After nearly three decades in Los Angeles, Carrie-Anne Moss moved her family to New Hampshire in 2020, and it wasn't because of the California situation. policy either taxes.
“We were really longing for a quieter life, less traffic, more nature, and I have to say I like the change,” Moss said in an interview Thursday with People. “I wanted to see the stars at night. He wanted to be surrounded by trees. “I wanted to have winter, fall, spring and summer.”
The Canadian actor first moved to Los Angeles in 1992 while filming the CBS crime drama “Dark Justice.” Moss left the show after its second season and went on to play several minor television roles before her agent convinced her to audition for “The Matrix.”
“I was so exhausted from the audition,” Moss said. GQ in 2021. “I thought, 'Movie with Keanu Reeves?' I'll never get it.' “
Despite her misgivings, Moss' performance as Trinity in the legendary sci-fi film earned her a nomination for the MTV Movie Award for Outstanding Female Performance. Following her rise to fame, the actress starred in Christopher Nolan's “Memento” and several sequels to “The Matrix.”
But Los Angeles became exhausting for Moss, he told her. The times in 2016.
“There is so much intensity, and many of us are putting the pedal to the metal all the time,” he said. “Am I going to be full of anxiety or am I going to enjoy the trip and be with my children? “I don’t want them to remember that their mom was always stressed.”
Moss told People that moving to New Hampshire has allowed her to spend more time practicing meditation and Kundalini yoga, which has helped her parent her children, who are now 21, 18, and 15.
“When you have children you have a huge responsibility, you want them to have a great life and you want the world to be a wonderful place for them,” she said, adding that she and her husband, Steven Roy, “are in love with what we have created together”.
However, just because Moss has left Los Angeles behind doesn't mean her acting career is over.
Moss plays Jedi Master Indara in “The Acolyte,” a new “Star Wars” spin-off series on Disney+. The first two episodes premiered Tuesday of the show that takes place about 100 years before the events of the first “Star Wars” prequel film.
“The Acolyte” airs Tuesdays on Disney+.
