Once the highest-paid actress in the world, with over four decades in show business, you’d think Demi Moore would be taken more seriously in her craft — although her hefty net worth proves that she’s a force to be reckoned with.
As the first female actor to surpass $10 million in salary, taking home $12.5 million to star in 1996’s “Striptease,” Moore has been one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars as well as a pioneer in terms of wage equity.
But after several years out of the spotlight, it took a leading role in the 2024 sleeper hit film “The Substance” for Moore’s career to be rebooted. Stunning audiences at its Cannes Film Festival premiere, the “feminist horror” film quickly gained buzz, along with critical acclaim: Moore won her first Golden Globe and received her first Best Actress Oscar nod in 2025, although the Academy Award ended up going to "Anora" star Mikey Madison instead.
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Even though she didn't take home the Oscar, her chilling performance as Elizabeth Sparkle, the host of a TV fitness program who loses her job only because she’s getting older, struck a chord with women who experience marginalization as they age.
Sparkle, however, decides to “fight back,” by taking a black-market drug that creates a younger version of herself (played by Margaret Qualley) — and presents some gruesome side effects in the process.
As her career increasingly focused on feeling comfortable in her own skin, Moore admitted she took on roles that helped her address and overcome her own insecurities, whether it was shaving her head to become the first female Navy SEAL in the 1997 film “GI Jane,” or baring all in "Striptease."
In her personal life, she helped to dismantle female stereotypes regarding older women dating younger men when she married Ashton Kutcher in 2005 and broke down taboos by celebrating the female form when she appeared naked on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine in 1991 while seven months pregnant.
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You might even say that Moore has been strategic in her iconoclasm, making choices that generated headlines to maintain her relevancy in a notoriously fickle industry. Along the way, she’s gained new generations of fans — and laughed all the way to the bank.
So, just how rich is she?
What’s Demi Moore’s net worth in 2025?
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Demi Moore has a net worth of $200 million. About $60 million comes from her acting career; the rest is attributed to her hefty real estate portfolio as well as a generous $90 million divorce settlement she received from her ex-husband, Bruce Willis.
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Demi Moore’s early life and career
Demi Gene Guynes was born on November 11, 1962, in Roswell, New Mexico. Her mother, Virginia "Ginny" King, was only 18 years old; her biological father, Charles Foster Harmon Sr., was a member of the U.S. Air Force who subsequently left Ginny after a brief, two-month marriage.
While Moore was still an infant, her mother remarried Dan Guynes, a newspaper ad salesman who frequently moved the young family around (Moore also has one half-brother, Morgan). Ginny and Dan Guynes had a tumultuous marriage that was fueled by alcoholism; they actually married and divorced twice. Virginia had an arrest record for drunk driving and arson, and Guynes committed suicide in his car in 1980.
When Moore was 14, her mother moved the family to West Hollywood, where she attended Fairfax High School. Tragically, at age 15, Moore was raped by a friend of Ginny's, Basil Doumas, who afterwards insinuated to Moore that Ginny played a role in the assault, telling her "how does it feel to be whored by your mother for $500?"
In 1978, Moore left her mother, and high school, for good when she moved in with her boyfriend, 28-year-old musician Tom Dunston (Moore would later reconcile with her mother before her death in 1998). Dunston's mother worked at 20th Century Fox and helped Moore obtain a job there as a receptionist. Moore also started attending acting classes and signed a contract with the Elite Modeling Agency. The next year, just a few months before her 17th birthday, Moore met musician Freddy Moore. They were married in 1981, and she began using his name on her burgeoning acting credits.
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Moore landed a role on the TV hit “General Hospital” in 1982. A few years later, in 1985, she appeared as part of “The Brat Pack,” along with Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Ally Sheedy, and Judd Nelson in the coming-of-age film “St. Elmo's Fire.” It had a $10 million production budget and made $37.8 million, which made it a box office hit, despite poor reviews.
That same year, Moore entered rehab at the recommendation of the film’s director, Joel Schumacher, as she had been using alcohol and cocaine as a way to deal with the media's harsh spotlight.
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Moore’s breakout role, however, was the 1990 film “Ghost,” co-starring Patrick Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg. Her performance as a grieving lover who seeks out psychic protection earned the actress her first Golden Globe nomination.
Moore and Swayze’s love scene at the potter’s wheel also became one of the most iconic moments in cinema history. “Ghost” made more than $505 million at the box office, cementing it as one of the highest-grossing films of all time, although it’s unclear how much money Moore herself took home.
Demi Moore’s most lucrative roles
After a string of successful movies in the 1990s, Moore began demanding equal compensation with her male co-stars, saying, "If I'm doing the same amount of work, why shouldn't I?”
Moore received a record-breaking $12.5 million for her leading role in the 1996 film "Striptease," although she was largely criticised at the time for her efforts, even earning the nickname “Gimme More” as a result.
Demi Moore's biggest paydays
| Film | Year | Salary |
|---|---|---|
"A Few Good Men" |
1992 |
$3 million |
"Indecent Proposal" |
1993 |
$5 million |
"Disclosure" |
1994 |
$6 million |
"The Scarlet Letter" |
1995 |
$7 million |
"The Juror" |
1996 |
$7 million |
"Striptease" |
1996 |
$12.5 million |
"G.I. Jane" |
1997 |
$11 million |
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Demi Moore’s personal life
After Freddy and Demi Moore’s 1985 divorce, Moore became engaged to Emilio Estevez, her “St. Elmo’s Fire” costar, although the wedding was called off in 1986 when a woman filed a $2 million paternity suit against Estevez (which he later acknowledged).
Moore actually met her next husband, Bruce Willis, at the premiere of Estevez’s 1987 film “Stakeout.” Shortly after her breakup with Estevez, she and Willis instantly connected, and after a whirlwind, four-month relationship, the couple married in Las Vegas on November 21, 1987.
The ceremony was officiated by none other than Little Richard. They shared three daughters together: Rumer (born August 16, 1988), Scout (b. July 20, 1991), and Tallulah (b. February 3, 1994).
Unfortunately, their relationship would not last. Moore humorously told Entertainment Tonight that she thought their crumbling marriage was attributed to jealously, saying "I think Bruce never really got over the fact that I rocked the bald look better than he did.”
However, the pair remained on amicable terms, with Moore stating they "will always be family," and frequently appeared on each other's social media pages. Willis and Moore even invited each other to their subsequent weddings, as Willis married model Emma Heming in 2009, and Moore wed actor Ashton Kutcher in 2005.
Moore took a few years off in the 2000s to raise her family, although she returned to the big screen playing the villain in 2003’s “Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.” She received many compliments for her toned physique, despite her age — which was only 40 years at the time. Moore later admitted that such scrutiny helped fuel her desire to act in “The Substance.”
In 2003, Moore met Ashton Kutcher at a dinner party with friends. Calling him "the love of my life," shortly after they began dating, Moore became pregnant but suffered a stillbirth six months in, an event that caused her to relapse into alcohol addiction. The couple married on September 24, 2005, but after eight years of marriage, they divorced in 2013, due to multiple instances of Kutcher’s infidelity.
Today, Moore is single and sober, and she has joked that since she now sleeps with her nine rescue dogs, there’s no room in her bed for a man.
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Demi Moore’s endorsements & other projects
According to Wikipedia, Moore's unforgettable face has graced the cover of high-profile fashion magazines every year since 1980.
She has had endorsement deals with a range of brands, from Keds shoes to Oscar Mayer hot dogs (before she became a vegan), as well as fashion lines from Ann Taylor and Versace.
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In addition to "The Substance," Moore has taken on a slew of indie film and small-screen roles in the past few years, portraying a mysterious nurse on Fox's "Empire" in 2017 and socialite Anne Woodward in FX's "Feud: Truman Capote vs. The Swans" in 2024, to name a few.
She walked the runway in black lingerie as part of Rihanna's "Savage x Fenty vol. 2 Fashion Show" in 2021.
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Moore's memoir, "Inside Out" (HarperCollins, 2019) reached #1 on The New York Times' bestseller list.
Demi Moore’s real estate holdings
Since 2000, Moore has split her time between Los Angeles and Idaho, according to Architectural Digest.
Moore owns a 10.5-acre parcel in Sun Valley, Idaho, that hosts a six-bedroom estate and includes woods, a river, and breathtaking mountain scenery. Willis lives about a mile away; both families even quarantined together during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Moore also owns a $3.4 million home in a secluded Beverly Hills neighborhood. Kutcher, a noted design lover, helped create plans for an addition to the property when the couple lived together.
In addition, Moore got to keep the New York City penthouse she shared with Willis when they divorced. The three-floor unit in the Central Park West neighborhood had six bathrooms and 5.5 baths. Willis paid $8 million for the property in 1990; when Moore finally sold it in 2017, she made $45 million.
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