Demi Moore Turns 64 on November 11, and Her Ghost and The Substance Are Worlds Apart

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Demi Moore turns 64 on November 11. She was born in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1962, and she became one of the best-known actresses of the 1980s and 1990s, moving between romance, drama and action.

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Ghost (1990) made her a major star. She played Molly Jensen, opposite Patrick Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg, in a romantic fantasy that became one of the biggest hits of its year.

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A Few Good Men (1992) cast her as a Navy lawyer, opposite Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson, in a courtroom drama. Indecent Proposal (1993) and G.I. Jane (1997) followed, both built around her name at the box office.

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Her more recent acclaim came with The Substance (2024), a body-horror film directed by Coralie Fargeat, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

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Which of her roles is your favourite, Molly Jensen, the lawyer in A Few Good Men, or the star of The Substance?