Academy Awards 2015: Julianne Moore on Alzheimer’s

Posted February 23, 2015

Actress Julianne Moore, star of Still Alice, discusses the problem of Alzheimer’s with red carpet interviewer Robin Roberts at the 2015 Academy Awards. Moore later received the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film.

Still Alice, based on the novel of the same name by Lisa Genova, follows professor Alice Howland (Moore) after she is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Howland struggles to maintain her career and her relationships with family members as her symptoms worsen.