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.
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).
External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0000429
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176455
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Filmography (Movies)
By Design
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:13/02/2026
The Little Pageant That Could
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/06/2024
The High Note
Character:Tess
Release Date:10/06/2020
Howard
Character:Karen (archive footage)
Release Date:22/04/2018
The Pirates of Somalia
Character:Maria Bahadur
Release Date:08/12/2017
Roar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/06/2017
The Disaster Artist
Character:Jean Shelton
Release Date:12/03/2017
J.L. Family Ranch
Character:Laura Lee
Release Date:22/07/2016
Day Out of Days
Character:Kathy
Release Date:14/06/2015
Back to the Jurassic
Character:Tyra
Release Date:02/06/2015
Nerd Herd
Character:Celeste
Release Date:01/01/2015
Automata
Character:Dr. Susan Dupré / Cleo (voice)
Release Date:09/10/2014
Thirst
Character:Sue
Release Date:07/08/2014
The Grief Tourist
Character:Betsy
Release Date:23/08/2013
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Character:Kristin
Release Date:20/04/2013
Dino Time
Character:Tyra (voice)
Release Date:07/12/2012
Yellow
Character:Patsy
Release Date:08/09/2012
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
Character:Snow (voice)
Release Date:04/08/2010
Lethal Seduction
Character:Miranda Wells
Release Date:05/05/2005
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Character:Self (voice)
Release Date:24/02/2004
The Night We Called It a Day
Character:Barbara Marx
Release Date:14/08/2003
Tempo
Character:Sarah
Release Date:17/06/2003
Shade
Character:Eve
Release Date:18/05/2003
Stuart Little 2
Character:Margalo (voice)
Release Date:19/07/2002
Searching for Debra Winger
Character:Self
Release Date:13/07/2002
Tart
Character:Diane Milford
Release Date:23/04/2001
Light Keeps Me Company
Character:Self
Release Date:26/08/2000
The Book That Wrote Itself
Character:Melanie Griffith
Release Date:08/08/2000
Cecil B. Demented
Character:Honey Whitlock
Release Date:02/08/2000
Forever Lulu
Character:Lulu Mcafee
Release Date:07/07/2000
RKO 281
Character:Marion Davies
Release Date:20/11/1999
Crazy in Alabama
Character:Lucille Vinson
Release Date:22/10/1999
Another Day in Paradise
Character:Sid
Release Date:30/12/1998
Celebrity
Character:Nicole Oliver
Release Date:07/09/1998
Shadow of Doubt
Character:Kitt Devereux
Release Date:09/04/1998
Lolita
Character:Charlotte Haze
Release Date:27/09/1997
Mulholland Falls
Character:Katherine Hoover
Release Date:26/04/1996
Two Much
Character:Betty
Release Date:01/12/1995
Now and Then
Character:Teeny
Release Date:20/10/1995
A Night to Die For
Character:Self
Release Date:18/05/1995
Buffalo Girls
Character:Dora DuFran
Release Date:30/04/1995
Nobody's Fool
Character:Toby Roebuck
Release Date:23/12/1994
Milk Money
Character:V
Release Date:31/08/1994
Born Yesterday
Character:Billie Dawn
Release Date:26/03/1993
A Stranger Among Us
Character:Emily Eden
Release Date:17/07/1992
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
Character:Self - Host (US)
Release Date:11/04/1992
Shining Through
Character:Linda Voss
Release Date:31/01/1992
Paradise
Character:Lily Reed
Release Date:18/09/1991
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Character:Maria Ruskin
Release Date:21/12/1990
Pacific Heights
Character:Patty Palmer
Release Date:28/09/1990
In the Spirit
Character:Lureen
Release Date:06/04/1990
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Character:Hadley
Release Date:02/04/1990
Working Girl
Character:Tess McGill
Release Date:20/12/1988
Stormy Monday
Character:Kate
Release Date:01/05/1988
The Milagro Beanfield War
Character:Flossie Devine
Release Date:18/03/1988
Cherry 2000
Character:Edith 'E.' Johnson
Release Date:10/11/1987
Something Wild
Character:Audrey Hankel
Release Date:07/11/1986
Body Double
Character:Holly Body
Release Date:25/10/1984
Fear City
Character:Loretta
Release Date:18/07/1984
Roar
Character:Melanie
Release Date:30/10/1981
Golden Gate
Character:Karen
Release Date:25/09/1981
She's in the Army Now
Character:Pvt. Sylvie Knoll
Release Date:20/05/1981
The Star Maker
Character:Dawn Barnett Youngblood
Release Date:11/05/1981
Underground Aces
Character:Lucy
Release Date:02/01/1981
The Cheryl Ladd Special
Character:Ellie - Waitress
Release Date:09/04/1979
Steel Cowboy
Character:Johnnie
Release Date:06/12/1978
Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This
Character:Girl in Hotel Room
Release Date:12/07/1978
One on One
Character:The Hitchhiker
Release Date:28/06/1977
Joyride
Character:Susie
Release Date:01/06/1977
The Garden
Character:Young Girl
Release Date:01/01/1977
The Drowning Pool
Character:Schuyler
Release Date:18/07/1975
Smile
Character:Karen
Release Date:09/07/1975
Night Moves
Character:Delilah "Delly" Grastner
Release Date:11/06/1975
The Harrad Experiment
Character:Student (uncredited)
Release Date:11/05/1973
Smith!
Character:Extra (uncredited)
Release Date:21/03/1969
Television Appearances
The Kardashians
Character:Self
DTLA
Character:Kimberly
Raising Hope
Character:Tamara Collins
Hawaii Five-0
Character:Clara Williams
Hot in Cleveland
Character:Melanie Griffith
Viva Laughlin
Character:Bunny
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Character:Self
Twins
Character:Lee Arnold
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character:Self
Nip/Tuck
Character:Brandie Henry
Celebrities Uncensored
Character:Self
Hollywood Squares
Character:Self - Panelist
Hollywood Squares
Character:
The View
Character:Self
Clive Anderson All Talk
Character:Self
E! True Hollywood Story
Character:
Lo + plus
Character:Self - Audience Member
Inside the Actors Studio
Character:Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:
The Simpsons
Character:Melanie Griffith (voice)
Miami Vice
Character:Christine von Marburg
Goldene Kamera
Character:Self
Vega$
Character:
Carter Country
Character:
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Character:
Once an Eagle
Character:Jinny Massengale
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Starsky & Hutch
Character:Julie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Audience Member
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