CBS Confirms Julianne Moore Will Rejoin Cast of 'As the World Turns'

Entertainment Weekly is reporting that  stage and screen star Julianne Moore will rejoin the cast of "As the World Turns" for at least one episode in its current and final season. Moore began her career on the show as half-sisters Frannie and Sabrina Hughes.

Moore is not expected to play a major role in the series, but will be featured in the final season along with several other expected guest stars. Moore will likely begin shooting as early as Wednesday.

Moore has appeared in such films as Benny and Joon, Short Cuts and Vanya on 42nd Street. She launched her career in 1995 with Safe, for which she received an Independent Spirit Award. She has additionally starred as Hugh Grant's pregnant girlfriend in "Nine Months". In 1997 she received her first Academy Award nomination, as well as Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations for her co-starring role in the film "Boogie Nights" opposite Mark Wahlberg and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. In 1998, Moore played an erotic artist in the Coen Brother's film "The Big Lebowski," followed by the 1999 re-make of "Psycho," directed by Gus Van Sant. That same year, she reteamed with director Paul Thomas Anderson in the film "Magnolia." Moore made her Broadway debut opposite Bill Nighy in The Vertical Hour last winter, and has also appeared on stage in Vanya on 42nd Street.

As the World Turns premiered on April 2, 1956. It was the first television daytime drama with a 30-minute running time; all daytime dramas until then had had 15-minute running times. By 1958, the program was the number one daytime drama in the United States. As the World Turns continues to run to this day on CBS, and has won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series four times. The show airs on CBS daily from 2:00pm to 3:00pm.

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