Melanie Griffith
Known for Acting · 109 credits
- Born
- 1957-08-09 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Melanie Richards Griffith
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
TV Shows (32)
The Simpsons
1989
as Melanie Griffith (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Clara Williams
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Audience Member
The View
1997
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Nip/Tuck
2003
as Brandie Henry
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Miami Vice
1984
as Christine von Marburg
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Melanie Griffith
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Julie
Raising Hope
2010
as Tamara Collins
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
The Kardashians
2022
as Self
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007
as Self
Vega$
1978
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Lo + plus
1995
as Self - Audience Member
Twins
2005
as Lee Arnold
Carter Country
1977
Once an Eagle
1976
as Jinny Massengale
DTLA
2012
as Kimberly
Viva Laughlin
2007
as Bunny
Clive Anderson All Talk
1996
as Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
American Housewife
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
Movies (77)
Lolita
1997
as Charlotte Haze
Automata
2014
as Dr. Susan Dupré / Cleo (voice)
Lethal Seduction
2005
as Miranda Wells
Stuart Little 2
2002
as Margalo (voice)
J.L. Family Ranch
2016
as Laura Lee
Body Double
1984
as Holly Body
The Disaster Artist
2017
as Jean Shelton
Pacific Heights
1990
as Patty Palmer
Working Girl
1988
as Tess McGill
Nobody's Fool
1994
as Toby Roebuck
Shade
2003
as Eve
Celebrity
1998
as Nicole Oliver
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
as Maria Ruskin
The High Note
2020
as Tess
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
2010
as Snow (voice)
Roar
1981
as Melanie
Now and Then
1995
as Teeny
Mulholland Falls
1996
as Katherine Hoover
Dino Time
2012
as Tyra (voice)
The Pirates of Somalia
2017
as Maria Bahadur
By Design
2026
as Narrator (voice)
Something Wild
1986
as Audrey Hankel
The Grief Tourist
2013
as Betsy
Milk Money
1994
as V
The Milagro Beanfield War
1988
as Flossie Devine
Smile
1975
as Karen
Shining Through
1992
as Linda Voss
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
as Kristin
Smith!
1969
as Extra (uncredited)
Tart
2001
as Diane Milford
Cherry 2000
1987
as Edith 'E.' Johnson
Commitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Another Day in Paradise
1998
as Sid
Night Moves
1975
as Delilah "Delly" Grastner
The Drowning Pool
1975
as Schuyler
Born Yesterday
1993
as Billie Dawn
Light Keeps Me Company
2000
as Self
Crazy in Alabama
1999
as Lucille Vinson
Cecil B. Demented
2000
as Honey Whitlock
Back to the Jurassic
2015
as Tyra
RKO 281
1999
as Marion Davies
Shadow of Doubt
1998
as Kitt Devereux
Fear City
1984
as Loretta
A Stranger Among Us
1992
as Emily Eden
The Cheryl Ladd Special
1979
as Ellie - Waitress
Yellow
2014
as Patsy
Paradise
1991
as Lily Reed
Howard
2018
as Karen (archive footage)
Melanie Griffith - Die Frau, die Hollywood überlebte
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Underground Aces
1981
as Lucy
Two Much
1995
as Betty
Buffalo Girls
1995
as Dora DuFran
She's in the Army Now
1981
as Pvt. Sylvie Knoll
The Harrad Experiment
1973
as Student (uncredited)
Day Out of Days
2015
as Kathy
One on One
1977
as The Hitchhiker
The Star Maker
1981
as Dawn Barnett Youngblood
Stormy Monday
1988
as Kate
A Night to Die For
1995
as Self
The Night We Called It a Day
2003
as Barbara Marx
Tempo
2003
as Sarah
The Little Pageant That Could
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Joyride
1977
as Susie
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
as Self
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990
as Hadley
In the Spirit
1990
as Lureen
Roar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Garden
1977
as Young Girl
Forever Lulu
2000
as Lulu Mcafee
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
1992
as Self - Host (US)
Thirst
2014
as Sue
Golden Gate
1981
as Karen
Steel Cowboy
1978
as Johnnie
Nerd Herd
2015
as Celeste
The Book That Wrote Itself
2000
as Melanie Griffith
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)
About Melanie Griffith
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… With 109 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Melanie Griffith has appeared in 77 films and 32 TV shows.
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Most Popular Melanie Griffith Movies
- Lolita (1997) — as Charlotte Haze
- Automata (2014) — as Dr. Susan Dupré / Cleo (voice)
- Lethal Seduction (2005) — as Miranda Wells
- Stuart Little 2 (2002) — as Margalo (voice)
- J.L. Family Ranch (2016) — as Laura Lee
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