Mandy Moore
Birthdate: Apr 10, 1984
Birthplace: Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
Mandy Moore (birthname: Amanda Leigh Moore) transitioned from a major pop singer-songwriter to a movie star, though she debuted in feature films while she was still topping pop charts with a voice role (her first of several) in the Eddie Murphy-starring sequel, Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), with Kristen Wilson, Jeffrey Jones and Kevin Pollak under Steve Carr’s direction, earning $176 million globally for distributor 20th Century Fox. Moore landed her first significant supporting role in Disney’s smash hit comedy, The Princess Diaries (2001), co-starring Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway, with Hector Elizondo, Heather Matarazzo, and Caroline Goodall under Garry Marshall’s direction, and which was produced in part by Whitney Houston and grossed $165.3 million.
Moore had her breakthrough starring role in the big-screen version of Nicholas Sparks’s best-seller, A Walk to Remember (2002), co-starring Shane West, with Peter Coyote, Daryl Hannah and Paz de la Huerta under Adam Shankman’s direction, produced by Denise Di Novi and Hunt Lowry, and delivering a solid $47.5 million return (based on estimated costs) for Warner Bros. Pictures (North America)/Pandora Cinema (International). Moore co-starred with Elijah Wood and Franka Potente in the little-seen comedy-drama, All I Want (2002), and then Moore went on to co-star with Allison Janney in the comedy-drama, How to Deal (2003), based on two Sarah Dessen novels by screenwriter Neena Beber, with Trent Ford, Alexandra Holden, Dylan Baker and Peter Gallagher under Clare Kilner’s direction, and released by New Line Cinema (U.S.)/Focus Features (International).
Mandy Moore starred in the Warner Bros. Pictures commercial and critical bomb (grossing only half of the estimated costs), Chasing Liberty (2004), co-starring Matthew Goode, Jeremy Piven, Annabella Sciorra, Caroline Goodall, and Mark Harmon under Andy Cadiff’s direction, and produced by Alcon Entertainment. Moore co-starred with Jena Malone, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit, Heather Matarazzo, Martin Donovan, and Mary-Louise Parker in director/writer Brian Dannelly’s black comedy, Saved! (2004), produced in part by Michael Stipe, and which earned over $10 million for MGM/UA.
Moore had her second voice role in Alcon Entertainment’s comedy, Racing Stripes (2005), with fellow voice actors Frankie Muniz, Jansen Panettiere, Dustin Hoffman, Whoopi Goldberg, Steve Harvey, David Spade, Jeff Foxworthy, Joe Pantoliano, Snoop Dogg, Michael Clarke Duncan, Fred Thompson and Joshua Jackson as well as live-action actors Hayden Panettiere, Bruce Greenwood, M. Emmet Walsh and Wendie Malick under Frederik Du Chau’s direction, and grossing nearly $91 million for Warner Bros. Pictures (U.S.-Canada)/Summit Entertainment (International).
Moore was part of the colorful ensemble of director/writer/producer John Turturro’s musical comedy, Romance & Cigarettes (2005), co-starring James Galdofini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Bobby Cannavale, Mary-Louise Parker, Aida Turturro, Christopher Walken, Barbara Sukowa, Elaine Stritch, Eddie Izzard and Amy Sedaris, premiering at the Venice Film Festival and released by MGM Distribution Company.
Mandy Moore co-starred with Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, and Willem Dafoe in director/writer/producer Paul Weitz’s satire, American Dreamz (2006), with Marcia Gay Harden, Chris Klein, and Jennifer Coolidge, and earned Universal Pictures a disappointing $16.5 million (based on estimated costs). Moore co-starred with Diane Keaton in the Michael Lehmann-directed rom-com, Because I Said So (2007), co-written by Karen Leigh Hopkins and Jessie Nelson (who also produced), and scored a good $69.5 million (based on estimated costs) for Universal Pictures.
Moore shared the top billing with Robin Williams and John Krasinski in the rom com License to Wed (2007), produced in part by Mike Medavoy and Robert Simonds, directed by Ken Kwapis, and grossing $70 million for Warner Bros. Pictures, and then Moore starred with Billy Crudup in debuting director/producer Justin Theroux’s poorly performing comedy-drama, Dedication (2007), with Tom Wilkinson, launching at the Sundance Film Festival and released to only a six-figure gross by The Weinstein Company/First Look Pictures.
Moore joined the ensemble of director/writer Richard Kelly’s surrealist Los Angeles movie, Southland Tales (2006), co-starring Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Justin Timberlake, Nora Dunn, Christoher Lambert, John Larroquette, Bai Ling, Jon Lovitz, Amy Poehler, Lou Taylor Pucci, Miranda Richardson, Wallace Shawn and Kevin Smith, premiering in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, returning a disastrous $.3 million for distributors Samuel Goldwyn Films-Destination Films (U.S.)/Universal Pictures-Wild Bunch-Inferno Distribution (International) but later developed a cult following.
Mandy Moore starred in the commercial and critical bomb (based on estimated costs), director/writer Jonathan Newman’s British comedy, Swinging with the Finkels (2011), co-starring Martin Freeman, Melissa George, Jonathan Silverman, Richard Shelton and Jerry Stiller, and released by Freestyle Releasing (U.S.), and then Moore had the first of two voice roles as the fairy tale character Rapunzel in Disney’s animated musical, Tangled (2010), with Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Brad Garrett, Ron Perlman, Jeffrey Tambor and Richard Kiel under the co-direction of Nathan Greno and Byron Howard, and grossing over $592 million globally, followed by Moore’s Rapunzel in Disney’s Oscar-nominated animated comedy sequel, Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018), with the voices John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jane Lynch and Ed O’Neill under Rich Moore’s and co-writer Phil Johnston’s co-direction, and which grossed over $529 million.
Moore co-starred with Kellan Lutz in yet another commercial and critical dud, Love, Wedding, Marriage (2011), with James Brolin, Jane Seymour, and Christopher Lloyd under Dermot Mulroney’s direction, released to only $.5 million for IFC Films. Moore starred in her first survival thriller, director/writer Johannes Roberts’ 47 Meters Down (2017), co-starring Claire Holt and Matthew Modine, produced primarily by Dimension Films, and grossing a fine $62.6 million globally (based on estimated costs) for Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures (North America)/Entertainment One (U.K.). Moore played her first role as a mother in director/co-writer/producer/editor Michelle Schumacher’s drama, I’m Not Here (2017), starring J.K. Simmons, Sebastian Stan, Maika Monroe, Max Greenfield, Harold Perrineau, premiering at the Raindance Film Festival before a Gravitas Ventures release.
Mandy Moore joined cast mates Amandla Stenberg, Harris Dickinson, Patrick Gibson, and Bradley Whitford in the big-screen adaptation of Alexandra Bracken’s 2012 novel, The Darkest Minds (2018), directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson, written by Chad Hodge, produced by Shawn Levy and Dan Levine, and returning a poor $41 million (based on estimated costs) for distributor 20th Century Fox. Moore joined the mostly male cast of director/producer Roland Emmerich’s WWII drama about the pivotal battle of the Pacific Theatre, Midway (2019), with the ensemble of Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Aaron Eckhart, Nick Jonas, Etsushi Toyokawa, Tadanobu Asano, Dennis Quaid and Woody Harrelson, produced by U.S.-Canada-China funding sources including Emmerich’s Centropolis Entertainment, and which grossed a disappointing $127.4 million (based on estimated costs) for distributors Liongate-Summit Entertainment (U.S.)/Elevation Pictures (Canada)/Huaxia Film Distribution (China).
Moore returned to the big screen after a seven-year absence in a major role in star/writer/producer Nick Bargatze’s comedy for TriStar Pictures/Sony Pictures Releasing, The Breadwinner (2026), co-written by Dan Lagana, with the ensemble of Will Forte, Colin Jost, Kumail Nanjiani, Zach Cherry, Kate Berlant, and Martin Herlihy, and which was released wide. Moore co-starred with Kumail Nanjiani in director/writer Jeremy Slater’s Insidious series spinoff, Thread: An Insidious Tale (date to be announced), produced by Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions as well as James Wan and Michael Clear, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing.
Personal life
Mandy Moore was born in Nashua, New Hampshire and raised in Nashua and the Orlando, Florida, suburb of Longwood, by her parents, Don (American Airlines pilot) and Stacy (news reporter). Moore has two siblings, Kyle and Scott. Moore attended Park Maitland School (where she discovered singing) and then Bishop Moore Catholic High School for a year before dropping out in 1999 due to her rising pop music career. Moore was married to composer/director/actor Ryan Adams from 2009 to 2016, when they divorced; Moore has been married to actor/composer Taylor Goldsmith since 2018, and the couple has three children, Louise, Oscar and August. Moore’s height is 5’ 10”. Moore’s estimated net worth is $14 million.
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Mandy Moore Movies
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- 2026 |
The Breadwinner
asKatie Wilcox
A supermom lands a Shark Tank deal, switching roles with her breadwinner husband. He struggles to adapt as a stay-at-home dad to their three daughters.
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- 2025 | Thread: An Insidious Tale
- 2019 |
- 2018 |
The Darkest Minds
After a disease kills 98% of children, the survivors develop powers and are declared a threat. 16-year-old Ruby, escapes the government facility and joins a group of rebel teenagers ready to fight the government forces out to get them.
- 2017 | I'm Not Here
- 2017 |
47 Meters Down
Two sisters vacationing in Mexico are trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean. With less than an hour of oxygen left and great white sharks circling nearby, they must fight to survive.
- 2011 | Swinging with the Finkels
- 2011 | Love, Wedding, Marriage
- 2010 | Tangled
- 2010 |
- 2005 | Romance & Cigarettes
- 2007 | Dedication
- 2007 | License to Wed
- 2007 | Because I Said So
- 2006 | American Dreamz
- 2004 | Saved!
- 2004 | Chasing Liberty
- 2003 | How to Deal
- 2002 | Try Seventeen
- 2002 |
A Walk to Remember
Two North Carolina teens, Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan, are thrown together after Landon gets into trouble and is sentenced to perform community service.
- 2001 | The 20 Teens Who Will Change the World
- 2001 | The Princess Diaries
- 2001 |
The Princess Diaries
asLana Thomas
Mia Thermopolis has just found out that she is the heir apparent to the throne of Genovia. With her friends Lilly and Michael Moscovitz in tow, she tries to navigate through the rest of her sixteenth year.
- 1996 | Street Rats
Facts About Mandy Moore
Disaster Relief: Mandy Moore performed a free concert to the graduating class of Enterprise High School in Alabama after a disastrous tornado killed several students in 2007.
Condition: Moore has suffered from depression and reported in 2017 that she has Coeliac Disease.
Family Matters: Mandy Moore’s brothers are gay, and her mother came out as gay, prompting her divorce.
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