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