Melanie Griffith
- Active years (films on this site)
- 1975–1988
- Schools and movements
- New Hollywood
Directors worked with
Biography
Melanie Richards Griffith is an American actress. Born in Manhattan to actress Tippi Hedren, she was raised mainly in Los Angeles, where she graduated from the Hollywood Professional School at age 16. In 1975, 17-year-old Griffith appeared opposite Gene Hackman in Arthur Penn's neo-noir film Night Moves. She later rose to prominence as an actor in films including Brian De Palma's Body Double (1984), which earned her a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Griffith's subsequent performance in the comedy Something Wild (1986) attracted critical acclaim before she was cast in 1988's Working Girl, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her a Golden Globe.
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Awards and honours
International
- Golden Globe Ambassador 1975
- National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress 1984
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy 1988
National / local
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress 1992
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress 1996
3 films on this site
- Night Moves 1975 · Arthur Penn · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
- Body Double 1984 · Brian De Palma · IMDb 6.8 · Cast
- Working Girl 1988 · Mike Nichols · IMDb 6.8 · Cast