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
all 100
Movies 71
TV Shows 29
self 20
Commitment to Life (2023)
Antonio Banderas et Pedro Almodóvar : Du Désir au Double (2022)
The Kardashians (2022)
The High Note (2020)
Howard (2018)
The Pirates of Somalia (2017)
Roar : The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made (2017)
The Disaster Artist (2017)
JL Family Ranch (2016)
Day Out of Days (2015)
Nerd Herd (2015)
Automata (2014)
The Grief Tourist (2013)
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
Dino Time (2012)
DTLA (2012)
Yellow (2012)
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (2010)
Hot in Cleveland (2010)
Viva Laughlin (2007)
Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007)
Twins (2005)
Lethal Seduction (2005)
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me (2004)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
The Night We Called It a Day (2003)
Nip/Tuck (2003)
Tempo (2003)
Celebrities Uncensored (2003)
Shade (2003)
Stuart Little 2 (2002)
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
Tart (2001)
Light Keeps Me Company (2000)
Forever Lulu (2000)
Cecil B. Demented (2000)
RKO 281 (2000)
Crazy in Alabama (1999)
Another Day in Paradise (1998)
Hollywood Squares (1998)
Celebrity (1998)
Shadow of Doubt (1998)
Lolita (1997)
The View (1997)
Clive Anderson All Talk (1996)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
Mulholland Falls (1996)
Two Much (1995)
Now and Then (1995)
A Night to Die For (1995)
Buffalo Girls (1995)
Nobody's Fool (1994)
Milk Money (1994)
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
Born Yesterday (1993)
A Stranger Among Us (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland (1992)
Shining Through (1992)
Paradise (1991)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Pacific Heights (1990)
In the Spirit (1990)
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
Working Girl (1988)
Stormy Monday (1988)
The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
Cherry 2000 (1987)
Something Wild (1986)
Body Double (1984)
Miami Vice (1984)
Fear City (1984)
Roar (1981)
Golden Gate (1981)
She's in the Army Now (1981)
The Star Maker (1981)
Underground Aces (1981)
The Cheryl Ladd Special (1979)
Steel Cowboy (1978)
Vega$ (1978)
Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This (1978)
Carter Country (1977)
Joyride (1977)
One on One (1977)
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
The Garden (1977)
Once an Eagle (1976)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Starsky & Hutch (1975)
The Drowning Pool (1975)
Smile (1975)
Night Moves (1975)
The Harrad Experiment (1973)
Goldene Kamera Verleihung (1966)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Tony Awards (1956)
Buffalo Girls
American Housewife
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1957-08-09 (66 years old)
Birth NameMelanie Richards Griffith
Birth PlaceManhattan, United States of America
Height
RelationshipsAntonio Banderas (1996-01-01 - 2014-01-01), Steven Bauer (1980-01-01 - 1987-01-01), Don Johnson (1989-01-01 - 1996-01-01)
ChildrenStella Banderas, Dakota Johnson
FatherPeter Griffith
MotherTippi Hedren
SiblingsTracy Griffith
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsMelanie Richards Griffith, Μέλανι Γκρίφιθ
AwardsGolden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress, Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globe Ambassador
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