DEMI MOORE

If you want an actress who knows exactly how to grab Hollywood by the scruff of the neck, Demi Moore is the absolute definition of a superstar. She’s been at the top of the game for decades, and while other stars from her era have faded away, Demi has just kept reinventing herself, proving she’s still got that massive, captivating screen presence.

She completely dominated the box office during the 90s, becoming the highest-paid actress in the world and starring in massive classics like Ghost, A Few Good Men, and Indecent Proposal. She was never afraid to take a massive risk either—whether she was shaving her head for G.I. Jane or pushing boundaries in Disclosure, she always brought a proper, fierce intensity that made it impossible to look away from the screen.

Just when people thought she might be settling into quiet retirement, she came back and completely blew the doors off the industry with her performance in the body-horror masterpiece The Substance. Playing an aging star who takes a dodgy black-market drug to create a younger version of herself, Demi put absolutely everything into the role. It was brave, messy, and brilliant, earning her huge awards buzz and showing the world she’s still got elite acting chops.

She’s followed that massive success right up by joining the star-studded cast of Boots Riley’s absurdist crime comedy I Love Boosters, playing a ruthless fashion maven targeted by a gang of shoplifters. She’s also been serving as a main jury member at the Cannes Film Festival, completely running the show on the red carpet and proving she’s a proper industry icon. When her name is on a project, you know you’re getting a performance from someone who gives it 100 percent.

Insomniacs Trivia

• The Ghost Pottery Pottery Battle: The iconic pottery wheel scene in Ghost is legendary, but Demi actually had to battle the director to keep her hair short for it. Jerry Zucker wanted her to have long, traditional Hollywood hair, but Demi went out and got a pixie cut right before filming started without telling him. The director initially fumed, but later admitted the short hair completely made the character look unique and modern.

• The Vanity Fair Cover Backlash: Back in 1991, Demi made global headlines by posing pregnant on the front cover of Vanity Fair. It caused an absolute meltdown at the time, with several supermarkets refusing to stock the magazine or wrapping it in brown paper like filth. Demi stood her ground, saying she wanted to prove that pregnancy could be beautiful and strong, completely changing how famous women were treated by the media moving forward.

• The Real Leech Beauty Regime: Demi has always been open about the wild lengths she’ll go to for her health, but she shocked everyone by admitting she traveled all the way to Austria for a medical leech therapy session. She explained that she let highly trained leeches feed on her to “detoxify” her blood, joking that it felt a bit mental but left her feeling absolutely fantastic.

Insomniacs Take

Demi Moore is just a class act who has proper, timeless star power. In an industry that is notoriously brutal to older actresses, she has completely flipped the script by picking bold, risky, and completely unhinged roles that performers half her age would be too scared to touch. She doesn’t do safe, boring characters, and her recent work proves she’s still operating at the absolute peak of her powers. She’s a massive credit to cinema, and she’s always a guaranteed safe bet for a cracking watch.