{"id":63969,"date":"2025-03-29T13:02:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T17:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=63969"},"modified":"2025-03-29T13:02:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T17:02:55","slug":"elisabeth-moss-finds-new-meaning-in-the-handmaids-tale-as-a-first-time-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/elisabeth-moss-finds-new-meaning-in-the-handmaids-tale-as-a-first-time-mom\/63969\/","title":{"rendered":"Elisabeth Moss finds new meaning in The Handmaid\u2019s tale as a first-time mom"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-12\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 px-6\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto flex flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 md:max-w-3xl lg:max-w-[40rem] xl:max-w-[48rem] group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-none\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn @xs\/thread:px-0 @sm\/thread:px-1.5 @md\/thread:px-4\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"7b7b949f-f6bf-44c9-ba2d-54f40ee86d5c\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"579\">At its core, <em data-start=\"98\" data-end=\"119\">The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em> is more than just a dystopian thriller\u2014it\u2019s a deeply emotional story of a mother\u2019s relentless fight for her child. Elisabeth Moss, who plays June Osborne, has embodied that struggle since the show\u2019s beginning. June\u2019s firstborn was torn away from her during the rise of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enslaves women and forces them into childbearing for the ruling elite. But her unwavering determination to reunite with her daughter fuels her rebellion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"869\">Now, as Moss steps into the sixth and final season, her personal journey as a new mother adds a whole new layer to her performance. In an interview with <em data-start=\"734\" data-end=\"758\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>, Moss\u2014who welcomed her first child in 2024\u2014shared how profoundly the experience shaped her approach to June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"871\" data-end=\"1157\">\u201cI\u2019m playing this character who is an iconic mother figure,\u201d she said. \u201cAll mothers are heroines, and she\u2019s definitely a heroine.\u201d She described the \u201csynergy\u201d between her real-life motherhood and her character\u2019s journey, making the role feel more emotionally intense than ever before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1159\" data-end=\"1377\">Filming the final season while being a mom herself gave Moss a more visceral understanding of June\u2019s pain, love, and relentless fight for justice. \u201cI\u2019m really happy that I got to have that experience,\u201d she reflected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1379\" data-end=\"1634\">On March 26, Moss made her first public appearance since giving birth at PaleyFest LA. She revealed to fans that her newborn\u2014whose name and gender remain private\u2014was even on set during filming, an experience she feels incredibly \u201cfortunate\u201d to have had.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1636\" data-end=\"1923\">As <em data-start=\"1639\" data-end=\"1660\">The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em> prepares to close out its Emmy-winning run, June Osborne\u2019s final rebellion will be the most personal yet. The long-awaited season 6 is set to premiere on April 8, 2025, bringing June\u2019s journey\u2014and her fight to reclaim her daughter\u2014to an unforgettable conclusion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At its core, The Handmaid\u2019s Tale is more than just a dystopian thriller\u2014it\u2019s a deeply emotional story of a mother\u2019s\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":63970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[6953],"class_list":["post-63969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-elisabeth-moss"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}