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