Elizabeth Moss

Elisabeth Moss is a grand stage and television actress who is very popular in the United States. She has experience working as an actress in movies and theatres as well. Her versatile acting skills have earned her some nominations for prestigious awards.

Moss started working in the industry since 1990 and has been active since. Some of the films she has worked in are West of Here, Temptation, A Thousand Acres, and Imaginary Crimes, etc. Let us now know this great persona by going through her biography. All the information regarding her career, personal life, married life and dating are included here.

Early Life: Birth, Age, High School, Parents

Elisabeth Moss, formerly Elisabeth Singleton Moss was born as the elder daughter of Ron Moss and Linda Moss. She was born on 24 July 1982. She is from Los Angeles, California. Moss went on to study at the Kennedy Centre in Washington, D. C. afterwards. At the centre, she studied with the famous ballerina Suzanne Farrell Ballet. Throughout her teen years, she continued to study acting but was offered many acting roles during the period. As a religion, she took up Scientology when she was young. She was home-schooled to manage her career and education. She was focused and serious at that age according to her. Moss used to play library with her parents; she spread books on the floor and checked them out. She made her acting debut in 1990 with the television series Lucky/Chances.

Career: Movies, TV Series, Stage Actress

Elisabeth stepped into the industry with her screen role in the NBC Lucky/Chances. In the television series called Picket Fences, she appeared in seven episodes as Cynthia Parks from 1992 to 1995. In 1992, she gave a voice over for the character Holly DeCarlo in the television special Frosty Returns. She was also a part of the animated movie in 1993. She went on to provide her voice for two animated series in 1996, Freakazoid! And It’s Spring Training, Charlie Brown!

She starred in the White House drama The West Wing at the beginning of 1999. She played a repetitive role of the daughter of Stockard Channing and Martin Sheen, Zoey Bartlet. Moss portrayed the character until the end of the series in 2006. She also had a small role in ‘Anywhere but Here’. She played as Katie Brockett. In 2004, she went on to do three films along with the movie Heart of America.

Works in Grey’s Anatomy

Moss was a part of the 2005 horror series Invasion as a supporting actor.  She again appeared in the medical series Grey’s Anatomy for an episode in 2004. She was in the episode My Favorite Mistake. Elizabeth also appeared in another series, Medium alongside Patricia Arquette. She appeared in the horror film The Attic of Mary Lambert in 2007. She was also a part of the drama Day Zero in the same year.

Moss portrayed the role of Peggy Olsen in the ABC drama Mad Men. She was the secretary who later turned into a copywriter in the series. She started on the show since 2007 to the end of the series in 2015. In 2008, Elisabeth made her Broadway debut while still a regular in the Mad Men. She played in the revival of David Mamet’s in the October of 2008. In 2009, she played Sarah Jessica Parker’s assistant in the comedy movie and which was later followed by a role in another comedy film, Get Him to the Greek the following year. She took up the part opposite Jonah Hill.

Elisabeth Moss Personal Info: Married, Divorced, Dating Life

Elisabeth has only been married once but was later divorced. She met her former husband, Fred Armisen in October 2008. Fred is a comedian and an actor. They started dating for a year before being engaged. Moss was engaged to Fred in January 2009. They got married in Long Island on 25 October 2009. They faced a lot of problems and controversies during their married days. She filed a divorce against her husband in June 2010, and they separated in September. Her divorce was finalized and approved on 13 May 2011. She was happy that they did not have any children together.

Currently, she is dating Adam Akapaw, an Australian Cinematographer. They have been dating since 2012. However, they are not engaged or expecting any children with him.

Elisabeth Moss Net Worth

Elisabeth’s net worth is believed to be 8 million dollars. Her salary during her Mad Men days was $175 thousand per episode. Her net worth includes from advertisements, endorsements along with her movies and TV shows.