Michelle Pfeiffer
Pfeiffer has also been honored with a BAFTA Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, National Board of Review Award and New York Film Critics Circle Award, and has also received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination and five additional Golden Globe Award nominations for her performances in The Age of Innocence, Love Field, Frankie and Johnny, The Russia House and Married to the Mob.
The celebrated actress first came to prominence in the cult classic Scarface in 1983 in the role of Elvira Hancock, the wife of Al Pacino's Tony Montana. The Universal Pictures American crime drama, directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone, has become a cultural icon and was named by the American Film Institute in June 2008 as one of the ten greatest gangster films of all time.
Pfeiffer was most recently seen in Dark Shadows, a film that reunited her with Tim Burton on his big-screen take on the 1960s gothic vampire television series. The film also stars Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Eva Green.
In 2011, Pfeiffer was seen in New Line Cinema's New Year's Eve. Directed by Garry Marshall, the ensemble romantic comedy also stars Robert De Niro, Hilary Swank, Sarah Jessica Parker and Ashton Kutcher, among others. In 2009, Pfeiffer starred in Miramax Films' Chari. The film was directed by Stephen Frears and is based on the 1920 novel of the same name by French author Colette.
In 2007, Pfeiffer also appeared in the Golden Globenominated global sensation Hairspray opposite John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Queen Latifah and Zac Efron. That same year, Pfeiffer also appeared as evil witch Lamia in Paramount Pictures' fantasy epic Stardust, directed by Matthew Vaughn. The cast includes Claire Danes, Robert De Niro, Ian McKellen, Rupert Everett and Sienna Miller.
In 2003, Pfeiffer lent her voice to DreamWorks' animated feature Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, with Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Joseph Fiennes. She received a Screen Actors Guild nomination in 2002 for her role as the murderous mother Ingrid Magnussen in Warner Bros.' White Oleander. In 2001, she starred in the critically acclaimed I Am Sam opposite Sean Penn. In 2000, she starred in the summer blockbuster What Lies Beneath opposite Harrison Ford.
Pfeiffer's film credits also include The Story of Us, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Deep End of the Ocean, The Prince of Egypt, One Fine Day, To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, Up Close & Personal, Dangerous Minds, Wolf, Batman Returns, The Witches of Eastwick, Tequila Sunrise, Sweet Liberty and Ladyhawke.
Michelle Pfeiffer Facts
Occupation | Actress |
Birthday | April 29, 1958 (65) |
Sign | Taurus |
Birthplace | Santa Ana, California, USA |
Height | 5' 7½" (1m71) How tall is Michelle Pfeiffer compared to you? |
Awards | 1990 Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama (for The Fabulous Baker Boys) |
1990 BAFTA Awards: Actress in a Supporting Role (for Dangerous Liaisons) |
Selected Filmography
Stardust | ||
Hairspray | ||
Scarface | ||
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | ||
The Witches of Eastwick | ||
Personal Effects | ||
People Like Us | ||
The Prince of Egypt | ||
Batman Returns | ||
Dark Shadows | ||
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