5 things you didn't know about Demi Moore

Demi Moore is a name almost everyone recognizes. She was born in Roswell, New Mexico, she left school at 16 and was driven by a determination to carve out a different path for herself.

Her first steps into the spotlight weren’t in acting but in modeling and even songwriting. Before Hollywood came calling, she co-wrote songs with her first husband, Freddy Moore, showing an early knack for creativity.

By the mid-1980s, Demi became a fixture in Hollywood, starring in hits like St. Elmo’s Fire and Ghost. But her influence didn’t stop at the screen. Off-screen, Demi has been a trailblazer in her own right. She famously became one of the highest-paid actresses of the ‘90s.

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5 lesser-known things about Demi Moore

1) Early modeling and songwriting

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Before she became an actress, Demi Moore worked in modeling and explored music. At 18 she married musician Freddy Moore, who was 12 years older than her.

They wrote songs together, including It's Not a Rumor, which was performed by Freddy's band, The Nu-Kats. Demi appeared in the song's music video, and it marked one of her first experiences in the entertainment industry. In her memoir Inside Out, she admitted she had doubts about the marriage the night before their wedding.

"The night before we got married, instead of working on my vows, I was calling a guy I'd met on a movie set. I snuck out of my own bachelorette party and went to his apartment," she wrote.

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2) Influence of Nastassja Kinski

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As a teenager living in West Hollywood, Demi Moore formed a close friendship with her neighbor, German actress Nastassja Kinski. Kinski, already making strides in her acting career, often sought Moore's assistance with reading scripts, as she was more confident speaking English than reading it. Moore recalled in a September 2024 interview with Vanity Fair,

"I had a neighbor, which was Nastassja Kinski. She spoke English really well, but didn't feel confident with how she read English. And so as we became friends, she asked me to read scripts aloud to her."

This experience had a profound impact on Moore, inspiring her to pursue acting. She admired Kinski's self-assuredness.

"She had this sense of herself that I so wanted," she stated.

Motivated by this new passion, Moore joined acting classes and took her first steps into the entertainment industry. Spending time with Kinski gave her hands-on experience and sparked a sense of ambition that pushed her to chase success.

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3) Advocacy against human trafficking

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In 2012 Moore co-founded Thorn Digital Defenders of Children, a nonprofit that fights child s*xual exploitation and trafficking. The organization develops technology to help identify and rescue victims.

Moore was inspired to take action after watching a documentary about human trafficking in Cambodia and realizing similar crimes were happening in the United States.

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4) Collector of dolls

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Demi Moore's passion for doll collecting is both extensive and deeply personal. Her collection, reportedly numbering around 2,000 dolls, is valued at approximately $2 million. This fascination began when her then-husband, Bruce Willis, gifted her a vintage porcelain doll, sparking a lifelong interest.

Moore's collection became so vast that she dedicated a separate residence to house it. She has expressed that these figurines serve as a reminder to embrace playfulness.

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5) Health and Wellness Practices

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Moore is widely recognized for her age-defying appearance and attributes her vitality to a meticulously structured raw vegan diet and unconventional wellness methodologies. She adheres to a diet composed exclusively of uncooked plant-based sustenance, including fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds, to sustain her health and vigor.

Moore believes that beauty starts from within. She stated, while speaking to Good panel,

"You can do anything you want to the outside, but if the inside isn't looking or feeling good, then I don't know if anything you do on the outside is going to be good enough."

In addition to her diet, Moore has explored unique health treatments, including leech therapy. She described her experience on The Late Show with David Letterman, saying,

"I was in Austria doing a cleanse, and part of the treatment was leech therapy... They have a little enzyme that when they are biting down in you, it gets released in your blood, and generally, you bleed for quite a bit—and your health is optimized."

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Demi Moore won the Best Actress in a Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy award for The Substance at the 2025 Golden Globes.