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Demi Moore was born in Roswell, New Mexico. Her father left the family before she was born, and her mother married Danny Guynes. While growing up her family moved approximately 30 times before her adolescence, due to her stepfather's job as a newspaper ad salesman. By the time Demi Moore was 18, her family had experienced divorce, poverty, alcoholism, and suicide. Her stpfather committed suicide when she was only 15 years old.
She dropped out of school a year later and started earning some money modeling in Europe. When she was 18, Demi married rock musician Freddy Moore. The marriage lasted four years during which time the Demi Moore landed her first role playing Jackie Templeton on the TV daytime drama General Hospital. It was actress Nastassja Kinski, who lived next door to Demi and Freddy, who inspired Demi to become an actress.
Demi Moore stayed with the TV show long enough to get noticed in Hollywood and was cast in her first significant role as the drug addicted Jules in St. Elmo's Fire (1985). During th 80's she was engaged to actor Emilio Estevez for three years, and after that she got married to actor Bruce Willis. The couple stayed together for 11 years producing three daughters; Rumer, Scout and Tallulah. Demi Moore and Bruce Willis divorced on June 24, 1998.
After doing several movies she played in the controversial film Striptease (1996). This was the film that placed Demi Moore among the highest paid female actresses, with a salary of $12.5 million. She may have been criticized for her intense ambition, but there is no doubt that she has been prosperous in her career. She is now recognized as one of the most powerful and influential women in Hollywood. Demi played the role of Madison Lee in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), opposite Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu and Cameron Diaz
On september 24, 2005, Demi Moore married Ashton Kutcher in a secret ceremony in Beverly Hills, California. Friends and family attended the cermony, including Demi Moore's ex-husband Bruce Willis and their daughters. Demi and Ashton met in 2003 at a dinner in New York. In 2007, Demi played the role of Detective Tracy Atwood in the movie Mr. Brooks. | 
