Michelle Marie Pfeiffer (born April 29, 1958) is an American actress and producer. She has received many accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, and three nominations for Academy Award. Pfeiffer began to pursue an acting career in 1978 and had her first leading role in the musical film Grease 2 (1982). Frustrated with being typecast as the token pretty girl, she actively pursued more serious material and had her breakthrough role as gangster moll Elvira Hancock in the crime film Scarface (1983). Further success came with leading roles in the fantasy feature The Witches of Eastwick (1987) and the comedy 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; her portrayal of lounge singer Susie Diamond in the latter is one of the most acclaimed of her career. Pfeiffer went on to star as Catwoman / Selina Kyle in Tim Burton's superhero film Batman Returns (1992), following which she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress and earned a third Academy Award nomination for playing a troubled housewife in Love Field (1992). She continued to gain praise for her performances in the dramas The Age of Innocence (1993) and White Oleander (2002), and the horror films Wolf (1994) and What Lies Beneath (2000). During this time, she also produced a series of films under her production company Via Rosa Productions. After a hiatus from acting in 2002, she returned with the musical Hairspray (2007). She received her first Emmy Award nomination for portraying Ruth Madoff in the HBO television film The Wizard of Lies (2017), she went on to feature in the ensemble films Murder on the Orient Express (2017) and debuted to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Janet Van Dyne starting Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michelle Pfeiffer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Turn of Mind | Amanda O'Toole | 2025 |
Movie | Megalopolis | 2024-05-16 | |
Movie | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Janet van Dyne | 2023-02-15 |
Series | The First Lady | Betty Ford | 2022-04-17 |
Movie | French Exit | Frances Price | 2021-02-12 |
Movie | Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale | Self | 2021-05-05 |
Movie | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Queen Ingrith | 2019-10-16 |
Movie | Avengers: Endgame | Janet Van Dyne | 2019-04-24 |
Movie | Ant-Man and the Wasp | Janet van Dyne / Wasp | 2018-07-04 |
Movie | Where Is Kyra? | Kyra | 2018-04-06 |
Movie | The Wizard of Lies | Ruth Madoff | 2017-05-11 |
Movie | mother! | Woman | 2017-09-13 |
Movie | Murder on the Orient Express | Caroline Hubbard | 2017-11-03 |
Movie | Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck | Self | 2013-04-28 |
Movie | The Family | Maggie Blake | 2013-09-13 |
Movie | Dark Shadows | Elizabeth Collins Stoddard | 2012-05-09 |
Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
Movie | People Like Us | Lillian Harper | 2012-06-29 |
Movie | Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons | Herself | 2012-10-09 |
Movie | New Year's Eve | Ingrid Withers | 2011-12-08 |
Movie | Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden | Self (uncredited) | 2011-05-07 |
Movie | Chéri | Lea | 2009-04-08 |
Movie | Personal Effects | Linda | 2009-03-05 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Herself | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Stardust | Lamia | 2007-08-09 |
Movie | I Could Never Be Your Woman | Rosie | 2007-05-11 |
Movie | Hairspray | Velma Von Tussle | 2007-07-19 |
Movie | The Many Faces of Catwoman | Herself | 2005-01-18 |
Movie | Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight - Dark Side of the Knight | Self | 2005-10-18 |
Movie | Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight | Herself | 2005-10-18 |
Series | The Reichen Show | Unknown | 2005-11-11 |
Movie | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | Eris (voice) | 2003-07-02 |
Movie | White Oleander | Ingrid Magnussen | 2002-10-11 |
Movie | Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes | Catwoman (archive footage) | 2001-12-23 |
Movie | I Am Sam | Rita Harrison Williams | 2001-12-28 |
Movie | What Lies Beneath | Claire Spencer | 2000-07-21 |
Movie | The Deep End of the Ocean | Beth Cappadora | 1999-03-12 |
Movie | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Titania | 1999-05-14 |
Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
Movie | The Story of Us | Katie Jordan | 1999-10-14 |
Movie | The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1999-09-14 |
Movie | The Prince of Egypt | Tzipporah (voice) | 1998-12-16 |
Movie | The Making of The Prince of Egypt | Herself | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | A Thousand Acres | Rose Cook Lewis | 1997-09-19 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Up Close & Personal | Tally Atwater | 1996-03-01 |
Movie | To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday | Gillian Lewis | 1996-10-25 |
Movie | One Fine Day | Melanie Parker | 1996-12-20 |
Series | Muppets Tonight | Unknown | 1996-03-08 |
Series | MADtv | Unknown | 1995-10-14 |
Movie | Dangerous Minds | Louanne Johnson | 1995-08-11 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
Movie | Wolf | Laura Alden | 1994-06-17 |
Movie | Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' | Self | 1993-09-01 |
Movie | The Age of Innocence | Ellen Olenska | 1993-09-10 |
Movie | The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin | Self | 1992-06-14 |
Movie | Love Field | Lurene Hallett | 1992-12-11 |
Movie | Batman Returns | Selina Kyle / Catwoman | 1992-06-19 |
Movie | Voices That Care | Self - Choir Member | 1991-02-28 |
Movie | Frankie and Johnny | Frankie | 1991-10-11 |
Movie | The Russia House | Katya Orlova | 1990-12-21 |
Movie | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Susie Diamond | 1989-10-13 |
Series | The Simpsons | Mindy Simmons (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
Movie | Married to the Mob | Angela de Marco | 1988-08-19 |
Series | This Morning | Unknown | 1988-10-03 |
Movie | Tequila Sunrise | Jo Ann Vallenari | 1988-12-02 |
Movie | Dangerous Liaisons | Madame Marie de Tourvel | 1988-12-21 |
Movie | The Witches of Eastwick | Sukie Ridgemont | 1987-06-12 |
Movie | Amazon Women on the Moon | Brenda Landers | 1987-09-18 |
Movie | Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson | Natica Jackson | 1987-11-06 |
Movie | Sweet Liberty | Faith Healy | 1986-05-16 |
Movie | B.B. King: Into the Night | Self | 1985-01-01 |
Movie | Into the Night | Diana | 1985-02-22 |
Movie | Ladyhawke | Isabeau d'Anjou | 1985-03-27 |
Movie | Scarface | Elvira | 1983-12-09 |
Movie | Grease 2 | Stephanie | 1982-06-11 |
Movie | The Children Nobody Wanted | Jennifer Williams | 1981-12-05 |
Movie | Splendor in the Grass | Ginny Stamper | 1981-10-26 |
Movie | Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen | Cordelia Farenington III | 1981-02-13 |
Movie | Callie & Son | Sue Lynn Bordeaux | 1981-10-13 |
Series | B.A.D. Cats | Samantha 'Sunshine' Jensen | 1980-01-04 |
Movie | Falling in Love Again | Sue Wellington (1940's) | 1980-11-21 |
Movie | The Hollywood Knights | Suzie Q | 1980-05-18 |
Series | Enos | Unknown | 1980-11-12 |
Series | Delta House | The Bombshell | 1979-01-16 |
Movie | The Solitary Man | Tricia | 1979-10-09 |
Series | CHiPs | Jobina | 1977-09-15 |
Series | ABC Afterschool Special | Annie | 1972-10-04 |
Series | Great Performances | Natica Jackson | 1971-01-28 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |