Melanie Griffith
Acting
Born: Aug 09, 1957
From: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shade | Eve | 2003 | 6.189 |
| The Night We Called It a Day | Barbara Marx | 2003 | 5.125 |
| Tempo | Sarah | 2003 | 4.182 |
| Stuart Little 2 | Margalo (voice) | 2002 | 5.768 |
| Cecil B. Demented | Honey Whitlock | 2000 | 6.397 |
| Crazy in Alabama | Lucille Vinson | 1999 | 6.032 |
| Celebrity | Nicole Oliver | 1998 | 5.995 |
| Another Day in Paradise | Sid | 1998 | 6.186 |
| Lolita | Charlotte Haze | 1997 | 7.108 |
| Mulholland Falls | Katherine Hoover | 1996 | 6.008 |
| Now and Then | Teeny | 1995 | 6.872 |
| Two Much | Betty | 1995 | 5.438 |
| Nobody's Fool | Toby Roebuck | 1994 | 6.891 |
| Milk Money | V | 1994 | 6.395 |
| Born Yesterday | Billie Dawn | 1993 | 5.307 |
| Shining Through | Linda Voss | 1992 | 6.496 |
| A Stranger Among Us | Emily Eden | 1992 | 5.543 |
| Pacific Heights | Patty Palmer | 1990 | 6.273 |
| The Bonfire of the Vanities | Maria Ruskin | 1990 | 5.6 |
| Working Girl | Tess McGill | 1988 | 6.604 |
| Stormy Monday | Kate | 1988 | 5.764 |
| The Milagro Beanfield War | Flossie Devine | 1988 | 6.58 |
| Cherry 2000 | Edith 'E.' Johnson | 1987 | 5.956 |
| Something Wild | Audrey Hankel | 1986 | 6.619 |
| Body Double | Holly Body | 1984 | 6.781 |
| Roar | Melanie | 1981 | 5.892 |
| Smile | Karen | 1975 | 5.893 |
| Night Moves | Delilah "Delly" Grastner | 1975 | 6.728 |
| The Drowning Pool | Schuyler | 1975 | 6.3 |
| The Harrad Experiment | Student (uncredited) | 1973 | 3.7 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1957 |
| From | Manhattan, New York … |