Michelle Pfeiffer
- Acting
- April 29, 1958 · 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Margo's Got Money Troubles · Shyanne, Executive producer
- The Madison · Stacy Clyburn, Executive producer
- Oh. What. Fun. · Claire
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania · Self
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania · Janet Van Dyne
- The First Lady · Betty Ford
- Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale · Self
- French Exit · Frances Price
- Marvel Studios Legends · Janet van Dyne (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Maleficent: Mistress of Evil · Queen Ingrith
- Scarface: 35th Anniversary Reunion
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Avengers: Endgame · Janet Van Dyne
- Ant-Man and the Wasp · Janet Van Dyne / Wasp
- Where Is Kyra? · Kyra
- Murder on the Orient Express · Caroline Hubbard
- mother! · Woman
- The Fabulous Allan Carr · Self
- The Wizard of Lies · Ruth Madoff
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- The Family · Maggie Blake
- Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck · Self
- Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons · Self
- People Like Us · Lillian Harper
- Dark Shadows · Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · (archive footage)
- New Year's Eve · Ingrid
- Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden · Self
- Chéri · Lea
- Personal Effects · Linda
- Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight · Self
- You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray" · Self
- Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad · Self
- Stardust · Lamia
- Hairspray · Velma Von Tussle
- I Could Never Be Your Woman · Rosie
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- The Reichen Show · Self
- The Many Faces of Catwoman · Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas · Eris (Voice)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- White Oleander · Ingrid Magnussen
- I Am Sam · Rita Harrison Williams
- Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes · Catwoman (archive footage)
- Original Sin · Producer
- What Lies Beneath · Claire Spencer
- The Early Show · Self
- The Story of Us · Katie Jordan
- The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen · Self
- A Midsummer Night's Dream · Titania
- The Deep End of the Ocean · Beth
- The Prince of Egypt · Tzipporah (Voice)
- A Thousand Acres · Rose Cook Lewis, Producer
- The View · Self
- One Fine Day · Melanie Parker, Executive producer
- To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday · Gillian Lewis
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Muppets Tonight · Self
- Up Close & Personal · Tally Atwater
- MADtv · Self
- Dangerous Minds · Louanne Johnson, Producer
- Inside the Actors Studio · Self
- Wolf · Laura Alden
- The Age of Innocence · Ellen Olenska
- Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' · Self
- Love Field · Lurene Hallett, Producer
- Picket Fences · Client (uncredited)
- Batman Returns · Catwoman / Selina
- Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin · Self
- Frankie and Johnny · Frankie
- Voices That Care · Self
- The Russia House · Katya Orlova
- The Simpsons · Mindy Simmons (Voice)
- The Fabulous Baker Boys · Susie Diamond
- Dangerous Liaisons · Madame Marie de Tourvel
- Tequila Sunrise · Jo Ann Vallenari