“You look back and kind of cringe at those days, but I have some compassion for my younger self and recognize that that’s what everybody was wearing at 15 and 16 back in those days.” I had no idea about fashion and being fashionable, I just loved any excuse to get to the mall and go to Wet Seal and find what I was going to wear on stage or something,” she explained. “I was a 15, 16-year-old girl going on the road with boy bands and stuff and I was just excited to have the opportunity. #neverchangeforaguy #realtalk #fbfĪ post shared by Mandy Moore on at 3:54pm PDT How did I somehow unlearn what I seemed to know at 16? Don’t worry- it took another 15 years but I figured it out. Yes that is a turtleneck underneath that zip-up cardigan.
Playing her This Is Us character, Rebecca, has served as a masterclass in transformation - the Pearson matriarch shifts between countless timelines each season, though the now dominant three have her as a 30-something, 60-something, and 80-something woman. When it comes to embracing changes onscreen, Moore is also a veritable pro. I think it’s important for us to all collectively have conversations about what scares us and what makes us tick and what motivates us … Just talking about changes, because they are inevitable, is kind of the most important part of any conversation - not learning to brace it but embrace it.” “I’ve always been one that’s been a bit of an open book and I’m happy to sort of share the trials and tribulations of my life,” she tells InStyle. on June 22, Moore will do just that - she and her This Is Us co-star Susan Kelechi Watson will be discussing a topic that’s become something of her specialty: “embracing life's inevitable changes.” The singer-cum-actress's sincerity in her personal life (be it reflecting on her emotionally abusive relationship with ex-husband Ryan Adams or her candid insights about her experience mountain climbing), is something of a rarity in Hollywood, and it's also a trait that she’s excited to lean into.Īt the PopSugar Play/Ground festival in N.Y.C. In 2019, Moore was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.She's not just Jamie Sullivan in 2002's A Walk to Remember, or Rebecca Pearson in NBC's This Is Us - she's a pop culture fixture that's been on our radar for 20 years. For her performance, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, and won two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
Since 2016, Moore has starred as Rebecca Pearson in the NBC family comedy-drama series This Is Us. Moore is also known for voicing Kate Anderson in the Fox animated comedy film Kate & Chris (2007), and the Fox Family television series Kate & Chris Adventures (2016–present). Moore also voiced Princess Rapunzel in the Disney animated fantasy musical comedy film Tangled (2010), the short film Tangled Ever After (2012), and the Disney Channel television series Tangled: The Series (2017–present).
She received recognition for her starring role as Jamie Sullivan in the romantic drama film A Walk to Remember (2002), and starred in the films Chasing Liberty (2004), Racing Stripes (2005), Because I Said So (2007), License to Wed (2007), Love, Wedding, Marriage (2011), 47 Meters Down (2017), The Darkest Minds (2018), and Midway (2019). Dolittle 2, before starring as Lana Thomas in the comedy film The Princess Diaries. Moore made her feature film debut in 2001, with a minor voice role in the comedy film Dr. As of 2009, Billboard reported that Moore had sold more than 5 million albums worldwide. Moore subsequently released the studio albums Mandy Moore (2001), Coverage (2003), Wild Hope (2007), and Amanda Leigh (2009). The title single from her second studio album, I Wanna Be With You (2000), became Moore's first top 30 song in the U.S., peaking at number 24 on the Hot 100. Her debut studio album, So Real (1999), received a platinum certification from the RIAA. She signed with Epic Records in 1999 and came to fame with the release of her debut single "Candy", which peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100. Amanda Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter and actress.