# Chloë Grace Moretz
**Chloë Grace Moretz** (born 1997 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American film and television actor whose career began as a child performer and includes the Kick-Ass series, Let Me In, Hugo, [Carrie](https://www.edgepedia.org/carrie-2013-film), The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Suspiria, and the voice role of Nimona.[1](https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007082061.html) • [2](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/276822) Alongside the Fanning sisters, she is counted among prominent modern actors whose careers began when they were barely school-age.[3](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/19/chloe-grace-moretz-people-said-youre-going-to-lose-your-career-over-this)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1997, Atlanta, Georgia[1](https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007082061.html) |
| Breakout roles | Mindy Macready/Hit Girl in Kick-Ass (2010), Abby in Let Me In (2010), Isabelle in Hugo (2011), all at age 12–14[2](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/276822) • [3](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/19/chloe-grace-moretz-people-said-youre-going-to-lose-your-career-over-this) |
| Recognition for Let Me In | TIME Top 10 Performances of the Year and New York Times Best Performances of 2010 lists[4](http://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/cast/chloe-grace-moretz) |
| Award-winning films as star | The Miseducation of Cameron Post (Sundance Grand Jury Prize, 2018), Suspiria (Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award), Shadow in the Cloud (TIFF Midnight Madness People's Choice Award, 2020)[4](http://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/cast/chloe-grace-moretz) |
| Voice work | Nimona (2023, title character), Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family (2019) and its 2021 sequel, Princess Kaguya (2013 English version of The Tale of The Princess Kaguya)[5](https://www.allmovie.com/artist/chloe-grace-moretz-an2036/filmography) • [6](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47864961) |
| Career volume | Roughly 60 film and TV credits by age 22; IMDb lists 29 wins and 49 nominations[3](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/19/chloe-grace-moretz-people-said-youre-going-to-lose-your-career-over-this) • [7](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1631269/bio/) |
| Projects listed by AllMovie | Edge of Normal (2025), Oh. What. Fun. (2025), Love Language (2026), Johnny's Inferno (2027)[5](https://www.allmovie.com/artist/chloe-grace-moretz-an2036/filmography) |
## Early life and background
The Library of Congress authority record gives her birth date and place as 1997, in Atlanta, Georgia.[1](https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007082061.html) The BBC reports that she grew up in [Rome, Georgia](https://www.edgepedia.org/rome-georgia).[6](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47864961) After the family moved to Los Angeles in 2003, her first job was playing Violet on the television show *The Guardian*, when she was about six years old.[1](https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007082061.html) • [3](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/19/chloe-grace-moretz-people-said-youre-going-to-lose-your-career-over-this)
She was mostly raised by her mother, Teri, with whom she lives in Los Angeles, along with two of her four brothers; her brother Trevor is her acting coach and her brother Brandon is her business manager.[3](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/19/chloe-grace-moretz-people-said-youre-going-to-lose-your-career-over-this) In a 2019 NPR interview she said she had been home-schooled since she was nine years old, which allowed her to travel and to work with Martin Scorsese at 13 and [Tim Burton](https://www.edgepedia.org/tim-burton) at 14.[8](https://www.npr.org/2019/02/23/697029017/chlo-grace-moretz-wants-to-fear-the-next-step)
## Child actor career (2004–2012)
Early screen roles established her range across horror and comedy: Chelsea Lutz in *The Amityville Horror* (2005), Emma Tunny in *Wicked Little Things* (2006), the little sister of [Joseph Gordon-Levitt](https://www.edgepedia.org/joseph-gordon-levitt) in *(500) Days of Summer* (2009), and Angie Steadman in *Diary of a Wimpy Kid* (2010).[1](https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007082061.html) • [2](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/276822)
Breakout at 12. The Guardian dates her breakthrough to age 12, with "shockingly polished leads in Kick-Ass and Hugo."[3](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/19/chloe-grace-moretz-people-said-youre-going-to-lose-your-career-over-this) In *Kick-Ass* (2010) she played Mindy Macready, the foul-mouthed but lethal Hit Girl.[2](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/276822) • [9](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/chloe_grace_moretz) To prepare for the stunts she trained with [Jackie Chan](https://www.edgepedia.org/jackie-chan)'s action team; she said her earlier ballet and gymnastics training carried over, so that "basically all of it was me."[10](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/chloe-grace-moretz/bio/3030116018/) • [7](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1631269/bio/)
Her performance as Abby, the child vampire of *Let Me In* (2010), the American remake of *Let the Right One In*, landed her on TIME Magazine's Top 10 Performances of the Year list and the New York Times Best Performances of 2010 list.[2](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/276822) • [4](http://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/cast/chloe-grace-moretz) Director Neil Jordan, who later cast her in *Greta*, said of *Let Me In* that it "had no right to be good, but it was good because of her." Both films were made when she was 12.[3](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/19/chloe-grace-moretz-people-said-youre-going-to-lose-your-career-over-this) She then played Isabelle in Scorsese's *Hugo* (2011).[2](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/276822)
## Transition to adult roles (2013–2019)
The AFI Catalog records her adult-era roles as Mindy Macready again in *Kick-Ass 2* (2013), [Carrie White](https://www.edgepedia.org/carrie-white) in *Carrie* (2013), Alina, a.k.a. Teri, in *The Equalizer* (2014), Mia Hall in *If I Stay* (2014), Annika in *Laggies* (2014), and Cassie Sullivan in *The 5th Wave* (2016).[2](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/276822) AllMovie adds Jo-Ann Ellis in *Clouds of Sils Maria* (2014).[5](https://www.allmovie.com/artist/chloe-grace-moretz-an2036/filmography)
In the NPR interview she described a deliberate pause: "A few years ago now I took a year and a half off to reconfigure where I was and really start this next iteration of my career, as the adult that I now am, on the right foot."[8](https://www.npr.org/2019/02/23/697029017/chlo-grace-moretz-wants-to-fear-the-next-step) Rotten Tomatoes' retrospective assessment holds that even starring roles in the commercial and critical flop remake of *Carrie* (2013) and Louis CK's controversial and ultimately unreleased *I Love You, Daddy* (2017) did not affect her career trajectory.[9](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/chloe_grace_moretz)
## Recent work, voice roles, and producing (2020–present)
IMDb identifies her recent work as the sci-fi series *[The Peripheral](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-peripheral-tv-series)*, created by Scott B. Smith, and the Mattson Tomlin-directed sci-fi thriller *Mother/Android*; [Amazon MGM Studios](https://www.edgepedia.org/amazon-mgm-studios) matches that pairing on its cast page.[7](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1631269/bio/) • [4](http://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/cast/chloe-grace-moretz) Amazon MGM also notes that *Tom and Jerry* was slated for March 5, 2021, and *The Addams Family* sequel for October 22, 2021.[4](http://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/cast/chloe-grace-moretz)
Her voice work includes the title character in *Nimona* (2023), [Wednesday Addams](https://www.edgepedia.org/wednesday-addams) in *The Addams Family* (2019) and its 2021 sequel, and Princess Kaguya in the 2013 English version of *The Tale of The Princess Kaguya*.[5](https://www.allmovie.com/artist/chloe-grace-moretz-an2036/filmography) She also executive produced the Snapchat Discover series *Coming Out*, which premiered in 2021.[7](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1631269/bio/)
AllMovie lists the credits *Edge of Normal* (2025, as Reeve LeClaire), *Oh. What. Fun.* (2025, as Taylor), *Love Language* (2026, as Lou), and *Johnny's Inferno* (2027).[5](https://www.allmovie.com/artist/chloe-grace-moretz-an2036/filmography) In October 2025 The New York Times reviewed *Caroline*, a closely observed new drama by Preston Max Allen in which she stars as a mother starting over, dealing with addiction, class and the safety of a transgender 9-year-old.[11](https://www.nytimes.com/topic/chloe-grace-moretz)
## By the numbers
The Guardian reports that her professional life started at age six and that by 22 she had roughly 60 film and TV credits; AllMovie dates her activity from 2005 to the present, spanning the genres drama, comedy, family, thriller, and horror.[3](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/19/chloe-grace-moretz-people-said-youre-going-to-lose-your-career-over-this) • [5](https://www.allmovie.com/artist/chloe-grace-moretz-an2036/filmography) IMDb's tally stands at 29 wins and 49 nominations.[7](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1631269/bio/)
The widely circulated earnings figures for her early career rest on a single listing. IMDb reports salaries of $225,000 for *Hugo* (2011), $400,000 for *The Equalizer* (2014), and $500,000 for *If I Stay* (2014); no independent source retrieved corroborates or disputes these figures, so they should be treated as reported rather than verified.[7](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1631269/bio/)
## Reception and acting style
Critics have consistently framed her as a child performer working at an adult level. Rotten Tomatoes writes that, like [Dakota Fanning](https://www.edgepedia.org/dakota-fanning) and [Jodie Foster](https://www.edgepedia.org/jodie-foster) before her, the pre-teen Moretz "won critical praise for her mature, assured performances" in *The Amityville Horror*, *(500) Days of Summer*, and *Kick-Ass*.[9](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/chloe_grace_moretz) [Neil Jordan](https://www.edgepedia.org/neil-jordan) said, "At the age when children shouldn't even act, she was kind of extraordinary."[3](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/19/chloe-grace-moretz-people-said-youre-going-to-lose-your-career-over-this) The BBC described her, at 22, as having one of the most varied filmographies in cinema, spanning horror (*Suspiria*, *Let Me In*), action (*Kick-Ass*), comedy (*Big Momma's House 2*, *500 Days of Summer*), and family films (*Hugo*, *Muppets Most Wanted*).[6](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47864961)
## Awards and honors
Her award-bearing films as a lead or co-star are concentrated in the late 2010s. *The Miseducation of Cameron Post*, in which she starred, won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2018 [Sundance Film Festival](https://www.edgepedia.org/sundance-film-festival); *Suspiria* claimed the [Independent Spirit Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/independent-spirit-awards)' Robert Altman Award after world premiering in Venice; and *Shadow in the Cloud* won the Midnight Madness People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival in 2020.[4](http://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/cast/chloe-grace-moretz) Individually, she was named a Hollywood Rising Star at the 2016 Deauville Film Festival and was honored at the 2017 Variety Power of Young Hollywood event.[10](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/chloe-grace-moretz/bio/3030116018/)
## Public positions
In a 2019 BBC interview connected to *The Miseducation of Cameron Post*, in which she played a character sent to a gay conversion therapy center, Moretz said there should be "no age limit" for learning about acceptance and equality; the BBC reports that two of her brothers felt pressure to "pray the gay away" before coming out.[6](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47864961) She also withdrew her support from the animated film *Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs*, to which she lent her voice, after a promotional poster appeared to body-shame [Snow White](https://www.edgepedia.org/snow-white).[6](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47864961)
## References
1. [Moretz, Chloë, 1997- , Library of Congress Authorities](https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007082061.html)
2. [Chloë Grace Moretz, AFI Catalog](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/276822)
3. [Chloë Grace Moretz: 'People said: You're going to lose your career over this', The Guardian (2019)](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/19/chloe-grace-moretz-people-said-youre-going-to-lose-your-career-over-this)
4. [Chloe Grace Moretz, Amazon MGM Studios Press](http://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/cast/chloe-grace-moretz)
5. [Chloe Grace Moretz, Movies and Filmography, AllMovie](https://www.allmovie.com/artist/chloe-grace-moretz-an2036/filmography)
6. [Chloë Grace Moretz: 'No age limit' for learning acceptance, BBC (2019)](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47864961)
7. [Chloë Grace Moretz – Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1631269/bio/)
8. [Interview: Chloë Grace Moretz, Star Of 'Greta', NPR (2019)](https://www.npr.org/2019/02/23/697029017/chlo-grace-moretz-wants-to-fear-the-next-step)
9. [Chloë Grace Moretz Movies & TV Shows List, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/chloe_grace_moretz)
10. [TV Guide biography, Chloë Grace Moretz](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/chloe-grace-moretz/bio/3030116018/)
11. [Chloe Grace Moretz, The New York Times topic page](https://www.nytimes.com/topic/chloe-grace-moretz)
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