Melanie Griffith

Also known as Melanie Richards Griffith, Melanie Banderas

American actress

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Melanie Griffith is an American actor, film actor, and television actor who began her work period in 1969. She was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA, on August 9, 1957. A human female, she is the daughter of Tippi Hedren and has a sibling named Tracy Griffith. She is educated at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting and speaks, writes, and signs in the English language.

Griffith has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress, a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, and a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress. She has received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, the Golden Globe Ambassador award, the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, and the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress. Her notable works include roles in film and television, and she is a blogger. She has been married to Antonio Banderas, Don Johnson, and Steven Bauer, and is the mother of Dakota Johnson.

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Film & TV

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…

Known for

By Design — Narrator (voice)2026
Melanie Griffith - Die Frau, die Hollywood überlebte — Self (archive footage)2026
The Little Pageant That Could — Self (archive footage)2024
Commitment to Life — Self (archive footage)2023
The Kardashians — Self2022
The High Note — Tess2020
Howard — Karen (archive footage)2018
The Pirates of Somalia — Maria Bahadur2017
The Disaster Artist — Jean Shelton2017
Roar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made — Self (archive footage)2017

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Family name: Griffith
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: New York City
Spouse: Don Johnson
Mother: Tippi Hedren
Sibling: Tracy Griffith
Occupation: voice actor
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress
Eye colour: blue
Hair colour: blond hair
Image: Melanie Griffith.jpg

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Commons category: Melanie Griffith
date of birth: 1957-08-09
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nominated for: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress
name in native language: Melanie Griffith
start of work period: 1969-00-00
hashtag: MelanieGriffith
social media followers: 124105
writing language: English language
birth name: Melanie Richards Griffith
medical condition: epilepsy

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Encyclopedic overview

Melanie Richards Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an American actress. Born in Manhattan to actress Tippi Hedren, she was raised mainly in Los Angeles, where she graduated from the Hollywood Professional School at age 16. In 1975, 17-year-old Griffith appeared opposite Gene Hackman in Arthur Penn's neo-noir film Night Moves. She later rose to prominence as an actor in films such as Brian De Palma's 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) attracted 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.

In the 1990s, Griffith performed in a series of roles which 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).

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