In one of
Moore's most distinguished performances, she recapitulated her "beguiling Yelena from
Andre Gregory's ongoing workshop version of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya in the late Louis
Malle's critically acclaimed Vanya on 42nd Street" (CelebSite). Director
Todd Haynes gave Moore her first opportunity to take on a lead role in Safe, where
she plays a housewife who develops an inexplicable allergic reaction to her existence.
As Hugh Grant's pregnant girlfriend in Nine Months, Moore finds her way into
romantic comedy while also starring with Robin Williams--the couple's sweet, but
incompetant Russian doctor.
Following films included Assassins where she played an electronics security
expert and Surviving Picasso (1996) where she played Dora Maar.
Such was Moore's acting career--a slow but rising career nonetheless. Her career had
not sky-rocketed nor suffered from her many pivotal but minor roles in off-beat
independent films. However, all would change in 1997.
While her name in Hollywood was well-known, she didn't
gain named audience recognition until...
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The Lost World
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