"I was at the point where I was literally crawling to get up the stairs in my home," Wilson-Moore says.
She feared losing her independence and worried she might soon be bedridden. Her gait became slower and walking even short distances became difficult. She has always been incredibly active and I believed she was invincible."Īs a result of her MS, Wilson-Moore's mobility began to suffer. "I'm an only child and she raised me as a single parent. "I've always thought of my mom as being Superwoman," he says. He was in denial when he initially heard his mother's diagnosis. Moore admits that he had noticed slight changes in his mother's health but thought they were part of the aging process. She's my hero." Even Superwomen Get the Blues "She taught me to always follow my dreams and not let anything stand in my way. "I wouldn't be the actor that I am today if it wasn't for my mom," Moore says. After accepting the Emmy, the first thing Moore did was call his mother to share the good news. His stint on the soap opera led to Moore winning a daytime Emmy award eight years ago. After undergoing numerous tests, she was diagnosed with MS.Īt the time of his mother's diagnosis, Moore was starring as Malcolm Winters, a bad boy turned photographer, on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, a role he calls "the big break" in his career. And then there was the mysterious itch of her thumb and forearm. She found herself dragging one leg when she walked, suffering from urinary urgency, and falling frequently. Nine years ago, Wilson-Moore began experiencing a variety of troubling symptoms. In real life, Moore is committed to eradicating a different kind of villain: multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic and potentially debilitating neurological disease that affects over 400,000 Americans, including his mother, Marilyn Wilson-Moore. On the CBS television drama Criminal Minds, Shemar Moore plays the role of FBI special agent Derek Morgan, part of an elite team of profilers who analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds and anticipate their next moves before they strike again. He starred as himself in the lead role of Real Husbands of Hollywood.Shemar Moore’s Hope for an MS Research BreakthroughĪfter his mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, the Criminal Minds actor uses his physical prowess to give back. In 2015, Time Magazine named Hart one of the 100 most influential people in the world on the annual Time 100 list. He also released four more comedy albums, Seriously Funny in 2010, Laugh at My Pain in 2011, Let Me Explain in 2013, and What Now? in 2016.
Hart's comedic reputation continued to grow with the release of his first stand-up album, I'm a Grown Little Man (2008), and performances in the films Think Like a Man (2012), Grudge Match (2013), Ride Along (2014) and its sequel Ride Along 2 (2016), About Last Night (2014), Get Hard (2015), Central Intelligence (2016), The Secret Life of Pets (2016), Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017), and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017).
The series lasted only one season, but he soon landed other roles in films such as Paper Soldiers (2002), Scary Movie 3 (2003), Soul Plane (2004), In the Mix (2005), and Little Fockers (2010).
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Hart began his career by winning several amateur comedy competitions at clubs throughout New England, culminating in his first real break in 2001 when he was cast by Judd Apatow for a recurring role on the TV series Undeclared. Kevin Darnell Hart (born July 6, 1979) is an American comedian, TV host, and actor.