Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#1446
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Chloë Grace Moretz works on versatility rather than volume, and the catalogue keeps proving that the quieter choice was the correct one.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Chloë Grace Moretz appears in 39 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Chloë. Nimona is the clearest case: a film rated 7.6 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for romance, comedy, action. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Michael Showalter, Troy Quane, Tim Story and others, Chloë Grace Moretz helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Nimona (2023) as Nimona (voice) · The Equalizer (2014) as Teri · Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs (2019) as Snow / Red Shoes (voice)
Career snapshot
Ranked #1446 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
39
2005–2026
Career length
21 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
7.6
Nimona
Average Nutevio score
6.5
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
10.0
Love Language
Most frequent director
Conrad Vernon
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With Conrad Vernon
Most common genre
Comedy
16 titles
Average runtime
1h 43m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
6.9
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.5
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2020s
6.6 average MV
The 2020s are where the work and the material meet. Love Language, Oh. What. Fun., Nimona — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2020s
6.6
Across 7 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2020s
7.0
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2000s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. (500) Days of Summer, Bolt, The Eye.
Most productive era
2010s
26 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | 6.82 films | 6.514 films | — |
| Action | — | 6.94 films | 6.82 films |
| Thriller | 6.11 film | 6.45 films | 6.01 film |
| Comedy | 6.73 films | 6.39 films | 6.64 films |
| Crime | 6.01 film | 6.57 films | — |
| Romance | 7.41 film | 6.82 films | 6.61 film |
| Horror | 6.13 films | 6.63 films | 6.01 film |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Chelsea Lutz.
Highest rated performance · Career peak
2023Nimona
7.6 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2026Love Language
The current state of the argument, as Lou.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
39 of 39 films
as Nimona (voice)
Directed by Troy Quane
as Teri
Directed by Antoine Fuqua
as Isabelle
Directed by Martin Scorsese
as Mindy Macready / Hit Girl
Directed by Matthew Vaughn
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
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The defining work
#1
Nimona (voice)
Nimona (2023)
Performance score8.1
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Nimona (voice) gives Chloë Grace Moretz a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Mia Hall
If I Stay (2014)
Performance score7.9
If I Stay asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Mia Hall is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Teri
The Equalizer (2014)
Performance score7.8
The Equalizer asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Teri is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Isabelle
Hugo (2011)
Performance score7.6
Hugo asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Isabelle is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Nimona (voice)
Start here. Nimona is the clearest statement of what Chloë Grace Moretz does — accessible, 99 minutes, and rated 7.6 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Chloë at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Kick-Ass (2010)
Keeps the action register of Nimona but asks for a colder reading of it.
Hugo (2011)
A deliberate change of key after Kick-Ass — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
If I Stay (2014)
Keeps the drama register of Hugo but asks for a colder reading of it.
The Equalizer (2014)
A deliberate change of key after If I Stay — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Conrad Vernon
Director
2 films together
Notably The Addams Family 2
Andrew Douglas
Director
1 film together
Notably The Amityville Horror
John Whitesell
Director
1 film together
Notably Big Momma's House 2
Byron Howard
Director
1 film together
Notably Bolt
Marc Webb
Director
1 film together
Notably (500) Days of Summer
Matt Reeves
Director
1 film together
Notably Let Me In
Thor Freudenthal
Director
1 film together
Notably Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Matthew Vaughn
Director
1 film together
Notably Kick-Ass
Ami Canaan Mann
Director
1 film together
Notably Texas Killing Fields
Martin Scorsese
Director
1 film together
Notably Hugo
Tim Burton
Director
1 film together
Notably Dark Shadows
Kimberly Peirce
Director
1 film together
Notably Carrie
Brett Ratner
Director
1 film together
Notably Movie 43
Jeff Wadlow
Director
1 film together
Notably Kick-Ass 2
R.J. Cutler
Director
1 film together
Notably If I Stay
Olivier Assayas
Director
1 film together
Notably Clouds of Sils Maria
Lynn Shelton
Director
1 film together
Notably Laggies
Antoine Fuqua
Director
1 film together
Notably The Equalizer
James Bobin
Director
1 film together
Notably Muppets Most Wanted
J Blakeson
Director
1 film together
Notably The 5th Wave
Nicholas Stoller
Director
1 film together
Notably Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Sacha Gervasi
Director
1 film together
Notably November Criminals
Desiree Akhavan
Director
1 film together
Notably The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Luca Guadagnino
Director
1 film together
Notably Suspiria
Neil Jordan
Director
1 film together
Notably Greta
Mattson Tomlin
Director
1 film together
Notably Mother/Android
Roseanne Liang
Director
1 film together
Notably Shadow in the Cloud
Tim Story
Director
1 film together
Notably Tom & Jerry
Troy Quane
Director
1 film together
Notably Nimona
Michael Showalter
Director
1 film together
Notably Oh. What. Fun.
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Conrad Vernon
Director
2 films together · 6.8 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The Addams Family 2Troy Quane
Director
1 film together · 7.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
NimonaAntoine Fuqua
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The EqualizerMarc Webb
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
(500) Days of SummerR.J. Cutler
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
If I StayMartin Scorsese
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
HugoMatthew Vaughn
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Kick-AssTim Story
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Tom & JerryLuca Guadagnino
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
SuspiriaDesiree Akhavan
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Miseducation of Cameron PostMatt Reeves
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Let Me InByron Howard
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
BoltNeil Jordan
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
GretaOlivier Assayas
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Clouds of Sils MariaJeff Wadlow
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Kick-Ass 2James Bobin
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Muppets Most WantedThor Freudenthal
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Diary of a Wimpy KidTim Burton
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Dark ShadowsAndrew Douglas
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Amityville HorrorLynn Shelton
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
LaggiesKimberly Peirce
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
CarrieJ Blakeson
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The 5th WaveMichael Showalter
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Oh. What. Fun.Roseanne Liang
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Shadow in the CloudMattson Tomlin
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Mother/AndroidNicholas Stoller
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Neighbors 2: Sorority RisingAmi Canaan Mann
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Texas Killing FieldsJohn Whitesell
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Big Momma's House 2Sacha Gervasi
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
November CriminalsBrett Ratner
Director
1 film together · 5.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Movie 43Six degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
The Equalizer
as Teri
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs
as Snow / Red Shoes (voice)
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Nimona
as Nimona (voice)
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Muppets Most Wanted
as Newspaper Girl
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Nimona
as Nimona (voice)
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Chloë Grace Moretz has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Career Achievement
Awarded
21 years of relevant work — not merely a long career, but a long career of choices.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Comedy Legend
Awarded
16 catalogue titles in comedy, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Nimona
as Nimona (voice)
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
The Equalizer
as Teri
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs
as Snow / Red Shoes (voice)
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
November Criminals
as Phoebe
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Nimona
as Nimona (voice)
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Nimona
as Nimona (voice)
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs
as Snow / Red Shoes (voice)
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Movie 43
as Amanda (segment "Middleschool Date")
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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