How much is Demi Moore worth?
| Net Worth: | $245 Million |
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| Profession: | Professional Actress |
| Date of Birth: | November 11, 1962 (age 60) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 5 ft 4 in (1.65 m) |
About Demi Moore
Demi Moore was born on November 11, 1962. She is an American actress, film director, and producer. She rose to popularity in the movie Ghost from 1990. The movie was a phenomenal success, earning 505.7 million dollars at the box office and becoming the highest-grossing film of the year. For her role, Moore earned her first nomination for Golden Globe Award in the category of “Best Actress”.
A few years before she starred in Ghost, Moore had made her film debut when she was just 19 years old, in 1981. Her first appearance was in General Hospital. She also appeared in various films but the one that helped her gain recognition was Blame It on Rio from 1984.
After the success of Ghost, Moore worked in other movies, and in 1996, she became the highest-paid actress in Hollywood history. While she was only paid $350,000 for her role in Ghost, she was paid $12.5 million to star in Andrew Bergman’s Striptease (1996). That paycheck made her the highest grossing actress for a single Hollywood film.
Moore has been active for over 40 years and is considered as one of the most influential actresses of her generation. She appeared in many popular films, including Charlie’s Angels, Mr. Brooks, and Margin Call to name a few. In 2019, she released her own memoir titled Inside Out, which quickly became a “New York Times Best Seller”.
Demi Moore is famous for her amazing acting skills. She is one of the most popular actresses for a reason. She was born and raised in Roswell, New Mexico. As a child, the actress suffered from the strabismus condition that was ultimately corrected after two successful operations. Moore also suffered from a kidney dysfunction. When she was 15 years old, Moore left her high school and moved to West Hollywood where her mother already worked in a magazine distribution company.
In 2019, the star revealed that at that time she was also raped and allegedly the rapist claimed that he had paid her mother to get access to Moore, according to HuffPost.
A few months before she began acting, Moore was signed to the Elite Modeling Agency. She had become inspired by her next-door neighbor, Nastassja Kinski who at the time was 17 years old. In August 1979, Demi met the musician Freddy Moore with whom she wrote three songs and even appeared in a music video for the video It’s Not a Rumor performed by Freddy’s band The Nu Kats. Two years later, Moore appeared on the January 1981 cover of the monthly issue of Oui magazine, for which she posed nude.
“When you feel sexy or sensuous, you naturally want to open up and give, and I think that comes from being able to receive love and desire,” Demi Moore has said.
Demi Moore’s career began in 1981. At the age of 19, Moore made her film debut in the teen drama Choices, which was directed by Silvio Narizzano. She then appeared in other films Horror in 1982, and the soap opera General Hospital in 1983. While portraying the role of an investigative reporter in General Hospital, Moore also made an (uncredited) cameo appearance in the spoof film Young Doctors In Love.
Demi Moore worked in the film industry for four decades and has become one of the richest actresses in the world. Just three years after she debuted in the film industry, Moore appeared in the sex comedy Blame It on Rio thanks to which her career began to take off.
Her commercial breakthrough followed a year later, in 1985, when she appeared in the drama St. Elmo’s Fire, earning her millions from the movie. In 1986, Demi made her professional stage debut as she appeared in The Early Girl – an off-Broadway production. She also appeared in About Last Night (1986).
Moore’s career skyrocketed as she starred in the supernatural and romantic melodrama Ghost, which premiered in July 1990. This is still perhaps the actress’ most successful film to date. The love scene between the two actors, Moore and Patrick Swayze in front of the potter’s wheel has become one of the most iconic moments in cinema history. Her performance in the movie earned her first nomination for Golden Globe Award, meanwhile, the melodrama was nominated for an Academy Award for “Best Picture”.
Throughout the rest of the late 90s, Demi continued to participate in various television series and movies. Among them is the controversial HBO miniseries If These Walls Could Talk, where she worked with Cher and Sissy Spacek. The miniseries focus on the characters and what they had in common was abortion. It was one of the very first television projects that Moore produced and because of her act, she received her second Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress.
Moore’s Total Net Worth
Demi Moore has had one of the most successful careers out of any actress. What is more, she has also earned as a film producer and through her endorsements as well. She has had career earnings of some $90 million from salaries from movies like Striptease (1996) which earned her a $12.5 million dollar paycheck. As well G.I. Jane (1997) that earned her a reported $11 million. She has earned many paychecks of $2-3 million and more besides for over $5 million. Not to mentioned, earning millions from producing G.I. Jane, The Conversation (2012) and all three Austin Powers movies. She began her peak in popularity after Indecent Proposal in 1993.
Moore’s career has been long, dating back all the way to 1981 and taxes have changed a lot since then. In her highest earnings years in the mid-90s federal incomes tax was not capped at 37% but was actually 39.6%.
Of her $90 million dollars income, $8-10 million will have been paid in business related costs. The remainder, $81 million, will have been taxed at 48% as Moore has been residing between the states of California and New York, but mostly in California for high earning years. After tax, it is estimated that her career earnings are at around $42.12 million dollars, having paid $38.88 million dollars in taxes.
Demi Moore has not just profited as an actress, she has also profited in business, real estate and in investing. It is estimated that large sections of Moore’s earnings have been invested over the years and, on the strength of the American stock market, it has likely added greatly to her net worth.
Moore has been married three times to famous celebrities. She was married to the musician Freddy Moore from 1980 to 1985. Then in 1987 she married Bruce Willis, they divorced in 2000. She married Ashton Kutcher in 2005 and they parted way in 2013. While her first marriage is of no relevance to her net worth today, considering the split was when she was not famous and neither party were rich. What is relevant, is her divorces from Bruce Willis and Ashton Kutcher.
When Demi Moore and Bruce Willis divorced in 2000 it ended in sadness for the two parties and others as well, Willis said at the time that he felt that “he had failed as a father and as a husband.” It has been well reported at the time that as part of the divorce, Willis was ordered to pay Moore $90 million dollars as part of a divorce settlement. They have three children together.
Then, when Moore split from Ashton Kutcher, as the marriage was over a period when she had not earned very much as all. While Kutcher had earned an estimated $130 million over that same period. It is speculated that Kutcher was ordered to pay Moore some $10-15 million. In total, it seems that she may have received $102.5 million dollars from her divorce settlements.
She has done well in real estate, as well. When Bruce and Demi were together they purchased a 7,000 square-foot penthouse in Central Park’s San Remo building in New York City. As part of the divorce Moore received the property in her name, she sold it in 2017 for $45 million.
Demi Moore is a level headed woman who has earned a tremendous amount in cinema and received still more through her high profile divorces to Hollywood actors. She has had no history of mental health issues or alcohol abuse. It is likely that she will have spent quite some money during her career of course, lost some money and needed to cover her business and personal costs.
In her personal life Moore has likely spent $13-17 million dollars of her career earnings but also probably possesses assets valued at around $7-8 million, not including investment assets. Considering she has received around $115 million dollars in divorce settlements, her investment returns are estimated to have been high. Likely somewhere around $90-130 million dollars. Therefore, it is estimated that Demi Moore has a net worth of around $245 million dollars.
Besides acting, she is known as being one of the faces of many popular fashion brands and magazines. During the peak of her career, she graced the cover of international fashion magazines such as Vogue, Elle, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Rolling Stone, and Harper’s Bazaar. Simultaneously, Moore signed a contract with popular brands Versace and Helena Rubinstein for which she became a brand ambassador.
Summing-Up
In the film industry, there are many actors and actresses but Demi Moore certainly stands out from the rest. She began her career at a young age and quickly earned the love of millions of people with her acting skills. Besides becoming the highest-paid actress and making history in 1996, Demi also became a worldwide star that’s known for playing some of the most provocative and intriguing characters in the late 20th and early 21st century.
