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Amanda Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to fame with her debut single, "
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", which peaked at number 41 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Her debut studio album, '' So Real'' (1999), received a
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from the
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. The title single from her
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of ''So Real'', " I Wanna Be With You" (2000), became Moore's first
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song in the US, peaking at number 24 on the Hot 100. Moore subsequently released the studio albums ''
Mandy Moore Amanda Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to fame with her debut single, "Candy (Mandy Moore song), Candy", which peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Her de ...
'' (2001), ''
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'' (2003), ''
Wild Hope ''Wild Hope'' is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mandy Moore, her first in four years ''Coverage'' (2003). It was released in digitally in Australia on June 18, 2007, and on June 19, 2007 by The Firm Music, a division of EMI ...
'' (2007), '' Amanda Leigh'' (2009), '' Silver Landings'' (2020), and '' In Real Life'' (2022). Overall Moore has sold 2.7 million albums in the US according to
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. Moore made her feature film debut in 2001, with a minor voice role in the comedy film '' Dr. Dolittle 2'', before starring as Lana Thomas in the comedy film ''
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''. She received recognition for her starring role as Jamie Sullivan in the romantic drama film ''
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'' (2002), and starred in the films ''
Chasing Liberty ''Chasing Liberty'' is a 2004 romantic comedy film directed by Andy Cadiff and starring Mandy Moore and Matthew Goode. Written by Derek Guiley and David Schneiderman, the film is about the 18-year-old daughter of the President of the United State ...
'' (2004), ''
Saved! ''Saved!'' is a 2004 American independent satirical black comedy film directed by Brian Dannelly, and starring Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit, Eva Amurri, Martin Donovan, and Mary-Louise Parker. Its plot follows a teenage ...
'' (2004), ''
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'' (2005), '' Because I Said So'' (2007), ''
License to Wed ''License to Wed'' is a 2007 American romantic comedy film directed by Ken Kwapis. Starring Robin Williams, Mandy Moore and John Krasinski with Christine Taylor, Eric Christian Olsen and Josh Flitter in supporting roles, the film tells the story o ...
'' (2007), ''
Love, Wedding, Marriage ''Love, Wedding, Marriage'' is a 2011 American romantic comedy film directed by Dermot Mulroney and starring Mandy Moore, Kellan Lutz, James Brolin, Jane Seymour and Christopher Lloyd. It was released on June 3, 2011. Plot Ava and Charlie are newl ...
'' (2011), ''
47 Meters Down ''47 Meters Down'' is a 2017 survival horror film directed by Johannes Roberts, written by Roberts and Ernest Riera, and starring Claire Holt and Mandy Moore. The plot follows two sisters who are invited to cage dive while on holiday in Mexico. ...
'' (2017), ''
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'' (2018), and '' Midway'' (2019). Moore also voiced Princess Rapunzel in the Disney animated fantasy musical comedy film ''
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'' (2010) and her later appearances in Disney media. From 2016–2022, Moore starred as Rebecca Pearson in the
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family drama series ''
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''. For her performance, she won two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. In 2019, Moore was awarded a star on the
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.


Early life

Moore was born on April 10, 1984, in
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, to Stacy (née Friedman), a former news reporter who once worked for the ''
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'', and Donald Moore, a pilot for
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. Moore was raised
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, but stopped practicing by 2004 and has since developed a "hotchpotch of things" that she believes. Moore is of
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(from her maternal grandfather), English, Scottish and Irish descent. She has an older brother, Scott, and a younger brother, Kyle. When Moore was two months old, she and her family moved to
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, outside of
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, because of her father's job. From 1998 to 1999, Moore went to the Bishop Moore Catholic High School in Orlando.


Career


1993–1999: Career beginnings

Moore became interested in singing and acting at a young age, and called her British maternal grandmother, Eileen Friedman, a professional ballerina in
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, one of her inspirations. Moore said "My parents thought it was just a phase I'd grow out of. But I stuck to it and begged them for acting lessons, for voice lessons." Moore began acting in lead roles in a number of local productions and performing the national anthem at a number of events in Orlando. She was only twelve years old when she went to the Stagedoor Manor performing arts camp, where other celebrities including actress
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had attended. Production director Konnie Kittrell said about Moore "She was a quiet, sweet girl", and said that she earned a number of solos, but "She wasn't a spotlight seeker." When Moore was thirteen she began working on music by herself. One day while working in an Orlando studio, she was overheard by Victor Cade, a
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delivery man who had a friend in A&R at
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. Cade later sent this friend a copy of Moore's unfinished demo, and Moore signed on with the label.


1999–2000: ''So Real'', MTV, and ''I Wanna Be with You''

After signing with
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, Moore began working on her debut album. While recording the album, Moore had to leave Bishop Moore Catholic High School when she was only in the ninth-grade, but continued receiving her education from tutors. In the summer of 1999, Moore began touring with the boy band NSYNC. Later that year, Moore also toured with the boy band
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. Moore's debut single, "
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", was released on August 17, 1999, in the U.S. The single was a commercial success in a number of countries, but was immediately compared to the singles of fellow teen pop singers
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,
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, and
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. It debuted at number 88 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, before peaking at number 41 on the chart. The single later received a
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from the
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, for sales exceeding 500,000 copies in the U.S. The single was the most successful in Australia, where it peaked at number 2 on the
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and received a
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. Moore began to host and VJ at MTV, contributing to numerous shows including ''
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'', '' Say What? Karaoke'', and her own talk show which was originally called ''The Mandy Moore Show'' before being retitled as ''Mandy''. Moore's debut studio album, '' So Real'', was released on December 7, 1999, by 550 Music through
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. The album received a limited release in only a few countries. It received generally mixed reviews from critics when it was released, and Moore continued to be compared to other teen pop singers.
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said about the album, "Fifteen-year-old Mandy Moore's debut album sounded like it was inspired almost entirely by listening to recent hit albums by 'N Sync, the Backstreet Boys, and Britney Spears." ''
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'' had a similar opinion about the album, and gave it a C− in their review. The album debuted at number 77 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. The album eventually continued to climb the chart until it peaked at number 31. It later received a
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from the
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, for sales exceeding one million copies in the U.S. alone. The album's second single, " Walk Me Home", was released on the same day as the album. The single did not have the same success of its predecessor, failing to appear on any major charts. Before promotion for ''So Real'' had ended, Moore had already begun working on more music. The single " I Wanna Be with You", was released on July 11, 2000. "I Wanna Be with You" spent 16 weeks on the chart and reached its peak of 24 during its ninth week on the chart. The song became her first Top 20 hit on the ''Billboard'' Pop Songs chart, where it peaked at number 11. The single also became Moore's second Top 20 hit in Australia, where it peaked at number 13. It was also a minor success on the German
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, where it peaked at number 70. The single received mixed to positive reviews. ''Billboard'' praised the song and said, "Top 40 programmers and listeners alike will love Moore more with this track", and Allmusic called the song a highlight track from the album. A
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of ''So Real'', titled '' I Wanna Be with You'', was released on May 9, 2000. Marketed as "a new version of Mandy's debut", the album was a compilation of new songs, remixes, and songs from Moore's debut album ''So Real''. Internationally, where the ''So Real'' album was not released, ''I Wanna Be with You'' served as Moore's debut album, with multiple alternative track listings. The album received generally mixed reviews and was criticized for not being a true follow-up. Allmusic called the album "trashier, flashier, gaudier, and altogether more disposable" than its predecessor ''So Real''. The album was a commercial success, debuting and peaking at number 21 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 chart. It later received a
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from the RIAA, for sales exceeding 500,000 copies in the U.S. alone. Moore won the Kids' Choice Awards for ''Favorite Rising Star'' for the album in 2000. " Walk Me Home" was re-released in the United States as the second single from ''I Wanna Be with You'' and was slightly more successful than its original release, peaking at number 38 on the ''Billboard''
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chart. The final single from the album, " So Real" was released exclusively in selected territories on June 13, 2000. In Australia, the single became her second Top 40 hit, peaking at number 21 on the
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. The single also peaked at number 18 on the
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.


2001–2002: ''Mandy Moore'' and early acting roles

In 2001, Moore began working on her second studio album, which was said to move away from the "
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" sound and image she became known for. Moore said during an interview with ''Billboard'' magazine that "All of the music has started to look and sound the same" and that she chose to move in a different musical direction. Moore also said that she wanted to feature more live instruments when performing, saying she wanted "no more dancers, no more singing to tracks. I got tired of that in a big way". The album's lead single, " In My Pocket", was released on May 29, 2001. ''Entertainment Weekly'' said the single had "pumping,
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-influenced
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". It failed to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the U.S., but peaked at number 2 on the ''Billboard''
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chart, and it reached number 21 on the ''Billboard'' Pop Songs chart. The song became her third Top 20 hit in Australia, where it peaked at number 11 on the
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. Moore's self-titled second studio album, ''
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'', was released on June 19, 2001. The album had uptempo
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and pop songs and influences from
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. The album received mixed to average reviews from critics. Allmusic called the album a "lush, layered production". The album debuted and peaked at number 35 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, and later received a Gold certification from the RIAA. The album has sold an estimated 1.5 million copies worldwide. The album also reached number 37 on the ARIA charts in Australia, her highest peak in the country to date. The album's second single, " Crush", was released on August 28, 2001; it peaked at number 35 on the ''Billboard'' Pop Songs chart, and it climbed to number 25 on the ARIA Charts. Moore made her feature film debut in 2001, where she voiced a Girl Bear Cub in the comedy '' Dr. Dolittle 2,'' which starred
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. Later that year, Moore co-starred with
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in the comedy ''
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,'' based on
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's novel of the same name, and was released on August 3, 2001. She played Lana Thomas, the rival of Mia Thermopolis (Hathaway). On her role, Moore told ''
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'' Magazine, "I'm the crude popular girl who gets ice cream in her face." The film opened in 2,537 theaters in North America and grossed $22,862,269 in its opening weekend. It grossed $165,335,153 worldwide—$108,248,956 in North America and $57,086,197 in other territories. The film received mixed to positive reviews.
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reported that 47% of 113 sampled critics gave the film positive reviews and that it got a rating average of 5.2 out of 10. In the film, Moore performed a cover of
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's 1958 song " Stupid Cupid" while at a beach party. In 2002, Moore made her starring debut with
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and
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in the romantic drama ''
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,'' based on
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's novel of the same name. She played Jamie Sullivan, the unpopular daughter of Reverend Sullivan (Coyote). The film opened at #3 at the U.S. box office raking in $12,177,488 in its opening weekend, behind ''
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'' and '' Black Hawk Down.'' The film received generally negative reviews, but
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of the ''
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'' praised Moore and West's "quietly convincing" performances. It was a modest box office hit, earning $41,281,092 in the U.S. alone, and was a
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in Asia. The total revenue generated worldwide was $47,494,916. Moore received a number of nominations and awards for her performance in the film. Moore's self-titled album's third and final single, "
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", was released on November 4, 2001, to help promote the film. Commenting on the film, she said: "It was my first movie and I know people say it may be cliché and it's a tearjerker or it's cheesy, but for me, it's the thing I'm most proud of."


2003–2006: ''Coverage'' and continued acting

In 2003, Moore began working on her third studio album, later revealed to be a cover album called ''
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''. The album had covers of 1970s and 1980s songs and was produced by John Fields. Moore's cover of
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's 1987 song "
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" was released as the album's lead single shortly before the album, but it failed to enter any charts. The album was released on October 21, 2003, and received generally mixed reviews.
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called the album a "leap to musical maturity," but ''
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'' called it an "effort to shed her bubblegum-blond image." The album debuted at number 14 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, with first week sales of 53,000. This made it Moore's highest debut on the chart, and highest-peaking album to date, but it is her lowest-selling, and her first album not to be certified by the
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. Moore's cover of
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's 1982 song " Senses Working Overtime" was released as the album's second single and also failed to have any chart success. Moore's cover of
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's 1971 song "
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" was also on the compilation album ''
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'' from
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supporters. In 2004, Moore left Epic after five years of service because of creative differences. Moore and the label released her greatest hits album, '' The Best of Mandy Moore'' that had no new songs, on November 16, 2004, to end her contract. The album reached number 148 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Moore's third compilation album, ''
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,'' was released on April 5, 2005. In 2003, Moore co-starred with
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,
Peter Gallagher Peter Killian Gallagher (born August 19, 1955) is an American actor. Since 1980, he has played roles in numerous Hollywood films. He is best known for starring as Sandy Cohen in the television drama series '' The O.C.'' from 2003 to 2007, recu ...
, and
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in the romantic comedy-drama ''
How to Deal ''How to Deal'' is a 2003 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Clare Kilner and starring Mandy Moore, Allison Janney, and Trent Ford. The film is based on Sarah Dessen's novels '' That Summer'' and '' Someone like You''. Plot Halley M ...
'' which was based on
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's novels '' That Summer'' and '' Someone like You''. She played Halley Martin, a cynical and rebellious seventeen-year-old who deals with falling in love with Macon Forrester (Ford), the new boy at her school and her relationships and issues with her family and friends. The film failed to find teenage audiences in the U.S. and grossed a total of $14 million domestically. In 2004, Moore co-starred with
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in the romantic comedy ''
Chasing Liberty ''Chasing Liberty'' is a 2004 romantic comedy film directed by Andy Cadiff and starring Mandy Moore and Matthew Goode. Written by Derek Guiley and David Schneiderman, the film is about the 18-year-old daughter of the President of the United State ...
''. She played Anna Foster, the rebellious eighteen-year-old " First Daughter" who wants more freedom from the
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. The film grossed approximately $12 million. Both ''How to Deal'' and ''Chasing Liberty'' received generally negative and lukewarm reviews, respectively; but Ebert singled Moore's performances out again and said in his review of ''How to Deal'' that Moore has "an unaffected natural charm" and "almost makes the movie worth seeing," and said in his review of ''Chasing Liberty'' that she has "undeniable screen presence and inspires instant affection." Other critics called Moore an "actress of limited range," but one review of ''Chasing Liberty'' called her the "most painless of former pop princesses." (Another romantic comedy with a similar theme, '' First Daughter'', which starred Katie Holmes, was released later that year.) Late in 2004, Moore co-starred with
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,
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and
Patrick Fugit Patrick Raymond Fugit (; born October 27, 1982) is an American actor. He has appeared in the films ''Almost Famous'' (2000), ''White Oleander'' (2002), ''Spun'' (2003), ''Saved!'' (2004) and '' Wristcutters: A Love Story'' (2006), and portrayed ...
in the religion satirical comedy-drama ''
Saved! ''Saved!'' is a 2004 American independent satirical black comedy film directed by Brian Dannelly, and starring Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit, Eva Amurri, Martin Donovan, and Mary-Louise Parker. Its plot follows a teenage ...
''. She played Hilary Faye Stockard, a proper and popular girl at a Christian high school. The film received generally positive reviews, but it did not receive a wide release. Moore's performance was praised, with one critic calling her a "demented delight" and another calling it her best performance to date. She and
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covered
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' 1966 song "
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", which bookended the film. In 2005, Moore co-starred in the sports family comedy-drama ''
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,'' where she voiced Sandy the white horse, and guest-starred in the
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comedy-drama ''
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.'' Moore was also originally scheduled to star in the films '' Cursed'', ''
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'' and ''
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'', which were all eventually released in 2005, but without her involvement in any of them. In 2006, Moore guest-starred as Julie Quinn in two episodes of the fifth season of the
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medical sitcom '' Scrubs'', that were the ninth episode "My Half-Acre" and the tenth episode "
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". The same year, she guest-starred in the
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animated sitcom ''
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'', where she voiced Tabitha Vixx in the seventeenth-season finale called "
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". Moore also co-starred with
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,
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and William Dafoe in Paul Weitz's satirical comedy ''
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'', which was released in April 2006. She played Sally Kendoo, a sociopathic contestant on a singing competition series modelled after ''
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.'' Weitz said that he had Moore in mind for the role before she was cast, explaining that "there's something inherently sweet about Mandy; it makes it all the more interesting to see her in a villainess role." Moore has said that she enjoys playing mean-spirited characters, but fears being
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as a villain. The film opened at number nine at the U.S. box office, eventually totaling barely $7 million, and it received generally mixed reviews. Owen Gleiberman of ''Entertainment Weekly'' praised Moore's and Grant's "wicked barbed chemistry" in their roles, but Robert Koehler of ''
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'' called Moore's role a "pitch-perfect study of a woman for whom a reality show is reality." Later in 2006, Moore voiced Nita, the heroine of the Disney animated sequel ''
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,'' which was released directly to DVD on August 29, 2006. ComingSoon.net praised Moore's "surprisingly good performance". That same year, Moore was originally cast in
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's drama ''
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,'' but was replaced by
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.


2007–2009: ''Wild Hope'' and ''Amanda Leigh''

In 2006, Moore talked about her early albums, saying she believed her debut album ''So Real'' was appropriate for her age at the time when she released it, but she felt it "sucked" and that her first two albums were "just awful". Moore also said that she "would give a refund to everyone who bought erfirst two albums" if she could. During a radio interview in April 2006, the show's co-host—who had seen Moore's comments—asked her for a refund on her debut album, which she fulfilled. In early 2006, Moore said that she missed her music career and that singing is what she was the "most passionate about". In 2004, Moore signed with
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after her contract with Epic ended, but she left the label in May 2006 because of creative differences. She signed with The Firm Music, owned by
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, in July that year, calling her recording contract "especially exciting", and saying that she left Sire because she did not want to "follow the mainstream", but rather have "complete control and freedom" over her music. Moore, citing her conservative upbringing, expressed displeasure with her appearance on a May 2006 cover of ''
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'' where the headline was "orgasms unlimited", which referred to an article unrelated to her. Afterward, Moore co-starred with
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,
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and
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in the romantic comedy '' Because I Said So''. In the film, Milly Wilder (Moore) describes in detail the feeling of an orgasm to her mother Daphne (Keaton). The film was released on February 2, 2007, and received mixed to negative reviews, but was a financial success, earning over $69 million worldwide at the box office. Later that year, Moore co-starred with
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and
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in the romantic comedy ''
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'' which was released on July 3, 2007. The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews.
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gave the film a 7% rating and a critical consensus of "broad and formulaic". Metacritic.com rated it 25 out of 100, citing 21 generally negative reviews out of 30 for its rating. ''
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'' called the film "an astonishingly flat romantic comedy, filled with perplexing choices", but ''Variety'' called Moore's performance "appealing". The film grossed $10,422,258 in its opening weekend opening at #4 at the U.S. Box Office behind ''
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'', ''
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'' and ''
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'', which opened at the top spot. The film had grossed $43.8 million domestically and $69.3 million worldwide. On September 24, 2007, Moore guest-starred in the
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sitcom '' How I Met Your Mother'' in the third-season premiere called "
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". Later that year, she co-starred with
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,
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and
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in the romantic comedy '' Dedication''. She played Lucy Reilly, a struggling children's book illustrator who falls in love with Henry Roth (Crudup). The film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and received mixed to positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator
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reported that the film received 41% positive reviews, based on 46 reviews.
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reported the film had an average score of 50 out of 100, based on 19 reviews. Moore's fourth studio album ''
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'' was released on June 19, 2007, and Moore collaborated with record producer
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and a number of musicians on it, including Chantal Kreviazuk,
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, Rachael Yamagata and
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. Moore stayed alone in a house in
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in
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while recording the album in late 2006. Moore performed the album's lead single " Extraordinary" at the Brick Awards on April 12, 2007, and launched a tour in the summer of 2007. The album received mixed to positive reviews from critics. ''
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'' said that "''Wild Hope'' is the gratifying sound of a singer finally finding her comfort zone. Gone is the sugary pop of Moore's early career, replaced instead by thoughtful musings on love and life…an album full of subtle, but undeniable hooks." The album debuted on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 at #30, selling a mere 25,000 copies the first week of its release, according to ''Billboard''. It is Moore's third-highest-debuting album, falling short of her fourth studio album ''Coverage'' (2003), which debuted at No. 14 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 59,000 copies. The album also reached No. 9 on The Top Internet albums. After five weeks, the album charted off the ''Billboard'' 200, but it returned to the chart at No. 118 after selling 5,500 copies. To date, the album has sold over 120,000 copies in the U.S. and more than 350,000 copies worldwide. On February 23, 2008, Moore released the album in Australia, and subsequently toured with musician
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and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra in Western Australia, supporting inaugural ''
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'' winner
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on her tour. Moore began working on her fifth studio album in 2008 that was scheduled to be released the following year. In October 2008, Moore posted on her website blog live videos of three songs that she had been working on with singer-songwriter, record producer, pianist and guitarist
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. It was rumored to be a duo album between Moore and Viola, but then in January 2009, it was revealed it would be Moore's fifth studio album with a collaboration with Viola, that was scheduled to be released in April 2009. Recording sessions for the album took place around December 2008 in
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,
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. The album's lead single " I Could Break Your Heart Any Day of the Week" was released on March 17, 2009, as a digital download. The music video premiered on April 20, 2009, on
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Music. The single, like most of Moore's previous singles, failed to have much success on any charts. Moore's fifth studio album, '' Amanda Leigh'', was released on May 26, 2009. On the album, Moore said, "The music is all a reflection of me now, not somebody else's choices." Moore visited a number of talk shows including ''
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'' and ''
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''. On both shows, she performed "I Could Break Your Heart Any Day of the Week" to promote the album. On May 26, 2009, she performed songs from the album at
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in Hollywood, together with Viola, the day the album was released by Storefront Records. The album was not released in some territories until 2010 and was not released in Brazil until 2011, two years after its initial release. The album received generally positive reviews. ''
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'' magazine called the album "impeccably recorded". An article on the album by ''
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'' magazine said, "Mandy (in the album)... shows real thoughtful and emotional depth." ''Paper'' finished by saying that "Moore is a far better musician than she's often given credit for." It debuted at number 25 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 16,000 copies in the U.S. during the week of its release, and at number 4 on the Top Independent albums chart. To date, the album has sold an estimated 100,000 copies. The album was recorded just before Moore's marriage to musician
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and it was her final album for over ten years.


2010–2015: ''Tangled'' and further acting

After a break of almost two years from film roles, Moore co-starred with
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in the romantic comedy '' Swinging with the Finkels''. The film was shot in the
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in 2009 and was released in 2011. Moore co-starred with
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in the romantic comedy ''
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''. The film was shot in 2010 and released in 2011. In 2010, Moore made a guest-starring appearance as Mary Portman in the ABC medical drama ''
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'', for the two-part sixth-season finale, her first television role since 2007. She returned to the show for two episodes of the seventh season. Also that year, Moore co-starred with
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where she voiced
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in the CGI
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animated fantasy musical comedy ''
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''. The film received generally positive reviews from critics.
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reported that 89% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 185 reviews, with an average score of 7.5/10. The site's consensus read: "While far from Disney's greatest film, ''Tangled'' is a visually stunning, thoroughly entertaining addition to the studio's classic animated canon." Another review aggregator
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, which assigned a weighted average score from 0–100 out of reviews from mainstream film critics, calculated a score of 71 based on 34 reviews.
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polled conducted during the opening weekend revealed the average grade cinemagoers gave the film was an "A+" on an A+ to F scale. It earned $200,821,936 in North America, and $389,900,000 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $590,721,936. Worldwide, it is the 17th-highest-grossing animated film, the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2010, and the third-highest-grossing 2010 animated film, behind ''
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'' and ''
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.'' It is also the third Disney film appearing in the Top 10 films of 2010. It was the third-highest-grossing film worldwide produced by
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, behind '' Frozen'' (2013) and ''
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'' (1994), as of 2011. Moore and Levi performed the film's theme song, "I See the Light", at the 83rd Academy Awards, where it was nominated for
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. The song also won a
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for
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as well as Best Song at the Las Vegas Film Critics Society. In October 2011, it was announced that she was set to star in an
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sitcom called ''Us and Them'', but the pilot was eventually passed by the network. In 2012, she co-starred with
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and
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in
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's crime drama ''
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,'' which was released on October 9, 2012, in the U.S. From 2012 to 2013, Moore voiced Mara in the short-lived
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animated science fiction series '' Tron: Uprising''. She voiced the title character in the
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animated series ''
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'' from 2014 to 2015. In July 2012, Moore announced that she would be collaborating with her then-husband, musician
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, on her upcoming sixth studio album. She said, "There's tremendous influence right now around the house... from the music I've been introduced to and being very happy and in a healthy, happy relationship… I think that still garners a lot of material to write about." She later said, "There's a lot to say and a lot that's happened to me in the last three or so years since the last record's come out, so I have been writing a lot and it's definitely going to be an intense, emotional record. I'm excited about it. I'm excited to get into the studio and start recording." She also said that she thought the album would be "intense, emotional". On February 20, 2013, it was announced Moore would be starring as Louise in the
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sitcom ''Pulling'', based on the British sitcom of the same name. The pilot was written by Lee Eisenberg and
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, but in March, as the pilot came closer to production, Moore's character was moved in a different direction and she considered herself to be no longer right for the role. Moore asked to leave the pilot and ABC agreed to it. In a July 2014 interview with
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, Moore said that 2014 was "the year of actual progress forward" on her sixth album and said it was more "dangerous" and "raw" than her previous albums, and said that she hoped to start recording the album in Adams's studio later in the summer; she also revealed that she would appear on Adams's self-titled fourteenth album, ''
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,'' which was released on September 5, 2014. From 2014 to 2015, Moore had a recurring role as Dr. Erin Grace in the short-lived
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medical comedy-drama ''
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''. In June 2015, it was confirmed that Moore and Levi would reprise their roles as Rapunzel and Eugene "Flynn Rider" Fitzherbert in an animated television series based on ''Tangled''. The series, '' Tangled: The Series'', set between ''Tangled'' and ''Tangled Ever After'', premiered on the Disney Channel in 2017. Moore co-starred with
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in the underwater survival thriller ''
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.'' Filming began at
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in the United Kingdom and Dominican Republic on June 18, 2015, and finished on August 7, 2015. The film was released on June 16, 2017. In September 2015, Moore said that she was continuing to work on her sixth album. "I've been working on music steadily for the last couple of years," she explained. "I guess 2016 will be the re-emergence of my music. That side of my life has been dormant for too long in my opinion."


2016–present: ''This Is Us'', awards recognition and ''Silver Landings''

Moore has been co-starring as Rebecca Pearson at ages ranging from mid-20s to late 60s and later 80 in the
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family comedy-drama ''
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'' since September 2016, where she received a
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nomination for her role. In July 2017, Moore announced her intentions to return to music in an interview with ''
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.'' She said, "I want to return to music" and that "I don't have a record label, but I have a lot of music written. Next year, I've decided I'm putting it out there!" In July 2018, she also said on ''
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'' that she might collaborate with her future husband, musician
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, on her new music. In August 2018, Moore co-starred with
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and Patrick Gibson in the
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n science-fiction thriller ''
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.'' In November, she reprised her role as
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in the Disney CGI animated comedy ''
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'' with
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,
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,
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, Taraji P. Henson,
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and
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. The film grossed almost $500 million worldwide and received generally positive reviews from critics, who called it a "worthy successor" and praised the animation, humor, characters, plot and the vocal performances of Reilly and Silverman. The film received a Best Animated Feature nomination at the
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and
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. In February 2019, Moore co-starred with
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, Barbara Jacques and
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in the short comedic action film ''The Big Break''. In March, she co-starred with
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,
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,
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and
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in the drama ''
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'' and voiced Courtney in the Fox animated sitcom ''
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'', in the season 17 episode "No Giggity, No Doubt". On March 25, 2019, Moore received her star on the
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. After teasing fans with snippets of new music and photos from the studio throughout the year, on September 17, 2019, Moore released her first original song in over a decade, the single " When I Wasn't Watching", with an accompanying music video; this was followed by the single "I'd Rather Lose" on October 31. In November, she co-starred in the
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historical drama '' Midway'' with
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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. In January 2020, Moore said in an interview with ''
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'' that her sixth studio album was titled '' Silver Landings'' and would be released in early March, via
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. She said regarding her decision to sign with Verve Forecast in late 2019, "I had slight
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from being on labels in the past ..but Verve truly feels like it's run by a bunch of deeply creative people who aren't necessarily just concerned with the numbers game". Moore later announced a release date of March 6, and also released the single "Save a Little for Yourself" with an accompanying music video. In early 2022, Moore released two singles from her seventh studio album, '' In Real Life''. On March 8, she released the audio for the album's title track, and, on the 17th, a cameo-laden video with many of her ''
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'' co-stars and
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, and others. On April 5, Moore debuted the audio from her second single off the album, "Little Dreams". The album was released on May 13, 2022. Moore announced in 2022 that she would be taking a hiatus from acting.


Musical style and influences

When Moore's musical career began in 1999, she was known for her
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sound and image, which she revealed was not the type of music she prefers, saying, " he record companywas like, 'Here are your songs.' I was like, 'Hi, I'm fourteen. I'll do anything.' Those albums are why I'm here today, but god damn, I should give a refund to anyone who bought my first record". Moore has often been praised by music critics for branching off and writing her own music. ''
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'' said, "She has successfully dropped all the tacky accoutrements of her past and turned into a sweet, classy singer-songwriter whose charms are readily apparent".
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said, "Moore smoothly evolved from adolescent starlet to mature songwriter, continuing to distance herself from the scene that had launched her career one decade prior". Moore has said that she was inspired by film and television as a child. She has also said, "I'm stuck in the '70s. I think I'll always have that kind of influence.
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,
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,
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,
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—that's the sort of stuff I'm really inspired and influenced by". Moore also said how her then-husband, musician
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, had a huge influence on her music, and that he introduced her to heavy metal. "Not that I can necessarily differentiate between
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and
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…" she said. "I'll tolerate it, but I turn it down". Moore has said that she has become more comfortable with her older music, and she even found new ways to present her more bubblegum-friendly songs with a more contemporary musical arrangement.


Other endeavors


Fashion

Moore's fashion career began in 2005 with her own fashion line called ''Mblem.'' That was a brand of contemporary knitwear and cashmere. One of her focuses was to sell clothing for taller women; Moore herself is . In February 2009, Moore announced that the line would be discontinued, but that she hoped to return to her fashion career under different circumstances in the future.


Philanthropy

Moore advocates "giving with your head", endorsing the philosophy of effective altruism. Moore has worked with and highlighted nonprofit organization
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(PSI), and its subsidiary, Five & Alive, which addresses health crises facing children under the age of five and their families. Moore has served as the Honorary Chairperson of the
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's division on awareness for youth. She served as a spokesperson by helping young people be aware of the seriousness of
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and
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. She also serves as the spokesperson for Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, held every January. In addition, to increase
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awareness, Moore collaborated with Dr. Yvonne Collins, The Gynecologic Cancer Foundation (GCF), and
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(GSK). Moore made a surprise visit at
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as a part of Get Well Soon Tour. Moore is the ambassador for the UN Foundations's ''Nothing But Nets''
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prevention campaign. As a part of the ''Nothing But Nets'' campaign Moore interviewed Laurence D. Wohlers, United States Ambassador to the Central African Republic, in 2010 and helped the campaign raise $1.2 million. Moore is also the spokesperson for Dove's self-esteem movement and the "Women who should be famous" campaign. Moore also teamed up with Indrani Goradia, a domestic violence survivor and founder of Indrani's Light Foundation, along with Mom Bloggers Club, to help raise awareness and campaign against domestic violence.


Politics

In July 2016, Moore appeared on an
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version of
Rachel Platten Rachel Ashley Platten (born May 20, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and author. After releasing two albums independently in 2003 and 2011, she signed with Columbia Records in 2015 and released her mainstream debut single, "Fight Song", w ...
's song "
Fight Song A fight song is a rousing short song associated with a sports team. The term is most common in the United States and Canada. In Australia, Mexico, and New Zealand these songs are called the team anthem, team song, or games song. First associated ...
" along with several other celebrities for the
2016 Democratic National Convention The 2016 Democratic National Convention was a presidential nominating convention, held at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from July 25 to 28, 2016. The convention gathered delegates of the Democratic Party, the majo ...
for
Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States sen ...
's unsuccessful second bid at the presidency. Moore was one of the demonstrators at the Los Angeles 2017 Women's March held on January 21, 2017. On January 13, 2020, Moore officially endorsed Pete Buttigieg for President of the United States prior to the
Iowa caucuses The Iowa caucuses are biennial electoral events for members of the Democratic and Republican parties in the U.S. state of Iowa. Unlike primary elections in most other U.S. states, where registered voters go to polling places to cast ballots, ...
. Moore also uses her social media platforms to support
criminal justice reform Criminal justice reform addresses structural issues in Criminal justice, criminal justice systems such as racial profiling, police brutality, overcriminalization, mass incarceration, and recidivism. Criminal justice reform can take place at any poi ...
and
Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter (abbreviated BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people. Its primary concerns are incidents of police bruta ...
.


Personal life

Moore dated former '' Scrubs'' star
Zach Braff Zachary Israel Braff'Scrubs' Star Zach Braff Wows ...
from 2004 to 2006. In 2008, Moore began dating former
Whiskeytown Whiskeytown was an American alternative country band formed in 1994 from Raleigh, North Carolina. Fronted by Ryan Adams, the group included members Caitlin Cary, Phil Wandscher, Eric "Skillet" Gilmore, and Mike Daly. They disbanded in 2000 wi ...
frontman
Ryan Adams David Ryan Adams (born November 5, 1974) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, artist, and poet. He has released 23 albums, as well as three studio albums as a former member of alt-country band Whiskeytown. In 2000, Adams lef ...
. They became engaged in February 2009 and married on March 10, 2009, in
Savannah, Georgia Savannah ( ) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County, Georgia, Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the Kingdom of Great Br ...
. In January 2015, Moore filed for divorce from Adams while he was in New York, citing "irreconcilable differences". Moore and Adams later released a joint statement explaining their decision, calling it a "respectful, amicable parting of ways", but in 2019 she called him
emotionally abusive Psychological abuse, often called emotional abuse, is a form of abuse characterized by a person subjecting or exposing another person to a behavior that may result in psychological trauma, including anxiety, chronic depression, or post-traumat ...
. Court documents obtained later revealed that they had been legally separated for nearly six months before the filing. The divorce was finalized in June 2016. In 2015, Moore began dating
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frontman
Taylor Goldsmith Taylor Dawes Goldsmith is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He serves as the lead singer, guitarist, and chief songwriter of American folk rock band Dawes. Early life Goldsmith has a younger brother, Griffin. They ...
. They were engaged in September 2017 and married on November 18, 2018, in
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, California. In February 2021, Moore gave birth to the couple's first child, a boy. In 2018, Moore appeared on the eleventh season of '' Who Do You Think You Are?'', during which historian
Turtle Bunbury James Bunbury (born 21 February 1972), known as Turtle Bunbury, is an Irish author, historian, and television presenter. He has published a number of books such as the ''Vanishing Ireland'' series, ''Easter Dawn -The 1916 Rising'', ''The Glori ...
revealed how her great-great-great-great-grandmother Mary Flynn had died at the age of 40 in an Irish
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. In 2019, Moore, accompanied by friends and fellow hikers reached the
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which has an elevation of 17,598 ft. In June 2022, Moore announced that she is expecting her second son with Goldsmith. On October 21, 2022, Moore announced that her second son was born. In August 2022, Moore was diagnosed with
immune thrombocytopenic purpura Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), also known as idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura or immune thrombocytopenia, is a type of thrombocytopenic purpura defined as an isolated low platelet count with a normal bone marrow in the absence of othe ...
, an
autoimmune disease An autoimmune disease is a condition arising from an abnormal immune response to a functioning body part. At least 80 types of autoimmune diseases have been identified, with some evidence suggesting that there may be more than 100 types. Nearly a ...
that causes abnormally low levels of
platelet Platelets, also called thrombocytes (from Greek θρόμβος, "clot" and κύτος, "cell"), are a component of blood whose function (along with the coagulation factors) is to react to bleeding from blood vessel injury by clumping, thereby ini ...
s.


Discography

Studio albums * '' So Real'' (1999) * ''
Mandy Moore Amanda Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to fame with her debut single, "Candy (Mandy Moore song), Candy", which peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Her de ...
'' (2001) * ''
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'' (2003) * ''
Wild Hope ''Wild Hope'' is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mandy Moore, her first in four years ''Coverage'' (2003). It was released in digitally in Australia on June 18, 2007, and on June 19, 2007 by The Firm Music, a division of EMI ...
'' (2007) * '' Amanda Leigh'' (2009) * '' Silver Landings'' (2020) * '' In Real Life'' (2022)


Tours


Headlining

*In Real Life Tour (2022)


Co-headlining

*
Paula Cole Paula Cole (born April 5, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter. After gaining attention for her performances as a vocalist on Peter Gabriel's 1993–1994 Secret World Tour, she released her first album, ''Harbinger (Paula Cole album), Harbing ...
and Mandy Moore in Concert (2007)


Opening act

* NSYNC in Concert (1999) *
Into the Millennium Tour The Into the Millennium Tour was the fourth concert tour by the Backstreet Boys in support of their third studio album, ''Millennium'' (1999). The tour comprised 123 in 84 cities spanning three legs. The North American legs featured concerts at a ...
(1999)


Filmography


Film


Television


Music video


Video games


Awards and honors

In 2012, Moore was ranked number 96 on VH1's list of "100 Greatest Women in Music" as well as number 63 on their "Sexiest Artists of All Time List". She was nominated for a
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film is an award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). It is the Golden Globe Award given in honor of an actress who has deli ...
and a
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series is an award presented annually by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leadi ...
. As a part of the ensemble cast of ''This Is Us'', she received two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. On March 25, 2019, she received a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a historic landmark which consists of more than 2,700 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, Californ ...
.


References


External links

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