Melanie Richards Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an American actress
and film producer. 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 portraying an actor in pornographic films 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).
and film producer. 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 portraying an actor in pornographic films 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).
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