Acting · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA · Born August 9, 1957
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).
MovieMelanie Griffith - Die Frau, die Hollywood überlebte
2026
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBy Design
2026
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Little Pageant That Could
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieCommitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive footage)
TVThe Kardashians
2022
as Self
MovieThe High Note
2020
as Tess
MovieHoward
2018
as Karen (archive footage)
MovieThe Pirates of Somalia
2017
as Maria Bahadur
MovieRoar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made
2017
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Disaster Artist
2017
as Jean Shelton
MovieJ.L. Family Ranch
2016
as Laura Lee
MovieDay Out of Days
2015
as Kathy
MovieBack to the Jurassic
2015
as Tyra
Nerd Herd
2015
as Celeste
MovieAutomata
2014
as Dr. Susan Dupré / Cleo (voice)
MovieYellow
2014
as Patsy
MovieThirst
2014
as Sue
MovieThe Grief Tourist
2013
as Betsy
MovieCall Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
as Kristin
MovieDino Time
2012
as Tyra (voice)
TVDTLA
2012
as Kimberly
TVRaising Hope
2010
as Tamara Collins
TVHawaii Five-0
2010
as Clara Williams
MovieA Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
2010
as Snow (voice)
TVHot in Cleveland
2010
as Melanie Griffith
TVViva Laughlin
2007
as Bunny
TVKeeping Up with the Kardashians
2007
as Self
TVTwins
2005
as Lee Arnold
MovieLethal Seduction
2005
as Miranda Wells
MovieHappy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
2004
as Self (voice)
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
MovieThe Night We Called It a Day
2003
as Barbara Marx
TVNip/Tuck
2003
as Brandie Henry
MovieTempo
2003
as Sarah
TVCelebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
MovieShade
2003
as Eve
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
MovieStuart Little 2
2002
as Margalo (voice)
MovieSearching for Debra Winger
2002
as Self
MovieTart
2001
as Diane Milford
MovieLight Keeps Me Company
2000
as Self
MovieThe Book That Wrote Itself
2000
as Melanie Griffith
MovieCecil B. Demented
2000
as Honey Whitlock
MovieForever Lulu
2000
as Lulu Mcafee
MovieRKO 281
1999
as Marion Davies
MovieCrazy in Alabama
1999
as Lucille Vinson
MovieAnother Day in Paradise
1998
as Sid
MovieCelebrity
1998
as Nicole Oliver
TVHollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
MovieShadow of Doubt
1998
as Kitt Devereux
MovieLolita
1997
as Charlotte Haze
TVThe View
1997
as Self
Clive Anderson All Talk
1996
as Self
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
MovieMulholland Falls
1996
as Katherine Hoover
MovieTwo Much
1995
as Betty
MovieNow and Then
1995
as Teeny
MovieA Night to Die For
1995
as Self
MovieBuffalo Girls
1995
as Dora DuFran
TVLo + plus
1995
as Self - Audience Member
MovieNobody's Fool
1994
as Toby Roebuck
MovieMilk Money
1994
as V
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
MovieBorn Yesterday
1993
as Billie Dawn
MovieA Stranger Among Us
1992
as Emily Eden
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
MovieThe Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
1992
as Self - Host (US)
MovieShining Through
1992
as Linda Voss
MovieParadise
1991
as Lily Reed
MovieThe Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
as Maria Ruskin
MoviePacific Heights
1990
as Patty Palmer
MovieIn the Spirit
1990
as Lureen
MovieWomen and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990
as Hadley
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Melanie Griffith (voice)
MovieWorking Girl
1988
as Tess McGill
MovieStormy Monday
1988
as Kate
MovieThe Milagro Beanfield War
1988
as Flossie Devine
MovieCherry 2000
1987
as Edith 'E.' Johnson
MovieSomething Wild
1986
as Audrey Hankel
MovieBody Double
1984
as Holly Body
TVMiami Vice
1984
as Christine von Marburg
MovieFear City
1984
as Loretta
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
MovieRoar
1981
as Melanie
MovieGolden Gate
1981
as Karen
MovieShe's in the Army Now
1981
as Pvt. Sylvie Knoll
MovieThe Star Maker
1981
as Dawn Barnett Youngblood
MovieUnderground Aces
1981
as Lucy
MovieThe Cheryl Ladd Special
1979
as Ellie - Waitress
MovieSteel Cowboy
1978
as Johnnie
TVVega$
1978
MovieDaddy, I Don't Like It Like This
1978
as Girl in Hotel Room
TVCarter Country
1977
MovieOne on One
1977
as The Hitchhiker
MovieJoyride
1977
as Susie
TVThe Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
MovieThe Garden
1977
as Young Girl
TVOnce an Eagle
1976
as Jinny Massengale
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVStarsky & Hutch
1975
as Julie
MovieThe Drowning Pool
1975
as Schuyler
MovieSmile
1975
as Karen
MovieNight Moves
1975
as Delilah "Delly" Grastner
MovieThe Harrad Experiment
1973
as Student (uncredited)
MovieSmith!
1969
as Extra (uncredited)
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
American Housewife
