Melanie Griffith
The daughter of actress Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith grew up around Los Angeles sets before forging a name of her own in American cinema. She debuted very young alongside Gene Hackman in Arthur Penn's 'Night Moves' (1975), and gained notoriety with Brian De Palma's thriller 'Body Double' (1984). Her great breakthrough came with 'Working Girl' (1988), which earned her an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe for her portrayal of an ambitious secretary. In the nineties she moved through uneven roles, from 'Pacific Heights' (1990) to Adrian Lyne's 'Lolita' (1997), and later shared the screen with her then-husband Antonio Banderas in 'Automata' (2014). Her fragile charm and recognizable voice defined a type of vulnerable, luminous heroine.
Melanie Griffith
55 Movies
12 Series
The daughter of actress Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith grew up around Los Angeles sets before forging a name of her own in American cinema. She debuted very young alongside Gene Hackman in Arthur Penn's 'Night Moves' (1975), and gained notoriety with Brian De Palma's thriller 'Body Double' (1984). Her great breakthrough came with 'Working Girl' (1988), which earned her an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe for her portrayal of an ambitious secretary. In the nineties she moved through uneven roles, from 'Pacific Heights' (1990) to Adrian Lyne's 'Lolita' (1997), and later shared the screen with her then-husband Antonio Banderas in 'Automata' (2014). Her fragile charm and recognizable voice defined a type of vulnerable, luminous heroine.
Movies
Plays Charlotte Haze
Lolita
1997
Plays Holly Body
Body Double
1984
Plays Dr. Susan Dupré / Cleo (voice)
Automata
2014
Plays Tess McGill
Working Girl
1988
Plays Snow (voice)
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
2010
Plays Tess
The High Note
2020
Plays Teeny
Now and Then
1995
Plays Jean Shelton
The Disaster Artist
2017
Plays Nicole Oliver
Celebrity
1998
Plays Patty Palmer
Pacific Heights
1990
Plays Margalo (voice)
Stuart Little 2
2002
Plays V
Milk Money
1994
Plays Eve
Shade
2003
Plays Delilah "Delly" Grastner
Night Moves
1975
Plays Melanie
Roar
1981
Plays Maria Ruskin
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
Plays Toby Roebuck
Nobody's Fool
1994
Plays Tyra (voice)
Dino Time
2012
Plays Katherine Hoover
Mulholland Falls
1996
Plays Linda Voss
Shining Through
1992
Plays Kristin
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
Plays Betty
Two Much
1995
Plays Edith 'E.' Johnson
Cherry 2000
1987
Plays Audrey Hankel
Something Wild
1986
Plays Maria Bahadur
The Pirates of Somalia
2017
Plays Schuyler
The Drowning Pool
1975
Plays Loretta
Fear City
1984
Plays Diane Milford
Tart
2001
Plays Flossie Devine
The Milagro Beanfield War
1988
Plays Honey Whitlock
Cecil B. Demented
2000
Plays Karen
Smile
1975
Plays Lulu Mcafee
Forever Lulu
2000
Plays Lucille Vinson
Crazy in Alabama
1999
Plays Sid
Another Day in Paradise
1998
Plays Laura Lee
J.L. Family Ranch
2016
Plays Billie Dawn
Born Yesterday
1993
Plays Betsy
The Grief Tourist
2013
Plays The Hitchhiker
One on One
1977
Plays Kitt Devereux
Shadow of Doubt
1998
Plays Emily Eden
A Stranger Among Us
1992
Plays Kate
Stormy Monday
1988
Plays Lily Reed
Paradise
1991
Plays Sarah
Tempo
2003
Plays Barbara Marx
The Night We Called It a Day
2003
Plays Patsy
Yellow
2014
Plays Young Girl
The Garden
1977
Plays Kathy
Day Out of Days
2015
Plays Susie
Joyride
1977
Plays Lucy
Underground Aces
1981
Plays Lureen
In the Spirit
1990
TV Shows
Plays Lee Arnold
Twins
2005
Plays Self - Panelist
Hollywood Squares
1998
Plays Jinny Massengale
Once an Eagle
1976
Plays Clara Williams
Hawaii Five-0
2010
Plays Bunny
Viva Laughlin
2007
Plays Tamara Collins
Raising Hope
2010
Plays Melanie Griffith (voice)
The Simpsons
1989
Plays Julie
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Plays Christine von Marburg
Miami Vice
1984
Plays Brandie Henry
Nip/Tuck
2003
Plays Kimberly
DTLA
2012
Plays Melanie Griffith
Hot in Cleveland
2010
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Full Filmography
The High Note
Tess
2020
Film
The Pirates of Somalia
Maria Bahadur
2017
Film
The Disaster Artist
Jean Shelton
2017
Film
Hawaii Five-0
Clara Williams · 4 episodes
2013–2016
TV
J.L. Family Ranch
Laura Lee
2016
Film
Day Out of Days
Kathy
2015
Film
Back to the Jurassic
Tyra
2015
Film
Automata
Dr. Susan Dupré / Cleo (voice)
2014
Film
Yellow
Patsy
2014
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Melanie Griffith and where are they from?
Melanie Griffith is 68 years old, born on August 9, 1957 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
What are the most famous roles of Melanie Griffith?
Melanie Griffith is best known for roles in The Disaster Artist, Stuart Little 2, Lolita.
How many movies has Melanie Griffith been in?
Over a 57-year career (since 1969), Melanie Griffith has appeared in 55 movies and 11 TV shows.
What was Melanie Griffith's first movie?
The career of Melanie Griffith began with Smith! (1969).
What is Melanie Griffith's most recent movie or series?
Melanie Griffith's most recent release is By Design, which premiered on February 13, 2026.
What TV shows has Melanie Griffith appeared in?
On television, Melanie Griffith has appeared in The Simpsons, The Kardashians, Hawaii Five-0, Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
Melanie Griffith
1957-08-09 · 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).