# Carrie-Anne Moss
**Carrie-Anne Moss** (born 1967) is a Canadian actress best known for playing Trinity in *The Matrix* (1999) and its sequels, and for roles in *Memento* (2000), Marvel's *Jessica Jones* (Netflix, 2015–2018), and the [Star Wars](https://www.edgepedia.org/star-wars) series *The Acolyte* (2024).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005251/) • [2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/carrie_anne_moss)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1967, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005251/) |
| Breakout role | Trinity in *The Matrix* (1999); returned for *Reloaded* and *Revolutions* (both 2003) and *The Matrix Resurrections* (2021)[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/carrie_anne_moss) • [3](https://time.com/6096373/matrix-4-resurrections/) |
| Awards | Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for *Memento*; Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for *Snow Cake* (2006)[4](https://nz.news.yahoo.com/carrie-anne-moss-signs-verve-181157391.html) • [2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/carrie_anne_moss) |
| Television signature | Attorney Jeri Hogarth across Marvel's *Jessica Jones*, *Daredevil*, *Iron Fist*, and *The Defenders*[4](https://nz.news.yahoo.com/carrie-anne-moss-signs-verve-181157391.html) |
| Personal life | Married actor Steven Roy on November 11, 1999; three children[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005251/) |
| Recent work | Greta Nelso in *FUBAR* opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger; leads and executive produces the Crave series *Yaga* (2026)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005251/) • [5](https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/press/carrie-anne-moss-leads-an-all-star-cast-for-the-crave-original-series-yaga-including-noah-reid-clark-backo-and-hudson-williams/) |
## Early life and start in acting
Moss was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and named after the Hollies' 1967 song "Carrie-Anne," released two months before her birth; her mother, Barbara Moss, had earlier considered the name Jenny Rebecca, after a [Barbra Streisand](https://www.edgepedia.org/barbra-streisand) song.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005251/) She and her brother Brooke were raised by their mother, who encouraged her interest in performance through children's theater and choir in Vancouver.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/carrie_anne_moss)
**Modeling came first.** In her twenties Moss paused her pursuit of acting to work as a model in Japan and Europe.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/carrie_anne_moss) While living in Barcelona she appeared in television commercials and auditioned for an American crime series filming there, winning the role of Tara McDonald on CBS's *Dark Justice* (1991–1993). When production moved to Los Angeles for the 1992 season, she moved too, later taking classes at the [American Academy of Dramatic Arts](https://www.edgepedia.org/american-academy-of-dramatic-arts) in Pasadena.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/carrie_anne_moss) • [6](https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/culture-magazines/moss-carrie-anne) She has described the transition as difficult: "moving to LA at just 24 and not knowing anyone, how insane is that? But I wanted to act and I just hung on in there and kept hoping."[6](https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/culture-magazines/moss-carrie-anne)
Through the early and mid-1990s she worked steadily in American and Canadian television, with guest roles on *L.A. Law*, *Silk Stalkings*, and *Baywatch*, a short-lived Fox series *Models, Inc.* (1994–1995), and her own short-lived USA cable series *Matrix* (1993), which had no relation to the film that later made her famous.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/carrie_anne_moss) • [6](https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/culture-magazines/moss-carrie-anne) Her early features included the low-budget *The Soft Kill* (1994), *Flashfire* (1994), and *The Secret Life of Algernon* (1997).[7](https://carrieannemoss.co/filmography)
## The Matrix and stardom
In 1999 Moss won her breakout role as Trinity, a leather-clad freedom fighter aiding [Keanu Reeves](https://www.edgepedia.org/keanu-reeves)' Neo against unseen forces in the Wachowskis' science-fiction thriller *The Matrix*.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/carrie_anne_moss) In preparation she trained for months to master martial arts before the film began shooting in Australia.[8](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2000/12/8/woman-on-the-verge-an-interview/) The film was a worldwide success, and writers compared its cultural reach to *Star Wars*; the *Globe & Mail* declared that not since [Sigourney Weaver](https://www.edgepedia.org/sigourney-weaver)'s Ripley had a female character fought so hard on screen.[6](https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/culture-magazines/moss-carrie-anne)
The role opened the door to A-list features. In 2000 alone she appeared as a mysterious bartender in [Christopher Nolan](https://www.edgepedia.org/christopher-nolan)'s *Memento*, a pious Frenchwoman in [Lasse Hallström](https://www.edgepedia.org/lasse-hallstrom)'s *Chocolat*, a Mars colonist in *Red Planet*, and a police detective in *The Crew* opposite [Burt Reynolds](https://www.edgepedia.org/burt-reynolds) and Richard Dreyfuss.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/carrie_anne_moss) She returned to the franchise for *The Matrix Reloaded* and *The Matrix Revolutions*, shot back-to-back and released to strong box office in 2003, and also voiced Trinity in *The Animatrix* and the *Enter the Matrix* video game.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/carrie_anne_moss) • [7](https://carrieannemoss.co/filmography)
## Independent films and awards
After the trilogy, Moss moved between studio thrillers and independent features. *Suspect Zero* (2004) preceded a run of acclaimed smaller films: *The Chumscrubber* (2005), the zombie comedy *Fido* (2006) with [Billy Connolly](https://www.edgepedia.org/billy-connolly), and the Canadian drama *Snow Cake* (2006) with Sigourney Weaver and [Alan Rickman](https://www.edgepedia.org/alan-rickman), for which she won a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/carrie_anne_moss) • [9](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005251/?showAllCredits=true) Her Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female came for *Memento*, in which she starred opposite [Guy Pearce](https://www.edgepedia.org/guy-pearce).[4](https://nz.news.yahoo.com/carrie-anne-moss-signs-verve-181157391.html) Later features such as *Disturbia* (2007) and *Fireflies in the Garden* (2008) with Julia Roberts found less favor with audiences, and by the mid-2010s her most substantive work had shifted to television.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/carrie_anne_moss)
## Television career
Moss's television work in the 2010s included a four-episode arc as a spy chief on NBC's *Chuck* (2011–2012), an assistant district attorney on the short-lived CBS series *Vegas* (2012–2013), and, most prominently, attorney Jeri Hogarth on Netflix's Marvel series.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/carrie_anne_moss) • [7](https://carrieannemoss.co/filmography) She originated the role on *Jessica Jones* opposite [Krysten Ritter](https://www.edgepedia.org/krysten-ritter) and reprised it across *Daredevil*, *Iron Fist*, and *The Defenders*, a three-season run on *Jessica Jones* in total.[4](https://nz.news.yahoo.com/carrie-anne-moss-signs-verve-181157391.html)
**International work followed.** She starred as FBI agent Maggie Griffin in the Norwegian crime drama *Wisting*, one of Norway's biggest drama productions, and has said the experience differed sharply from American production, with night rehearsals, a thinner crew, and all scripts supplied in advance so she could see her complete arc.[10](https://worldscreen.com/tvdrama/carrie-anne-moss/) She later led the second season of *Tell Me a Story* on CBS All Access.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/carrie_anne_moss)
## Return to the Matrix and recent work
Moss reprised Trinity in *The Matrix Resurrections* (2021), the fourth film in the series, released 18 years after *Revolutions* and again opposite Keanu Reeves.[3](https://time.com/6096373/matrix-4-resurrections/) • [11](https://as.com/us/us/2021/12/21/tikitakas/1640112721_700079.html) The film brought back both original leads even though their characters had died in the third installment.[3](https://time.com/6096373/matrix-4-resurrections/)
Her subsequent screen work includes Jedi Master Indara in Disney+ and Lucasfilm's *The Acolyte* (2024), the film *Die Alone* (2024), and Greta Nelso in *FUBAR*, the Netflix action-comedy series in which she starred opposite [Arnold Schwarzenegger](https://www.edgepedia.org/arnold-schwarzenegger) across its 2023 debut and 2025 second season.[4](https://nz.news.yahoo.com/carrie-anne-moss-signs-verve-181157391.html) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005251/) In 2026 she leads the cast of *Yaga*, Crave's first half-hour original drama series, an eight-episode contemporary mystery thriller reimagining the [Baba Yaga](https://www.edgepedia.org/baba-yaga) myth, in which she plays [Katherine](https://www.edgepedia.org/katherine), a charismatic university professor; she also serves as an executive producer.[5](https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/press/carrie-anne-moss-leads-an-all-star-cast-for-the-crave-original-series-yaga-including-noah-reid-clark-backo-and-hudson-williams/) In September 2026 she signed with the Verve Talent & Literary Agency for theatrical representation.[4](https://nz.news.yahoo.com/carrie-anne-moss-signs-verve-181157391.html)
## Personal life and other ventures
Moss married actor and director Steven Roy on November 11, 1999, and they have three children.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005251/) She is the founder of Annapurna Living, a lifestyle brand offering online courses on mindfulness for women, and lives with her family in Los Angeles.[12](https://carrieannemoss.co/about) She also recorded on the 2001 Spirit Voyage Music album *A Game of Chants*, singing the track "I Am" alongside Guru Singh and Seal.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005251/)
## References
1. [Carrie-Anne Moss, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005251/)
2. [Carrie-Anne Moss Movies & TV Shows List, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/carrie_anne_moss)
3. [How The Matrix Resurrections Trailer Evokes the Franchise's First Movie in Mysterious Ways, TIME](https://time.com/6096373/matrix-4-resurrections/)
4. [Carrie-Anne Moss Signs With Verve, Yahoo Entertainment](https://nz.news.yahoo.com/carrie-anne-moss-signs-verve-181157391.html)
5. [Carrie-Anne Moss Leads an All-Star Cast for the Crave Original Series YAGA, Bell Media](https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/press/carrie-anne-moss-leads-an-all-star-cast-for-the-crave-original-series-yaga-including-noah-reid-clark-backo-and-hudson-williams/)
6. [Moss, Carrie-Anne, Encyclopedia.com](https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/culture-magazines/moss-carrie-anne)
7. [Filmography, Carrie Anne Moss official site](https://carrieannemoss.co/filmography)
8. [Woman on the Verge: An Interview with Carrie Anne Moss, The Harvard Crimson](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2000/12/8/woman-on-the-verge-an-interview/)
9. [Carrie-Anne Moss full credits, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005251/?showAllCredits=true)
10. [Carrie-Anne Moss, TVDRAMA / World Screen](https://worldscreen.com/tvdrama/carrie-anne-moss/)
11. [Jonathan Groff sobre filmar con Keanu Reeves, AS](https://as.com/us/us/2021/12/21/tikitakas/1640112721_700079.html)
12. [About, Carrie Anne Moss official site](https://carrieannemoss.co/about)
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