Michelle Pfeiffer
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Biography
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).
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Kelly Clarkson Show
E! True Hollywood Story
The Oscars
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
MADtv
The Early Show
CHiPs
Today
The Graham Norton Show
The Simpsons
Honest Trailers
Marvel Studios Legends
Avengers: Endgame
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Stardust
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hairspray
mother!
The Prince of Egypt
Batman Returns
Dangerous Liaisons
Murder on the Orient Express
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons
Scarface
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
The Family
I Am Sam
Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale
Wolf
Oz the Great and Powerful
The First Lady
Dark Shadows
Frankie and Johnny
The Wizard of Lies
Grease 2
Amazon Women on the Moon
Personal Effects
The Madison
Dangerous Minds
French Exit
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