Matrix star Carrie-Anne Moss, who has played Trinity in all four installments of the cyberpunk franchise The Matrix to date, revealed to People in a new interview the real reason she fled Hollywood for a “quieter life” in New Hampshire. Moss is currently starring in Leslye Headland’s Star Wars spinoff series The Acolyte, which is streaming on Disney+.
Moss originally moved to L.A. in the ‘90s while working in television, and decided to set down roots once she was cast in her career-altering Matrix role in 1999. "Never thought in a million years I would get it,” she said of the role, which became substantially meatier as the franchise progressed. “Getting that job was the moment that transformed a lot in my life, for sure.”
But in 2020, Moss and her husband of nearly 25 years, Steven Roy, decided to move with their teenage children out of Hollywood’s metropolitan hustle and bustle. It was a major decision, but one the couple made for the sake of their children’s happiness.
“We were just really craving a quieter life, less traffic, more nature—and I have to say, I like change,” she admitted. “My husband and I really wanted more connection to nature, really. I wanted to see the stars at night. I wanted to be surrounded by trees. I wanted to have winter, fall, spring, and summer.”
The family relocated to New Hampshire, where they’ve had a bit more room to breathe and relax.
“You have a huge responsibility when you have children, you want them to have a great life, and you want the world to be a wonderful place for them,” Moss explained. “You start to worry, or I started to worry, just about everything…If we listen to the mind just chatting at us all the time, we can get really neurotic and exhausted, really.”
Ultimately, Moss said, she and her family will be happy no matter where they are as long as they have each other. “There's no one I'd rather talk to than my husband,” Moss enthused. “We both just are in love with what we've created together, and we have a lot of fun."
New episodes of The Acolyte drop Tuesdays on Disney+.
