Melanie Griffith
Known for Acting · 108 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 (31)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Simpsons
1989
as Melanie Griffith (voice)
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Clara Williams
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The View
1997
as Self
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Audience Member
Miami Vice
1984
as Christine von Marburg
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Nip/Tuck
2003
as Brandie Henry
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Melanie Griffith
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Julie
Raising Hope
2010
as Tamara Collins
Vega$
1978
The Kardashians
2022
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Lo + plus
1995
as Self - Audience Member
Twins
2005
as Lee Arnold
Once an Eagle
1976
as Jinny Massengale
Viva Laughlin
2007
as Bunny
DTLA
2012
as Kimberly
Carter Country
1977
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Clive Anderson All Talk
1996
as Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
American Housewife
Movies (77)
Lolita
1997
as Charlotte Haze
Automata
2014
as Dr. Susan Dupré / Cleo (voice)
Stuart Little 2
2002
as Margalo (voice)
Shade
2003
as Eve
Milk Money
1994
as V
Body Double
1984
as Holly Body
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
as Maria Ruskin
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
2010
as Snow (voice)
Working Girl
1988
as Tess McGill
Mulholland Falls
1996
as Katherine Hoover
The Disaster Artist
2017
as Jean Shelton
Now and Then
1995
as Teeny
Pacific Heights
1990
as Patty Palmer
Something Wild
1986
as Audrey Hankel
Nobody's Fool
1994
as Toby Roebuck
The High Note
2020
as Tess
Celebrity
1998
as Nicole Oliver
Shining Through
1992
as Linda Voss
Cherry 2000
1987
as Edith 'E.' Johnson
Roar
1981
as Melanie
Night Moves
1975
as Delilah "Delly" Grastner
Tart
2001
as Diane Milford
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
as Kristin
By Design
2026
as Narrator (voice)
Crazy in Alabama
1999
as Lucille Vinson
Lethal Seduction
2005
as Miranda Wells
Dino Time
2012
as Tyra (voice)
Paradise
1991
as Lily Reed
Born Yesterday
1993
as Billie Dawn
Howard
2018
as Karen (archive footage)
The Grief Tourist
2013
as Betsy
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
as Self
The Harrad Experiment
1973
as Student (uncredited)
The Pirates of Somalia
2017
as Maria Bahadur
Fear City
1984
as Loretta
The Book That Wrote Itself
2000
as Melanie Griffith
Two Much
1995
as Betty
Another Day in Paradise
1998
as Sid
Shadow of Doubt
1998
as Kitt Devereux
Cecil B. Demented
2000
as Honey Whitlock
Tempo
2003
as Sarah
Smile
1975
as Karen
The Drowning Pool
1975
as Schuyler
Yellow
2012
as Patsy
The Milagro Beanfield War
1988
as Flossie Devine
Steel Cowboy
1978
as Johnnie
RKO 281
1999
as Marion Davies
The Garden
1977
as Young Girl
Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This
1978
as Girl in Hotel Room
Stormy Monday
1988
as Kate
Light Keeps Me Company
2000
as Self
Buffalo Girls
1995
as Dora DuFran
In the Spirit
1990
as Lureen
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990
as Hadley
The Night We Called It a Day
2003
as Barbara Marx
One on One
1977
as The Hitchhiker
The Star Maker
1981
as Dawn Barnett Youngblood
Smith!
1969
as Extra (uncredited)
Forever Lulu
2000
as Lulu Mcafee
Commitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive footage)
J.L. Family Ranch
2016
as Laura Lee
A Night to Die For
1995
as Self
A Stranger Among Us
1992
as Emily Eden
Underground Aces
1981
as Lucy
Golden Gate
1981
as Karen
The Little Pageant That Could
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
2004
as Self (voice)
Joyride
1977
as Susie
Nerd Herd
2015
as Celeste
Day Out of Days
2015
as Kathy
Back to the Jurassic
2015
as Tyra
Melanie Griffith - Die Frau, die Hollywood überlebte
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Thirst
2014
as Sue
She's in the Army Now
1981
as Pvt. Sylvie Knoll
Roar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
1992
as Self - Host (US)
The Cheryl Ladd Special
1979
as Ellie - Waitress
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 108 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Melanie Griffith has appeared in 77 films and 31 TV shows.
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Most Popular Melanie Griffith Movies
- Lolita (1997) — as Charlotte Haze
- Automata (2014) — as Dr. Susan Dupré / Cleo (voice)
- Stuart Little 2 (2002) — as Margalo (voice)
- Shade (2003) — as Eve
- Milk Money (1994) — as V
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