Cast & creator
Melanie Griffith
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live
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).
Also known as: Melanie Richards Griffith
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1944–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (113)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Simpsons
Melanie Griffith (voice)
1989
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
The View
Self
1997
Hawaii Five-0
Clara Williams
2010
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
1998
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Nip/Tuck
Brandie Henry
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Audience Member
1944
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Miami Vice
Christine von Marburg
1984
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Self
2007
Hot in Cleveland
Melanie Griffith
2010
Starsky & Hutch
Julie
1975
Raising Hope
Tamara Collins
2010
The Kardashians
Self
2022
Vega$
1978
Lolita
Charlotte Haze
1997Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Lo + plus
Self - Audience Member
1995
Twins
Lee Arnold
2005
The High Note
Tess
2020
The Disaster Artist
Jean Shelton
2017
Carter Country
1977
Automata
Dr. Susan Dupré / Cleo (voice)
2014
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
Snow (voice)
2010
Body Double
Holly Body
1984
Stuart Little 2
Margalo (voice)
2002
Working Girl
Tess McGill
1988
Pacific Heights
Patty Palmer
1990Clive Anderson All Talk
Self
1996
Once an Eagle
Jinny Massengale
1976
Mulholland Falls
Katherine Hoover
1996
Viva Laughlin
Bunny
2007
DTLA
Kimberly
2012
Now and Then
Teeny
1995
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Shining Through
Linda Voss
1992
Milk Money
V
1994
Something Wild
Audrey Hankel
1986
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Kristin
2013
Shade
Eve
2003
Dino Time
Tyra (voice)
2012
Nobody's Fool
Toby Roebuck
1994
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Maria Ruskin
1990
Celebrity
Nicole Oliver
1998
Night Moves
Delilah "Delly" Grastner
1975
The Milagro Beanfield War
Flossie Devine
1988
Cecil B. Demented
Honey Whitlock
2000
Cherry 2000
Edith 'E.' Johnson
1987
The Drowning Pool
Schuyler
1975
Monty and the Movies
Self (archive footage)
The Pirates of Somalia
Maria Bahadur
2017
Two Much
Betty
1995
Roar
Melanie
1981
Crazy in Alabama
Lucille Vinson
1999
Fear City
Loretta
1984
Another Day in Paradise
Sid
1998
A Stranger Among Us
Emily Eden
1992
Shadow of Doubt
Kitt Devereux
1998
Lethal Seduction
Miranda Wells
2005
Howard
Karen (archive footage)
2018
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
J.L. Family Ranch
Laura Lee
2016
Forever Lulu
Lulu Mcafee
2000
Smile
Karen
1975
The Grief Tourist
Betsy
2013
Tart
Diane Milford
2001
The Little Pageant That Could
Self (archive footage)
2024
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
2023
Paradise
Lily Reed
1991
A Night to Die For
Self
1995
Stormy Monday
Kate
1988
RKO 281
Marion Davies
1999
Day Out of Days
Kathy
2015
By Design
Narrator (voice)
2026
Yellow
Patsy
2014
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
Self - Host (US)
1992
Born Yesterday
Billie Dawn
1993
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Hadley (segment "Hills Like White Elephants")
1990
Smith!
Extra (uncredited)
1969
Back to the Jurassic
Tyra
2015
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
2002
Light Keeps Me Company
Self
2000
One on One
The Hitchhiker
1977
She's in the Army Now
Pvt. Sylvie Knoll
1981
Buffalo Girls
Dora DuFran
1995
Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This
Girl in Hotel Room
1978
The Cheryl Ladd Special
Ellie - Waitress
1979American Housewife
The Harrad Experiment
Student (uncredited)
1973
Golden Gate
Karen
1981
The Night We Called It a Day
Barbara Marx
2003
Melanie Griffith - Die Frau, die Hollywood überlebte
Self (archive footage)
2026
The Book That Wrote Itself
Melanie Griffith
2000
Roar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made
Self (archive footage)
2017
Underground Aces
Lucy
1981
In the Spirit
Lureen
1990
Steel Cowboy
Johnnie
1978
Joyride
Susie
1977
Tempo
Sarah
2003
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Self (voice)
2004
The Star Maker
Dawn Barnett Youngblood
1981
The Garden
Young Girl
1977Nerd Herd
Celeste
2015
Thirst
Sue
2014
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003