Melanie Griffith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 9, 1957 (age 69)
- Birthplace
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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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Filmography
Monty and the Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
American Housewife
TV · 1 ep
By Design
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Melanie Griffith - Die Frau, die Hollywood überlebte
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Little Pageant That Could
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Commitment to Life
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Kardashians
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The High Note
Movie · as Tess
Howard
Movie · as Karen (archive footage)
The Pirates of Somalia
Movie · as Maria Bahadur
The Disaster Artist
Movie · as Jean Shelton
Roar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
J.L. Family Ranch
Movie · as Laura Lee
Day Out of Days
Movie · as Kathy
Nerd Herd
Movie · as Celeste
Back to the Jurassic
Movie · as Tyra
Yellow
Movie · as Patsy
Automata
Movie · as Dr. Susan Dupré / Cleo (voice)
Thirst
Movie · as Sue
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Movie · as Kristin
The Grief Tourist
Movie · as Betsy
Dino Time
Movie · as Tyra (voice)
DTLA
TV · as Kimberly · 1 ep
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
Movie · as Snow (voice)
Hawaii Five-0
TV · as Clara Williams · 4 eps
Hot in Cleveland
TV · as Melanie Griffith · 1 ep
Raising Hope
TV · as Tamara Collins · 2 eps
Viva Laughlin
TV · as Bunny · 2 eps
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Lethal Seduction
Movie · as Miranda Wells
Twins
TV · as Lee Arnold · 18 eps
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Movie · as Self (voice)
Shade
Movie · as Eve
The Night We Called It a Day
Movie · as Barbara Marx
Tempo
Movie · as Sarah
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Nip/Tuck
TV · as Brandie Henry · 1 ep
Celebrities Uncensored
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Stuart Little 2
Movie · as Margalo (voice)
Searching for Debra Winger
Movie · as Self
Tart
Movie · as Diane Milford
Cecil B. Demented
Movie · as Honey Whitlock
Forever Lulu
Movie · as Lulu Mcafee
Light Keeps Me Company
Movie · as Self
The Book That Wrote Itself
Movie · as Melanie Griffith
Crazy in Alabama
Movie · as Lucille Vinson
RKO 281
Movie · as Marion Davies
Celebrity
Movie · as Nicole Oliver
Another Day in Paradise
Movie · as Sid
Shadow of Doubt
Movie · as Kitt Devereux
Hollywood Squares
TV · as Self - Panelist · 10 eps
Lolita
Movie · as Charlotte Haze
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mulholland Falls
Movie · as Katherine Hoover
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 1 ep
Clive Anderson All Talk
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Now and Then
Movie · as Teeny
Two Much
Movie · as Betty
Buffalo Girls
Movie · as Dora DuFran
A Night to Die For
Movie · as Self
Lo + plus
TV · as Self - Audience Member · 1 ep
Nobody's Fool
Movie · as Toby Roebuck
Milk Money
Movie · as V
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Born Yesterday
Movie · as Billie Dawn
Shining Through
Movie · as Linda Voss
A Stranger Among Us
Movie · as Emily Eden
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 2 eps
Paradise
Movie · as Lily Reed
Pacific Heights
Movie · as Patty Palmer
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Movie · as Maria Ruskin
In the Spirit
Movie · as Lureen
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Movie · as Hadley (segment "Hills Like White Elephants")
The Simpsons
TV · as Melanie Griffith (voice) · 1 ep
Working Girl
Movie · as Tess McGill
Stormy Monday
Movie · as Kate
The Milagro Beanfield War
Movie · as Flossie Devine
Cherry 2000
Movie · as Edith 'E.' Johnson
Something Wild
Movie · as Audrey Hankel
Body Double
Movie · as Holly Body
Fear City
Movie · as Loretta
Miami Vice
TV · as Christine von Marburg · 1 ep
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Roar
Movie · as Melanie
Underground Aces
Movie · as Lucy
She's in the Army Now
Movie · as Pvt. Sylvie Knoll
The Star Maker
Movie · as Dawn Barnett Youngblood
Golden Gate
Movie · as Karen
The Cheryl Ladd Special
Movie · as Ellie - Waitress
Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This
Movie · as Girl in Hotel Room
Steel Cowboy
Movie · as Johnnie
Vega$
TV · 1 ep
Joyride
Movie · as Susie
The Garden
Movie · as Young Girl
One on One
Movie · as The Hitchhiker
Carter Country
TV · 1 ep
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
TV · 1 ep
Once an Eagle
TV · as Jinny Massengale · 7 eps
Smile
Movie · as Karen
Night Moves
Movie · as Delilah "Delly" Grastner
The Drowning Pool
Movie · as Schuyler Devereaux
Starsky & Hutch
TV · as Julie · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Harrad Experiment
Movie · as Student (uncredited)
Smith!
Movie · as Extra (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Audience Member · 3 eps