Demi Moore, Career

After training with John Casablancas, Demi Moore made her film debut in the 1982 3-D science fiction/horror film, Parasite, which was a hit on the drive-in circuit, ultimately grossing $7 million.

However, Demi Moore was not widely known until she played the part of Jackie Templeton on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital, from 1982 to 1983. Demi Moore also had an uncredited cameo at the end of the 1982 spoof Young Doctors in Love.

In the mid-1980s, Demi Moore appeared in the youth-oriented films St. Elmo's Fire, Blame It on Rio and About Last Night, and she was often listed as one of the Brat Pack, a name the media dubbed a certain group of top young actors at the time.

In 1988 Demi Moore starred in The Seventh Sign directed by Carl Schultz. After the commercial success of Ghost, Demi Moore was given more prominent roles in A Few Good Men, Indecent Proposal, Disclosure, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame for which she was the first actress to reach the $10 million salary mark.

During the early 1990s, Demi Moore was the highest paid actress in Hollywood. Demi Moore never surpassed the success of Ghost, and had a string of less successful films like The Scarlet Letter, The Juror, Striptease, and G.I. Jane. Moore's Passion of Mind co-star Joss Ackland lambasted her by describing her as being "not very bright or talented", although he worked with her again on Flawless in 2008.

At the same time Demi Moore produced and starred in a TV mini-series called If These Walls Could Talk, written by Nancy Savoca. A three-part series on abortion, Savoca directed two segments, including the one in which Moore played a single woman in the 1950s seeking a back-alley abortion. Demi Moore was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress for that role.

Demi Moore was a founding "celebrity investor" in the Planet Hollywood chain of international theme restaurants (modeled after the Hard Rock Cafe and launched in New York on October 22, 1991) along with Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and then-husband Bruce Willis.

After a break from Demi Moore' acting career, she returned to the screen as the villain of the 2003 film Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.

In 2006, Demi Moore appeared in Bobby which featured an all-star cast, including her husband Ashton Kutcher, although they did not appear in any scenes together. She later starred in the thriller film Mr. Brooks, which was released on June 1, 2007. Demi Moore appeared in Jon Bon Jovi's longform video "Destination Anywhere" as Janie.

In 2006, Demi Moore became the new face for the Helena Rubinstein brand of cosmetics.