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Top 10 Facts about Chloe Grace Moretz 

Chloë Grace Moretz was born on 10 February 1997. She is an American actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including four MTV Movie & TV Awards, two People’s Choice Awards, two Saturn Awards, and two Young Artist Awards.

Moretz was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Cartersville, Georgia. Her mother, Teri Duke, is a nurse practitioner, and her father, Dr McCoy “Mac” Moretz, was a plastic surgeon, and heir to the Moretz hosiery business, bought out in 2011 for $350 million.

She has four older brothers: Brandon, Trevor, Colin, and Ethan; an older sister, Kathleen, died shortly after birth. She has described her family as “very Christian”, specifically Southern Baptist. In the article are the top te facts about Chloë Grace Moretz.

1. She began acting as a child

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She moved to New York City in 2002, with her mother and brother Trevor, because he had been accepted into the Professional Performing Arts School, which is what first drew her interest in acting. Moretz would help Trevor read lines.

As a child she acted by playing roles in the supernatural horror film The Amityville Horror (2005), the drama series Desperate Housewives (2006–07), the supernatural horror film The Eye (2008), the drama film The Poker House (2008), the drama series Dirty Sexy Money (2007–08), the romantic comedy film 500 Days of Summer (2009) and the children’s comedy film Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010).

2. Her breakthrough as an actress came in 2010

Her breakthrough came in 2010 with her critically acclaimed performances as Hit-Girl in the superhero film Kick-Ass. Kick-Ass tells the story of an ordinary teenager, Dave Lizewski, who sets out to become a real-life superhero, calling himself “Kick-Ass”.

Dave gets caught up in a bigger fight when he meets Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage), a former cop who, in his quest to bring down the crime boss Frank D’Amico (Mark Strong) and his son Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), has trained his eleven-year-old daughter (Chloë Grace Moretz) to be the ruthless vigilante Hit-Girl.

3. Why did Moretz drop out of several projects?

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One of the projects that she dropped included Universal Studios’ live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid. The Little Mermaid is restricted to direct adaptations of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale, The Little Mermaid. The reason why Moretz dropped this project was that she wanted to reassess her choice of roles in such projects.

4. She voiced Wednesday Addams The Addams Family and The Addams Family 2

Wednesday Friday Addams is a fictional character created by American cartoonist Charles Addams, the only daughter in The Addams Family. The character has also appeared in television, film, and video games, in both the live-action and animated formats.

She is among those who voiced the Addams Family (2019). The Addams Family is a computer-animated supernatural black comedy film directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan and based on the characters created by Charles Addams.

The film stars the voices of Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Snoop Dogg, Bette Midler, and Allison Janney.

The Addams Family 2 is a 2021 computer-animated supernatural black comedy road film based on the characters created by Charles Addams.  It tells the story of the Addams family as they go on a road trip.

5. Moretz’s first acting role was as Violet in the series the Guardian

The Guardian is an American drama television series created by David Hollander for CBS. In the United States, as of September 2018, it was being broadcast in re-runs on Heroes & Icons and Hulu. Moretz’s acting role was as Violet in two episodes of the CBS series.

6. Moretz played Ann Sliger in the 2011 crime thriller Texas Killing Fields

Texas Killing Fields also known as The Fields is a 2011 American crime film directed by Ami Canaan Mann and starring Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jessica Chastain and Chloë Grace Moretz. It competed in the 68th Venice International Film Festival.

The film’s screenplay was loosely inspired by true events surrounding the murders of women kidnapped from cities spread along 30-plus miles of the I-45 corridor and dumped in many areas, including various bayous surrounding the oil fields of Texas City, Texas.

7. Moretz played the protagonist Mia in “If I Stay”

The 2014 film storyline follows a 17-year-old classical musician as she deals with the aftermath of a catastrophic car accident involving her family and has an out-of-body experience.

Critical response to the film was mixed; a 35% positive rating based on 122 reviews and an average rating of 5/10 garnered by Rotten Tomatoes was accompanied by a critics’ consensus praising Moretz for performing “her all”.

8. Moretz has appeared in photo shoots

In the fashion cycle, Moretz has appeared in numerous photoshoots. She has appeared in editorials, features and covers, for magazines including Flaunt, Vogue, Teen Vogue, Jalouse, Marie Claire, Interview, Elle, Love, Crash Magazine, InStyle and many others.

She has also been invited to various haute couture events, such as Dior Spring/Summer 2013 at Paris Fashion Week. Max Mara’s signature in 2012 granted her the “Max Mara Face of the Future” award.

In 2012, Moretz also became the face of American youth clothing retailer Aéropostale, appearing at various events, videos and reports. In February 2013, Elle magazine awarded her with the “Next Future Icon Award” at the Elle Style Awards gala held in London.

9. She once dated Brooklyn Beckham

Brooklyn Joseph Peltz Beckham is an English media personality, former model and photographer. He is the eldest son of former England footballer David Beckham and English singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham.

She attended the 2016 Democratic National Convention with Beckham in support of Hillary Clinton. She confirmed that she and Beckham had broken up in 2018.

10. Moretz is an LGBT activist

Moretz has publicly supported LGBT equality. Two of her brothers are gay. She identifies as a feminist and has turned down film roles that she found to be overtly sexualized. She took on the role of a teenage prostitute in the 2014 film The Equalizer because her character “felt so real”, rather than a “plot device”.