Celebrity Christmas cards designed by Julianne Moore to help raise funds for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

What’s not to love about Julianne Moore? She’s active in a number of charitable organizations including the AmberWatch Foundation, Save the Children, Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance, and Hope for the Holidays, a charity created by Yahoo! and Old Navy to raise funds for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. One of the creative ways this charity raises funds is through a campaign that offers Christmas cards designed by celebrities for sale to the public. Julianne Moore designed Christmas cards for Hope for the Holidays; her design featured several randomly placed star-topped evergreen trees with a red cursive “Merry Christmas” sentiment. From the looks of her celebrity Christmas card, Moore is no artist, but I always find it inspiring when celebrities donate their time, money, and talent to charitable causes. Moore is certainly one of these celebrities whose heart is as big as her talent.

Julianne Moore was born on December 3, 1960 in Fayetteville, North Carolina at Fort Bragg. Her mother was a psychiatric social worker from Scotland while her father was a colonel in the U.S. Army. Growing up in a military family, she along with her younger sister and brother, lived in several places across the United States and Germany. Moore graduated from Frankfurt American High School in Frankfurt, Germany in 1979. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Boston University in 1983. In 1984 she made a brief appearance on the daytime soap opera, The Edge of Night, and the following year began a three year stint on As the World Turns.

I remember the first time I took notice of Julianne Moore was in the 1995 romantic comedy, Nine Months, with British actor Hugh Grant. I thought what a strikingly attractive woman she is with her red hair and fair complexion. To me she is a classic beauty…and talented to boot. I’ve been a fan of hers since and have seen a few of her feature films, none of which have been a disappointment.