Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Marie Pfeiffer is an American actress and producer. One of Hollywood's most bankable stars during the 1980s and 1990s, her performances have earned her various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a British Academy Film Award, as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and one Primetime Emmy Award.

OverviewAI-generated

Michelle Marie Pfeiffer is an American film actor, model, singer, and voice actor. Born in Santa Ana in 1958, she began her work period in 1979. She is educated at Golden West College and was a student of Sanford Meisner. Her occupations include voice acting, for which she uses her voice as an instrument. She is a vegetarian and speaks English.

Pfeiffer has received several awards, including a Silver Bear for Best Actress, a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has also been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and an Academy Award for Best Actress. She is married to Peter Horton and David E. Kelley and has two children. Her siblings include Dedee Pfeiffer, and she resides in Orange County and Pacific Palisades.

Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, MusicBrainz, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

In the Vinony graph

Michelle Pfeiffer appears in Vinony's Hollywood Walk of Fame collection — one of 2,437 entries.

Vinony's link graph records 1,154 inbound references to Michelle Pfeiffer, and connects out to Golden Globes, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama and Vulture.

It is catalogued under topics including 1958 births, 20th-century American actresses and 21st-century American actresses.

Vinony links it to 88 Wikipedia language editions.

Film & TV

Santa Ana, California, USA

Michelle Marie Pfeiffer (/ˈfaɪfər/ FY-fər; born April 29, 1958) is an American actress. One of Hollywood's most bankable stars during the 1980s and 1990s, her performances have earned her numerous accolades including a Golden Globe Award and a British Academy Film Award, as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. Pfeiffer began her acting career with minor…

Known for

The Madison — Stacy Clyburn2026
Margo's Got Money Troubles — Shyanne2026
Oh. What. Fun. — Claire2025
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania — Self - Janet van Dyne2023
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania — Janet Van Dyne2023
The First Lady — Betty Ford2022
French Exit — Frances Price2021
Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale — Self2021
Marvel Studios Legends — Janet van Dyne (archive footage) (uncredited)2021
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil — Queen Ingrith2019

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Female
Country: United States
Active from: 1958

Member of

The Pink Ladies

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Wikipedia views (30d)

363,702 total

via Wikimedia Pageviews API

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Marie
Family name: Pfeiffer
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Santa Ana
Spouse: David E. Kelley
Sibling: Dedee Pfeiffer
Occupation: film producer
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: Protestantism
Award: Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
Student of: Sanford Meisner
Eye colour: blue
Hair colour: blond hair
Instrument: voice
Mass: 65
Image: Michelle Pfeiffer 2007.jpg
Height: 1.71
Number of children: 2
Residence: Pacific Palisades

Show 11 more facts

Commons category: Michelle Pfeiffer
date of birth: 1958-04-29
Commons gallery: Michelle Pfeiffer
lifestyle: vegetarianism
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actress
start of work period: 1979-00-00
name in native language: Michelle Pfeiffer
birth name: Michelle Marie Pfeiffer
hashtag: MichellePfeiffer
alternative name: Michele Pfeiffer
net worth: 80000000

Sources (11)

via Wikidata · CC0

~40 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Michelle Marie Pfeiffer (/ˈfaɪfər/ FY-fər; born April 29, 1958) is an American actress and producer. One of Hollywood's most bankable stars during the 1980s and 1990s, her performances have earned her various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a British Academy Film Award, as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and one Primetime Emmy Award.

Pfeiffer's acting career began in the late 1970s, with minor television and film appearances. In 1982, she secured her first leading role in Grease 2, and received widespread recognition for her breakthrough performance as Elvira Hancock in 1983's Scarface. Mainstream success followed with The Witches of Eastwick (1987) and Tequila Sunrise (1988). For Married to the Mob (1988), Pfeiffer received her first of six consecutive Golden Globe Award nominations. She earned consecutive Academy Award nominations, Best Supporting Actress for Dangerous Liaisons (1988) and Best Actress for The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), and won a Golden Globe Award for the latter.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michelle Pfeiffer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.