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Melanie Griffith

Highest Rated: 100% Light Keeps Me Company (2000)

Lowest Rated: 12% Milk Money (1994)

Birthday: Aug 9, 1957

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Actress Melanie Griffith became known for strong-but-sexy characters in such films as "Working Girl" (1988) and "Something Wild" (1986), although, at times her multiple marriages and well-documented battles with addiction threatened to overshadow her considerable talent. The daughter of Hitchcock favorite and "The Birds" (1963) star Tippi Hedren, Griffith began her film career while still a teenager in Arthur Penn's "Night Moves" (1975), as an oversexed runaway. Both personal and professional ups-and-downs followed, with a short first marriage to Don Johnson, as well as notable performances in films like "Body Double" (1984). After her Oscar-nominated performance in "Working Girl" Griffith was at the height of her profession when her drug addiction and a string of ill-advised movie projects like "The Bonfire of the Vanities" (1990) diminished her star power. As her second marriage to Johnson collapsed amidst his alcoholic relapse and rumors of infidelity, Griffith met and fell in love with Spanish heartthrob Antonio Banderas. Armed with a newfound stability, the actress took on more respectable film roles, most notably an acclaimed portrayal of a drug-addicted criminal opposite James Woods in "Another Day in Paradise" (1998). Always full of surprises, Griffith defied expectations when she wowed audiences with her Broadway debut in the smash hit musical "Chicago" in 2003. Although later projects lacked the high-profile of her earlier work and more rehab stints were required to keep her personal life on track, this child of Hollywood was nothing if not a survivor.

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Highest rated movies

100% 69% Light Keeps Me Company
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100% 70% Smile
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92% 75% RKO 281
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91% 69% Something Wild
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91% 81% Nobody's Fool
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91% 85% The Disaster Artist Watchlist
83% 71% Night Moves
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83% 67% Working Girl
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81% 41% Stuart Little 2
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79% 65% Body Double
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Detected Unknown (Character) - 2017
63% 70% The Pirates of Somalia Maria Bahadur (Character) - 2017
91% 85% The Disaster Artist Jean Shelton (Character) $21.1M 2017
No Score Yet 38% J.L. Family Ranch Laura Lee (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Day Out of Days Kathy (Character) - 2015
31% 30% Automata Susan Dupre/Cleo (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 62% Call Me Crazy: A Five Film Unknown (Character) - 2013
25% 28% Dark Tourist Betsy (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 37% Dino Time Tyra (Voice) - 2012
44% 48% A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures Snow (Voice) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Heartless Miranda Wells (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 26% The Night We Called It a Day Barbara Marx (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 16% Tempo Sarah James (Character) - 2003
67% 58% Shade Eve (Character) $24.7K 2003
No Score Yet 43% Night We Called It a Day Unknown (Character) - 2003
81% 41% Stuart Little 2 Margalo (Voice) $64.7M 2002
No Score Yet 30% Tart Diane Milford (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 56% Forever Lulu Lulu McAfee (Character) - 2000
100% 69% Light Keeps Me Company Self - 2000
52% 67% Cecil B. Demented Honey Whitlock (Character) $1.3M 2000
92% 75% RKO 281 Marion Davies (Character) - 1999
30% 64% Crazy in Alabama Lucille Vinson (Character) $2.0M 1999
57% 62% Another Day in Paradise Sid (Character) $1.0M 1999
No Score Yet 16% Shadow of Doubt Kitt Devereux (Character) - 1998
42% 42% Celebrity Nicole Oliver (Character) $5.0M 1998
69% 75% Lolita Charlotte Haze (Character) $1.4M 1997
31% 39% Mulholland Falls Katherine Hoover (Character) $11.5M 1996
14% 35% Two Much Betty (Character) $1.1M 1996
No Score Yet 68% Buffalo Girls Dora DuFran (Character) - 1995
33% 82% Now and Then Tina "Teeny" Tercell (Character) $27.1M 1995
91% 81% Nobody's Fool Toby Roebuck (Character) $38.3M 1994
12% 37% Milk Money V (Character) $17.0M 1994
25% 27% Born Yesterday Emma 'Billy' Dawn (Character) $17.8M 1993
41% 72% Shining Through Linda Voss (Character) $21.4M 1992
22% 39% A Stranger Among Us Emily Eden (Character) $12.1M 1992
33% 50% Paradise Lily Reed (Character) $18.6M 1991
No Score Yet 67% In the Spirit Lureen (Character) $15.9K 1990
15% 26% The Bonfire of the Vanities Maria Ruskin (Character) - 1990
54% 48% Pacific Heights Patty Palmer (Character) $27.9M 1990
No Score Yet 33% Women & Men: Stories of Seduction Hadley (Character) - 1990
78% 49% Stormy Monday Kate (Character) $255.9K 1988
38% 41% Cherry 2000 E. Johnson (Character) - 1988
61% 74% The Milagro Beanfield War Flossie Devine (Character) $12.7M 1988
83% 67% Working Girl Tess McGill (Character) $62.2M 1988
91% 69% Something Wild Audrey Hankel (Character) $6.4M 1986
69% 33% Fear City Loretta (Character) - 1984
79% 65% Body Double Holly Body (Character) - 1984
72% 51% Roar Melanie (Character) $106.8K 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Star Maker Dawn Barnett Youngblood (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 40% She's in the Army Now Pvt. Sylvie Knoll (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 32% Underground Aces Lucy (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fast Line Fever Johnnie (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This Girl in Hotel Room (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 20% Steel Cowboy Johnnie (Character) - 1978
78% 73% One on One The Hitchhiker (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 17% Joyride Susie (Character) - 1977
83% 71% Night Moves Delly Grastner (Character) - 1975
53% 47% The Drowning Pool Schuyler (Character) - 1975
100% 70% Smile Karen (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Movimientos Nocturnos Unknown (Character) - 1975

TV

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100% 81% The Last Movie Stars Unknown (Character) 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet What Happens in Hollywood Self 2021
No Score Yet 69% Hawaii Five-0 Unknown (Guest Star) 2014 2016
No Score Yet 57% Saturday Night Live Unknown (Guest Star),
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1988 2015
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2012-2013
96% 90% Raising Hope Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 84% Hot in Cleveland Melanie Griffith (Guest Star) 2011
74% 82% Nip/Tuck Brandie Henry (Guest Star) 2010
25% No Score Yet Viva Laughlin Bunny (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet 84% Robot Chicken Unknown (Guest Voice) 2006
85% 76% The Simpsons Herself (Guest Voice) 2006
27% No Score Yet Twins Lee Arnold (Character) 2005-2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Buffalo Girls Dora DuFran (Character) 1995
71% 89% Miami Vice Christine von Marburg (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Presents Unknown (Character) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries Unknown (Guest Star) 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Starsky and Hutch Unknown (Guest Star) 1978