Melanie Griffith
Acting
Born: August 9, 1957 (age 69) · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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).
Known for
The Simpsons
1989
The Disaster Artist
2017
Stuart Little 2
2002
Lolita
1997
Hawaii Five-0
2010
Automata
2014
Working Girl
1988
Body Double
1984
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
2010
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
Nip/Tuck
2003
Miami Vice
1984
Photos (6)
Movies (67)
Lolita
Charlotte Haze
Automata
Dr. Susan Dupré / Cleo (voice)
Body Double
Holly Body
The High Note
Tess
The Disaster Artist
Jean Shelton
Working Girl
Tess McGill
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Maria Ruskin
Stuart Little 2
Margalo (voice)
Shade
Eve
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
Snow (voice)
Pacific Heights
Patty Palmer
Night Moves
Delilah "Delly" Grastner
Now and Then
Teeny
Nobody's Fool
Toby Roebuck
Mulholland Falls
Katherine Hoover
Forever Lulu
Lulu Mcafee
Milk Money
V
Celebrity
Nicole Oliver
Dino Time
Tyra (voice)
Cherry 2000
Edith 'E.' Johnson
The Pirates of Somalia
Maria Bahadur
Roar
Melanie
Shining Through
Linda Voss
Something Wild
Audrey Hankel
The Drowning Pool
Schuyler
Born Yesterday
Billie Dawn
The Milagro Beanfield War
Flossie Devine
RKO 281
Marion Davies
Cecil B. Demented
Honey Whitlock
Paradise
Lily Reed
Lethal Seduction
Miranda Wells
Fear City
Loretta
Crazy in Alabama
Lucille Vinson
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Kristin
Smile
Karen
Another Day in Paradise
Sid
By Design
Narrator (voice)
Two Much
Betty
Tart
Diane Milford
Howard
Karen (archive footage)
Stormy Monday
Kate
The Grief Tourist
Betsy
Shadow of Doubt
Kitt Devereux
The Harrad Experiment
Student (uncredited)
A Stranger Among Us
Emily Eden
Smith!
Extra (uncredited)
Steel Cowboy
Johnnie
Buffalo Girls
Dora DuFran
The Night We Called It a Day
Barbara Marx
In the Spirit
Lureen
J.L. Family Ranch
Laura Lee
Back to the Jurassic
Tyra
One on One
The Hitchhiker
Day Out of Days
Kathy
Tempo
Sarah
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Hadley (segment "Hills Like White Elephants")
Underground Aces
Lucy
The Star Maker
Dawn Barnett Youngblood
She's in the Army Now
Pvt. Sylvie Knoll
Yellow
Patsy
Golden Gate
Karen
Joyride
Susie
The Cheryl Ladd Special
Ellie - Waitress
The Book That Wrote Itself
Melanie Griffith
The Garden
Young Girl
Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This
Girl in Hotel Room
Thirst
Sue
TV Shows (16)
The Simpsons
Melanie Griffith (voice) · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-0
Clara Williams · 4 eps
Miami Vice
Christine von Marburg · 1 eps
Nip/Tuck
Brandie Henry · 1 eps
Hot in Cleveland
Melanie Griffith · 1 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2 eps
Raising Hope
Tamara Collins · 2 eps
Starsky & Hutch
Julie · 1 eps
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1 eps
Vega$
1 eps
Twins
Lee Arnold · 18 eps
Once an Eagle
Jinny Massengale · 7 eps
Carter Country
1 eps
Viva Laughlin
Bunny · 2 eps
DTLA
Kimberly · 1 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
Self / Appearances (25)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 3 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Audience Member · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist · 10 eps
The View
Self · 1 eps
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Self · 2 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 1 eps
The Kardashians
Self · 1 eps
Lo + plus
Self - Audience Member · 1 eps
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
Melanie Griffith - Die Frau, die Hollywood überlebte
Self (archive footage)
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
The Little Pageant That Could
Self (archive footage)
Light Keeps Me Company
Self
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
Self - Host (US)
Roar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made
Self (archive footage)
A Night to Die For
Self
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Self (voice)
Celebrities Uncensored
Self · 1 eps
