Melanie Griffith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 9, 1957
- Birthplace
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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).
Filmography
Monty and the Movies TBA
as Self (archive footage)
Melanie Griffith - Die Frau, die Hollywood überlebte 2026
as Self (archive footage)
By Design 2026
as Narrator (voice)
The Little Pageant That Could 2024
as Self (archive footage)
Commitment to Life 2023
as Self (archive footage)
The High Note 2020
as Tess
Howard 2018
as Karen (archive footage)
The Pirates of Somalia 2017
as Maria Bahadur
Roar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made 2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Disaster Artist 2017
as Jean Shelton
J.L. Family Ranch 2016
as Laura Lee
Day Out of Days 2015
as Kathy
Back to the Jurassic 2015
as Tyra
- Nerd Herd
Nerd Herd 2015
as Celeste
Automata 2014
as Dr. Susan Dupré / Cleo (voice)
Yellow 2014
as Patsy
Thirst 2014
as Sue
The Grief Tourist 2013
as Betsy
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film 2013
as Kristin
Dino Time 2012
as Tyra (voice)
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures 2010
as Snow (voice)
Lethal Seduction 2005
as Miranda Wells
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me 2004
as Self (voice)
The Night We Called It a Day 2003
as Barbara Marx
Tempo 2003
as Sarah
Shade 2003
as Eve
Stuart Little 2 2002
as Margalo (voice)
Searching for Debra Winger 2002
as Self
Tart 2001
as Diane Milford
Light Keeps Me Company 2000
as Self
The Book That Wrote Itself 2000
as Melanie Griffith
Cecil B. Demented 2000
as Honey Whitlock
Forever Lulu 2000
as Lulu Mcafee
RKO 281 1999
as Marion Davies
Crazy in Alabama 1999
as Lucille Vinson
Another Day in Paradise 1998
as Sid
Celebrity 1998
as Nicole Oliver
Shadow of Doubt 1998
as Kitt Devereux
Lolita 1997
as Charlotte Haze
Mulholland Falls 1996
as Katherine Hoover
Two Much 1995
as Betty
Now and Then 1995
as Teeny
A Night to Die For 1995
as Self
Buffalo Girls 1995
as Dora DuFran
Nobody's Fool 1994
as Toby Roebuck
Milk Money 1994
as V
Born Yesterday 1993
as Billie Dawn
A Stranger Among Us 1992
as Emily Eden
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland 1992
as Self - Host (US)
Shining Through 1992
as Linda Voss
Paradise 1991
as Lily Reed
The Bonfire of the Vanities 1990
as Maria Ruskin
Pacific Heights 1990
as Patty Palmer
In the Spirit 1990
as Lureen
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction 1990
as Hadley (segment "Hills Like White Elephants")
Working Girl 1988
as Tess McGill
Stormy Monday 1988
as Kate
The Milagro Beanfield War 1988
as Flossie Devine
Cherry 2000 1987
as Edith 'E.' Johnson
Something Wild 1986
as Audrey Hankel
Body Double 1984
as Holly Body
Fear City 1984
as Loretta
Roar 1981
as Melanie
Golden Gate 1981
as Karen
She's in the Army Now 1981
as Pvt. Sylvie Knoll
The Star Maker 1981
as Dawn Barnett Youngblood
Underground Aces 1981
as Lucy
The Cheryl Ladd Special 1979
as Ellie - Waitress
Steel Cowboy 1978
as Johnnie
Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This 1978
as Girl in Hotel Room
One on One 1977
as The Hitchhiker
Joyride 1977
as Susie
The Garden 1977
as Young Girl
The Drowning Pool 1975
as Schuyler Devereaux
Smile 1975
as Karen
Night Moves 1975
as Delilah "Delly" Grastner
The Harrad Experiment 1973
as Student (uncredited)
Smith! 1969
as Extra (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.