Chloë Grace Moretz

 

Biography

Chloë Grace Moretz began a career in entertainment at the tender age of five. She began in New York City as a national model in many print outlets and television commercials. At age six she moved with her family to Los Angeles where her career took a theatrical turn. Quickly after moving to California, Chloë booked a recurring role on the CBS show The Guardian with Simon Baker. She had the fortune of being directed by Emilio Estevez for her very first theatrical outing. Her first feature film came soon thereafter in an independent film The Heart of the Beholder. She immediately booked a lead role in Michael Bay's remake of The Amityville Horror for MGM opposite Ryan Reynolds and received critical acclaim for that role in which she was called upon to display a wide array of emotions.


Chloë Moretz starred in the action-packed film adaptation of Mark Millar's comic book Kick-Ass. The story follows a 15-year-old boy's attempts to become a real-life super-hero, however he has no powers or any reason to choose to fight crime. She plays the part of Hit-Girl, a ferocious, knife-weilding 11-year-old who fights crime by teaming up with her father, Big-Daddy, played by Nicolas Cage. The film received rave reviews from critics and fans alike, and earning Chloë the title of "most likely to succeed ‘it-girl’ in the making" from Teen Vogue Magazine.

In March 2010 20th Century Fox released Diary of a Wimpy Kid, the theatrical remake of Jeff Kinney's popular children's book series of the same name. Chloë plays the role of Angie, an intense middle school girl who is much smarter than her peers.

In 2011 she travelled to England again to film Tim Burton's Dark Shadows, which is set to be released later in 2012. Chloë starred alongside Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, and Michelle Pfeiffer in this gothic-horror tale centering on the life of vampire Barnabas Collins (Depp) and his run-ins with various monsters, witches, werewolves and ghosts. The story is based on ABC's popular Dark Shadows TV series.

Chloë became a 300-year-old vampire for the film Let Me In, written/directed by Matt Reeves. Let Me In is a tale based on the Swedish novel ‘Let The Right One In’. The film tells the story of a young, bullied boy who finds love and revenge through Abby (played by Chloë Moretz), a young and beautiful vampire. Overture films released the dark tale in 2010.

She was cast alongside Sir Ben Kingsley, Asa Butterfield and Sacha Baron Cohen in Martin Scorses's Hugo, a tale about a 12-year-old orphan who lives in the walls of a Paris train station in 1930. Hugo marks the first 3D film for Scorsese, and was released by Warner Brothers in 2011.

Chloë can also be seen in the film Hick which also stars Blake Lively, Juliette Lewis and Alec Baldwin. Based on the book by Andreas Portes the story follows a Nebraska teen who gets more than she bargained for when she sets out for the bright lights of Las Vegas. Chloë is also set to play the title role in the Dark Horse Entertainment film adaptation of ‘Emily the Strange’ based on the popular character created by Rob Reger. The film will tell the story of the punk and gothic figure and her four cats and is set to be released in 2013.

Chloë starred in Fox Searchlight's offbeat romantic comedy 500 Days of Summer with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. The film premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

Another film credit includes Not Forgotten where she starred alongside Paz Vega and Simon Baker. This psychological thriller tells the story of a couple in a Tex-Mex bordertown who must come to terms with their tortured pasts in order to save their kidnapped daughter, Toby (Chlo&eunl; Moretz). The film was released in 2009.

On the small screen, she has guest-starred on NBC's 30 Rock with Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey, and shared the screen with Peter Krause and Donald Sutherland throughout the second season of the hit ABC series Dirty Sexy Money as Kiki George.

After wrapping The Amityville Horror, Chloë appeared in several more independent films, one of which made festival debuts (The Third Nail). She also appeared in a lead role in the 20th Century Fox comedy Big Momma's House 2 with Martin Lawrence and guest-starred on the NBC comedy My Name is Earl and ABC's Desperate Housewives.

In addition to feature films and television, she has also been using her acting abilities to bring life to animation through her voice. She was cast as Darby, the lead in the animated series My Friends Tigger and Pooh for Disney, and lent her voice for the animated show Disney Channel cartoon The Emperor’s New School.