Melanie Griffith
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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
Credits
Lolita (1997)
as Charlotte Haze
Automata (2014)
as Dr. Susan Dupré / Cleo (voice)
Shade (2003)
as Eve
Pacific Heights (1990)
as Patty Palmer
Celebrity (1998)
as Nicole Oliver
Body Double (1984)
as Holly Body
Working Girl (1988)
as Tess McGill
The High Note (2020)
as Tess
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (2010)
as Snow (voice)
Tart (2001)
as Diane Milford
Stuart Little 2 (2002)
as Margalo (voice)
The Disaster Artist (2017)
as Jean Shelton
Roar (1981)
as Melanie
Now and Then (1995)
as Teeny
Smile (1975)
as Karen
Shining Through (1992)
as Linda Voss
Milk Money (1994)
as V
Forever Lulu (2000)
as Lulu Mcafee
Night Moves (1975)
as Delilah "Delly" Grastner
Fear City (1984)
as Loretta
The Drowning Pool (1975)
as Schuyler Devereaux
Cherry 2000 (1987)
as Edith 'E.' Johnson
Mulholland Falls (1996)
as Katherine Hoover
Something Wild (1986)
as Audrey Hankel
Monty and the Movies (—)
as Self (archive footage)
Smith! (1969)
as Extra (uncredited)
Nobody's Fool (1994)
as Toby Roebuck
Dino Time (2012)
as Tyra (voice)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
as Maria Ruskin
Lethal Seduction (2005)
as Miranda Wells
The Pirates of Somalia (2017)
as Maria Bahadur
A Stranger Among Us (1992)
as Emily Eden
Two Much (1995)
as Betty
Commitment to Life (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Cecil B. Demented (2000)
as Honey Whitlock
The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
as Flossie Devine
Howard (2018)
as Karen (archive footage)
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
as Kristin
Stormy Monday (1988)
as Kate
The Cheryl Ladd Special (1979)
as Ellie - Waitress
Crazy in Alabama (1999)
as Lucille Vinson
Another Day in Paradise (1998)
as Sid
Born Yesterday (1993)
as Billie Dawn
RKO 281 (1999)
as Marion Davies
Shadow of Doubt (1998)
as Kitt Devereux
Roar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
J.L. Family Ranch (2016)
as Laura Lee
By Design (2026)
as Narrator (voice)
Paradise (1991)
as Lily Reed
Melanie Griffith - Die Frau, die Hollywood überlebte (2026)
as Self (archive footage)
The Garden (1977)
as Young Girl
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
as Self
The Little Pageant That Could (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Tempo (2003)
as Sarah
The Grief Tourist (2013)
as Betsy
Buffalo Girls (1995)
as Dora DuFran
Thirst (2014)
as Sue
The Night We Called It a Day (2003)
as Barbara Marx
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland (1992)
as Self - Host (US)
The Harrad Experiment (1973)
as Student (uncredited)
Light Keeps Me Company (2000)
as Self
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me (2004)
as Self (voice)
The Star Maker (1981)
as Dawn Barnett Youngblood
Joyride (1977)
as Susie
Yellow (2014)
as Patsy
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
as Hadley (segment "Hills Like White Elephants")
Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This (1978)
as Girl in Hotel Room
One on One (1977)
as The Hitchhiker
She's in the Army Now (1981)
as Pvt. Sylvie Knoll
A Night to Die For (1995)
as Self
Back to the Jurassic (2015)
as Tyra
Underground Aces (1981)
as Lucy
Day Out of Days (2015)
as Kathy
Steel Cowboy (1978)
as Johnnie
In the Spirit (1990)
as Lureen
The Book That Wrote Itself (2000)
as Melanie Griffith
Golden Gate (1981)
as Karen
Nerd Herd (2015)
as Celeste
O Pequeno Stuart Little 2 (—)
as Margalo (voice)