Chloë Grace Moretz was born on February 10, 1997 in Atlanta, Georgia. She moved to New York City in 2002 with her mother and her older brother, Trevor, because he had been accepted into the Professional Performing Arts School which first drew her interest in acting. When Moretz realized how much she enjoyed acting, the family decided to attend some auditions to see if she could apply her skills professionally.
After several auditions, she landed her first acting gig in two episodes of CBS crime series “The Guardian” (2004), starring as Violet. In the 2005 remake of The Amityville Horror, that she earned greater recognition, receiving a Young Artist Award nomination. Moretz also voiced the U.S. version of the animated character Darby in My Friends Tigger & Pooh.
In 2010, Moretz appeared as Hit-Girl in the action film Kick-Ass and caused controversies for she was still 15 years old at that time and thus was considered too young to get involved in the violent film. That same year, she played Abby, a 12-year-old vampire, in Let Me In (2010). For her performance in The Invention of Hugo Cabret she was nominated 11 Oscars.
In 2013, she reprised her role as Hit-Girl in the sequel Kick-Ass 2 and was then signed to star in the 2014 “If I Stay”. In the film Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, the 2016 sequel to Neighbors Moretz co-starred with Zac Efron and Seth Rogen. Her other features included “The Equalizer”, “Dark Places”, and “The Fifth Wave”. On small screen, she had guest starred on “My Name Is Earl”, “Desperate Housewives”, “Dirty Sexy Money”, “30 Rock”, also “American Dad”.
