Nude Demi Moore (née Gaines) was born in Roswell, New Mexico, on November 11, 1962. After starting her career as a model and soap opera performer in the early 1980s, she quickly established herself in Hollywood with roles in St. Elmo's Fire (1985) and About Last Night... (1986). By the mid-1990s, Moore had become the highest-paid actress in the world, especially after her peak salary of \$12.5 million for the film Striptease, which was a significant milestone in the fight for equal pay for women in the film industry.