Chloë Grace Moretz

Like Dakota Fanning and Jodie Foster before her, pre-teen actress Chloë Grace Moretz won critical praise for her mature, assured performances in such films as "The Amityville Horror" (2005), "(500) Days of Summer" (2008) and "Kick-Ass" (2010). While still not quite 10 years old, she was already landing roles on television series. The "Amityville" remake showed her capable of handling dark material, and she soon segued into more horror projects like "The Eye" (2008). Stints on "Dirty Sexy Money" (ABC, 2007-09) preceded her impressive turn in "(500) Days," which in turn led to her breakout performance as a foul-mouthed but lethal superhero in "Kick-Ass." Moretz matured into a compelling teen actress through films as varied as vampire thriller "Let Me In" (2010), art house favorite "Clouds of Sils Maria" (2014) and hit comedy sequel "Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising" (2016), creating enough of a buzz that even starring roles in a commercial and critical flop remake of Stephen King's "Carrie" (2013) and Louis CK's controversial and ultimately unreleased "I Love You, Daddy" (2017) didn't affect her career.

Born in Atlanta, GA on Feb. 10, 1997, Chloë Grace Moretz was the sole daughter of five children; father McCoy was a plastic surgeon, while mother Teri was a nurse. Older brother Trevor was the first in the family to develop an interest in acting. After practicing running lines with him, she became captivated by the craft as well, and began auditioning for roles after she moved to Los Angeles with her parents and siblings in 2003. Within a year, she had earned her first screen role with a guest shot on "The Guardian" (CBS, 2001-04). Her feature film debut came in the independent film "Heart of the Beholder" in 2005.

That same year, Moretz made the quantum leap to Hollywood films with the 2005 remake of "The Amityville Horror," which cast her as the youngest daughter of the Lutz family who move into and quickly out of the haunted title house. Her ability to appear believable in a genre picture - which led to her first Young Artist Award nomination - was followed by a string of appearances in other horror titles, including the indies "Room 6" (2006) with Christine Taylor, "Wicked Little Things" (2006) with Scout Taylor-Compton, and "Hallowed Ground" (2007), as well as the Paramount Vantage remake of "The Eye" (2008) starring Jessica Alba. In between her terror outings, Moretz also starred in less nerve-rattling fare like "Big Momma's House 2" (2006), and voiced Darby, the new best friend of Winnie-the-Pooh for two seasons of the Disney Channel animated series, "My Friends Tigger & Pooh" (2007-2009). Moretz also sang the theme song to the series in its second season, as well as voiced the character in several direct-to-DVD "Pooh" movies. Both "Pooh" and "Big Momma" netted her Young Artist Award nominations.

In 2007, Moretz gained two more Young Artist nominations; first for a guest shot on "Desperate Housewives" (ABC, 2005-2012), and later for the recurring role of Peter Krause' daughter in the ABC comedy-drama "Dirty Sexy Money" (2007-09). Her character, Kiki, is entranced by the glamorous and wealthy word of the Darling family, for whom her father serves as babysitter, but comes to see their corrupting influence when he falls for one of the family members. She then returned to voice-over acting as Young Penny in Disney's hit feature "Bolt" (2008) before gaining widespread critical acclaim for "(500) Days of Summer" (2008). The charming indie romance gave her the plum role of Rachel, the younger and far wiser sister to Joseph Gordon-Levitt's lovestruck dreamer, who cannot separate his fantasies from the reality of his relationship with Zooey Deschanel's Summer. The performance earned her a sixth Young Artist nod.

Moretz's career kicked into high gear in 2010. First out of the gate was "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," a live-action adaptation of the popular series of kids' books by Jeff Kinney. Moretz played Angie, a savvy seventh grader who attempts to guide Zachary Gordon through the terrors of sixth grade. A substantial hit among the pre-teen set, it was soon eclipsed by "Kick-Ass," Matthew Vaughn's hyper-violent and exuberantly absurd live action version of Mark Miller and John Romita, Jr.'s comic book. Moretz scored the most positive reviews for the film as Hit-Girl, a pint-sized vigilante whose merciless attitude towards evildoers was matched only by her jaw-dropping use of vulgar language. Moretz's lines occasionally courted controversy from pundits and minor political figures - most notably the Australian Family Association, which decried the use of such language from a young actress."

Kick-Ass" put Moretz front and center on the young Hollywood map, leading Entertainment Weekly to name her among the Top 10 performers to watch in 2010, and the film industry soon flocked to her door with projects. She was quickly snapped up for "Let Me In" (2010), the highly anticipated remake of the Norwegian vampire film "Let the Right One In" (2008), in which Moretz was cast as a young girl who befriends a lonely boy who is unaware that she is a centuries-old and voraciously hungry vampire. Moretz subsequently joined the cast of Martin Scorsese's lauded "Hugo" (2011), an adaptation of Brian Selznick's Caldecott Medal-winning novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, and appeared in Tim Burton's comedy-tinged horror-TV ode "Dark Shadows" (2012) as a moody teen with a surprising secret. After a brief guest stint on the sitcom "30 Rock" (NBC, 2006-2013), Moretz suited up once again as the trash-talking Hit-Girl for "Kick-Ass 2," which found Jim Carrey joining her and co-star Aaron Taylor-Johnson for further gritty superhero mayhem. No stranger to horror remakes, she also took on the daunting task of portraying the tormented telekinetic lead in "Carrie," a 2013 update of the 1976 Brian De Palma film and the 1974 Stephen King novel. The film, directed by Kimberly Peirce, updated the story to modern social media times, but was both a critical and commercial disappointment.

After a cameo in the comedy sequel "Muppets Most Wanted" (2014), Moretz co-starred in the romantic comedy "Laggies" (2014) and Olivier Assayas' art house drama "Clouds of Sils Maria" (2014) before starring in the young adult drama "If I Stay" (2014). A pair of supporting roles in thrillers "The Equalizer" (2014) and "Dark Places" (2015) was followed by starring roles in science-fiction drama "The 5th Wave" (2016) and comedy sequel "Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising" (2016). Mental illness drama "Brain On Fire" (2016) and crime drama "November Criminals" (2017) followed, but Moretz gained more notice for a film that didn't even get released: Louis C.K. conceived the comedy-drama "I Love You Daddy" (2017) as a tribute to mid-period Woody Allen, with Moretz starring as a young woman who begins a romance with a much older man (John Malkovich). The film was already controversial prior to the revelation of C.K.'s sexual assault allegations, long an open secret in the comedy community, but following a major New York Times story, the film's distribution was canceled.