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Pam Grier

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26 de maio de 1949 · Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

Biografia

Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress. Described by director Quentin Tarantino as cinema's first female action star, she achieved fame for her starring roles in a string of 1970s action, blaxploitation, and women in prison films for American International Pictures and New World Pictures. Her accolades include nominations for an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Satellite Award, and a Saturn Award. Grier came to prominence with her titular roles in the films Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974); her other major films during this period included The Big Doll House (1971), Women in Cages (1971), The Big Bird Cage (1972), Black Mama, White Mama (1973), Scream Blacula Scream (1973), The Arena (1974), Sheba, Baby (1975), Bucktown (1975), and Friday Foster (1975). She portrayed the title character in Quentin Tarantino's crime film Jackie Brown (1997), and also appeared in Escape from L.A. (1996), Jawbreaker (1999), Holy Smoke!, (1999), Bones (2001), Just Wright (2010), Larry Crowne (2011), and Poms (2019). On television, Grier portrayed Eleanor Winthrop in the Showtime comedy-drama series Linc's (1998–2000), Kate "Kit" Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word (2004–2009), and Constance Terry in the ABC sitcom Bless This Mess (2019–2020). She received praise for her work in the animated series Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1999).

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Filme · 1997 · ★ 7,4
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Smallville: As Aventuras do Superboy
Série · 2001 · ★ 8,2
Pôster de Lei & Ordem: Unidade de Vítimas Especiais
Lei & Ordem: Unidade de Vítimas Especiais
Série · 1999 · ★ 8,0
Pôster de Um Maluco no Pedaço
Um Maluco no Pedaço
Série · 1990 · ★ 7,9
Pôster de Fuga de Los Angeles
Fuga de Los Angeles
Filme · 1996 · ★ 5,9
Pôster de This Is Us
This Is Us
Série · 2016 · ★ 8,2
Pôster de Larry Crowne: O Amor Está de Volta
Larry Crowne: O Amor Está de Volta
Filme · 2011 · ★ 6,0
Pôster de Bill & Ted: Dois Loucos no Tempo
Bill & Ted: Dois Loucos no Tempo
Filme · 1991 · ★ 6,3
Pôster de Fantasmas de Marte
Fantasmas de Marte
Filme · 2001 · ★ 5,2
Pôster de O Homem com Punhos de Ferro
O Homem com Punhos de Ferro
Filme · 2012 · ★ 5,5
Pôster de Bob's Burgers
Bob's Burgers
Série · 2011 · ★ 7,8

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