Elisabeth Moss is an American actress best known for her roles in two television series, The West Wing and Mad Men.http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/cast/emoss She portrayed Zoey Bartlett, the daughter of the president (played by Martin Sheen) in seven seasons of The West Wing, and Peggy Olson, a central character on Mad Men.http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/cast/emoss She has appeared in a number of other television shows and on the big screen in films such as Ron Howard's The Missing with Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones, and Girl, Interrupted with Angelina Jolie and Winona Ryder.http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/cast/emoss

Moss was born on July 24, 1982, and grew up in Los Angeles.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/bio She took up ballet at the age of five and attended some of the top ballet schools, including the School of American Ballet in New York.http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/cast/emoss She was raised in what she describes as an "artistic household," by her Chicago-born mother who played blues harmonica and her British father who managed jazz musicians.http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jan/25/elisabeth-moss-interview-mad-men Moss attended a small private school and graduated early at 15 years of age. She has a younger brother who is in the movie business, but works behind the camera.http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jan/25/elisabeth-moss-interview-mad-men

She has been nominated for an Emmy award in 2009 and 2010 for her portrayal of her Mad Men character, and in 2011 was also nominated by the Golden Globes for the same role.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/awards Moss is up against Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife, Piper Perabo in Covert Affairs, Katey Segal in Sons of Anarchy, and Kyra Sedgwick in The Closer for the 2011 Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series (Drama) Golden Globe.http://www.goldenglobes.org/blog/2010/12/the-68th-annual-golden-globe-awards-nominations/

After beginning her acting career with small television and film parts, Moss nabbed the role of Cynthia Parks on Picket Fences when she was 10 years old. She stayed on the show for three years, and at 15 years of age appeared as the burns victim in Girl, Interrupted. In the following two years she appeared in episodes of The Practice and Law & Order: Trial by Jury, and became a regular character on the short-lived series Invasion, before finding her big break when she was cast as Zoey Bartlett in The West Wing.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/ Moss was a regular on the show for seven years, and when it finished in 2006 she was regularly cast in roles on television and in film.http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jan/25/elisabeth-moss-interview-mad-men http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/

Moss guest-starred on Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2006, and in Grey's Anatomy, Medium, and Ghost Whisperer in 2007.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/ The television series Mad Men, in which she plays Peggy Olson, an "ambitious yet naïve secretary who has evolved to a junior copywriter" (as described by the AMC network on their website) also began in 2007.http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/cast/emoss During its run she has also played Emma Callan in the 2008 movie The Attic, Jackie Drake in 2009's Did You Hear About the Morgans? and Daphne Binks in 2010's Get Him to the Greek.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/ In 2008 she made her Broadway debut opposite Jeremy Piven and then William H. Macy, starring in David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow.http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/cast/emoss

• 1990: Bar Girls as Robinhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 1991: Suburban Commando as Little Girlhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 1992: Midnight's Child (TV movie) as Christinahttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 1993: Once Upon a Forest as Michelle (voice)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 1994: Imaginary Crimes as Greta Weilerhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 1992 - 1995: Picket Fences as Cynthia Parkshttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 1995: Separate Lives as Ronni Beckwithhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 1997: A Thousand Acres as Lindahttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 1998: Angelmaker as Little Turcotthttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 1999: The Joyriders as Jodihttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 1999: Anywhere But Here as Rachelhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 1999: Girl, Interrupted as Polly 'Torch' Clarkhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 2002: West of Here as Cherisehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 2002: Heart of America as Robin Waltershttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 2003: Virgin as Jessie Reynoldshttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 2003: The Missing as Annehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 2005: Bittersweet Place as Paulie Schafferhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 2005 - 2006: Invasion as Christinahttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 1999 - 2006: The West Wing as Zoey Bartlethttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 2007: They Never Found Her as Annahttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 2007: Day Zero as Patriciahttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 2007 - 2011: Mad Men as Peggy Olsonhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 2008: New Orleans, Mon Amour as Hydehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 2009: Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Jackie Drakehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 2010: Get Him to the Greek as Daphne Binkshttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 2010: A Buddy Story as Susanhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/
• 2011: On the Road as Galatea Dunkelhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005253/

"It just felt like a really good fit. I remember calling my manager after meeting Matt [Weiner] and saying I could work with that man. There was an immediate connection artistically. I think I did the part he wrote, and he saw that, and I knew it,"—Interview with Phil Hogan for the guardian.co.uk on January 25, 2009, and talking about the role of Peggy she plays on Mad Menhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jan/25/elisabeth-moss-interview-mad-men

"I think that she is a very honest person, but at the same time, she’s good at keeping secrets, and can operate with discretion, and is very good at compartmentalizing her life. There’s lying, and then there’s selling. And there’s advertising, and the business of pitching and selling and getting people to buy things. It’s this sort of gray area,"—Talking about her character Peggy on Mad Men in an interview with Sean O'Neal of the AVClub.com on July 21, 2010http://www.avclub.com/articles/elisabeth-moss,43290/