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  • BIRTH 09/08/1957
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 13
  • MOVIES 45

Melanie Griffith

Melanie Richards Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an American actress. She began her career in the 1970s, appearing in several independent thriller films before achieving mainstream success in the mid-1980s.

Born in New York City to actress Tippi Hedren and advertising executive Peter Griffith, she was raised mainly in Los Angeles, where she graduated from the Hollywood Professional School at age 16. In 1975, a then 17-year-old Griffith appeared opposite Gene Hackman in Arthur Penn's film noir Night Moves. She later rose to prominence for her role portraying a pornographic actress in Brian De Palma's thriller Body Double (1984), which earned her a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Griffith's subsequent performance in the comedy Something Wild (1986) garnered critical acclaim before she was cast in 1988's Working Girl, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her a Golden Globe.

The 1990s had Griffith in a series of roles that received varying critical reception; she received Golden Globe nominations for her performances in Buffalo Girls (1995), and as Marion Davies in RKO 281 (1999), while also earning a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for her performances in Shining Through (1992), as well as receiving nominations for Crazy in Alabama (1999) and John Waters' cult film Cecil B. Demented (2000). Other credits include John Schlesinger's Pacific Heights (1990), Milk Money (1994), the neo-noir film Mulholland Falls (1996), as Charlotte Haze in Adrian Lyne's Lolita (1997), and Another Day in Paradise (1998).

She later starred as Barbara Marx in The Night We Called It a Day (2003), and spent the majority of the 2000s appearing on such television series as Nip/Tuck, Raising Hope, and Hawaii Five-0. After acting on stage in London, in 2003, she made her Broadway debut in a revival of the musical Chicago, receiving celebratory reviews. In the 2010s, Griffith returned to film, starring opposite then-husband Antonio Banderas in the science-fiction film Autómata (2014) and as an acting coach in James Franco's The Disaster Artist (2017).

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Melanie Griffith

Shows (13)

The Simpsons
The Simpsons
Melanie Griffith (voice)
Hawaii Five-0
Hawaii Five-0
Clara Williams
The Kardashians
The Kardashians
Self
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Self
Starsky & Hutch
Starsky & Hutch
Julie
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) / Self - Host
Hot in Cleveland
Hot in Cleveland
Melanie Griffith
Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
DTLA
DTLA
Kimberly
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
The View
The View
Self
Viva Laughlin
Viva Laughlin
Bunny
Twins (2005)
Twins (2005)
Lee Arnold

Movies (45)

Stuart Little 2
Stuart Little 2
Margalo (voice)
Working Girl
Working Girl
Tess McGill
Body Double
Body Double
Holly Body
Autómata
Autómata
Dr. Susan Dupré / Cleo (voice)
The Disaster Artist
The Disaster Artist
Jean Shelton
The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Maria Ruskin
Pacific Heights
Pacific Heights
Patty Palmer
Now and Then
Now and Then
Teeny
Stormy Monday
Stormy Monday
Kate
Lolita
Lolita
Charlotte Haze
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
Snow (voice)
Celebrity
Celebrity
Nicole Oliver
Fear City
Fear City
Loretta
Another Day in Paradise
Another Day in Paradise
Sid
Crazy in Alabama
Crazy in Alabama
Lucille Vinson
Mulholland Falls
Mulholland Falls
Katherine Hoover
Night Moves
Night Moves
Delilah "Delly" Grastner
Shade
Shade
Eve
Roar
Roar
Melanie
The Pirates of Somalia
The Pirates of Somalia
Maria Bahadur
Shining Through
Shining Through
Linda Voss
The Milagro Beanfield War
The Milagro Beanfield War
Flossie Devine
Cecil B. Demented
Cecil B. Demented
Honey Whitlock
The Grief Tourist
The Grief Tourist
Betsy
The Drowning Pool
The Drowning Pool
Schuyler
Shadow of Doubt
Shadow of Doubt
Kitt Devereux
Tempo
Tempo
Sarah James
Paradise
Paradise
Lily Reed
Something Wild
Something Wild
Audrey Hankel
Yellow
Yellow
Patsy
Dino Time
Dino Time
Tyra (voice)
Forever Lulu
Forever Lulu
Lulu Mcafee
Cherry 2000
Cherry 2000
Edith 'E.' Johnson
JL Family Ranch
JL Family Ranch
Laura Lee
Tart
Tart
Diane Milford
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Kristin
Two Much
Two Much
Betty
Ha-Gan
Ha-Gan
Young Girl
She's in the Army Now
She's in the Army Now
Pvt. Sylvie Knoll
The Night We Called It a Day
The Night We Called It a Day
Barbara Marx
Milk Money
Milk Money
V
Born Yesterday
Born Yesterday
Billie Dawn
Nobody's Fool
Nobody's Fool
Toby Roebuck
A Stranger Among Us
A Stranger Among Us
Emily Eden
RKO 281
RKO 281
Marion Davies