Biography

Demi's real father, Charles Harmon, left her mother in 1962 before Demi was born, after a two-month marriage. Virginia married Danny Guynes, a newspaper ad salesman, who frequently changed jobs and caused the family to move over 30 times. Demi grew up dealing with poverty, alcoholism, domestic abuse, divorce, and her stepfather's suicide when she was 18.

With influence from Nastassja Kinski, her neighbor in the same building, she decided to become an actress while in high school. When Demi was 16, she quit school to work at a debt collection agency and to do some modeling in Europe. At age 18, she married the English rock musician, Freddy Moore. This marriage lasted for four years.

In 1982, she became a regular actress on the TV show General Hospital. In the 1985 movie, St. Elmo's Fire, in order to play coke addict, Jules, she had to sign a contract stipulating that she would stop her own alcohol and drug abuse, an agreement that caused her to turn her life around. For the next three years, she struggled with drug and alcohol problems until director Joel Schumacher threatened to fire her from the set of St. Elmo's Fire. After drug rehabiliation for two weeks, she returned to work, and continued to stay sober.

Demi met Bruce Willis in August 1987 after ending a three-year engagement to Emilio Estevez. Bruce and Demi were married on November 21, 1987 by singer, Little Richard. She has formed her own production companies, Rufglen and then Moving Pictures (in partnership with Suzanne and Jennifer Todd.)

With determination and a skill for publicity stunts, she has achieved fame and fortune. Since the huge successes of Ghost in 1990, Indecent Proposal in 1993, Disclosure in 1994, The Juror in 1995, and Striptease in 1996, she is one of Hollywood's most sought-after and expensive actresses. Her current asking price is $12.5 million per film.

Filmography

Magic 7, The (2003) (TV) (voice)
Charlie's Angels 2 (2003)
Hunchback of Notre Dame II, The (2002) (V) (voice) .... Esmeralda
Passion of Mind (2000) .... Marie/Martha Marie 'Marty' Talmadge

Deconstructing Harry (1997) .... Helen
G.I. Jane (1997) .... Lieutenant Jordan 'L.T.' O'Neil
Destination Anywhere (1997) (V) .... Janie
Beavis and Butt-head Do America (1996) (voice) (uncredited) .... Dallas Grimes
If These Walls Could Talk (1996) (TV) .... Claire Donnelly (segment "1952")
Striptease (1996) .... Erin Grant
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (1996) (voice) .... Esmeralda
Juror, The (1996) .... Annie Laird
Your Studio and You (1995) .... Herself
Now and Then (1995) .... Samantha Albertson
Scarlet Letter, The (1995) .... Hester Prynne
Century of Cinema, A (1994) .... Herself
Disclosure (1994) .... Meredith Johnson
Indecent Proposal (1993) .... Diana Murphy
1992 MTV Movie Awards (1992) (TV) .... Presenter
Few Good Men, A (1992) .... Lieutenant Commander JoAnne Galloway
64th Annual Academy Awards, The (1992) (TV) (uncredited) .... Presenter - Best Costume Design
Butcher's Wife, The (1991) .... Marina Lemke
Mortal Thoughts (1991) .... Cynthia Kellogg
Nothing But Trouble (1991) .... Diane Lightson
Ghost (1990) .... Molly Jensen

We're No Angels (1989) .... Molly
New Homeowner's Guide to Happiness, The (1988) (V)
Seventh Sign, The (1988) .... Abby Quinn
Wisdom (1986) .... Karen Simmons
One Crazy Summer (1986) .... Cassandra Eldrich
About Last Night... (1986) .... Debbie
St. Elmo's Fire (1985) .... Jules Jacoby
Master Ninja I (1984) .... Holly Trumbull
No Small Affair (1984) .... Laura Victor
Blame It on Rio (1984) .... Nicole Hollis
Young Doctors in Love (1982) (uncredited) .... New Intern
Parasite (1982) .... Patricia Welles
"General Hospital" (1963) TV Series .... Jackie Templeton (1982-1983)
Choices (1981) .... Corri