Michelle Pfeiffer

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 in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Janet Van Dyne in Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018). Since then, she has reprised her role in Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michelle Pfeiffer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Birth Location Santa Ana, California, USA
Born 1958-04-29

Movies

2023
French Exit as Frances Price
2021
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil as Queen Ingrith
2019
Avengers: Endgame as Janet Van Dyne
2019
Ant-Man and the Wasp as Janet van Dyne / Wasp
2018
Where Is Kyra? as Kyra
2018
Murder on the Orient Express as Caroline Hubbard
2017
mother! as Woman
2017
The Wizard of Lies as Ruth Madoff
2017
The Family as Maggie Blake
2013
People Like Us as Lillian Harper
2012
Dark Shadows as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2012
New Year's Eve as Ingrid Withers
2011
Chéri as Lea
2009
Personal Effects as Linda
2009
Stardust as Lamia
2007
Hairspray as Velma Von Tussle
2007
2005
2003
White Oleander as Ingrid Magnussen
2002
I Am Sam as Rita Harrison Williams
2001
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes as Catwoman (archive footage)
2001
What Lies Beneath as Claire Spencer
2000
The Story of Us as Katie Jordan
1999
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen as Self (archive footage)
1999
1999
The Deep End of the Ocean as Beth Cappadora
1999
The Prince of Egypt as Tzipporah (voice)
1998
A Thousand Acres as Rose Cook Lewis
1997
One Fine Day as Melanie Parker
1996
1996
Up Close & Personal as Tally Atwater
1996
Dangerous Minds as Louanne Johnson
1995
Wolf as Laura Alden
1994
The Age of Innocence as Ellen Olenska
1993
Love Field as Lurene Hallett
1992
Batman Returns as Selina Kyle / Catwoman
1992
Frankie and Johnny as Frankie
1991
The Russia House as Katya Orlova
1990
Voices That Care as Self - Choir Member
1990
The Fabulous Baker Boys as Susie Diamond
1989
Dangerous Liaisons as Madame Marie de Tourvel
1988
Tequila Sunrise as Jo Ann Vallenari
1988
Married to the Mob as Angela de Marco
1988
Amazon Women on the Moon as Brenda Landers
1987
The Witches of Eastwick as Sukie Ridgemont
1987
Sweet Liberty as Faith Healy
1986
One Too Many as Annie
1985
Ladyhawke as Isabeau d'Anjou
1985
Into the Night as Diana
1985
Scarface as Elvira
1983
Grease 2 as Stephanie
1982
The Children Nobody Wanted as Jennifer Williams
1981
Splendor in the Grass as Ginny Stamper
1981
Callie & Son as Sue Lynn Bordeaux
1981
1981
Falling in Love Again as Sue Wellington (1940's)
1980
1980
The Solitary Man as Tricia
1979
Oh. What. Fun as Claire Clauster
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Turn of Mind as Amanda O'Toole
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Movies

A Thousand Acres Producer
1997
One Fine Day Executive Producer
1996