-companion-st-elmos-fire-set-brats-documentary-8663109 |magazine=[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250513010011/https://ew.com/demi-moore-recalls-sober-companion-st-elmos-fire-set-brats-documentary-8663109 |archive-date=May 13, 2025 |access-date=March 31, 2025}}][{{cite magazine |last=Cormier |first=Roger |date=June 28, 2015 |title=15 Burning Facts About 'St. Elmo's Fire' |url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/65555/15-burning-facts-about-st-elmos-fire |magazine=[Mental Floss](/source/Mental_Floss) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714043703/http://mentalfloss.com/article/65555/15-burning-facts-about-st-elmos-fire |archive-date=July 14, 2017 |access-date=July 17, 2017}}] The film received negative reviews, but was a box office success and brought her widespread recognition.[{{cite web|title=St. Elmo's Fire|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3950216705/weekend/|website=[Box Office Mojo](/source/Box_Office_Mojo)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903054555/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3950216705/weekend/|archive-date=September 3, 2020|access-date=November 24, 2020}}][{{cite news|date=May 20, 2000|title=Demi Moore returns to the screen in 'Passion of Mind'|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i1g1AAAAIBAJ&pg=2758,10037135|newspaper=[Philippine Daily Inquirer](/source/Philippine_Daily_Inquirer)|volume=15|issue=162|page=D6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250108130519/https://news.google.com/newspapers?pg=2758%2C10037135&id=i1g1AAAAIBAJ|archive-date=January 8, 2025|access-date=September 15, 2016|via=[Google News](/source/Google_News)}}] Because of her association with that film, she was often listed as part of the [Brat Pack](/source/Brat_Pack), a label she felt was "demeaning".[{{cite news|date=July 13, 1985|title=Demi Moore learns to accept change|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8LkxAAAAIBAJ&pg=4734,2504938|newspaper=[Lawrence Journal-World](/source/Lawrence_Journal-World)|volume=127|issue=194|at=TV Update, p. 24|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250523114115/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8LkxAAAAIBAJ&pg=4734%2C2504938|archive-date=May 23, 2025|access-date=September 15, 2016|via=[Google News](/source/Google_News)}}]
Moore progressed to more serious material with the romantic dramedy ''[About Last Night...](/source/About_Last_Night_(1986_film))'' (1986), in which she played one half of a Chicago couple, alongside [Rob Lowe](/source/Rob_Lowe). It marked a positive turning point in her career,[{{cite news|date=May 7, 1988|title=Demi Moore A Star In Own Right|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H7VQAAAAIBAJ&pg=5207%2C606460|newspaper=[Portsmouth Daily Times](/source/Portsmouth_Daily_Times)|agency=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press)|at=Spotlight on Entertainment and TV, p. TV11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218032752/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H7VQAAAAIBAJ&pg=5207,606460|archive-date=February 18, 2024|access-date=September 15, 2016|via=[Google News](/source/Google_News)}}] as Moore noted that, following its release, she began seeing better scripts.[{{cite news|first=Betsy|last=Pickle|date=April 1, 1988|title=Demi Moore says she's ready to be a mom|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EOdYAAAAIBAJ&pg=992%2C131397|newspaper=[The Vindicator](/source/The_Vindicator_(Ohio_newspaper))|edition=City|agency=[Scripps Howard News Service](/source/Scripps_Howard_News_Service)|page=20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124125015/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EOdYAAAAIBAJ&pg=992%2C131397|archive-date=January 24, 2025|access-date=September 15, 2016|via=[Google News](/source/Google_News)}}] Film critic [Roger Ebert](/source/Roger_Ebert) gave the film four out of four stars and praised her performance, writing, "There isn't a romantic note she isn't required to play in this movie, and she plays them all flawlessly."[{{cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|date=July 1, 1986|title=About Last Night . . .|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19860701/REVIEWS/607010301/1023|newspaper=[Chicago Sun-Times](/source/Chicago_Sun-Times)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224233901/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19860701%2FREVIEWS%2F607010301%2F1023|archive-date=December 24, 2012|access-date=March 19, 2022}}] The success of ''About Last Night...'' was unrivaled by Moore's other two 1986 releases, ''[One Crazy Summer](/source/One_Crazy_Summer)'' and ''[Wisdom](/source/Wisdom_(film))'', the last youth-oriented films in which she would star.[{{cite news |last=Carr |first=Jay |date=November 28, 1986 |title=Demi Moore Off-Broadway in 'Early Girl' |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/659796461.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&type=current&date=Nov+28%2C+1986&author=Jay+Carr%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=DEMI+MOORE+OFF-BROADWAY+IN+%27EARLY+GIRL%27&pqatl=google |newspaper=[The Boston Globe](/source/The_Boston_Globe) |page=54 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105072617/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/659796461.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&type=current&date=Nov+28%2C+1986&author=Jay+Carr%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=DEMI+MOORE+OFF-BROADWAY+IN+%27EARLY+GIRL%27&pqatl=google |archive-date=November 5, 2012 |access-date=May 21, 2013}}] [Mel Gussow](/source/Mel_Gussow) of ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'' deemed it a "striking debut" and observed that she "has exactly the right combination of naivete and know-how, and[…] is unabashed about the demands of the performance".[{{cite news |last=Gussow |first=Mel |author-link=Mel Gussow |date=October 31, 1986 |title=Stage: Caroline Kava's 'Early Girl,' at Circle Rep |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/31/theater/stage-caroline-kava-s-early-girl-at-circle-rep.html |url-access=subscription |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |at=Section C, p. 3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614173654/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/31/theater/stage-caroline-kava-s-early-girl-at-circle-rep.html |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |access-date=March 31, 2025}}] In 1988, Moore starred as a prophecy-bearing mother in the apocalyptic drama ''[The Seventh Sign](/source/The_Seventh_Sign)''—her first outing as a solo film star[{{cite web|title=Domestic Box Office For 1990|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/1990/|website=[Box Office Mojo](/source/Box_Office_Mojo)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215184247/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1990&p=.htm|archive-date=February 15, 2019|access-date=November 24, 2020}}] as well as the most rented videocassette of 1991.[{{cite news|date=December 30, 1991|title=The top 10 videocassette rentals of 1991, compiled from...|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/12/30/The-top-10-videocassette-rentals-of-1991-compiled-from/5060694069200|publisher=[United Press International](/source/United_Press_International)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250417040749/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/12/30/The-top-10-videocassette-rentals-of-1991-compiled-from/5060694069200/|archive-date=April 17, 2025|access-date=August 14, 2024}}] She played a young woman in jeopardy to be protected by the ghost of her murdered boyfriend through the help of a reluctant psychic. The love scene between Moore and [Patrick Swayze](/source/Patrick_Swayze) that starts in front of a [potter's wheel](/source/potter's_wheel) to the sound of "[Unchained Melody](/source/Unchained_Melody)" has become an iconic moment in cinema history.[{{cite web|last=Kenny|first=Glenn|author-link=Glenn Kenny|title=50 Greatest Movie Romances|url=http://movies.msn.com/photo-gallery/feature/50-greatest-movie-romances/?photoidx=4|website=[MSN Movies](/source/MSN_Movies)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511064206/http://movies.msn.com/photo-gallery/feature/50-greatest-movie-romances/?photoidx=4|archive-date=May 11, 2012|access-date=September 5, 2012}}] ''Ghost'' was nominated for the [Academy Award for Best Picture](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture), while Moore's performance earned her a [Golden Globe](/source/Golden_Globe) nomination and the [Saturn Award for Best Actress](/source/Saturn_Award_for_Best_Actress).[{{cite web|title=Demi Moore|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000193/awards|website=[IMDb](/source/IMDb)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121124102233/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000193/awards|archive-date=November 24, 2012|access-date=September 28, 2012}}] She started fashion trends with her uncharacteristically gamine look, and legions of women emulated the short haircut she sported throughout the film.[{{cite web|first=Simone|last=Kitchens|date=August 17, 2011|title=Demi Moore In "Ghost": The Unexpected Icon|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/demi-moore-ghost_n_929542|website=[The Huffington Post](/source/The_Huffington_Post)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920235011/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/demi-moore-ghost_n_929542|archive-date=September 20, 2024|access-date=September 20, 2024}}] At one point, ''Ghost'' and ''[Die Hard 2](/source/Die_Hard_2)'', starring Moore's then-husband [Bruce Willis](/source/Bruce_Willis), would occupy the number one and number two spots at the box office, a feat that would not be accomplished again for a married Hollywood couple until 2024.[{{cite magazine|last=Watts|first=Marina|date=August 11, 2024|title=Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively Are First Married Couple to Top Box Office Since Bruce Willis and Demi Moore in 1990|url=https://people.com/ryan-reynolds-blake-lively-are-latest-married-couple-to-top-box-office-since-bruce-willis-demi-moore-1990-8693706|magazine=[People](/source/People_(magazine))|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811223103/https://people.com/ryan-reynolds-blake-lively-are-latest-married-couple-to-top-box-office-since-bruce-willis-demi-moore-1990-8693706|archive-date=August 11, 2024|access-date=August 12, 2024}}][{{cite news|last=Lawler|first=Kelly|date=August 12, 2024|title=Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds mark first married couple to top box office in 34 years|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2024/08/12/blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-it-ends-with-us-deadpool-and-wolverine-box-office/74765651007/|newspaper=[USA Today](/source/USA_Today)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828010408/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2024/08/12/blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-it-ends-with-us-deadpool-and-wolverine-box-office/74765651007/|archive-date=August 28, 2024|access-date=August 12, 2024}}]
[[File:Demi Moore01.JPG|thumb|right|upright=.9|Moore at the 1990 [Deauville American Film Festival](/source/Deauville_American_Film_Festival)]]
In 1991, Moore starred as a lawyer in the horror comedy ''[Nothing but Trouble](/source/Nothing_but_Trouble_(1991_film))'', a murder suspect in the mystery thriller ''[Mortal Thoughts](/source/Mortal_Thoughts)'', and a clairvoyant woman in the romantic comedy ''[The Butcher's Wife](/source/The_Butcher's_Wife)''. ''Mortal Thoughts'', which co-starred Willis, was a "passion project" for Moore, who wanted a more challenging role following the success of ''Ghost'' and was particularly drawn to her character's [New Jersey dialect](/source/New_Jersey_English).[{{cite news |last=Dutka |first=Elaine |date=April 14, 1992 |title=Movies : Demi Moore Is Now Bankable and the Boss : Sure, it's great that "Ghost" propelled the actress into star territory, but being a producer gave her a different kind of power |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-14-ca-527-story.html |newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427110910/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-14-ca-527-story.html |archive-date=April 27, 2025 |access-date=March 31, 2025}}] After the original director was fired and replaced by [Alan Rudolph](/source/Alan_Rudolph), she took it upon herself to mitigate the film's financial constraints, offering to pay [overtime](/source/overtime) for the shooting.[{{cite magazine |last=Rife |first=Katie |date=March 2, 2025 |title=The 15 best Demi Moore movies and TV shows ranked, from St. Elmos Fire to The Substance |url=https://ew.com/demi-moore-best-movies-tv-shows-ranked-11688906 |magazine=[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408183309/https://ew.com/demi-moore-best-movies-tv-shows-ranked-11688906 |archive-date=April 8, 2025 |access-date=March 24, 2025}}]
Moore received a {{USD|2.5 million|long=No}} fee to star in ''The Butcher's Wife'',[{{cite web |title=The Butcher's Wife (1991) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/butchers_wife |website=[Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250523164845/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/butchers_wife |archive-date=May 23, 2025 |access-date=March 31, 2025}}][{{cite web |title=The Butcher's Wife |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3679028737/weekend/ |website=[Box Office Mojo](/source/Box_Office_Mojo) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130093042/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3679028737/weekend/ |archive-date=November 30, 2024 |access-date=March 31, 2025}}] but Roger Ebert embraced her performance, describing it as "warm and cuddly".[{{cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|date=October 25, 1991|title=The Butcher's Wife|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19911025/REVIEWS/110250301/1023|newspaper=[Chicago Sun-Times](/source/Chicago_Sun-Times)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224232259/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19911025%2FREVIEWS%2F110250301%2F1023|archive-date=December 24, 2012|access-date=March 19, 2022}}]
Moore's next roles—a lieutenant commander in [Rob Reiner](/source/Rob_Reiner)'s ''[A Few Good Men](/source/A_Few_Good_Men)'' (1992), a morally tested wife in [Adrian Lyne](/source/Adrian_Lyne)'s ''[Indecent Proposal](/source/Indecent_Proposal)'' (1993), and a sexually charged employer in [Barry Levinson](/source/Barry_Levinson)'s ''[Disclosure](/source/Disclosure_(1994_film))'' (1994)—raised her demand among studios.[{{cite magazine |last=Thompson |first=Anne |author-link=Anne Thompson (film journalist) |date=March 10, 1995 |title=Demi Moore gets a payraise, and other actresses benefit |url=https://ew.com/article/1995/03/10/demi-moore-gets-payraise-and-other-actresses-benefit/ |magazine=[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919195326/https://ew.com/article/1995/03/10/demi-moore-gets-payraise-and-other-actresses-benefit/ |archive-date=September 19, 2024 |access-date=March 24, 2025}}] The three aforementioned films opened atop the box office and were blockbuster hits.[{{cite web|title=Demi Moore Movie Box Office Results|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?id=demimoore.htm|website=[Box Office Mojo](/source/Box_Office_Mojo)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304195440/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?id=demimoore.htm|archive-date=March 4, 2018|access-date=January 31, 2018}}] Producer Martin Shafer considered her to be "every bit as valuable as [her male counterparts]" and called her "the biggest female star in the world".[{{cite news|date=May 17, 1996|title=Demi's Debacle Now, the Actress Has to Get 'The Scarlet Letter' Off Her Back|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PG&p_theme=pg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADF95DABA08749&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|newspaper=[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette](/source/Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122215738/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PG&p_theme=pg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADF95DABA08749&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|archive-date=November 22, 2018|access-date=September 5, 2012|via=[NewsBank](/source/NewsBank)}}] [James Berardinelli](/source/James_Berardinelli) found her to be "out of her depth" and noted that her "insufficient" range resulted in a "weak" performance.[{{cite web |last=Berardinelli |first=James |author-link=James Berardinelli |title=Scarlet Letter, The (United States, 1995) |url=https://www.reelviews.net/reelviews/scarlet-letter-the |website=Reelviews |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250402090404/https://www.reelviews.net/reelviews/scarlet-letter-the |archive-date=April 2, 2025 |access-date=March 31, 2025}}] She played an author with commitment issues in the coming-of-age drama ''[Now and Then](/source/Now_and_Then_(film))'' (1995), which she described as "more than just a film […] it was an adventure".[{{cite magazine |last=Chuba |first=Kirsten |date=November 20, 2024 |title=Demi Moore Pitches 'Now and Then' Sequel as Stars Reunite at Elle Women in Hollywood Event |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/demi-moore-now-and-then-sequel-stars-reunite-elle-women-in-hollywood-event-1236068107/ |magazine=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250328102223/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/demi-moore-now-and-then-sequel-stars-reunite-elle-women-in-hollywood-event-1236068107/ |archive-date=March 28, 2025 |access-date=March 31, 2025}}] ''Now and Then'' did not score with critics but found box office success and [cult following](/source/cult_following).[{{cite news |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=October 23, 2020 |title='Now and Then' at 25: Girlhood Finally Taken Seriously |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/movies/now-and-then-anniversary.html |url-access=subscription |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250522175153/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/movies/now-and-then-anniversary.html |archive-date=May 22, 2025 |access-date=March 31, 2025}}]
Moore became the world's highest-paid actress when she was paid a record-breaking salary of {{USD|12.5 million|long=No}} to star as an [FBI](/source/FBI) secretary-turned-[stripper](/source/stripper) in ''[Striptease](/source/Striptease_(film))'' (1996).[{{cite news|last=Schaefer|first=Stephen|date=October 8, 1995|title=Movies Moore the Merrier Give an 'A' for effort to Demi, Hollywood's highest-paid woman|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/21030596.html?dids=21030596%3A21030596&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&type=current&date=Oct+08%2C+1995&author=Stephen+Schaefer&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=Movies+Moore+the+Merrier+Give+an+%60A%27+for+effort+to+Demi%2C+Hollywood%27s+highest-paid+woman&pqatl=google|newspaper=[Boston Herald](/source/Boston_Herald)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105072603/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/21030596.html?dids=21030596%3A21030596&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&type=current&date=Oct+08%2C+1995&author=Stephen+Schaefer&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=Movies+Moore+the+Merrier+Give+an+%60A%27+for+effort+to+Demi%2C+Hollywood%27s+highest-paid+woman&pqatl=google|archive-date=November 5, 2012|access-date=July 6, 2017}}][{{cite news|last=Davis|first=Ivor|date=June 27, 1996|title=More Moore: Demi Moore Says She Felt the Power of Strippers Experience When They're Dancing and Defends the Women Who Peel for a Living|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/14909964.html?dids=14909964:14909964&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+27%2C+1996&author=IVOR+DAVIS+New+York+Times+Syndicate&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=MORE+MOORE+DEMI+MOORE+SAYS+SHE+FELT+THE+POWER+OF+STRIPPERS+EXPERIENCE+WHEN+THEY'RE+DANCING+AND+DEFENDS+THE+WOMEN+WHO+PEEL+FOR+A+LIVING.&pqatl=google|newspaper=[Sun-Sentinel](/source/Sun-Sentinel)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105072627/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/14909964.html?dids=14909964%3A14909964&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&type=current&date=Jun+27%2C+1996&author=IVOR+DAVIS+New+York+Times+Syndicate&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=MORE+MOORE+DEMI+MOORE+SAYS+SHE+FELT+THE+POWER+OF+STRIPPERS+EXPERIENCE+WHEN+THEY%27RE+DANCING+AND+DEFENDS+THE+WOMEN+WHO+PEEL+FOR+A+LIVING.&pqatl=google|archive-date=November 5, 2012|access-date=March 19, 2022}}][{{cite web|title=Striptease|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1735558657/weekend/|website=[Box Office Mojo](/source/Box_Office_Mojo)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503170830/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1735558657/weekend/|archive-date=May 3, 2020|access-date=November 24, 2020}}] ''Striptease'' was heavily disliked.[{{cite web |title=''Striptease'' (1996) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/striptease/ |website=[Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614120314/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/striptease |archive-date=June 14, 2021 |access-date=February 24, 2024}}] [Brian D. Johnson](/source/Brian_D._Johnson) of ''[Maclean's](/source/Maclean's)'' was critical of Moore's acting and described the film as a "tacky" display of her vanity.[{{cite magazine |first=Brian D. |last=Johnson |author-link=Brian D. Johnson |date=July 8, 1996 |title=A Demi-talented actor bares all |magazine=[Maclean's](/source/Maclean's) |volume=109 |issue=28 |page=49}}] She starred as a single mother intimidated by a mobster in the thriller ''[The Juror](/source/The_Juror)'' (1996), which did not connect with critics nor audiences.[{{cite web|title=The Juror (1996)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/juror|website=[Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430085158/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/juror|archive-date=April 30, 2019|access-date=December 19, 2018}}] For both ''Striptease'' and ''The Juror'', she received the [Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress](/source/Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Actress).[{{cite magazine |last=Bernstein |first=Paula |date=March 7, 2000 |title=HBO climbing another 'Walls' |url=https://variety.com/2000/tv/news/hbo-climbing-another-walls-1117779197/ |magazine=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine)) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206084155/http://variety.com/2000/tv/news/hbo-climbing-another-walls-1117779197/ |archive-date=February 6, 2016 |access-date=February 5, 2016}}][{{cite news|last=Carter|first=Bill|date=April 12, 2000|title=TV NOTES; Going Out Blazing|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/12/arts/tv-notes-going-out-blazing.html |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|at=Section E, p. 9|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527133701/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/12/arts/tv-notes-going-out-blazing.html|archive-date=May 27, 2015|access-date=February 5, 2016}}] For the film, Moore received Golden Globe nominations for [Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film](/source/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actress_%E2%80%93_Miniseries_or_Television_Film) and [Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television](/source/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Limited_or_Anthology_Series_or_Television_Film),[{{cite web|title=If These Walls Could Talk|url=https://goldenglobes.com/tv-show/if-these-walls-could-talk/|publisher=[Hollywood Foreign Press Association](/source/Hollywood_Foreign_Press_Association)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130093525/https://goldenglobes.com/tv-show/if-these-walls-could-talk/|archive-date=November 30, 2024|access-date=September 23, 2024}}] as well as a [Primetime Emmy Award](/source/Primetime_Emmy_Award) nomination for [Outstanding Television Movie](/source/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Television_Movie).[{{cite web |title=If These Walls Could Talk: Awards and Nominations |url=https://www.televisionacademy.com/shows/if-these-walls-could-talk |publisher=[Television Academy](/source/Television_Academy) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322155958/https://www.televisionacademy.com/shows/if-these-walls-could-talk |archive-date=March 22, 2025 |access-date=March 24, 2025}}] In 1996, she provided the voice of [Esmeralda](/source/Esmeralda_(The_Hunchback_of_Notre-Dame)) in ''[The Hunchback of Notre Dame](/source/The_Hunchback_of_Notre_Dame_(1996_film))'', and Dallas Grimes in ''[Beavis and Butt-Head Do America](/source/Beavis_and_Butt-Head_Do_America)'', both of which were the highest-grossing animated films that year.[{{cite web |title=The Hunchback of Notre Dame |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl4250437121/weekend/ |website=[Box Office Mojo](/source/Box_Office_Mojo) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905122250/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hunchbackofnotredame.htm |archive-date=September 5, 2014 |access-date=January 16, 2025}}]
Moore portrayed the first woman to undergo training in the [Navy SEALs](/source/Navy_SEALs) in [Ridley Scott](/source/Ridley_Scott)'s ''[G.I. Jane](/source/G.I._Jane)'' (1997). For her role, she shaved her head and went through a rigorous two-week military training.[{{cite web |last=Cruz |first=Ariane |date=June 20, 2023 |title=Demi Moore Called $48 Million Movie That Got Chris Rock Slapped by Will Smith at Oscars Her Proudest Professional Achievement |url=https://fandomwire.com/demi-moore-called-48-million-movie-g-i-jane-that-got-chris-rock-slapped-by-will-smith-at-oscars-her-proudest-professional-achievement/ |website=FandomWire |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007094229/https://fandomwire.com/demi-moore-called-48-million-movie-g-i-jane-that-got-chris-rock-slapped-by-will-smith-at-oscars-her-proudest-professional-achievement/ |archive-date=October 7, 2024 |access-date=March 15, 2025}}] The film received mixed reviews and earned her another Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress,[{{cite web |author=HeadRAZZBerry |date=December 4, 2005 |title=1997 RAZZIE® Nominees & "Winners" |url=http://www.razzies.com/forum/1997-razzie-nominees-winners_topic347.html |website=The Official RAZZIE® Forum |publisher=[Golden Raspberry Awards](/source/Golden_Raspberry_Awards) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503184839/http://www.razzies.com/forum/1997-razzie-nominees-winners_topic347.html |archive-date=May 3, 2016 |access-date=April 28, 2026}}] but her performance was largely praised by critics.[{{cite magazine|last=Schneider|first=Karen S.|date=April 23, 2001|title=Out of Sight|url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-out-of-sight-vol-55-no-16/|magazine=[People](/source/People_(magazine))|volume=55|issue=16|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019132516/https://people.com/archive/cover-story-out-of-sight-vol-55-no-16/|archive-date=October 19, 2019|access-date=October 19, 2019}}] Budgeted at {{USD|50 million|long=No}},[{{cite news|date=September 2, 1997|title='G.I. Jane' Proves Its Mettle in Second Week at Box Office|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-02-ca-28038-story.html|newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|agency=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010224047/http://articles.latimes.com/1997/sep/02/entertainment/ca-28038|archive-date=October 10, 2012|access-date=December 27, 2010}}] it was a moderate commercial success, grossing {{USD|98.4 million|long=No}} worldwide.[{{cite web|title=G.I. Jane (1997)|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=gijane.htm|website=[Box Office Mojo](/source/Box_Office_Mojo)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001030944/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=gijane.htm|archive-date=October 1, 2018|access-date=December 19, 2018}}] ''Striptease'' and ''G.I. Jane'' were considered to have contributed to a professional downturn,[{{cite web |last=Gearan |first=Hannah |date=September 30, 2024 |title="Killed Months Before Anyone Had Even Seen It": Demi Moore Defends 1997 Ridley Scott Bomb That "Really Holds Up" |url=https://screenrant.com/gi-jane-movie-demi-moore-defense-box-office/ |website=[Screen Rant](/source/Screen_Rant) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930182510/https://screenrant.com/gi-jane-movie-demi-moore-defense-box-office/ |archive-date=September 30, 2024 |access-date=March 24, 2025}}] on which she later remarked: "With ''Striptease'', it was as if I had betrayed women, and with ''G.I. Jane'', it was as if I had betrayed men."[{{cite news |last=Rose |first=Steve |date=January 7, 2025 |title=Demi Moore's stellar second act: how the star was finally given her due at 62 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/07/demi-moores-stellar-second-act-how-the-star-was-finally-given-her-due-at-62 |newspaper=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |access-date=March 24, 2025}}] Nevertheless, she has described ''G.I. Jane'' as one of her proudest professional achievements.[{{cite web|title=Deconstructing Harry (1997)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deconstructing_harry/|website=[Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202235028/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deconstructing_harry/|archive-date=February 2, 2017|access-date=December 19, 2018}}] and an emotionally estranged wife in [Mark Pellington](/source/Mark_Pellington)'s short film ''[Destination Anywhere](/source/Destination_Anywhere_(film))''.[{{cite web |title=Jon Bon Jovi – Destination Anywhere (The Film) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1650892-Jon-Bon-Jovi-Destination-Anywhere-The-Film |website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322012853/https://www.discogs.com/release/1650892-Jon-Bon-Jovi-Destination-Anywhere-The-Film |archive-date=March 22, 2025 |access-date=March 24, 2025}}]
===Hiatus and sporadic roles (1998–2007)===
After ''G.I. Jane'', Moore retreated from the limelight and moved to [Hailey, Idaho](/source/Hailey%2C_Idaho), on a full-time basis to devote herself to raising her three daughters.[{{cite news|date=November 24, 2008|title=Demi Moore's daughter focus|url=http://entertainment.stv.tv/showbiz/48872-demi-moores-daughter-focus/|work=[STV](/source/STV_(TV_channel))|agency=Bang Showbiz|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015051008/http://entertainment.stv.tv/showbiz/48872-demi-moores-daughter-focus/|archive-date=October 15, 2013|access-date=September 8, 2012}}] She was off-screen for three years before re-emerging in the arthouse psychological drama ''[Passion of Mind](/source/Passion_of_Mind)'' (2000), the first English-language film from Belgian director [Alain Berliner](/source/Alain_Berliner). Her performance as a woman with [dissociative identity disorder](/source/dissociative_identity_disorder) was favourably reviewed,[{{cite news|last=Mitchell|first=Elvis|author-link=Elvis Mitchell|date=May 26, 2000|title=Passion of Mind (2000) FILM REVIEW; A Woman of Two Minds. Or Two Loves. Or Two Cities. Or . . .|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9405E5DD123DF935A15756C0A9669C8B63|work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220123259/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9405E5DD123DF935A15756C0A9669C8B63|archive-date=December 20, 2016|access-date=February 7, 2017}}][{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Bob|date=June 30, 2000|title='Passion of Mind' moves naggingly slowly|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L_ZLAAAAIBAJ&pg=6944%2C7417131|newspaper=[Deseret News](/source/Deseret_News)|series=150th Year|issue=16|edition=Metro/Davis|agency=[Los Angeles Daily News](/source/Los_Angeles_Daily_News)|page=W6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250505021350/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L_ZLAAAAIBAJ&pg=6944,7417131|archive-date=May 5, 2025|access-date=September 15, 2016|via=[Google News](/source/Google_News)}}] but the film was deemed "naggingly slow" by some critics and failed to find an audience.[{{cite news |last=Iley |first=Chrissy |date=October 7, 2007 |title=Interview: Chrissy Iley meets Demi Moore |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/oct/07/1 |newspaper=[The Observer](/source/The_Observer) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831145928/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/oct/07/1 |archive-date=August 31, 2019 |access-date=August 31, 2019}}] She then resumed her self-imposed career hiatus and continued to turn down film offers.[{{cite news|last=Smith |first=Lynn|date=June 28, 2003|title=Now you see her ... everywhere|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-28-et-smith28-story.html |newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220014947/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/jun/28/entertainment/et-smith28 |archive-date=December 20, 2010 |access-date=February 5, 2016}}] Producer [Irwin Winkler](/source/Irwin_Winkler) said in 2001, "I had a project about a year and a half ago, and we made an inquiry about her—a real good commercial picture. She wasn't interested."[{{cite news|last=Dowling|first=Stephen|date=July 1, 2003|title=Demi Moore: Comeback or cameo?|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3033258.stm|work=[BBC News](/source/BBC_News)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203084530/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3033258.stm|archive-date=February 3, 2014|access-date=February 1, 2014}}] opposite [Cameron Diaz](/source/Cameron_Diaz), [Drew Barrymore](/source/Drew_Barrymore), and [Lucy Liu](/source/Lucy_Liu). Her role was specifically written for her and proved, according to Barrymore, to have "upstaged" the film's [heroines](/source/protagonist).[{{cite magazine |last=Susman |first=Gary |date=October 17, 2003 |title=Drew says Demi upstaged ''Charlie's Angels'' |url=https://ew.com/article/2003/10/17/drew-says-demi-upstaged-charlies-angels/ |magazine=[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250426185034/https://ew.com/article/2003/10/17/drew-says-demi-upstaged-charlies-angels/ |archive-date=April 26, 2025 |access-date=March 31, 2025}}] A scene, in particular, featuring her in a swimsuit, attracted "very heightened" media attention.[{{cite magazine |last=Brunner |first=Raven |date=August 27, 2024 |title=Demi Moore Recalls 'a Lot of Talk About How I Looked' in Charlie's Angels 2 Bikini Scene and How It Affected Her |url=https://people.com/demi-moore-recalls-talk-about-how-she-looked-in-charlies-angels-2-bikini-scene-8701872 |magazine=[People](/source/People_(magazine)) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250531182553/https://people.com/demi-moore-recalls-talk-about-how-she-looked-in-charlies-angels-2-bikini-scene-8701872 |archive-date=May 31, 2025 |access-date=March 31, 2025}}] She found herself intimidated by the response, which she said made her question her place in the industry.[{{cite magazine|first=Peter|last=Travers|author-link=Peter Travers|date=June 27, 2003|title=Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/charlies-angels-full-throttle-91464/|magazine=[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001031324/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/charlies-angels-full-throttle-91464/|archive-date=October 1, 2018|access-date=December 19, 2018}}] A commercial success, ''Full Throttle'' made {{USD|259.1 million|long=No}} worldwide,[{{cite web |title=Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl793478657/ |website=[Box Office Mojo](/source/Box_Office_Mojo) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250502023505/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl793478657/ |archive-date=May 2, 2025 |access-date=March 31, 2025}}] but it was followed by yet another three-year absence from the screen. In the interim, she signed on as the face of [Versace](/source/Versace) and [Helena Rubinstein](/source/Helena_Rubinstein).[{{cite news |date=June 28, 2005 |title=Demi Moore is new face of Versace |url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2005/0628/404457-moored/ |publisher=[RTÉ](/source/RT%C3%89) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205083703/http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2005/0628/404457-moored/ |archive-date=February 5, 2016 |access-date=February 5, 2016}}][{{cite magazine|date=November 10, 2006|title=Fantasy Gifts: Our Birthday Picks for Demi Moore|url=http://stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com/2006/11/10/fantasy-gifts-o-2/|magazine=[People](/source/People_(magazine))|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312113218/http://stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com/2006/11/10/fantasy-gifts-o-2/|archive-date=March 12, 2016|access-date=March 22, 2012}}]
After a leading role as a grieving novelist in the mystery thriller ''[Half Light](/source/Half_Light_(film))'' (2006), Moore reunited with [Emilio Estevez](/source/Emilio_Estevez) for his drama ''[Bobby](/source/Bobby_(2006_film))'' (2006), about the hours leading up to the [Robert F. Kennedy assassination](/source/Robert_F._Kennedy_assassination), in which she portrayed an alcoholic singer whose career is on the downswing. As a member of the ensemble cast, she was nominated for the [Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast in a Motion Picture](/source/Screen_Actors_Guild_Award_for_Best_Cast_in_a_Motion_Picture) and won the [Hollywood Film Festival Award](/source/Hollywood_Film_Festival) for Best Ensemble Cast.[{{cite web|title=The 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – Screen Actors Guild Awards|url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/13th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|website=sagawards.org|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251112020946/https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/13th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|archive-date=November 12, 2025|access-date=October 11, 2017}}]
Moore reunited with ''Blame It on Rio'' co-star [Michael Caine](/source/Michael_Caine) for the British heist drama ''[Flawless](/source/Flawless_(2007_film))'' (2007),[{{cite web|title='Flawless'|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/flawless|website=[Metacritic](/source/Metacritic)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718084957/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/flawless|archive-date=July 18, 2020|access-date=April 16, 2020}}] which saw her portray an American executive helping to steal a handful of diamonds from the London Diamond Corporation during the 1960s. Rene Rodriguez of the ''[Miami Herald](/source/Miami_Herald)'' asserted: "The inspired pairing of Demi Moore and Michael Caine as a pair of thieves in the diamond-heist semi-caper movie ''Flawless'' goes a long way toward overcoming the film's slack, leisurely pacing."[{{cite news|last=Rodriguez|first=Rene|date=April 10, 2008|title=Flawless (PG-13) **½|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/miami-com/things-to-do/article225865390.html|newspaper=[Miami Herald](/source/Miami_Herald)|access-date=April 28, 2026}}] She appeared as a driven police officer investigating a serial killer in the psychological thriller ''[Mr. Brooks](/source/Mr._Brooks)'' (2007). Critic Peter Travers felt that her role "deserved better than being saddled with an absurd back story as an heiress with a fortune-hunting husband".[{{cite magazine|last=Travers|first=Peter|author-link=Peter Travers|date=June 15, 2007|title=Mr. Brooks|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/mr-brooks-96582/|magazine=[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026165644/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/mr-brooks-96582/|archive-date=October 26, 2019|access-date=October 26, 2019}}] ''Mr. Brooks'' was profitable, grossing {{USD|48.1 million|long=No}} worldwide.[{{cite web|title=Mr. Brooks (2007)|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mrbrooks.htm|website=[Box Office Mojo](/source/Box_Office_Mojo)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023160539/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mrbrooks.htm|archive-date=October 23, 2018|access-date=December 19, 2018}}][{{cite web|title=Demi Moore - Box Office|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/person/101280401-Demi-Moore|website=[The Numbers](/source/The_Numbers_(website))|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230340/https://www.the-numbers.com/person/101280401-Demi-Moore|archive-date=December 20, 2018|access-date=December 19, 2018}}]
===Independent films and varied ventures (2008–2023)===
Moore made her directorial debut with the coming-of-age short film ''[Streak](/source/Streak_(film))'' (2008), which starred her daughter Rumer and screened at the [Nashville Film Festival](/source/Nashville_Film_Festival).[{{cite web |last=Loe |first=Jett |date=April 10, 2009 |title='Streak' – Demi Moore's Short Film at the Nashville Film Fest |url=http://thefilmtalk.com/blog/streak-demi-moore-nashville-film-festival/ |website=The Film Talk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002162849/http://www.thefilmtalk.com/2009/04/10/streak-demi-moore-nashville-film-festival/ |archive-date=October 2, 2010 |access-date=March 24, 2025}}] In 2009, Moore played a daughter helping her father deal with age-related health problems in the dramedy ''[Happy Tears](/source/Happy_Tears),'' as well as a [stealth marketer](/source/undercover_marketing) in the comedy ''[The Joneses](/source/The_Joneses)''. The latter film was largely highlighted, with critics concluding that it "benefits from its timely satire of consumer culture" as well as a "strong" performance from Moore.[{{cite web|title=The Joneses (2010)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/joneses|website=[Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430122708/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/joneses|archive-date=April 30, 2019|access-date=December 19, 2018}}] That year, she acted in the 9th edition of ''24 Hour Plays on Broadway'' at the [American Airlines Theatre](/source/American_Airlines_Theatre).[{{cite magazine |title=Demi Moore (Performer) |url=https://playbill.com/person/demi-moore-vault-0000074399 |magazine=[Playbill](/source/Playbill) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250402055816/https://playbill.com/person/demi-moore-vault-0000074399 |archive-date=April 2, 2025 |access-date=March 31, 2025}}] In ''[Bunraku](/source/Bunraku_(film))'' (2010), a film Moore described as a "big action adventure",[{{cite news |last=Lake |first=Ed |date=October 9, 2009 |title=The purse monkey's big adventure |url=http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091009/NATIONAL/710089834/1010 |newspaper=[The National](/source/The_National_(Abu_Dhabi)) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223070247/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20091009%2FNATIONAL%2F710089834%2F1010 |archive-date=February 23, 2014 |access-date=February 19, 2010}}] she starred as a courtesan and a femme fatale with a secret past.[{{cite magazine |last=Kit |first=Borys |title=Demi Moore books two projects |date=April 14, 2008 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/demi-moore-books-two-projects-109326 |magazine=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921013537/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/demi-moore-books-two-projects-109326 |archive-date=September 21, 2011 |access-date=July 2, 2009}}]
Moore portrayed a chief risk management officer at a large [Wall Street](/source/Wall_Street) [investment bank](/source/investment_banking) during the initial stages of the [2008 financial crisis](/source/2008_financial_crisis) in the corporate drama ''[Margin Call](/source/Margin_Call)'' (2011), in which she was part of an ensemble cast that included [Kevin Spacey](/source/Kevin_Spacey), [Simon Baker](/source/Simon_Baker), and [Paul Bettany](/source/Paul_Bettany).[{{cite web |first=Eric |last=Dash |date=June 22, 2010 |title=Citi Goes Hollywood for Spacey and Crew |url=http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/22/citi-goes-hollywood-for-spacey-and-crew/ |website=[DealBook](/source/DealBook) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100829133105/http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/22/citi-goes-hollywood-for-spacey-and-crew/ |archive-date=August 29, 2010 |access-date=June 27, 2010}}][{{cite web |first=Mike |last=Fleming |date=September 13, 2010 |title=''Margin Call'' Director J.C. Chandor Snags Big Warner Bros Writing Gig From DiCaprio |url=https://www.deadline.com/2010/09/margin-call-director-jc-chandor-gets-big-warner-bros-writing-gig/ |website=[Deadline Hollywood](/source/Deadline_Hollywood) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018021612/http://www.deadline.com/2010/09/margin-call-director-jc-chandor-gets-big-warner-bros-writing-gig |archive-date=October 18, 2010 |access-date=October 6, 2010}}] The film was favourably received,[{{cite magazine |last=Denby |first=David |author-link=David Denby |date=October 21, 2011 |title=All That Glitters |url=https://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2011/10/31/111031crci_cinema_denby?currentPage=1 |magazine=[The New Yorker](/source/The_New_Yorker) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113021041/http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2011/10/31/111031crci_cinema_denby?currentPage=1 |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |access-date=April 23, 2018}}] and earned the cast nominations [for Best Ensemble](/source/Gotham_Independent_Film_Award_for_Best_Ensemble_Cast) from the [Gotham Awards](/source/Gotham_Awards), the [Phoenix Film Critics Society](/source/Phoenix_Film_Critics_Society) and the Central Ohio Film Critics Association.[{{cite magazine|last=Gonzalez|first=Sandra|date=August 30, 2011|title=Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore direct cancer drama 'Five': First look!|url=https://ew.com/article/2011/08/30/five-jennifer-anniston-demi-moore-trailer/|magazine=[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001031132/https://ew.com/article/2011/08/30/five-jennifer-anniston-demi-moore-trailer/|archive-date=October 1, 2018|access-date=April 21, 2026}}][{{cite magazine|last=Kilday|first=Gregg|date=January 28, 2012|title=Directors Guild of America Awards 2012: Complete Winners List|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/dga-awards-winners-directors-guild-nominations-285487|magazine=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526131955/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/dga-awards-winners-directors-guild-nominations-285487|archive-date=May 26, 2019|access-date=December 19, 2018}}]
thumb|left|Moore in 2010
During this period, Moore's career was noted to have shifted into "smaller movies and smaller roles".[{{cite web |last=Lattanzio |first=Ryan |date=May 22, 2024 |title=The Demi Moore Comeback Is Here with 'The Substance': 'This Was a Part of Waking Myself Up' |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/demi-moore-interview-the-substance-cannes-career-comeback-1235007894/ |website=[IndieWire](/source/IndieWire) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522165815/https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/demi-moore-interview-the-substance-cannes-career-comeback-1235007894/ |archive-date=May 22, 2024 |access-date=March 24, 2025}}] She played a "brash and overtly sexual second wife" in the black comedy ''[Another Happy Day](/source/Another_Happy_Day)'' (2011),[{{cite magazine |date=23 January 2011 |title=Another Happy Day: Sundance Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/sundance-review-ellen-barkin-helps-74825/ |magazine=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250107144509/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/sundance-review-ellen-barkin-helps-74825/ |archive-date=January 7, 2025 |access-date=7 January 2025}}] mothers in the coming-of-age films ''[LOL](/source/LOL_(2012_film))'' (2012)[{{cite news|last=Gomez|first=Luis|date=April 11, 2012|title=Trailer for Chicago-based 'LOL' features Miley Cyrus, Edwardo's Pizza sign|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/04/11/trailer-for-chicago-based-lol-features-miley-cyrus-edwardos-pizza-sign/|newspaper=[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228143248/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-04-11/entertainment/chi-trailer-chicago-miley-cyrus-lol-web-20120411_1_film-lol-trailer|archive-date=December 28, 2013|access-date=December 27, 2013}}] and ''[Very Good Girls](/source/Very_Good_Girls)'' (2013),[{{cite web|first=Susan|last=Wloszczyna|date=July 25, 2014|title=Very Good Girls Movie Review & Film Summary (2014)|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/very-good-girls-2014|website=[RogerEbert.com](/source/RogerEbert.com)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107065302/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/very-good-girls-2014|archive-date=January 7, 2019|access-date=December 19, 2018}}] an old flame of a quick-draw killer in the Western drama ''[Forsaken](/source/Forsaken_(2015_film))'' (2015), the daughter of a retired high school teacher in the road comedy ''[Wild Oats](/source/Wild_Oats_(film))'' (2016),[{{cite magazine|last=Gardner|first=Eriq|date=March 20, 2017|title=Sony Claims 'Wild Oats' Lifetime TV Premiere Breached Deal for Theatrical Release|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/sony-claims-wild-oats-lifetime-tv-premiere-breached-deal-theatrical-release-987306|magazine=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001030944/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/sony-claims-wild-oats-lifetime-tv-premiere-breached-deal-theatrical-release-987306|archive-date=October 1, 2018|access-date=April 21, 2026}}] and the neglected wife of an indicted businessman in the drama ''[Blind](/source/Blind_(2016_film))'' (2017). David Fear of ''Rolling Stone'' described her as "someone who, despite the fact that she still graces screens […], makes you feel as if they’ve gone into self-exile in order to survive".[{{cite magazine |last=Fear |first=David |date=September 24, 2024 |title=Hollywood Courted and Spurned Demi Moore. She Brings It All Out in 'The Substance' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/demi-moore-the-substance-horror-movie-1235109180/ |magazine=[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250213112422/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/demi-moore-the-substance-horror-movie-1235109180/ |archive-date=February 13, 2025 |access-date=March 24, 2025}}]
Between 2017 and 2018, Moore had a recurring arc as a mysterious take-charge nurse on ''[Empire](/source/Empire_(2015_TV_series))''.[{{cite web|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=February 21, 2017|title=Demi Moore Set To Recur On 'Empire'|url=https://deadline.com/2017/02/demi-moore-empire-recurring-season-3-season-4-fox-drama-series-1201927866/|website=[Deadline Hollywood](/source/Deadline_Hollywood)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423165925/https://deadline.com/2017/02/demi-moore-empire-recurring-season-3-season-4-fox-drama-series-1201927866/|archive-date=April 23, 2021|access-date=February 21, 2017}}][{{cite web|last=Surette|first=Tim|date=August 18, 2017|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/empire-demi-moore-nurse/|title=''Empire'': What's Up With Demi Moore's Character?|website=[TV Guide](/source/TV_Guide)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026171528/https://www.tvguide.com/news/empire-demi-moore-nurse/|archive-date=October 26, 2019|access-date=April 21, 2026}}][{{cite web|last=Harp|first=Justin|date=February 23, 2017|title=Demi Moore is making her TV comeback in Empire|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a821885/demi-moore-joins-empire/|website=[Digital Spy](/source/Digital_Spy)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026173044/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a821885/demi-moore-joins-empire/|access-date=October 26, 2019|archive-date=October 26, 2019}}] The comedy ''[Rough Night](/source/Rough_Night)'' (2017) featured her as one half of a [swinger couple](/source/Swinging_(sexual_practice)) seducing a member of a bachelorette party. [Alonso Duralde](/source/Alonso_Duralde) for ''[TheWrap](/source/TheWrap)'' called her "wonderfully skeevy",[{{cite web |last=Duralde |first=Alonso |author-link=Alonso Duralde |date=June 14, 2017 |title='Rough Night' Review: Scarlett Johansson and Friends Have a Funny, Bumpy Ride |url=https://www.thewrap.com/rough-night-review-scarlett-johansson-kate-mckinnon/ |website=[TheWrap](/source/TheWrap) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250402033548/https://www.thewrap.com/rough-night-review-scarlett-johansson-kate-mckinnon/ |archive-date=April 2, 2025 |access-date=March 24, 2025}}] but Tim Grierson for ''[Screen Daily](/source/Screen_Daily)'' considered her part to be a "wobbly subplot" of the film.[{{cite web |last=Grierson |first=Tim |date=June 14, 2017 |title=Reviews 'Rough Night': Review |url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/rough-night-review/5119068.article |website=[Screen Daily](/source/Screen_Daily) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250402045825/https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/rough-night-review/5119068.article |archive-date=April 2, 2025 |access-date=March 24, 2025}}] Her only wide theatrical release of the decade,[{{cite magazine|last=Hughes|first=Mark|date=June 15, 2017|title='Wonder Woman' Powering To Super $550+ Million This Weekend|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2017/06/15/wonder-woman-powering-to-super-550-million-this-weekend/|magazine=[Forbes](/source/Forbes)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008233835/https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2017/06/15/wonder-woman-powering-to-super-550-million-this-weekend/|archive-date=October 8, 2017|access-date=April 21, 2026}}] ''Rough Night'' made $47.3 million globally.[{{cite web |title=Rough Night |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1283360257/ |website=[Box Office Mojo](/source/Box_Office_Mojo) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009155154/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1283360257/ |archive-date=October 9, 2023 |access-date=March 24, 2025}}] She played a social worker in the Hindi-language drama ''[Love Sonia](/source/Love_Sonia)'' (2018),[{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Steve|date=June 21, 2018|title=The explosive film lifting the lid on sex trafficking between India and LA|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/21/the-explosive-film-lifting-the-lid-on-sex-trafficking-between-india-and-la|newspaper=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026171528/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/21/the-explosive-film-lifting-the-lid-on-sex-trafficking-between-india-and-la|archive-date=October 26, 2019|access-date=October 26, 2019}}] and an unethical CEO in the black comedy ''[Corporate Animals](/source/Corporate_Animals)'' (2019).[{{cite news|last=Reed|first=Rex|date=September 19, 2019|title=Demi Moore's 'Corporate Animals' Is One of the Worst Movies Ever Made|url=https://observer.com/2019/09/crporate-animals-review-demi-moore-rex-reed/|newspaper=[The New York Observer](/source/The_New_York_Observer)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014025451/https://observer.com/2019/09/crporate-animals-review-demi-moore-rex-reed/|archive-date=October 14, 2019|access-date=October 26, 2019}}]
Moore's memoir, ''[Inside Out](/source/Inside_Out_(Moore_book))'', in which she discusses her childhood, relationships and personal struggles, was published in September 2019, by [HarperCollins](/source/HarperCollins).[{{cite news|date=April 17, 2019|title=Demi Moore turns her life 'Inside Out' in 'deeply candid' memoir, due Sept. 24|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2019/04/17/demi-moore-turns-her-life-inside-out-memoir-due-sept-24/3495287002/|newspaper=[USA Today](/source/USA_Today)|agency=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417192738/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2019/04/17/demi-moore-turns-her-life-inside-out-memoir-due-sept-24/3495287002/|archive-date=April 17, 2019|access-date=May 23, 2019}}][{{cite magazine|last=Gillette|first=Sam|date=May 22, 2019|title=See a First Look at the Cover of Demi Moore's New Tell-All Memoir ''Inside Out''|url=https://people.com/movies/demi-moore-inside-out-book-cover/|magazine=[People](/source/People_(magazine))|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522184344/https://people.com/movies/demi-moore-inside-out-book-cover/|archive-date=May 22, 2019|access-date=May 23, 2019}}][{{cite news|last=Savitsky|first=Sasha|date=April 18, 2019|title=Demi Moore penning 'a wrenchingly honest' memoir that details 'tumultuous relationship' with mom, ex-husbands|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/demi-moore-memoir-inside-out|work=[Fox News](/source/Fox_News)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601051001/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/demi-moore-memoir-inside-out|archive-date=June 1, 2019|access-date=May 23, 2019}}] The book reached number one on ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)''{{'}} combined print & e-book nonfiction best-sellers list and the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.[{{cite news|date=October 5, 2019|title=Demi Moore's 'Inside Out' enters best sellers list|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/demi-moore-s-inside-out-enters-best-sellers-list-119100500199_1.html|newspaper=[Business Standard](/source/Business_Standard)|agency=[Asian News International](/source/Asian_News_International)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025162412/https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/demi-moore-s-inside-out-enters-best-sellers-list-119100500199_1.html|archive-date=October 25, 2019|access-date=October 25, 2019}}][{{cite magazine|last=Slater|first=Georgia|date=October 4, 2019|title=Demi Moore Is 'Overwhelmed' That Her Memoir ''Inside Out'' Topped ''New York Times'' Best Sellers List|url=https://people.com/movies/demi-moores-book-inside-out-best-seller-list/|magazine=[People](/source/People_(magazine))|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025162409/https://people.com/movies/demi-moores-book-inside-out-best-seller-list/|archive-date=October 25, 2019|access-date=April 21, 2026}}][{{cite news|last=Nolasco|first=Stephanie|date=October 4, 2019|title=Demi Moore says she's 'so overwhelmed' that her memoir 'Inside Out' is a bestseller|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/demi-moore-inside-out-bestseller|work=[Fox News](/source/Fox_News)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024203535/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/demi-moore-inside-out-bestseller|archive-date=October 24, 2019|access-date=October 25, 2019}}]
In 2020, Moore played a protective matriarch in the thriller ''[Songbird](/source/Songbird_(2020_film))'',[{{cite magazine|last=Kit|first=Borys|date=June 24, 2020|title=Demi Moore, Craig Robinson Board Michael Bay-Produced Pandemic Thriller 'Songbird'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/demi-moore-craig-robinson-board-michael-bay-produced-pandemic-thriller-songbird-1300322|magazine=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627134807/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/demi-moore-craig-robinson-board-michael-bay-produced-pandemic-thriller-songbird-1300322|archive-date=June 27, 2020|access-date=April 21, 2026}}] recurred as the mother of a subversive outsider in three episodes of ''[Brave New World](/source/Brave_New_World_(American_TV_series))'',[{{cite magazine |last=Agard |first=Chancellor |date=July 6, 2020 |title=How Demi Moore and Alden Ehrenreich navigated through Peacock's Brave New World |url=https://ew.com/tv/demi-moore-alden-ehrenreich-brave-new-world/ |magazine=[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321003727/https://ew.com/tv/demi-moore-alden-ehrenreich-brave-new-world/ |archive-date=March 21, 2025 |access-date=March 24, 2025}}] and was among the celebrities who made cameo appearances modeling lingerie at [Rihanna](/source/Rihanna)'s ''[Savage x Fenty Show Vol. 2](/source/Savage_X_Fenty_Show)''.[{{cite news|last=Newcomb|first=Alyssa|date=October 2, 2020|title=Demi Moore stuns in black lace at Rihanna's Savage x Fenty lingerie fashion show|url=https://www.today.com/style/rihanna-s-savage-x-fenty-show-demi-moore-stuns-black-t193218|work=[Today](/source/Today_(American_TV_program))|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124171002/https://www.today.com/style/rihanna-s-savage-x-fenty-show-demi-moore-stuns-black-t193218|archive-date=January 24, 2021|access-date=December 30, 2020}}] That year, she served as a producer and played the title role in the podcast ''[Dirty Diana](/source/Dirty_Diana_(podcast))''.[{{cite magazine|last=Otterson|first=Joe|date=September 23, 2020|title=Demi Moore to Star in Podcast Series Adaptation 'Dirty Diana' in the Works at Amazon|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/demi-moore-podcast-dirty-diana-amazon-series-1234780747/|magazine=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020213844/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/demi-moore-podcast-dirty-diana-amazon-series-1234780747/|archive-date=October 20, 2020|access-date=October 19, 2020}}][{{cite web|last=Wiseman|first=Andreas|date=September 23, 2020|title=Demi Moore To Star In Amazon Series 'Dirty Diana' Based On Erotic Drama Podcast From Shana Feste|url=https://deadline.com/2020/09/amazon-orders-demi-moore-dirty-diana-series-based-on-erotic-podcast-from-shana-feste-1234582685/|website=[Deadline Hollywood](/source/Deadline_Hollywood)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210144344/https://deadline.com/2020/09/amazon-orders-demi-moore-dirty-diana-series-based-on-erotic-podcast-from-shana-feste-1234582685/|archive-date=February 10, 2021|access-date=October 19, 2020}}][{{cite magazine|last=Gonzales|first=Erica|date=September 25, 2020|title=Demi Moore Will Star in a New Drama Series Based on Her Erotic Podcast, ''Dirty Diana''|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a34151112/dirty-diana-news-cast-spoilers-date/|magazine=[Harper's Bazaar](/source/Harper's_Bazaar)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020174453/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a34151112/dirty-diana-news-cast-spoilers-date/|archive-date=October 20, 2020|access-date=October 19, 2020}}][{{cite magazine|last=Richardson|first=Hollie|date=July 23, 2020|title=Why Demi Moore's wild new erotic podcast is an essential listen|url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/demi-moore-dirty-diana-podcast-2020-important-conversations-around-sex/410097|magazine=[Stylist](/source/Stylist_(magazine))|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020121114/https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/demi-moore-dirty-diana-podcast-2020-important-conversations-around-sex/410097|archive-date=October 20, 2020|access-date=October 19, 2020}}] Moore recorded the project from her bathroom and saw it as an opportunity to explore sexuality through a [sex positive](/source/sex-positive_movement) message.[{{cite magazine|last=Malkin|first=Marc|date=July 22, 2020|title=What Demi Moore Hopes Her New Erotic Podcast 'Dirty Diana' Will Teach People About Sex|url=https://variety.com/2020/digital/podcasts/demi-moore-dirty-diana-shana-feste-1234713615/|magazine=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008090417/https://variety.com/2020/digital/podcasts/demi-moore-dirty-diana-shana-feste-1234713615/|archive-date=October 8, 2021|access-date=January 24, 2021}}][{{cite magazine|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=July 8, 2020|title=Demi Moore Stars in Erotica Podcast 'Dirty Diana' From QCode|url=https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/demi-moore-erotica-podcast-dirty-diana-qcode-1234620391/|magazine=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712225625/https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/demi-moore-erotica-podcast-dirty-diana-qcode-1234620391/ |archive-date=2020-07-12 |access-date=January 24, 2021}}]
Moore's supporting turn as an eccentric neighbor in the musical drama ''[Please Baby Please](/source/Please_Baby_Please)'' (2022) earned her positive notices.[{{cite web |last=Lemire |first=Christy |date=October 28, 2022 |author-link=Christy Lemire |title=Please Baby Please |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/please-baby-please-movie-review-2022 |website=[RogerEbert.com](/source/RogerEbert.com) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250502151305/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/please-baby-please-movie-review-2022 |archive-date=May 2, 2025 |access-date=March 24, 2025}}] Tara Brady of ''[The Irish Times](/source/The_Irish_Times)'' found her to be a "marvel" in her role.[{{cite news |last=Brady |first=Tara |date=March 30, 2023 |title=Please Baby Please: The most confounding film of the year benefits from a never-better Andrea Riseborough |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2023/03/30/please-baby-please-the-most-confounding-film-of-the-year-benefits-from-a-never-better-andrea-riseborough/ |newspaper=[The Irish Times](/source/The_Irish_Times) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250502151303/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2023/03/30/please-baby-please-the-most-confounding-film-of-the-year-benefits-from-a-never-better-andrea-riseborough/ |archive-date=May 2, 2025 |access-date=January 27, 2025}}] Writing for ''[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))'', Manuel Betancourt felt that the film "understands one should always give Demi Moore a movie star entrance […] we're encouraged to get lost in the fantasy Moore creates for us".[{{cite magazine |last=Betancourt |first=Manuel |date=January 26, 2022 |title='Please Baby Please' Review: Andrea Riseborough Is Transfixing in Genderqueer Pseudo-Musical Extravaganza |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/festivals/please-baby-please-review-demi-moore-1235163435/ |magazine=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine)) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250502151303/https://variety.com/2022/film/festivals/please-baby-please-review-demi-moore-1235163435/ |archive-date=May 2, 2025 |access-date=March 24, 2025}}] She played a cameo as [Nicolas Cage](/source/Nicolas_Cage)'s in-movie fictional ex-wife in ''[The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent](/source/The_Unbearable_Weight_of_Massive_Talent)'' (2022).
===Renewed critical success (2024–present)===
thumb|Moore in 2024|upright
In 2024, Moore played socialite [Ann Woodward](/source/Ann_Woodward) in the [Ryan Murphy](/source/Ryan_Murphy_(producer)) anthology series ''[Feud: Capote vs. The Swans](/source/Feud%3A_Capote_vs._The_Swans)'' on [FX](/source/FX_(TV_channel)),[{{cite web|last=Byrne|first=Suzy|date=January 31, 2024|title=Meet Capote's 'Swans.' From Naomi Watts to Demi Moore, a guide to who's who in the latest 'Feud' series.|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/feud-capote-swans-demi-moore-naomi-watts-calista-flockhart-225132377.html|website=Yahoo Entertainment|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201035213/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/feud-capote-swans-demi-moore-naomi-watts-calista-flockhart-225132377.html|archive-date=February 1, 2024|access-date=April 21, 2026}}] and began starring as the wife of an oil tycoon in [Taylor Sheridan](/source/Taylor_Sheridan)'s drama series ''[Landman](/source/Landman_(TV_series))'' on [Paramount+](/source/Paramount%2B).[{{cite web |last=Goodfellow |first=Melanie |date=May 19, 2024 |title=Demi Moore Talks Role In Taylor Sheridan's 'Landman' & Confirms Second Season Ahead Of Cannes Official Selection Debut In 'The Substance' |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/demi-moore-taylor-sheridan-landman-second-season-cannes-the-substance-1235923148/ |website=[Deadline Hollywood](/source/Deadline_Hollywood) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519181820/https://deadline.com/2024/05/demi-moore-taylor-sheridan-landman-second-season-cannes-the-substance-1235923148/ |archive-date=May 19, 2024 |access-date=May 19, 2024}}][{{cite news |last=Stump |first=Scott |date=2024-07-11 |title=Demi Moore, Jon Hamm sizzle as oil tycoon couple in 1st pics from Yellowstone' creator's new show |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/tv/landman-demi-moore-jon-hamm-rcna161322 |website=[Today](/source/Today_(American_TV_program)) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731135701/https://www.today.com/popculture/tv/landman-demi-moore-jon-hamm-rcna161322 |archive-date=July 31, 2024 |access-date=2024-08-01}}]
In [Coralie Fargeat](/source/Coralie_Fargeat)'s body horror film ''[The Substance](/source/The_Substance)'' (2024), Moore played an aging star who uses a black market drug to make herself younger.[{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=2022-01-31 |title=Demi Moore & Margaret Qualley To Star In Universal/Working Title's 'The Substance'; 'Revenge' Helmer Coralie Fargeat Directs Her Script |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/demi-moore-margaret-qualley-coralie-fargeat-the-substance-universal-working-title-1234923309/ |website=[Deadline Hollywood](/source/Deadline_Hollywood) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131213544/https://deadline.com/2022/01/demi-moore-margaret-qualley-coralie-fargeat-the-substance-universal-working-title-1234923309/ |archive-date=January 31, 2022 |access-date=2024-10-06}}] It premiered at the [2024 Cannes Film Festival](/source/2024_Cannes_Film_Festival), and Moore's performance was praised by critics.[{{cite news|last=Barber|first=Nicholas|date=May 19, 2024|title=The Substance review: 'Magnificently tasteless' horror comedy is Demi Moore's 'best big-screen role in decades'|url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240519-the-substance-demi-moore-margaret-qualley-cannes-film-festival|publisher=[BBC](/source/BBC)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241227200216/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240519-the-substance-demi-moore-margaret-qualley-cannes-film-festival|archive-date=December 27, 2024|access-date=May 19, 2024}}] Nicholas Barber of [BBC](/source/BBC) called it "her best big-screen role in decades" and praised her for being "fearless in parodying her public image".[{{cite magazine |last=de Semlyen |first=Phil |date=20 May 2024 |title=Review: 'The Substance' is Demi Moore's supremely gory 'Sunset Boulevard' |url=https://www.timeout.com/movies/the-substance-review-2024 |magazine=[Time Out](/source/Time_Out_(magazine)) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207094803/https://www.timeout.com/movies/the-substance-review-2024 |archive-date=December 7, 2024 |access-date=21 May 2024}}] She won the [Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy](/source/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Motion_Picture_%E2%80%93_Musical_or_Comedy), the [Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress](/source/Critics'_Choice_Movie_Award_for_Best_Actress), and the [Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role](/source/Actor_Award_for_Outstanding_Performance_by_a_Female_Actor_in_a_Leading_Role), and was nominated for the [BAFTA Award for Best Actress](/source/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Leading_Role) and the [Academy Award for Best Actress](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actress).[{{cite news |last=Olsen |first=Mark |date=2025-01-06 |title=Demi Moore wins first-ever acting award for 'The Substance': Read her Golden Globes speech |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2025-01-05/demi-moore-the-substance-golden-globes-2025 |newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106130928/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2025-01-05/demi-moore-the-substance-golden-globes-2025 |archive-date=January 6, 2025 |access-date=2025-01-06}}][{{cite magazine |last1=Lewis |first1=Hilary |last2=Nordyke |first2=Kimberly |date=January 23, 2025 |title=Oscars: Full List of Nominees |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2025-oscars-nominees-list-1236115626/ |magazine=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250126094238/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2025-oscars-nominees-list-1236115626/ |archive-date=January 26, 2025 |access-date=January 23, 2025}}][{{cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=2025-01-15 |title=BAFTA Nominations: 'Conclave' & 'Emilia Pérez' Lead The Field As Open Awards Race Takes Shape |url=https://deadline.com/2025/01/bafta-nominations-conclave-emilia-perez-wicked-hugh-grant-1236257429/ |website=[Deadline Hollywood](/source/Deadline_Hollywood) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115123058/https://deadline.com/2025/01/bafta-nominations-conclave-emilia-perez-wicked-hugh-grant-1236257429/ |archive-date=January 15, 2025 |access-date=2025-01-24}}][{{cite web |title=The 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards {{!}} Screen Actors Guild Awards |url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/31st-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |website=sagawards.org |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250108155513/https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/31st-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |archive-date=January 8, 2025 |access-date=2025-01-24}}]
Moore will next star in [Boots Riley](/source/Boots_Riley)'s film ''[I Love Boosters](/source/I_Love_Boosters)''.[{{cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=8 October 2024 |title=Keke Palmer, Demi Moore, LaKeith Stanfield And Naomi Ackie To Star In Boots Riley's Next Movie 'I Love Boosters' At Neon |url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/keke-palmer-demi-moore-lakeith-stanfield-naomi-ackie-boots-riley-i-love-boosters-neon-1236109749/ |website=[Deadline Hollywood](/source/Deadline_Hollywood) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241010041603/https://deadline.com/2024/10/keke-palmer-demi-moore-lakeith-stanfield-naomi-ackie-boots-riley-i-love-boosters-neon-1236109749/ |archive-date=October 10, 2024 |access-date=10 October 2024}}] In April 2025, she was chosen [''People''](/source/People_(magazine))'s World's Most Beautiful of 2025.[{{cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=9 May 2025 |title=Demi Moore & Colman Domingo Board Roger Ross Williams' 'Strange Arrivals' For See-Saw Films |url=https://deadline.com/2025/05/demi-moore-colman-domingo-to-star-strange-arrivals-1236391514/ |website=[Deadline Hollywood](/source/Deadline_Hollywood) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250724033040/https://deadline.com/2025/05/demi-moore-colman-domingo-to-star-strange-arrivals-1236391514/ |archive-date=July 24, 2025 |access-date=9 May 2025}}] On April 15, 2026, it was announced that Moore had been cast in the lead for [David Weil](/source/David_Weil_(filmmaker))'s upcoming thriller ''Tyrant'', for [Amazon MGM](/source/Amazon_MGM).[{{cite magazine |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=15 April 2026 |title=Demi Moore Nabs Lead in David Weil's 'Tyrant' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/demi-moore-tyrant-charlize-theron-julia-garner-1236565344/ |magazine=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter) |access-date=15 April 2026}}]
== Public image ==
=== Status and persona ===
[[File:Demi Moore 2012.jpg|thumb|Moore in an advertisement for Swedish cosmetic company [Oriflame](/source/Oriflame) in 2012]]
Moore is viewed as a pioneer for equal salary for women in [Hollywood](/source/cinema_of_the_United_States).[{{cite news|last=Haas|first=Mariah|date=October 24, 2019|title=Demi Moore says ex-husband, Bruce Willis, didn't deserve to be paid more than her|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/demi-moore-ex-bruce-willis-didnt-deserve-to-make-more-money|work=[Fox News](/source/Fox_News)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024235908/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/demi-moore-ex-bruce-willis-didnt-deserve-to-make-more-money|archive-date=October 24, 2019|access-date=October 25, 2019}}][{{cite news|last=Boyle|first=Kelli|date=October 24, 2019|title=Demi Moore Reveals Which Of Her Male Co-Stars Didn't Deserve a Higher Paycheck|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1085842/demi-moore-reveals-which-of-her-male-co-stars-didn-t-deserve-a-higher-paycheck|work=[E! News](/source/E!_News)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025162408/https://www.eonline.com/news/1085842/demi-moore-reveals-which-of-her-male-co-stars-didn-t-deserve-a-higher-paycheck|archive-date=October 25, 2019|access-date=October 25, 2019}}][{{cite news|last=Hurst|first=Brogan-Leigh|date=October 24, 2019|title=Demi Moore on the actor she most objected to getting paid more than her|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/demi-moore-actor-most-objected-20716078|newspaper=[Daily Mirror](/source/Daily_Mirror)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025133638/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/demi-moore-actor-most-objected-20716078|archive-date=October 25, 2019|access-date=April 21, 2026}}] She was paid {{USD|12.5 million|long=No}} for her role in ''[Striptease](/source/Striptease_(film))'', which was more money than any other actress had ever been offered at the time.[{{cite web|last=Sundeep|first=Shukla|date=August 22, 2015|title=15 Interesting Facts About Demi Moore|url=https://ohfact.com/interesting-facts-about-demi-moore/|website=OhFact!|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425193246/https://ohfact.com/interesting-facts-about-demi-moore/|archive-date=April 25, 2019|access-date=April 21, 2026}}][{{cite magazine|last=Rubenstein|first=Hal|date=March 2, 2017|title=New Again: Demi Moore|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/new-again-demi-moore|magazine=[Interview](/source/Interview_(magazine))|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831145924/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/new-again-demi-moore|archive-date=August 31, 2019|access-date=April 21, 2026}}] Producers for ''Striptease'' and ''[G.I. Jane](/source/G.I._Jane)'' got into a bidding war to see who could get her to film first. ''Striptease'' won and Moore became the world's highest-paid actress in 1995.[{{cite magazine|last=Cho|first=Diane J.|date=September 26, 2019|title=Every Bombshell Confession from Demi Moore's Memoir, ''Inside Out''|url=https://people.com/books/demi-moore-memoir-inside-out-bombshells/|magazine=[People](/source/People_(magazine))|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025162419/https://people.com/books/demi-moore-memoir-inside-out-bombshells/|archive-date=October 25, 2019|access-date=April 21, 2026}}] According to ''[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)'', Moore's fee for the film caused a "reverse domino effect" in the industry, as "[Sharon Stone](/source/Sharon_Stone)'s asking price jumped from $6 million to $7 million, [Jodie Foster](/source/Jodie_Foster) went from $7 million to $8 million, [Meg Ryan](/source/Meg_Ryan) moved from $6 million to $8 million, and [Julia Roberts](/source/Julia_Roberts) leaped from $12 million to $13 million."[{{cite web |last=Archbold |first=Phil |date=2017-04-26 |title=Demi Moore: The Real Reason We Don't Hear From Her Anymore |url=https://www.nickiswift.com/51376/real-reason-dont-hear-demi-moore-anymore/ |website=[Nicki Swift](/source/Nicki_Swift) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251020165700/https://www.nickiswift.com/51376/real-reason-dont-hear-demi-moore-anymore/ |archive-date=October 20, 2025 |access-date=2025-12-16}}] establishing herself as a [sex symbol](/source/sex_symbol) and one of the [bankable star](/source/bankable_star)s.[{{cite news |title=Sex Symbols of the Decade |url=https://extratv.com/photos/image_jpg_20091227_a2ec5989924e5c84a957ad171f82ff10/ |work=[Extra](/source/Extra_(American_TV_program)) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251219070423/https://extratv.com/photos/image_jpg_20091227_a2ec5989924e5c84a957ad171f82ff10/ |archive-date=December 19, 2025 |access-date=2025-12-16}}]
During the production of ''G.I. Jane'', it was reported that Moore had ordered studio chiefs to charter two planes for her entourage and her,[{{cite web|title=Film History of the 1990s|url=https://www.filmsite.org/90sintro.html|website=[Filmsite](/source/Filmsite)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130110802/https://www.filmsite.org/90sintro.html|archive-date=November 30, 2020|access-date=November 24, 2020}}] which reinforced her negative reputation for being a [diva](/source/prima_donna)[{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Liz|date=July 11, 1997|title=Demi Moore confronts the price of fame|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RQAiAAAAIBAJ&pg=2928%2C1004070|newspaper=[Sarasota Herald-Tribune](/source/Sarasota_Herald-Tribune)|series=72nd Year|issue=281|edition=Venice/AM|at=Ticket: Florida West's Guide to Arts & Entertainment, p. 27|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250328103029/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RQAiAAAAIBAJ&pg=2928%2C1004070|archive-date=March 28, 2025|access-date=September 15, 2016|via=[Google News](/source/Google_News)}}]—she had previously turned down the [Sandra Bullock](/source/Sandra_Bullock) role in ''[While You Were Sleeping](/source/While_You_Were_Sleeping_(film))'' because the studio refused to meet her salary demands,[{{cite news|date=April 26, 1995|title=Slowing down in While You Were Sleeping, Speed's Sandra Bullock Has Become the Next Big Thing|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4D1C4AC34B21F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|newspaper=[Miami Herald](/source/Miami_Herald)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122215727/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4D1C4AC34B21F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|archive-date=November 22, 2018|access-date=September 27, 2012|via=[NewsBank](/source/NewsBank)}}] and was dubbed "Gimme Moore" by the media.[{{cite news |title=Demi Moore |url=https://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/people/demi-moore |publisher=[Lifetime](/source/Lifetime_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830073627/https://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/people/demi-moore |archive-date=August 30, 2019 |access-date=August 30, 2019}}] Profiling Moore in 2007, ''[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)'' observed: "Her screen persona always has something indestructible about it. There's a toughness, a strength, a determination."[{{cite web |title=Demi Moore |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/demi-moore/credits/3030203810/ |website=[TV Guide](/source/TV_Guide) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250306211220/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/demi-moore/credits/3030203810/ |archive-date=March 6, 2025 |access-date=2023-10-17}}]
Moore has been included in a number of magazine lists of the world's most beautiful women. In 1996, she was selected as one of ''[People](/source/People_(magazine))'' magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. In 1999, she was a guest editor for the November issue of ''[Marie Claire](/source/Marie_Claire)'',[{{cite book|last=Goodall|first=Nigel|year=2000|title=Demi Moore: The Most Powerful Woman in Hollywood|url=https://archive.org/details/demimooremostpow0000good/page/168|url-access=registration|location=Edinburgh|publisher=[Mainstream Publishing](/source/Mainstream_Publishing)|pages=168, 170|isbn=978-1-84018-269-9}}] In 2004, ''People'' ranked her ninth on their list of All-Time Most Beautiful Women.[{{cite magazine|last=Maher|first=Lucy|date=April 13, 2004|title=All-Time Most Beautiful Women|url=https://people.com/celebrity/all-time-most-beautiful-women/|magazine=[People](/source/People_(magazine))|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423103422/https://people.com/celebrity/all-time-most-beautiful-women/|archive-date=April 23, 2020|access-date=January 4, 2020}}] In 2006, she was voted seventh on [''Life & Style''](/source/Life_%26_Style_(magazine))'s Best Dressed Female poll. In December 2019, ''[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal)'' listed a cover story about Moore as one of their most-read stories in the year.[{{cite news|date=September 24, 2019|title=Demi Moore on Writing Her Highly Personal New Book|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/demi-moore-on-writing-her-highly-personal-new-book-11569328320|newspaper=[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103125913/https://www.wsj.com/articles/demi-moore-on-writing-her-highly-personal-new-book-11569328320|archive-date=January 3, 2020|access-date=January 3, 2020}}][{{cite news|date=December 31, 2019|title=See WSJ. Magazine's Top 10 Most-Read Stories of 2019|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/see-wsj-magazines-top-10-most-read-stories-of-2019-11577798971|newspaper=[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102185609/https://www.wsj.com/articles/see-wsj-magazines-top-10-most-read-stories-of-2019-11577798971|archive-date=January 2, 2020|access-date=January 3, 2020}}] In 2025, she was placed at number one on ''People''{{'s}} annual list of 100 Most Beautiful People,[{{cite news |last=Ganz |first=Jami |date=2025-04-22 |title=People magazine crowns Demi Moore the World's Most Beautiful of 2025 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/people-magazine-crowns-demi-moore-the-worlds-most-beautiful-of-2025/ |newspaper=[The Seattle Times](/source/The_Seattle_Times) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250423020746/https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/people-magazine-crowns-demi-moore-the-worlds-most-beautiful-of-2025/ |archive-date=April 23, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-01}}][{{cite magazine |date=2025-04-16 |title=Kwame Onwuachi: The 100 Most Influential People of 2025 |url=https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273766/kwame-onwuachi/ |magazine=[Time](/source/Time_(magazine)) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427174014/https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273766/kwame-onwuachi/ |archive-date=April 27, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-01}}]
Moore has 4.66 million followers on [Twitter](/source/Twitter), as of March 2020.[{{cite web|title=Demi Moore (@justdemi)|url=https://twitter.com/justdemi|website=[Twitter](/source/Twitter)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315175004/https://twitter.com/justdemi|archive-date=March 15, 2020|access-date=April 21, 2026}}] She uses Twitter as a platform to raise awareness of [sex trafficking](/source/sex_trafficking) and [slavery](/source/slavery). "She is practicing what she preaches: More than half of her posts are on the subject, directing followers where to get involved", ''[Harper's Bazaar](/source/Harper's_Bazaar)'' reported in August 2010.[{{cite magazine|last=Brown|first=Laura|date=August 3, 2010|title=Demi Moore's Dream Life: The Interview|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/news/demi-moore-cover-interview-0410|magazine=[Harper's Bazaar](/source/Harper's_Bazaar)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219183553/http://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/news/demi-moore-cover-interview-0410|archive-date=December 19, 2014|access-date=August 31, 2019}}] Moore remarked: "I like to connect to people in the virtual world [...] exchanging thoughts and ideas, when in the physical world we might never have the opportunity to cross paths."[{{cite web |title=Demi Moore (@demimoore) |url=https://www.instagram.com/demimoore |website=[Instagram](/source/Instagram) |access-date=2024-02-07}}]
Moore has graced the cover of numerous international fashion magazines, including ''[W](/source/W_(magazine))'', ''[Vanity Fair](/source/Vanity_Fair_(magazine))'', ''[Interview](/source/Interview_(magazine))'', ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)'', ''[Glamour](/source/Glamour_(magazine))'', ''[InStyle](/source/InStyle)'', ''[Time](/source/Time_(magazine))'' and ''[Vogue](/source/Vogue_(magazine))''.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}} She posed nude on the October 2019 cover of ''Harper's Bazaar''.[{{cite magazine|last=Hurtado|first=Alexandra|date=September 12, 2019|title=Throwback Thursday?! Demi Moore Recreates Iconic Nude 1991 ''Vanity Fair'' Cover in New Shoot for ''Harper's Bazaar''|url=https://parade.com/922168/alexandra-hurtado/demi-moore-naked-harpers-bazaar-cover-miscarriage-sobriety/|magazine=[Parade](/source/Parade_(magazine))|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026163303/https://parade.com/922168/alexandra-hurtado/demi-moore-naked-harpers-bazaar-cover-miscarriage-sobriety/|archive-date=October 26, 2019|access-date=October 26, 2019}}][{{cite magazine|last=Dunham|first=Lena|author-link=Lena Dunham|date=September 12, 2019|title=Demi Moore Reveals All|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a28900565/demi-moore-memoir-interview-2019/|magazine=[Harper's Bazaar](/source/Harper's_Bazaar)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026161759/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a28900565/demi-moore-memoir-interview-2019/|archive-date=October 26, 2019|access-date=October 26, 2019}}] As of 2024, she has appeared on magazine covers every year since 1980.[{{cite web |title=Demi Moore - Biography |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000193/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm |website=[IMDb](/source/IMDb) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250516185840/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000193/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm |archive-date=May 16, 2025 |access-date=2025-02-09}}] Moore has appeared in television commercials for [Keds](/source/Keds), [Oscar Mayer](/source/Oscar_Mayer), [Diet Coke](/source/Diet_Coke), [Lux](/source/Lux_(soap)), Jog Mate, and [Seibu Department Stores](/source/Seibu_Department_Stores), and print ads for [Versace](/source/Versace) and [Ann Taylor](/source/Ann_Inc.).[{{cite web|title=Demi Moore|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000193/otherworks|website=[IMDb](/source/IMDb)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429010556/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000193/otherworks|archive-date=April 29, 2022|access-date=August 30, 2019}}] She became a global brand ambassador for [Kérastase](/source/K%C3%A9rastase)in 2026.[{{cite web|last=Petrarca|first=Marisa|date=January 14, 2026|title=Demi Moore Joins Kérastase as Global Brand Ambassador|url=https://www.newbeauty.com/demi-moore-kerastase-global-brand-ambassador/|website=NewBeauty|access-date=January 14, 2026}}]
===''Vanity Fair'' covers===
{{See also|More Demi Moore|Demi's Birthday Suit}}
In August 1991, Moore appeared nude on the cover of ''[Vanity Fair](/source/Vanity_Fair_(magazine))'' under the title ''[More Demi Moore](/source/More_Demi_Moore)''. [Annie Leibovitz](/source/Annie_Leibovitz) shot the picture while Moore was seven months pregnant with her second child, Scout LaRue Willis, intending to portray "anti-Hollywood, anti-glitz" attitude.[{{cite news|last=Anderson|first=Susan Heller|date=July 11, 1991|title=Chronicle|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/11/style/chronicle-317491.html|newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|at=Section B, p. 20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030104632/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/11/style/chronicle-317491.html |archive-date=October 30, 2022|access-date=March 28, 2008}}] The cover drew significant attention and was widely discussed in the media.[{{cite journal |last=Stabile |first=Carol A. |author-link=Carol Stabile |date=January 1, 1992 |title=Shooting the Mother: Fetal Photography and the Politics of Disappearance |url=http://www.cas.buffalo.edu/classes/dms/berna/dms434/readings/stabile.pdf |journal=[Camera Obscura](/source/Camera_Obscura_(journal)) |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=178–205 |doi=10.1215/02705346-10-1_28-178 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070925215740/http://www.cas.buffalo.edu/classes/dms/berna/dms434/readings/stabile.pdf |archive-date=September 25, 2007 |access-date=August 23, 2007}}] The frankness of Leibovitz's portrayal of a pregnant sex symbol led to divided opinions, ranging from suggestions of [sexual objectification](/source/sexual_objectification) to celebrations of the photograph as a symbol of [empowerment](/source/empowerment).[{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Candace |date=August 12, 2007 |title=Big bold bellies: Flaunting one's pregnancy becomes a fashion trend |url=http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_6606324 |newspaper=[East Bay Times](/source/East_Bay_Times) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926220658/http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_6606324 |archive-date=September 26, 2007 |access-date=August 23, 2007 |via=Inside Bay Area}}]
The photograph was subject to numerous parodies, including the ''[Spy](/source/Spy_(magazine))'' magazine version, which placed Moore's then-husband [Bruce Willis](/source/Bruce_Willis)'s head on the body of a male model with a false belly. In ''[Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp.](/source/Leibovitz_v._Paramount_Pictures_Corp.)'', Leibovitz sued over one [parody](/source/parody) featuring [Leslie Nielsen](/source/Leslie_Nielsen), made to promote the 1994 film ''[Naked Gun {{frac|33|1|3}}: The Final Insult](/source/Naked_Gun_33_1%2F3%3A_The_Final_Insult)''. In the parody, the model's body was attached to what is described as "the guilty and smirking face" of Nielsen. The [teaser](/source/teaser_trailer) said "Due this March."[{{cite news|last=Richardson|first=Lynda|date=December 20, 1996|title=A Parody of a Pregnant Actress Stands Up in Court|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/20/nyregion/a-parody-of-a-pregnant-actress-stands-up-in-court.html|newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|at=Section B, p. 6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102062229/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/20/nyregion/a-parody-of-a-pregnant-actress-stands-up-in-court.html|archive-date=January 2, 2010|access-date=February 19, 2008}}] The case was dismissed in 1996 because the parody relied "for its comic effect on the contrast between the original".[{{cite web |last=T.B. |first=Ahmed |date=October 30, 2009 |title=I Am Pregnant And I Exist |url=http://cabalamuse.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/i-am-pregnant-and-i-exist/ |website=A Moroccan About the world around him |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109060228/http://cabalamuse.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/i-am-pregnant-and-i-exist/ |archive-date=November 9, 2009 |access-date=November 6, 2009 |via=[WordPress.com](/source/WordPress.com)}}]
In August 1992, Moore again appeared nude on the cover of ''Vanity Fair'', this time modeling for [body painting](/source/body_painting) artist [Joanne Gair](/source/Joanne_Gair) in ''[Demi's Birthday Suit](/source/Demi's_Birthday_Suit)''.[{{cite news|last=Penner|first=Degan|date=November 21, 1993|title=A Egos & Ids; It's Demi Vu All Over Again|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/21/style/egos-ids-it-s-demi-vu-all-over-again.html|newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|at=Section 9, p. 4|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105005338/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/21/style/egos-ids-it-s-demi-vu-all-over-again.html|archive-date=November 5, 2012|access-date=February 19, 2008}}][{{cite web|title=Make-Up ILLUSION by Joanne Gair |url=http://www.photoimpactonline.com/gair.htm |website=Photo Impact Online |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221204220/http://www.photoimpactonline.com/gair.htm |archive-date=December 21, 2007 |access-date=February 18, 2008}}]
==Personal life==
=== Marriages and relationships ===
On February 8, 1981, at the age of 18, Moore married singer Freddy Moore, then 30[{{cite web|title=Songwriter Biography: Frederick George Moore aka Freddy Moore, Rick Moore, Skogie Moore.|url=http://www.demophonic.com/bio/fgmbio.html|publisher=Demophonic Music|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251111235837/http://www.demophonic.com/bio/fgmbio.html|archive-date=November 11, 2025|access-date=January 31, 2018}}] Before their marriage, Demi had already begun using Freddy's surname as her [stage name](/source/stage_name).[{{cite news|date=February 17, 1984|title=Show Biz Q&A|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/449919553/|newspaper=[Public Opinion](/source/Public_Opinion_(Chambersburg%2C_Pennsylvania))|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030045311/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/449919553/|archive-date=October 30, 2020|access-date=October 26, 2020|via=Newspapers.com|quote="Demi and husband musician Freddy Moore separated a few months ago, and Demi has been seeing eligible and wonderful Tim Hutton."}}] She filed for divorce from Freddy in September 1984; it was finalized on August 7, 1985.[{{cite news|date=October 16, 1986|title=Demi Moore's wedding might coincide with trial|newspaper=Daily News}}][{{cite magazine|date=January 5, 1987|title=Ring in the New, Wring Out the Old|url=https://people.com/archive/ring-in-the-new-wring-out-the-old-vol-27-no-1/|magazine=[People](/source/People_(magazine))|volume=27|issue=1|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019132515/https://people.com/archive/ring-in-the-new-wring-out-the-old-vol-27-no-1/|archive-date=October 19, 2019|access-date=October 19, 2019}}]
On November 21, 1987, Moore married her second husband, actor [Bruce Willis](/source/Bruce_Willis).[{{cite magazine|editor-last=Wang|editor-first=Julia|title=Demi Moore|url=http://www.people.com/people/demi_moore/0,,,00.html|magazine=[People](/source/People_(magazine))|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120193125/http://www.people.com/people/demi_moore/0,,,00.html|archive-date=November 20, 2012|access-date=April 28, 2026}}] She and Willis had three daughters: [Rumer Glenn Willis](/source/Rumer_Willis) (born 1988),[{{cite news|date=August 18, 1988|title=Baby girl is a Rumer|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bcBWAAAAIBAJ&pg=4592%2C854249|newspaper=[The Gainesville Sun](/source/The_Gainesville_Sun)|volume=113|issue=43|edition=Santa Fe|page=2A|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030000529/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bcBWAAAAIBAJ&pg=4592,854249|archive-date=October 30, 2020|access-date=October 26, 2020|via=[Google News](/source/Google_News)}}] Scout LaRue Willis (born 1991),[{{cite news|date=July 22, 1991|title=Demi Moore Has Her Baby|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB2A2280426177A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|newspaper=[The Philadelphia Inquirer](/source/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120095442/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB2A2280426177A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|archive-date=November 20, 2018|access-date=April 28, 2026|via=[NewsBank](/source/NewsBank)|quote=Actress Demi Moore ... gave birth Saturday July 20, 1991 to a 5- pound, 15-ounce baby girl, her publicist announced yesterday. The baby, born at 4:53 a.m. at an undisclosed hospital, is the second child for Moore, 28, and her husband, actor Bruce Willis, 36...}}] and Tallulah Belle Willis (born 1994).{{sfn|Moore|2019|page=166}} They announced their separation on June 24, 1998,[{{cite magazine |date=November 6, 2000 |title=That's a Wrap |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20132823,00.html |magazine=[People](/source/People_(magazine)) |volume=54 |issue=19 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106025149/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0%2C%2C20132823%2C00.html |archive-date=January 6, 2016 |access-date=September 26, 2012}}][{{cite magazine|date=May 3, 1993|title=Demi Moore|url=https://people.com/archive/demi-moore-vol-39-no-17/|magazine=[People](/source/People_(magazine))|volume=39|issue=17|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422164543/https://people.com/archive/demi-moore-vol-39-no-17/|archive-date=April 22, 2020|access-date=April 22, 2020|quote=Two years ago and eight months pregnant with second daughter Scout...}}] Despite the divorce, Moore maintains a close friendship with Willis and his current wife [Emma Heming Willis](/source/Emma_Heming_Willis), and has assisted her and their respective children with caretaking for Willis as his health has declined.[{{cite magazine |last=Bjornson |first=Greta |date=March 30, 2022 |title=Demi Moore Told Bruce Willis She Is 'Thankful for Our Blended Family' Weeks Before Diagnosis Reveal |url=https://people.com/movies/demi-moore-told-bruce-willis-she-is-thankful-for-our-blended-family-2-weeks-before-diagnosis-reveal/ |magazine=[People](/source/People_(magazine)) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250211221042/https://people.com/movies/demi-moore-told-bruce-willis-she-is-thankful-for-our-blended-family-2-weeks-before-diagnosis-reveal/ |archive-date=February 11, 2025 |access-date=2023-11-10}}] Moore had a three-year romance with martial arts instructor Oliver Whitcomb, whom she dated from 1999 to 2002.[{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Youyoung|date=November 17, 2011|title=Demi Moore's Past Relationships|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/17/demi-moores-past-relation_n_1100328.html|work=[HuffPost](/source/HuffPost)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919084004/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/17/demi-moores-past-relation_n_1100328.html|archive-date=September 19, 2018|access-date=February 19, 2020}}]
In 2003, Moore began dating actor [Ashton Kutcher](/source/Ashton_Kutcher). Soon after they began dating, Moore became pregnant and she suffered a [stillbirth](/source/stillbirth) six months into the pregnancy.[{{cite news|last=Itzkoff|first=Dave|author-link=Dave Itzkoff|date=September 12, 2019|title=Demi Moore Lets Her Guard Down|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/books/demi-moore-memoir-inside-out.html|newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702032444/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/books/demi-moore-memoir-inside-out.html|archive-date=July 2, 2022|access-date=September 26, 2019}}] They married on September 24, 2005.[{{cite magazine|date=September 25, 2005|title=Ashton & Demi Get Married|url=https://people.com/celebrity/ashton-demi-get-married/|magazine=[People](/source/People_(magazine))|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019134421/https://people.com/celebrity/ashton-demi-get-married/|archive-date=October 19, 2019|access-date=October 19, 2019}}] The wedding was attended by about 150 close friends and family of the couple, including Willis.[{{cite news|last=Oldenburg|first=Ann|date=September 27, 2006|title=Changing of the 'Guardian{{'-}}|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-09-26-kutcher-costner-chat_x.htm|newspaper=[USA Today](/source/USA_Today)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522201555/http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-09-26-kutcher-costner-chat_x.htm|archive-date=May 22, 2010|access-date=September 30, 2006}}] In November 2011, after months of media speculation about the state of the couple's marriage, Moore announced her decision to end her marriage to Kutcher.[{{cite magazine|last=Tauber|first=Michelle|date=November 17, 2011|title=Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher to Divorce|url=https://people.com/celebrity/demi-moore-divorcing-ashton-kutcher-tweets-response/|magazine=[People](/source/People_(magazine))|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019134422/https://people.com/celebrity/demi-moore-divorcing-ashton-kutcher-tweets-response/|archive-date=October 19, 2019|access-date=April 21, 2026}}] After over a year of separation, Kutcher filed for divorce from Moore on December 21, 2012, in the [Los Angeles County Superior Court](/source/Los_Angeles_County_Superior_Court), citing [irreconcilable differences](/source/irreconcilable_differences).[{{cite magazine|last=Lee|first=Ken|date=December 21, 2012|title=Ashton Kutcher Files for Divorce from Demi Moore|url=https://people.com/celebrity/ashton-kutcher-files-for-divorce-from-demi-moore-is-dating-mila-kunis/|magazine=[People](/source/People_(magazine))|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019134425/https://people.com/celebrity/ashton-kutcher-files-for-divorce-from-demi-moore-is-dating-mila-kunis/|archive-date=October 19, 2019|access-date=October 19, 2019}}] Moore filed her response papers in March 2013, requesting [spousal support](/source/spousal_support) and payment of legal fees from Kutcher.[{{cite news|last=D'Zurilla|first=Christie|date=March 7, 2013|title=Demi Moore files divorce papers, responding to Ashton Kutcher|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-demi-moore-divorce-ashton-kutcher-20130307,0,1925531.story|newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310033124/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-demi-moore-divorce-ashton-kutcher-20130307,0,1925531.story|archive-date=March 10, 2013|access-date=March 8, 2013}}] On November 26, 2013, their divorce was finalized.[{{cite web|last=Ryder|first=Taryn|date=November 27, 2013|title=Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore Divorced. Finally.|url=http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/celeb-news/ashton-kutcher-demi-moore-divorced-finally-182127074.html|website=[Yahoo OMG](/source/Yahoo_News)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131130103344/http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/celeb-news/ashton-kutcher-demi-moore-divorced-finally-182127074.html|archive-date=November 30, 2013|access-date=November 27, 2013}}]
=== Beliefs and interests===
Politically, Moore is a supporter of the [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)).
Moore was at one point a follower of [Philip Berg](/source/Philip_Berg)'s [Kabbalah Centre](/source/Kabbalah_Centre) religion, and initiated Ashton Kutcher into the faith, having said that she "didn't grow up Jewish, but ... would say that [she has] been more exposed to the deeper meanings of particular rituals than any of [her] friends that did".[{{cite news|last=Hammerman|first=Joshua|date=May 7, 2004|title=Bar Mitzvah Nation|url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/top/editletcontent.php3?artid=3430%20|newspaper=[The Jewish Week](/source/The_Jewish_Week)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060216205012/http://www.thejewishweek.com/top/editletcontent.php3?artid=3430|archive-date=February 16, 2006|access-date=April 17, 2009}}] She is no longer affiliated with Berg's organization.[{{cite news |date=May 9, 2022 |title=Demi Moore, her daughters pose with spiritual figure Mata Amritanandamayi: 'I am so grateful' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/hollywood/demi-moore-her-daughters-pose-with-spiritual-figure-mata-amritanandamayi-i-am-so-grateful-101652099969477.html |newspaper=[Hindustan Times](/source/Hindustan_Times) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718211158/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/hollywood/demi-moore-her-daughters-pose-with-spiritual-figure-mata-amritanandamayi-i-am-so-grateful-101652099969477.html |archive-date=July 18, 2023 |access-date=November 13, 2025}}]
According to ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'', Moore is "the world's most high-profile doll collector", and among her favorites is the [Gene Marshall](/source/Gene_Marshall) [fashion doll](/source/fashion_doll).[{{cite news|last=Decaro|first=Frank|author-link=Frank DeCaro|date=February 22, 1998|title=A Star Is Born, and She's a Doll|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/22/style/a-star-is-born-and-she-s-a-doll.html|newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|at=Section 9, p. 1|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327005132/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07EFDA113FF931A15751C0A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|archive-date=March 27, 2008|access-date=December 17, 2007}}] She has reportedly kept a separate residence to house her 2,000 dolls.[{{cite magazine |last=Hackett |first=Larry |date=March 30, 1998 |title=Domestic Drama |url=https://www.peoplepets.com/people/archive/article/0,,20124855,00.html |magazine=[People](/source/People_(magazine)) |volume=49 |issue=12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729073438/https://www.peoplepets.com/people/archive/article/0%2C%2C20124855%2C00.html |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |access-date=September 26, 2012}}] Moore is also a fan of [soccer](/source/soccer) and supports [Arsenal F.C.](/source/Arsenal_F.C.)[{{cite news|last=James|first=Stuart|date=3 November 2004|title=Hollywood United|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/hollywood-united-7233584.html|newspaper=[London Evening Standard](/source/The_Standard_(London_newspaper))|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250831211135/https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/hollywood-united-7233584.html|archive-date=August 31, 2025|access-date=18 June 2025}}]
==Activism and philanthropy==
[[File:डेमी मुर.jpg|thumb|Moore with [Anuradha Koirala](/source/Anuradha_Koirala) during a visit to Nepal in 2011]]
Moore has supported numerous charities, including All Day Foundation, [American Foundation for AIDS Research](/source/AmfAR%2C_The_Foundation_for_AIDS_Research), [Artists for Peace and Justice](/source/Artists_for_Peace_and_Justice), [Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking](/source/Coalition_to_Abolish_Slavery_and_Trafficking), [Declare Yourself](/source/Declare_Yourself), [Free the Slaves](/source/Free_the_Slaves), [Healthy Child Healthy World](/source/Healthy_Child_Healthy_World), [Raising Malawi](/source/Raising_Malawi), [The Art of Elysium](/source/The_Art_of_Elysium) and [UNICEF](/source/UNICEF).[{{cite web|title=Demi Moore: Charity Work & Causes|url=https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/demi-moore|website=Look to the Stars|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026185152/https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/demi-moore|archive-date=October 26, 2019|access-date=October 26, 2019}}] In 2010, Moore defeated [Kevin Bacon](/source/Kevin_Bacon) to win {{USD|250,000|long=No}} in the [Pepsi](/source/Pepsi) Refresh Celebrity Challenge. She chose to support the organization [Girls Educational and Mentoring Services](/source/Girls_Educational_and_Mentoring_Services), a non-profit group which aims to empower young women who have been the victims of commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking.[{{cite magazine|last=Schillaci|first=Sophie|date=June 22, 2011|title=Demi Moore: 5 of Her Most Charitable Causes|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/demi-moore-5-her-charitable-204684|magazine=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026185148/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/demi-moore-5-her-charitable-204684|archive-date=October 26, 2019|access-date=October 26, 2019}}] She traveled to Haiti with the Artists for Peace and Justice following the [2010 Haiti earthquake](/source/2010_Haiti_earthquake).[{{cite news|date=June 6, 2011|title=Demi Moore Partners with the CNN Freedom Project|url=http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/06/demi-moore-partners-with-cnn-freedom-project/|work=CNN Press Room|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609233112/http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/06/demi-moore-partners-with-cnn-freedom-project/|archive-date=June 9, 2011|access-date=January 5, 2020}}] She was the narrator and anchor of [CNN](/source/CNN)'s documentary on child trafficking, called ''Nepal's Stolen Children'', which aired on June 26, 2011.[{{cite magazine|date=June 6, 2011|title=Demi Moore to Host Documentary on Child Trafficking for CNN|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/demi-moore-host-documentary-child-195110|magazine=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810091419/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/demi-moore-host-documentary-child-195110|archive-date=August 10, 2020|access-date=January 5, 2020}}] In the documentary, Moore talked to Nepal's prime minister, [Jhalanath Khanal](/source/Jhala_Nath_Khanal), and young girls who were forced into prostitution before being saved by a Nepalese nonprofit.[{{cite news|title=Nepal's Stolen Children|url=http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/category/nepals-stolen-children/|work=[CNN Freedom Project](/source/CNN_Freedom_Project)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222073532/http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/category/nepals-stolen-children/|archive-date=December 22, 2019|access-date=January 5, 2020}}] She appeared on [PETA](/source/People_for_the_Ethical_Treatment_of_Animals)'s Worst-Dressed List in 2009 for wearing fur,[{{cite news |date=February 12, 2009 |title=Demi Moore & Ashton Kutcher Lead PETA's Worst-Dressed List |url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/demi-moore-and-ashton-kutcher-lead-petas-worst-dressed-list_article_14401 |work=[Access Hollywood](/source/Access_Hollywood) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823184621/http://www.accesshollywood.com/demi-moore-and-ashton-kutcher-lead-petas-worst-dressed-list_article_14401 |archive-date=August 23, 2010 |access-date=November 24, 2012}}] but two years later, she supported the group's efforts to ban circus workers' use of bullhooks on elephants.[{{cite news |last1=Malkin |first1=Marc |last2=Malec |first2=Brett |date=June 1, 2011 |title=Why Demi Moore Is No Dumbo |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/244929/why-demi-moore-is-no-dumbo |publisher=[E!](/source/E!) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121124162208/http://www.eonline.com/news/244929/why-demi-moore-is-no-dumbo |archive-date=November 24, 2012 |access-date=November 24, 2012}}]
In 2009, Moore and Kutcher launched the Demi and Ashton Foundation (DNA), a nonprofit, [non-governmental organization](/source/non-governmental_organization) directed towards fighting child [sexual slavery](/source/sexual_slavery).[{{cite web|title=About The Demi and Ashton Foundation|url=http://www.demiandashton.org/about-demi-and-ashton-foundation|publisher=[Demi and Ashton Foundation](/source/Thorn_(organization))|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725230319/http://www.demiandashton.org/about-demi-and-ashton-foundation|archive-date=July 25, 2011|access-date=April 28, 2026}}][{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://wearethorn.org/aboutus/|publisher=[Thorn](/source/Thorn_(organization))|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420162917/http://www.wearethorn.org/aboutus/|archive-date=April 20, 2013|access-date=November 24, 2012}}][{{cite news|date=February 24, 2012|title=Ashton Kutcher Acts As Observer During Marin County Child Porn Raids|url=http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/02/24/ashton-kutcher-acts-as-observer-during-marin-county-child-porn-raids/|location=San Francisco|publisher=[KCBS-TV](/source/KCBS-TV)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121124164326/http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/02/24/ashton-kutcher-acts-as-observer-during-marin-county-child-porn-raids/|archive-date=November 24, 2012|access-date=November 24, 2012}}] The foundation's first campaign included several celebrities, including [Justin Timberlake](/source/Justin_Timberlake), [Sean Penn](/source/Sean_Penn), [Bradley Cooper](/source/Bradley_Cooper) appearing in a series of viral videos proclaiming: "Real Men Don't Buy Girls."[{{cite web|last=Kavner|first=Lucas|date=April 11, 2011|title=Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore Launch 'Real Men Don't Buy Girls' Campaign (Video)|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/11/ashton-kutcher-demi-moore-trafficking_n_847291.html|website=[The Huffington Post](/source/The_Huffington_Post)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512004524/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/11/ashton-kutcher-demi-moore-trafficking_n_847291.html|archive-date=May 12, 2011|access-date=December 27, 2011}}] In November 2012, the foundation said it was renaming as [Thorn: Digital Defenders of Children](/source/Thorn_(organization)), which aimed "to disrupt and deflate the predatory behavior of those who abuse and traffic children, solicit sex with children or create and share [child pornography](/source/child_pornography)".[{{cite magazine|last=Petit|first=Stephanie|date=May 30, 2018|title=Ashton Kutcher Helps Save 6,000 Kids from Sex Trafficking Via His Organization with Demi Moore|url=https://people.com/movies/ashton-kutcher-saves-6000-kids-human-trafficking-thorn-organization/|magazine=[People](/source/People_(magazine))|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204102024/https://people.com/movies/ashton-kutcher-saves-6000-kids-human-trafficking-thorn-organization/|archive-date=December 4, 2019|access-date=April 21, 2026}}] In 2018, Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization, Visionary Women honored Moore with its inaugural Visionary Woman Award for her work to combat human trafficking.[{{Cite magazine|last=Murphy|first=Desiree|date=March 9, 2018|title=Demi Moore Hopes Her Charity Work Inspires Her Daughters to Be 'Powerful Young Women' (Exclusive)|url=https://www.etonline.com/demi-moore-hopes-her-charity-work-inspires-her-daughters-to-be-powerful-young-women-exclusive-98039|magazine=[Entertainment Tonight](/source/Entertainment_Tonight)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309220321/https://www.etonline.com/demi-moore-hopes-her-charity-work-inspires-her-daughters-to-be-powerful-young-women-exclusive-98039|archive-date=March 9, 2018|access-date=April 21, 2026}}][{{cite magazine|last=Medina|first=Marcy|date=March 9, 2018|title=Demi Moore Honored as a Visionary Woman at L.A. Gala|url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/demi-moore-visionary-woman-gala-la-1202626027/|magazine=[Women's Wear Daily](/source/Women's_Wear_Daily)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529010617/https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/demi-moore-visionary-woman-gala-la-1202626027/|archive-date=May 29, 2019|access-date=January 5, 2020}}][{{cite magazine|last=Weinberg|first=Lindsay|date=March 9, 2018|title=Demi Moore Honored by Visionary Women Group on International Women's Day|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/demi-moore-honored-by-visionary-women-group-international-womens-day-1093300|magazine=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814104129/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/demi-moore-honored-by-visionary-women-group-international-womens-day-1093300|archive-date=August 14, 2020|access-date=April 21, 2026}}] In 2022, Thorn found 824,466 child sexual abuse material files and identified 1,895 victims of child sexual abuse.[{{cite report |title=2022 Impact |url=https://www.thorn.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2022-Thorn-Impact-Report.pdf |publisher=[Thorn](/source/Thorn_(organization)) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250522141437/https://www.thorn.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2022-Thorn-Impact-Report.pdf |archive-date=May 22, 2025 |access-date=March 3, 2026}}] She received the Courage Award at The Women's Cancer Research Fund's gala in 2024.[{{cite magazine |last=Fell |first=Nicole |date=2024-04-11 |title=Demi Moore Honored at Women's Cancer Research Fund Dinner, With Support From Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/demi-moore-womens-cancer-research-fund-dinner-1235872304/ |magazine=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250523013930/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/demi-moore-womens-cancer-research-fund-dinner-1235872304/ |archive-date=May 23, 2025 |access-date=2025-02-11}}]
== Acting credits and accolades ==
{{Main|Demi Moore filmography|List of awards and nominations received by Demi Moore}}
Moore is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a [Golden Globe Award](/source/Golden_Globe_Award), a [Critics' Choice Movie Award](/source/Critics'_Choice_Movie_Award) and an [Actor Award](/source/Actor_Award), as well as nominations for an [Academy Award](/source/Academy_Award), a [British Academy Film Award](/source/British_Academy_Film_Award), a [Primetime Emmy Award](/source/Primetime_Emmy_Awards), a [Directors Guild of America Award](/source/Directors_Guild_of_America_Award), and two [Independent Spirit Awards](/source/Independent_Spirit_Awards).
Her highest-grossing and most-positively reviewed films, according to the online portal [Box Office Mojo](/source/Box_Office_Mojo) and the review-aggregation website [Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes), include:[{{cite web |title=Demi Moore |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/demi_moore |website=[Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250204234630/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/demi_moore |archive-date=February 4, 2025 |access-date=February 9, 2025}}]
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* ''[About Last Night...](/source/About_Last_Night_(1986_film))'' (1986)
* ''[Ghost](/source/Ghost_(1990_film))'' (1990)
* ''[A Few Good Men](/source/A_Few_Good_Men)'' (1992)
* ''[Indecent Proposal](/source/Indecent_Proposal)'' (1993)
* ''[Disclosure](/source/Disclosure_(1994_film))'' (1994)
* ''[If These Walls Could Talk](/source/If_These_Walls_Could_Talk)'' (1996)
* ''[The Hunchback of Notre Dame](/source/The_Hunchback_of_Notre_Dame_(1996_film))'' (1996)
* ''[Beavis and Butt-Head Do America](/source/Beavis_and_Butt-Head_Do_America)'' (1996)
* ''[Deconstructing Harry](/source/Deconstructing_Harry)'' (1997)
* ''[Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle](/source/Charlie's_Angels%3A_Full_Throttle)'' (2003)
* ''[The Joneses](/source/The_Joneses)'' (2009)
* ''[Margin Call](/source/Margin_Call)'' (2011)
* ''[Please Baby Please](/source/Please_Baby_Please)'' (2022)
* ''[The Substance](/source/The_Substance)'' (2024)
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== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book |last=Moore |first=Demi |year=2019 |title=[Inside Out: A Memoir](/source/Inside_Out_(Moore_book)) |location=New York |publisher=[Harper](/source/Harper_(publisher)) |isbn=978-0-06-204953-7}}
==Notes==
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{{refn|Sources are divided as to whether her birth name is Demetria[{{cite news|first=Virginia |last=Heffernan |author-link=Virginia Heffernan |date=February 27, 2004 |title=Critic's Notebook; Unabashed Stars Break the Shackles of the Name Game |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/27/movies/critic-s-notebook-unabashed-stars-break-the-shackles-of-the-name-game.html |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |at=Section E, p. 25 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528064903/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/27/movies/critic-s-notebook-unabashed-stars-break-the-shackles-of-the-name-game.html |archive-date=May 28, 2015 |access-date=April 28, 2026}}][{{cite magazine |first1=Gregory |last1=Cerio |last2=Ramsay |first2=Carolyn |last3=Schnaufer |first3=Jeff |last4=McNeil |first4=Liz |last5=Aunapu |first5=Greg |date=June 24, 1996 |title=Eye of the Tiger |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20141624,00.html |magazine=[People Weekly](/source/People_(magazine)) |volume=45 |issue=25 |pages=88–94 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424131634/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20141624,00.html |archive-date=April 24, 2008 |access-date=April 21, 2026}}][{{cite magazine|last=Dare|first=Michael|date=March 9, 1995|title=ShoWest Honors Demi Moore: Beauty's Got Brains and Talent|url=http://www.dareland.com/emulsionalproblems/mooredemi.htm|magazine=[Daily Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324050145/http://www.dareland.com/emulsionalproblems/mooredemi.htm|archive-date=March 24, 2010|access-date=April 28, 2026}}][{{cite book |editor-last=King |editor-first=Thad |year=2009 |title=2009 Britannica Almanac |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2nxLkMspauIC |location=Chicago, IL |publisher=[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica%2C_Inc.) |page=60 |isbn=978-1-59339-228-4}}] or Demi.[{{cite magazine |year=1991 |title=Demi Moore|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AXIoAQAAIAAJ|magazine=The New York Times Biographical Service |volume=22 |publisher=The New York Times Company and Arno Press|page=476|issn=0161-2433}}][{{cite news|last=Hayward |first=Jeff |date=January 17, 1993 |title=Taking Chances: Demi Moore Knows All about Risk and Controversy-and Seeks It |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/01/17/taking-chances-11/ |newspaper=[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301015023/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-01-17/features/9303162897_1_demi-moore-pregnant-woman-cover |archive-date=March 1, 2012 |access-date=April 28, 2026}}][{{cite book|last=Getlen|first=Larry|year=2003 |title=Demi: The Naked Truth|url=https://archive.org/details/demi00larr/page/7 |url-access=registration|location=Boca Raton, FL|publisher=[AMI Books](/source/AMI_Books) |page=7|isbn=978-1-932270-24-2}}][{{cite book|last1=Maltin|first1=Leonard |author-link1=Leonard Maltin |last2=Green|first2=Spencer |last3=Sader|first3=Luke |year=1994 |chapter=MOORE, DEMI |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/leonardmaltin00malt/page/624 |chapter-url-access=registration |title=Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia |location=New York |publisher=Dutton |pages=624–625 |isbn=978-0-525-93635-0}}] Moore says the latter.[{{cite tweet |last=Moore|first=Demi|user=mrskutcher|number=1766980116|date=May 11, 2009|title=Demi is the name I was born with! @booyahcarl I think @ddlovato 's real name is demetria. is demi a screen name or is it your real name?|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320153137/https://twitter.com/mrskutcher/status/1766980116|archive-date=March 20, 2023|access-date=January 25, 2016}}][{{cite tweet|last=Moore|first=Demi|user=mrskutcher|number=63312781096652801|date=April 27, 2011|title=No it is just Demi Gene it was never Demitria! RT @peppersgirl: @mrskutcher What's your name? Demetria Gene Guynes??|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320153137/https://twitter.com/mrskutcher/status/63312781096652801|archive-date=March 20, 2023|access-date=January 25, 2016}}][{{cite web|date=December 31, 2010 |title=Demi Moore 'obsesses' over appearance |url=http://bangshowbiz.com/produkte/showbiz/index.html?id=2010365175506645196&ch=Showbiz |website=Bang Showbiz |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203194559/http://bangshowbiz.com/produkte/showbiz/index.html?id=2010365175506645196&ch=Showbiz |archive-date=February 3, 2012 |access-date=April 28, 2026}}]|group=n|name=born}}
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