Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Marie Pfeiffer (; born April 29, 1958) is an American actress, singer, and producer. She began her acting career in 1978 and had her first leading role in the musical film Grease 2 (1982), before receiving mainstream attention in 1983 for her breakout performance in the crime film Scarface. In 1992, Pfeiffer co-starred in Batman Returns as Catwoman; later, Pfeiffer portrayed a number of leading roles in films such as Dangerous Minds (1995), What Lies Beneath (2000), Hairspray (2007), and Dark Shadows (2012). Pfeiffer was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Dangerous Liaisons (1988), and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989). She received a third Oscar nomination for Love Field (1992). Her other notable film roles include The Witches of Eastwick (1987), Married to the Mob (1988), Frankie and Johnny (1991), The Age of Innocence (1993), Wolf (1994), White Oleander (2002), and Mother! (2017). She received her first Emmy Award nomination for portraying Ruth Madoff in the HBO television film The Wizard of Lies (2017). 2Early life Pfeiffer was born in Santa Ana, California, the second of four children of Richard Pfeiffer, an air-conditioning contractor, and Donna (née Taverna), a housewife. She has one elder brother, Rick (born 1955), and two younger sisters, Dedee Pfeiffer (born 1964), a television and film actress, and Lori Pfeiffer (born 1965