Mark ‘GI Jane’s 25th Anniversary With A Look At The Life Of Actress Demi Moore In Photos | Gallery
By the editors of Wonderwall.com
6:48 a.m. PDT, August 22, 2022
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Demi Moore proved just how gorgeous ripped muscles, one-armed push-ups and a military-style cut can look when she starred as Lt. Jordan O’Neil in the war drama “GI Jane.” 1997. Join Wonderwall.com as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the film’s release on August 22, 2022, with a look back at the actress and mother-of-three’s colorful life and 40-year career in photos.
Read on to take a walk down memory lane with the original Brat Packer…
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After a difficult childhood in states like New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Washington, and eventually California, Demi Moore (née Demi Guynes) settled down with her family in West Hollywood. Demi, seen here in an undated portrait taken around 1982, moved out on her own at 16 and signed with the Elite modeling agency before enrolling in acting lessons after being inspired by her neighbor from next to it is 17-year-old German actress Nastassja Kinski.
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Demi Moore was 16 (and still known as Demi Guynes) when she met married musician Boy frontman Freddy Moore at The Troubadour nightclub in Los Angeles. The couple – pictured at a party in Los Angeles in March 1982 – married in 1981 and divorced four years later.
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Demi Moore got her first big acting break when she joined the cast of popular soap opera “General Hospital” in 1982 (the same year she posed for this portrait with co-star Anthony Geary). The rising star played an investigative reporter on the show until 1983.
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Demi Moore’s film career took off in 1984 after she was cast in the comedy “Blame It on Rio” alongside established co-stars Michael Caine and Valerie Harper.
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Brat Packers unite! Demi Moore’s breakthrough big-screen role was as party girl Jules Van Patten in “St. Elmo’s Fire,” the 1985 ensemble film that also starred (from left) Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Mare Winningham and Andrew McCarthy as a group of college friends who reunite after two are involved in an accident. They were the main members of the Brat Pack, the nickname given to a group of young actors who starred in several coming-of-age films in the 80s.
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After splitting from her first husband Freddy Moore, Demi Moore began dating her “St. Elmo’s Fire” co-star Emilio Estevez. They also starred together in the 1986 crime drama “Wisdom,” which he wrote and directed. The couple – pictured at a Hollywood screening in February 1985 – got engaged after six months, but called things off before their planned wedding in December 1986.
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Demi Moore and Bruce Willis met at the premiere of the 1987 film ‘Stakeout’ – shortly after breaking off their engagement to Emilio Estevez – and married months later in November 1987. The ‘Moonlighting’ star , whose career was taking off thanks to ’80s franchises like “Die Hard” and “Look Who’s Talking,” helped the actress deal with deep-seated insecurities and issues stemming from her childhood trauma. “Bruce insisted that he thought everything about me was beautiful: he wrapped my fear and anxiety in his love,” Demi wrote in her 2019 memoir “Inside Out.” The couple welcomed their first child, daughter Rumer Willis, in August 1988 – almost a month before they went out together at the Emmys (pictured here).
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Demi Moore’s most successful film to date is the 1990 supernatural romantic drama “Ghost,” which grossed over $505 million at the box office. His potter’s wheel love scene with co-star Patrick Swayze to the tunes of “Unchained Melody” has become an iconic moment in movie history.
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Demi Moore played a military lawyer in the 1992 film adaptation of the play ‘A Few Good Men’, alongside some of the biggest movie stars of the day, including Tom Cruise (pictured), Jack Nicholson and Kevin Bacon.
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Demi Moore’s streak of ’90s success continued with the 1993 erotic thriller “Indecent Proposal,” which opened at No. 1 at the box office. Demi played a married woman who accepts an offer from a billionaire (played by Robert Redford) to spend the night with him in exchange for $1 million.
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Demi Moore was Hollywood’s highest-paid actress in 1995, the year she starred in the film adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s book “The Scarlet Letter.” Her portrayal of Hester Prynne was poorly received, ending Demi’s streak of box office success.
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Demi Moore received a record-breaking salary of $12.5 for starring in “Striptease” in 1996. Despite much hype about her willingness to dance topless for the role, the film was widely criticized and Demi won a Golden Raspberry Award (also known as “Razzie”) for Worst Actress.
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Demi Moore trained hard to play a Navy lieutenant challenging the Army’s male bias in 1997’s “GI Jane.” During production on the film, Demi was plagued by reports of her alleged diva claims. – which had previously led the media to give him the sarcastic nickname “Gimme More”. She recently reflected on her famous hair-shaving scene, saying she would “find it hard” to make such a drastic hair change these days. “I think now that I’m older…I have nothing to prove,” she said People magazine. “So if they really need my hair to look different, they can give me a wig!”
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After ‘GI Jane’, Demi Moore retired from the spotlight and moved from Los Angeles to Hailey, Idaho to focus on her education and Bruce Willis’ three daughters: Rumer Willis, Scout Willis (both pictured here with their parents at “GI Jane” in June 1996) and Tallulah Willis, born in 1994.
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Four months after hanging out with Jack Nicholson at a Planet Hollywood-sponsored benefit concert at New York’s China Club in February 1998, Demi Moore and Bruce Willis announced they were calling it quits after nearly 11 years of marriage. They filed for divorce two years later in October 2000.
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Demi Moore and Bruce Willis learned in Hollywood how to stay friends with your ex when they attended the premiere of ‘Bandits’ with their daughters Rumer Willis, Tallulah Willis and Scout Willis (not pictured) in Los Angeles in October 2001, a year after they filed for divorce.
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Demi Moore started dating actor Ashton Kutcher – who is 15 years younger than her – in 2003 and later revealed she had become pregnant and had a miscarriage just months after the start of the relationship. The actress poked fun at the public’s fascination with romance from May to December by dressing as an elderly person – with the help of prosthetics – for the monologue portion of “Saturday Night Live” when Ashton hosted the broadcast in March 2005. Six months later, the couple married at their Beverly Hills home.
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Resolutely modern family! Bruce Willis joined ex Demi Moore and her boyfriend, Ashton Kutcher, as well as children Rumer Willis, Scout Willis and Tallulah Willis at the Hollywood premiere of Demi’s “Charlie’s Angels 2: Full Throttle” in June 2003.
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After a long hiatus from Hollywood, Demi Moore returned to the big screen as a villain in 2003’s ‘Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle’. After wowing audiences with her killer bikini body alongside Cameron Diaz (pictured), Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore in the box office hit, Demi quit acting for another three years. Keep reading to see which former flame drew her to the big screen…
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Demi Moore reunited with her former fiancé Emilio Estevez for the 2006 film “Bobby.” Emilio also directed the film, which is set in the hours before the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. Demi played an alcoholic singer whose career is in decline in the film, whose ensemble cast was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast in a Motion Picture.
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After Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher’s marriage was publicly rocked by an infidelity scandal – 22-year-old administrative assistant Sara Leal has claimed she had sex with Ashton at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego on his sixth wedding anniversary with Demi in September 2011 – Demi announced in November 2011 that she was splitting from the actor. They are seen here in New York in August 2011 during one of their last public outings before their marriage imploded.
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Three decades after her Brat Pack days, Demi Moore played the mother of Miley Cyrus’ character in the romantic drama “LOL” in 2012.
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Demi Moore and her second ex-husband, Bruce Willis, remained friends long after their separation. They reunited in April 2015 with daughters Tallulah Willis and Scout Willis to support eldest daughter Rumer Willis as she took part in ‘Dancing With the Stars’ – and won the Season 20 Mirrorball Trophy.
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In September 2019, Demi Moore released the memoir “Inside Out,” which chronicles her life from her difficult childhood to her transition to a Hollywood heavyweight. It made headlines thanks to the raw details the actress shared about the demise of her famous marriages, her addiction issues and her struggle to raise a family in the spotlight. Her success quickly made Demi a New York Times bestselling author.
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Still a fashionista after all these years! Longtime star Demi Moore looked stunning at 59 as she attended the Chloe show during Paris Fashion Week in France in March 2022.
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“Grateful for our blended family,” Demi Moore captioned this sweet photo, which she posted to Instagram in March 2022 to mark former husband Bruce Willis’ 67th birthday. Ten days later, the actor’s family announced that he was retiring from the business following his diagnosis of aphasia, a disorder caused by damage to the area of the brain that controls speech expression and understanding. speech.
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Demi Moore was all smiles as she stepped out with new boyfriend, award-winning Swiss chef Daniel Humm, at the French Open in Paris in June 2022. “You are beyond inspiring and it’s amazing to be witness to grace and greatness,” the eleven Madison Park restaurateur captioned an Instagram photo of himself kissing Demi in May 2022. “@demimore thank you for being such a great teacher. to be more proud of you. Your infinite beauty is deeply moving. I love you.”
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