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=== 1980s: Early roles and breakthrough ===
[[File:Demi Moore at 61st Annual Academy Awards.jpg|thumb|left|Moore at the [[61st Academy Awards]] in 1989|250x250px]]
Moore signed with the [[Elite Modeling Agency]],<ref>{{cite press release|title=John Casablancas Modeling & Career Centers Re-opens in Chicago|publisher=John Casablancas Modeling & Career Centers|via=[[PRWeb]] |url= http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/5/prweb942664.htm|date=May 15, 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180919083959/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb942664.htm|archive-date= September 19, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> then enrolled in drama classes after being inspired by her next-door neighbor, 17-year-old German actress [[Nastassja Kinski]].<ref name="VF-augu1991-p145">Collins, p. 145</ref> In August 1979, at age 16,<ref name="VF-augu1991-p145" /> Moore met<ref name="VF-augu1991-p145" /> musician [[Freddy Moore]] who was married and at the time leader of the band [[Boy (1980s band)|Boy]], at the [[Los Angeles]] nightclub [[The Troubadour (Los Angeles)|The Troubadour]].<ref name=embassy /> They lived in an apartment in West Hollywood.<ref name=embassy>{{cite press release|title=Demi Moore, Female Lead in 'Parasite,' Rocketed to Fame in 'General Hospital'| website=[[Parasite (1982 film)|Parasite]]|publisher=[[Embassy Pictures]], 1982|page= 2}}</ref> 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).<ref name="DEMI MOORE (Songwriter) BIO">{{cite web|url=http://www.demophonic.com/bio/demimoor.html|title=Demi Moore (Songwriter) Bio|publisher=Demophonic Music|access-date=March 22, 2012|archive-date=December 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219214049/http://demophonic.com/bio/demimoor.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Moore also sang in the films ''[[One Crazy Summer]]'' and ''[[Bobby (2006 film)|Bobby]]''.
Moore appeared on the cover of the January 1981 issue of the adult magazine ''[[Oui (magazine)|Oui]],''<ref name="ew-mannes">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,297532,00.html|title=When Moore Was Less|first=George|last=Mannes|date=June 9, 1995|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=February 19, 2020|archive-date=September 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919083903/https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,297532,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> taken from a photo session in which she had posed nude.<ref name="spy">{{Cite news|last1=Gregory|first1=Alex|last2=Huyck|first2=Peter|magazine=Spy|title=The Bimbo Conspiracy|date=August 1995|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zgu9QCTT_SwC|page=48}}</ref> In a 1988 interview, Moore claimed 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'."<ref>{{cite news|title=Moore Ways Than One|first=Alan|last=Carter|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=[[New York City|New York]]|date=March 31, 1988|page=51}}</ref> In 1990, she told another interviewer, "I was 17 years old. I was underage. It was just the cover."<ref>{{cite journal|title=The ''Us'' Interview: She's Gotta Have It|first=David |last=Rensin|date= September 17, 1990|page =18|journal=[[Us Weekly]]}}</ref> Moore made her film debut with a brief role in the 1981 teen drama ''Choices'', directed by [[Silvio Narizzano]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1004101-choices/|title=Choices|website=Rottentomatoes.com|date=January 2004|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-date=November 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114171353/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1004101-choices/|url-status=live}}</ref> Her second film feature was the [[3-D film|3-D]] sci-fi horror film ''[[Parasite (1982 film)|Parasite]]'' (1982), for which director [[Charles Band]] had instructed casting director Johanna Ray to "find me the next [[Karen Allen]]."<ref name="ew-mannes" /> Moore then joined the cast of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] soap opera ''[[General Hospital]]'', playing the role of investigative reporter Jackie Templeton until 1983. During her tenure on the series, she made an uncredited [[cameo appearance]] in the 1982 spoof film ''[[Young Doctors in Love]]''. Moore's film career took off in 1984 following her appearance in the sex comedy ''[[Blame It on Rio]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Carr|first=Jay|date=April 19, 1991|title=The spirit of success moves Demi Moore|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/59183625.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+19%2C+1991&author=Jay+Carr%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=The+spirit+of+success+moves+Demi+Moore&pqatl=google}}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She also portrayed Laura Victor in the comedy film ''[[No Small Affair]]'' (1984), opposite [[Jon Cryer]].
Moore's commercial breakthrough came in [[Joel Schumacher]]'s [[yuppie]] drama ''[[St. Elmo's Fire (film)|St. Elmo's Fire]]'' (1985), which received negative reviews, but was a box office success<ref>{{Cite web|title=St. Elmo's Fire|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3950216705/weekend/|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=November 24, 2020|archive-date=September 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903054555/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3950216705/weekend/|url-status=live}}</ref> and brought Moore widespread recognition.<ref>{{cite news|date=May 20, 2000|title=Demi Moore returns to the screen in 'Passion of Mind'|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i1g1AAAAIBAJ&pg=2758,10037135|access-date=September 15, 2016}}</ref> Because of her association with that film, Moore was often listed as part of the [[Brat Pack]], a label she felt was "demeaning".<ref>{{cite news|date=July 11, 1985|title=Demi Moore learns to accept change|work=Lawrence Journal-World|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8LkxAAAAIBAJ&pg=4734,2504938|access-date=September 15, 2016}}</ref> Moore progressed to more serious material with ''[[About Last Night (1986 film)|About Last Night...]]'' (1986), co-starring [[Rob Lowe]], which marked a positive turning point in her career,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H7VQAAAAIBAJ&pg=5207%2C606460|title=Demi Moore A Star In Her Own Right|publisher=Portsmouth Daily Times (archived from [[Associated Press]])|location=Los Angeles|date=May 7, 1988|access-date=September 15, 2016}}</ref> as Moore noted that, following its release, she began seeing better scripts.<ref name="Demi Moore Says She's Ready to Be a Mom">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EOdYAAAAIBAJ&pg=992%2C131397|title=Demi Moore Says She's Ready to Be a Mom|work=The Vindicator|first=Betsy|last=Pickle|date=April 1, 1988|access-date=September 15, 2016}}</ref> Film critic [[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."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19860701/REVIEWS/607010301/1023|title=Roger Ebert's review of "About Last Night..."|work=Chicago Sun-Times|date=July 1, 1986|access-date=March 19, 2022|archive-date=December 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224233901/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19860701%2FREVIEWS%2F607010301%2F1023|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The success of ''About Last Night...'' was unrivaled by Moore's other two 1986 releases, ''[[One Crazy Summer]]'' and ''[[Wisdom (film)|Wisdom]]'', the last youth-oriented films in which she would star.<ref name="Demi Moore at Yahoo! Movies">{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/demi-moore/biography.html |title=Demi Moore at 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 }}</ref> Moore was listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1986" in John Willis's Screen World, Vol. 38. Moore made her professional stage debut in an [[off-Broadway]] production of ''The Early Girl'', which ran at the [[Circle Repertory Company]] in fall 1986.<ref>{{cite news | 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 | title = Demi Moore Off-Broadway in 'Early Girl' | work = [[The Boston Globe]] | first = Jay | last = Carr | date = November 28, 1986 | page = 54 | access-date = May 21, 2013 | archive-date = November 5, 2012 | 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 | url-status = dead }}</ref> In 1988, Moore starred as a prophecy-bearing mother in the apocalyptic drama ''[[The Seventh Sign]]''—her first outing as a solo film star—<ref name="Demi Moore Says She's Ready to Be a Mom"/> and in 1989, she played the quick-witted local laundress and prostitute in [[Neil Jordan]]'s [[Great Depression|Depression]]-era allegory ''[[We're No Angels (1989 film)|We're No Angels]]'', opposite [[Robert De Niro]].
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In [[Emilio Estevez]]'s drama ''[[Bobby (2006 film)|Bobby]]'' (2006), Moore portrayed an alcoholic singer whose career is on the downswing, as part of an ensemble cast, about the hours leading up to the [[Robert F. Kennedy assassination]]. As a member of the cast, she was nominated for the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast in a Motion Picture]]. The film won the [[Hollywood Film Festival|Hollywood Film Festival Award]] for Best Ensemble Cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/13th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=The 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – Screen Actors Guild Awards|website=Sagawards.org|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-date=December 4, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121204191422/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/13th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|url-status=live}}</ref> Moore had a lead role as grieving and tormented novelist in the mystery thriller ''[[Half Light (film)|Half Light]]'' (2006) alongside [[Hans Matheson]], then took on the role of a driven police officer investigating a serial killer in the [[psychological thriller]] ''[[Mr. Brooks]]'' (2007), with [[Kevin Costner]]. The film received mixed reviews and grossed $48.1 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mrbrooks.htm|title=Mr. Brooks (2007) - Box Office Mojo|website=Boxofficemojo.com|access-date=December 19, 2018|archive-date=October 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023160539/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mrbrooks.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/person/101280401-Demi-Moore|title=Demi Moore - Box Office|website=The Numbers|access-date=December 19, 2018|archive-date=December 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230340/https://www.the-numbers.com/person/101280401-Demi-Moore|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote that "the cop on the case, played by Demi Moore with a striking directness that deserved better than being saddled with an absurd back story as an heiress with a fortune-hunting husband."<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/mr-brooks-96582/|title=Mr. Brooks|last=Travers|first=Peter|date=June 15, 2007|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=October 26, 2019|archive-date=October 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026165644/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/mr-brooks-96582/|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Demi Moore at Huffington Post Pre-Inaugural Party, 2009 (cropped).jpg|thumb
Moore reunited with ''Blame It on Rio'' co-star [[Michael Caine]] for the British crime drama film ''[[Flawless (2007 film)|Flawless]]'' (2008),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/flawless|title='Flawless'|website=[[Metacritic.com]]|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-date=July 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718084957/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/flawless|url-status=live}}</ref> which saw her portray an American executive helping to steal a handful of diamonds from the London Diamond Corporation during the 1960s. Moore received positive reviews from critics; ''[[Miami Herald]]'' wrote: "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".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008754-flawless/|title=Flawless|access-date=December 19, 2018|website=Rottentomatoes.com|date=March 28, 2008|archive-date=September 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927112051/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008754-flawless|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=flawless07.htm|title=Flawless (2008) (2008) - Box Office Mojo|website=Boxofficemojo.com|access-date=December 19, 2018|archive-date=October 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020173131/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=flawless07.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
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== Media image ==
=== Status and persona ===
[[File:Demi Moore 2012.jpg|thumb|Moore in an advertisement for Swedish cosmetic company [[Oriflame]] in 2012|
Moore is viewed as a pioneer for equal salary for women in [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/demi-moore-ex-bruce-willis-didnt-deserve-to-make-more-money|title=Demi Moore says ex-husband, Bruce Willis, didn't deserve to be paid more than her|last=Haas|first=Mariah|date=October 24, 2019|website=Fox News|language=en-US|access-date=October 25, 2019|archive-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024235908/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/demi-moore-ex-bruce-willis-didnt-deserve-to-make-more-money|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1085842/demi-moore-reveals-which-of-her-male-co-stars-didn-t-deserve-a-higher-paycheck|title=Demi Moore On Which Of Her Male Co-Stars Didn't Deserve More Money|date=October 24, 2019|website=E! Online|language=en|access-date=October 25, 2019|archive-date=October 25, 2019|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|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/demi-moore-actor-most-objected-20716078|title=Demi Moore says Bruce Willis shouldn't have been paid more than her|last=Hurst|first=Brogan-Leigh|date=October 24, 2019|website=mirror|access-date=October 25, 2019|archive-date=October 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025133638/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/demi-moore-actor-most-objected-20716078|url-status=live}}</ref> She was paid $12.5 million for her role in ''[[Striptease (film)|Striptease]]'', which was more money than any other woman in Hollywood had ever been offered at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ohfact.com/interesting-facts-about-demi-moore/|title=15 Interesting Facts About Demi Moore {{!}} OhFact!|last=Sundeep|first=Shukla|date=August 22, 2015|language=en-US|access-date=August 30, 2019|archive-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425193246/https://ohfact.com/interesting-facts-about-demi-moore/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/new-again-demi-moore|title=New Again: Demi Moore|date=March 2, 2017|website=Interview Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=August 31, 2019|archive-date=August 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831145924/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/new-again-demi-moore|url-status=live}}</ref> Producers for ''Striptease'' and ''[[G.I. Jane]]'' got into a bidding war to see who could get Moore to film first. ''Striptease'' won and Moore became the highest paid actress in Hollywood in 1995.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://people.com/books/demi-moore-memoir-inside-out-bombshells/|title=Every Bombshell Confession from Demi Moore's Memoir, Inside Out|website=People|language=en|access-date=October 26, 2019|archive-date=October 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025162419/https://people.com/books/demi-moore-memoir-inside-out-bombshells/|url-status=live}}</ref> "She became a pioneer for other actresses by being the first female lead to demand the same salary, benefits and billing as her male counterparts," ''Lifetime'' wrote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/people/demi-moore|title=Demi Moore|date=January 23, 2017|website=Lifetime UK|language=en|access-date=August 30, 2019|archive-date=August 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830073627/https://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/people/demi-moore|url-status=dead}}</ref> "Her screen persona always has something indestructible about it. There's a toughness, a strength, a determination," ''[[The Guardian]]'' described in 2007.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/oct/07/1|title=Interview: Chrissy Iley meets Demi Moore|last=Iley|first=Chrissy|date=October 7, 2007|work=The Observer|access-date=August 31, 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712|archive-date=August 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831145928/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/oct/07/1|url-status=live}}</ref> She was also the subject of an ''[[E! True Hollywood Story]]'' special in 2003 and of ''Celebrity Style Story'' special in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Demi Moore |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/demi-moore/credits/3030203810/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>
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===Activism and philanthropy===
[[File:डेमी मुर.jpg|thumb|left|Moore with [[Anuradha Koirala]] during a visit to [[Nepal]] in 2011|
Moore has supported numerous charities, including All Day Foundation, [[AmfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research|American Foundation for AIDS Research]], [[Artists for Peace and Justice]], [[Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking]], [[Declare Yourself]], [[Free the Slaves|Free The Slaves]], [[Healthy Child Healthy World]], [[Raising Malawi]], [[The Art of Elysium]] and [[UNICEF]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Demi Moore: Charity Work & Causes|url=https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/demi-moore|access-date=October 26, 2019|website=Look to the Stars|language=en|archive-date=October 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026185152/https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/demi-moore|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010, Moore defeated [[Kevin Bacon]] to win $250,000 in the [[Pepsi]] Refresh Celebrity Challenge. She chose to support the organization GEMS: Girls Educational & Mentoring Services, a nonprofit group which aims to empower young women who have been the victims of commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Demi Moore: 5 of Her Most Charitable Causes|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/demi-moore-5-her-charitable-204684|access-date=October 26, 2019|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 22, 2011|language=en|archive-date=October 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026185148/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/demi-moore-5-her-charitable-204684|url-status=live}}</ref> She traveled to [[Haiti]] with the Artists for Peace and Justice following the earthquake of 2010.<ref name=":1" /> She has also supported Chrysalis, a non-profit organization which offers employment opportunities to the homeless.<ref name=":1" />
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