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Michelle Pfeiffer
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Michelle Marie Pfeiffer (/ˈfaɪfər/ FY-fər; born April 29, 1958) is an American actress. One of Hollywood's most bankable stars during the 1980s and 1990s, her performances have earned her numerous accolades including a Golden Globe Award and a British Academy Film Award, as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Pfeiffer began her acting career with minor television and film appearances and secured her first lead role in Grease 2 (1982). Her breakthrough role as Elvira Hancock in Scarface (1983) propelled her into mainstream success, which continued with performances in The Witches of Eastwick (1987) and Tequila Sunrise (1988). Pfeiffer received her first o…
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Michelle Marie Pfeiffer (/ˈfaɪfər/ FY-fər; born April 29, 1958) is an American actress. One of Hollywood's most bankable stars during the 1980s and 1990s, her performances have earned her numerous accolades including a Golden Globe Award and a British Academy Film Award, as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. Pfeiffer began her acting career with minor television and film appearances and secured her first lead role in Grease 2 (1982). Her breakthrough role as Elvira Hancock in Scarface (1983) propelled her into mainstream success, which continued with performances in The Witches of Eastwick (1987) and Tequila Sunrise (1988). Pfeiffer received her first of six consecutive Golden Globe Award nominations for 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, and she won a Golden Globe Award for the latter. Cemented as one of the highest-paid actresses of the 1990s, Pfeiffer starred in The Russia House (1990) and Frankie and Johnny (1991). In 1992, she played Catwoman in Batman Returns and received her third Academy Award nomination for Love Field, which she followed up with performances in The Age of Innocence (1993) and Wolf (1994). She also produced several of her own features through her company, Via Rosa Productions, including Dangerous Minds (1995). Reducing her workload to prioritise her family, Pfeiffer acted sporadically throughout the 2000s, starring in What Lies Beneath (2000), White Oleander (2002), Hairspray, and Stardust (both 2007). Following another hiatus, Pfeiffer returned to prominence in 2017 with performances in Where Is Kyra?, Mother!, and Murder on the Orient Express, and received her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for playing Ruth Madoff in The Wizard of Lies. In 2020, she received her eighth Golden Globe Award nomination for French Exit. Pfeiffer has played Janet van Dyne in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2018, beginning with Ant-Man and the Wasp. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Douglas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Michelle Pfeiffer's Filmography
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Oh. What. Fun.
as Claire
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
as Self - Janet van Dyne
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
as Janet Van Dyne
Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale
as Self
French Exit
as Frances Price
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
as Queen Ingrith
No Poster
Scarface: 35th Anniversary Reunion
Avengers: Endgame
as Janet Van Dyne
Ant-Man and the Wasp
as Janet Van Dyne / Wasp
Where Is Kyra?
as Kyra
Murder on the Orient Express
as Caroline Hubbard
mother!
as Woman
The Fabulous Allan Carr
as Self (archive footage)
The Wizard of Lies
as Ruth Madoff
The Family
as Maggie Blake
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
as Self
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons
as Self
People Like Us
as Lillian Harper
Dark Shadows
as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
New Year's Eve
as Ingrid
Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden
as Self (uncredited)
Chéri
as Lea
Personal Effects
as Linda
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
as Self
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
as Self
Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad
as Self
Stardust
as Lamia
Hairspray
as Velma Von Tussle
I Could Never Be Your Woman
as Rosie
The Many Faces of Catwoman
as Self
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
as Eris (voice)
White Oleander
as Ingrid Magnussen
I Am Sam
as Rita Harrison Williams
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
as Catwoman (archive footage)
What Lies Beneath
as Claire Spencer
The Story of Us
as Katie Jordan
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
as Self (archive footage)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Titania
The Deep End of the Ocean
as Beth
The Prince of Egypt
as Tzipporah (voice)
A Thousand Acres
as Rose Cook Lewis
One Fine Day
as Melanie Parker
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
as Gillian Lewis
Up Close & Personal
as Tally Atwater
Dangerous Minds
as Louanne Johnson
Wolf
as Laura Alden
The Age of Innocence
as Ellen Olenska
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
as Self
Love Field
as Lurene Hallett
Batman Returns
as Catwoman / Selina
Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
as Self
Frankie and Johnny
as Frankie
Voices That Care
as Self - Choir Member
The Russia House
as Katya Orlova
The Fabulous Baker Boys
as Susie Diamond
Dangerous Liaisons
as Madame Marie de Tourvel
Tequila Sunrise
as Jo Ann Vallenari
Married to the Mob
as Angela de Marco
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
as Natica Jackson
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Brenda (segment "Hospital")
The Witches of Eastwick
as Sukie Ridgemont
Sweet Liberty
as Faith Healy
One Too Many
as Annie
Ladyhawke
as Isabeau d'Anjou
Into the Night
as Diana
B.B. King: Into the Night
as Self
Scarface
as Elvira
Grease 2
as Stephanie Zinone
The Children Nobody Wanted
as Jennifer Williams
Splendor in the Grass
as Ginny Stamper
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
as Cordelia Farenington III
Callie & Son
as Sue Lynn Bordeaux
Falling in Love Again
as Sue Wellington (1940's)
The Hollywood Knights
as Suzie Q
The Solitary Man
as Tricia
No Poster
Turn of Mind
as Amanda O'Toole
No Poster