Michelle Pfeiffer

Acting · 5.6 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: April 29, 1958
From: Santa Ana, California, USA

Biography

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 television and film appearances and secured her first lead role in Grease 2 (1982). Her breakthrough role as Elvira Hancock in Scarface (1983) propelled her into mainstream success, which continued with performances in The Witches of Eastwick (1987) and Tequila Sunrise (1988). Pfeiffer received her first of six consecutive Golden Globe Award nominations for Married to the Mob (1988). Her roles in Dangerous Liaisons (1988) and The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) garnered her two consecutive Academy Award nominations, for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress, respectively, and she won a Golden Globe Award for the latter. Cemented as one of the highest-paid actresses of the 1990s, Pfeiffer starred in The Russia House (1990) and Frankie and Johnny (1991). In 1992, she played Catwoman in Batman Returns and received her third Academy Award nomination for Love Field, which she followed up with performances in The Age of Innocence (1993) and Wolf (1994). She also produced several of her own features through her company, Via Rosa Productions, including Dangerous Minds (1995). Reducing her workload to prioritise her family, Pfeiffer acted sporadically throughout the 2000s, starring in What Lies Beneath (2000), White Oleander (2002), Hairspray, and Stardust (both 2007). Following another hiatus, Pfeiffer returned to prominence in 2017 with performances in Where Is Kyra?, Mother!, and Murder on the Orient Express, and received her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for playing Ruth Madoff in The Wizard of Lies. In 2020, she received her eighth Golden Globe Award nomination for French Exit. Pfeiffer has played Janet van Dyne in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2018, beginning with Ant-Man and the Wasp. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Douglas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

80 films

Avengers: Endgame

20198.2

Ant-Man and the Wasp

20186.9

Scarface

19838.2

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

20236.2

Batman Returns

19927.0

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

20197.3

Murder on the Orient Express

20176.7

The Prince of Egypt

19987.3

Oh. What. Fun.

20255.6

Grease 2

19825.2

mother!

20177.0

Dark Shadows

20126.1

I Am Sam

20017.6

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

20037.1

Stardust

20077.3

The Family

20136.4

Dangerous Minds

19957.0

What Lies Beneath

20006.4

New Year's Eve

20115.9

Dangerous Liaisons

19887.2

The Witches of Eastwick

19876.5

Hairspray

20076.7

Ladyhawke

19857.0

The Age of Innocence

19937.0

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

20236.2

The Wizard of Lies

20176.6

A Midsummer Night's Dream

19996.4

Wolf

19946.1

Tequila Sunrise

19886.1

One Fine Day

19966.5

Into the Night

19856.5

The Deep End of the Ocean

19996.6

The Story of Us

19996.2

French Exit

20215.6

I Could Never Be Your Woman

20075.9

Married to the Mob

19886.0

Love Field

19926.1

Frankie and Johnny

19916.8

Personal Effects

20096.0

Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale

20218.3

Chéri

20096.1

People Like Us

20126.8

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

20127.5

White Oleander

20027.0

Amazon Women on the Moon

19875.9

The Fabulous Baker Boys

19896.6

The Russia House

19906.1

Up Close & Personal

19966.3

Where Is Kyra?

20185.6

To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday

19965.5

'Hairspray' Extentions

2007

The Hollywood Knights

19805.7

A Thousand Acres

19975.7

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

20016.9

The Fabulous Allan Carr

20174.5

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

19815.2

Sweet Liberty

19865.3

The Many Faces of Catwoman

20058.7

Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth

2007

You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"

20076.0

Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin

19926.5

Falling in Love Again

19805.8

Splendor in the Grass

19816.6

Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden

20118.7

Voices That Care

19917.0

B.B. King: Into the Night

19858.2

Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'

19937.0

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson

19877.4

The Children Nobody Wanted

19815.6

Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck

20136.3

One Too Many

1985

Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad

2007

Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons

20127.3

The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen

19996.6

Callie & Son

19816.8

It's 'Hairspray'!

2007

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight

2008

The Solitary Man

19797.5

Turn of Mind

2026

Wild Four O'Clocks

2026