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
The High Note (2020)
as Tess
The Disaster Artist (2017)
as Jean Shelton
Automata (2014)
as Dr. Susan Dupré / Cleo (voice)
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (2010)
as Snow (voice)
Stuart Little 2 (2002)
as Margalo (voice)
Body Double (1984)
as Holly Body
Working Girl (1988)
as Tess McGill
Pacific Heights (1990)
as Patty Palmer
Now and Then (1995)
as Teeny
Mulholland Falls (1996)
as Katherine Hoover
Shining Through (1992)
as Linda Voss
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
as Maria Ruskin
Shade (2003)
as Eve
Something Wild (1986)
as Audrey Hankel
Nobody's Fool (1994)
as Toby Roebuck
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
as Kristin
Dino Time (2012)
as Tyra (voice)
Celebrity (1998)
as Nicole Oliver
Cecil B. Demented (2000)
as Honey Whitlock
Milk Money (1994)
as V
Cherry 2000 (1987)
as Edith 'E.' Johnson
The Drowning Pool (1975)
as Schuyler
Night Moves (1975)
as Delilah "Delly" Grastner
The Pirates of Somalia (2017)
as Maria Bahadur
The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
as Flossie Devine
Monty and the Movies (—)
as Self (archive footage)
Crazy in Alabama (1999)
as Lucille Vinson
Another Day in Paradise (1998)
as Sid
A Stranger Among Us (1992)
as Emily Eden
Tart (2001)
as Diane Milford
Forever Lulu (2000)
as Lulu Mcafee
Fear City (1984)
as Loretta
Lethal Seduction (2005)
as Miranda Wells
Shadow of Doubt (1998)
as Kitt Devereux
Two Much (1995)
as Betty
Roar (1981)
as Melanie
The Grief Tourist (2013)
as Betsy
Smile (1975)
as Karen
The Little Pageant That Could (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
J.L. Family Ranch (2016)
as Laura Lee
Howard (2018)
as Karen (archive footage)
Stormy Monday (1988)
as Kate
Smith! (1969)
as Extra (uncredited)
Born Yesterday (1993)
as Billie Dawn
Paradise (1991)
as Lily Reed
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
By Design (2026)
as Narrator (voice)
RKO 281 (1999)
as Marion Davies
Day Out of Days (2015)
as Kathy
Light Keeps Me Company (2000)
as Self
A Night to Die For (1995)
as Self
Back to the Jurassic (2015)
as Tyra
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland (1992)
as Self - Host (US)
Commitment to Life (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
She's in the Army Now (1981)
as Pvt. Sylvie Knoll
Buffalo Girls (1995)
as Dora DuFran
The Harrad Experiment (1973)
as Student (uncredited)
In the Spirit (1990)
as Lureen
The Cheryl Ladd Special (1979)
as Ellie - Waitress
The Book That Wrote Itself (2000)
as Melanie Griffith
The Night We Called It a Day (2003)
as Barbara Marx
Yellow (2014)
as Patsy
Melanie Griffith - Die Frau, die Hollywood überlebte (2026)
as Self (archive footage)
Underground Aces (1981)
as Lucy
One on One (1977)
as The Hitchhiker
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
as Self
The Star Maker (1981)
as Dawn Barnett Youngblood
Roar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Tempo (2003)
as Sarah
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me (2004)
as Self (voice)
Joyride (1977)
as Susie
Golden Gate (1981)
as Karen
Steel Cowboy (1978)
as Johnnie
The Garden (1977)
as Young Girl
Nerd Herd (2015)
as Celeste
Thirst (2014)
as Sue