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 Penns film noir Night Moves. She later rose to prominence for her role portraying a pornographic actress in Brian De Palmas thriller Body Double (1984), which earned her a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Griffiths subsequent performance in the comedy Something Wild (1986) garnered critical acclaim before she was cast in 1988s 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 Schlesingers Pacific Heights (1990), Milk Money (1994), the neo-noir film Mulholland Falls (1996), as Charlotte Haze in Adrian Lynes 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 Francos The Disaster Artist (2017).Description above from the Wikipedia article Melanie Griffith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Karen
Film 1975
Student (uncredited)
Film 1973
Melanie
Film 1981
Katherine Hoover
Film 1996
Audrey Hankel
Film 1986
Schuyler
Film 1975
Honey Whitlock
Film 2000
Lily Reed
Film 1991
Self
Film 2000
Young Girl
Film 1977
Betsy
Film 2013
Hadley
Film 1990
Karen (archive footage)
Film 2018
Self (voice)
Film 2004
Self
Film 1995
Lucy
Film 1981
Girl in Hotel Room
Film 1978
Kathy
Film 2015
Extra (uncredited)
Film 1969
Maria Bahadur
Film 2017
Melanie Griffith
Film 2000
Ellie - Waitress
Film 1979
Diane Milford
Film 2001
Pvt. Sylvie Knoll
Film 1981
Dawn Barnett Youngblood
Film 1981
Celeste
Film 2015
Karen
Film 1981
Self
Film 2002
Self (archive footage)
Film 2017
Girl (segment "Man from the South")
Film 1985
Soc (uncredited)
Film 1983
Film 2025
Bunny
Tv 2007
Self
Tv 1994
Melanie Griffith (voice)
Tv 1989
Self
Tv 2003
Julie
Tv 1975
Tv 1984
Self
Tv 1997
Tv 2003
Tv 1996
Tv 1992
Girl
Tv 1985
Lee Arnold
Tv 2005
Kimberly
Tv 2012
Self
Tv 2003
Tv 1978
Tv 1977
Self
Tv 1996
Tv
Tv 1977
Self - Host
Tv 1975
Clara Williams
Tv 2010
Self
Tv 2022
Self - Panelist
Tv 1998
Self - Presenter
Tv 1956
Self
Tv 1962
Self
Tv 1966
Tv 1998
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Tv 1975
Melanie Griffith
Tv 2010
Self
Tv 2007
Self - Audience Member
Tv 1995
Self - Nominee
Tv 1944