Melanie Griffith

**Melanie Griffith** (born August 9, 1957) is an American actress. She is the daughter of Tippi Hedren. She has been in many motion pictures. She is an Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner for her performance in the 1988 movie _Working Girl_.

## Early life

She graduated from Hollywood Professional School when she was 16 years old.

Griffith began work at nine months old in a commercial.  In _Night Moves_ she did racy nude scenes at age 17.

## Personal life

At age 14, Griffith began dating 22-year old actor Don Johnson.  He co-starred with her mother in _The Harrad Experiment_. Griffith was an extra. They had a six-month marriage in 1976. Tatum O'Neal said in her 2004 autobiography that around that time, she (then 12) and Griffith (then 18) were in an opium-fueled orgy in a Paris hotel room.

In September 1981, Griffith married Steven Bauer. He was her co-star in the TV movie _She's in the Army Now_. They have a son, Alexander, born on August 22, 1985. The couple divorced in 1987. Griffith later said she had problems with cocaine and liquor after her divorce from Bauer. "What I did was drink myself to sleep at night," she said. "If I wasn't with someone, I was an unhappy girl."

She checked into rehab in 1988. During this time, she got back together with Johnson, became sober and pregnant. They remarried in June 1989. Their daughter, Dakota Johnson, was born on October 4, 1989. They separated in June 1994. They divorced in 1996.

Griffith and Antonio Banderas began a relationship in May 1995 when they began filming _Two Much_. The couple has been married since May 14, 1996. Their daughter, Stella del Carmen Banderas Griffith, was born on September 24, 1996. There are reports of trouble in the marriage due to Antonio's closeness to an Indian Actress Mallika Sherawat. In June 2014, Griffith and Banderas stated that they are to divorce. The divorce was finalized in 2015.

Her father, Peter Griffith, died at age 67 on May 14, 2001.

In 1988, Griffith sought treatment for addiction to painkillers and alcohol after the filming of Working Girl. She went into rehab in 2000 for a painkiller addiction. She returned to rehab in August 2009 for substance abuse problems. She left three months later and underwent surgery for skin cancer in December 2009.

## Honors

- Named "Star of Tomorrow" by the Motion Picture Booker's Club (1984)
- Taormina International Film Festival — Diamond Award (2000)
- Cannes Film Festival — Lifetime Achievement Award (2001)

## Filmography

|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Year|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Film|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Role|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1969|_Smith!_|rowspan=2|Extra|rowspan=2|Uncredited|||
|1973|_The Harrad Experiment_|||||||
|rowspan="3"|1975|_Night Moves_|Delly Grastner|||||
|_The Drowning Pool_|Schuyler Devereaux|||||||
|_Smile_|Karen Love|||||||
|1976|_Once an Eagle_|Jinny Massengale||||||
|rowspan="3"|1977|_The Garden_|Young Girl|||||
|_One on One_|The Hitchhiker|||||||
|_Joyride_|Susie|||||||
|rowspan="2"|1978|_Daddy, I Don't Like it Like This_|Girl in Hotel|||||
|_Steel Cowboy_|Johnnie|||||||
|rowspan="5"|1981|_Roar_|Melanie|||||
|_Underground Aces_|Lucy|||||||
|_The Star Maker_|Dawn Barnett Youngblood|||||||
|_She's in the Army Now_|Pvt. Sylvie Knoll|||||||
|_Golden Gate_|Karen|||||||
|rowspan="2"|1984|_Fear City_|Loretta|||||
|_Body Double_|Holly Body|National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture||||||
|1985|_Alfred Hitchcock Presents_|Girl||||||
|1986|_Something Wild_|Audrey Hankel aka Lulu|Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|||||
|1987|_Cherry 2000_|Edith 'E' Johnson||||||
|rowspan="3"|1988|_The Milagro Beanfield War_|Flossie Devine|||||
|_Stormy Monday_|Kate|||||||
|_Working Girl_|Tess McGill|Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role||||||
|rowspan="4"|1990|_Women and Men: Stories of Seduction_|Hadley|||||
|_In the Spirit_|Lureen|||||||
|_Pacific Heights_|Patty Palmer|||||||
|_The Bonfire of the Vanities_|Maria Ruskin|||||||
|1991|_Paradise_|Lily Reed||||||
|rowspan="2"|1992|_Shining Through_|Linda Voss|||||
|_A Stranger Among Us_|Emily Eden|||||||
|1993|_Born Yesterday_|Billie Dawn||||||
|rowspan="2"|1994|_Milk Money_|V|||||
|_Nobody's Fool_|Toby Roebuck|||||||
|rowspan="3"|1995|_Buffalo Girls_|Dora DuFran|Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film||||
|_Now and Then_|Tina 'Teeny' Tercell|||||||
|_Two Much_|Betty Kerner|||||||
|1996|_Mulholland Falls_|Katherine Hoover||||||
|1997|_Lolita_|Charlotte Haze||||||
|rowspan="3"|1998|_Another Day in Paradise_|Sid|Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actress <small>also for _Crazy in Alabama_</small>||||
|_Shadow of Doubt_|Kitt Devereux|||||||
|_Celebrity_|Nicole Oliver|||||||
|rowspan="2"|1999|_Crazy in Alabama_|Lucille Vinson|Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actress <small>also for _Another Day in Paradise_</small>||||
|_RKO 281_|Marion Davies|Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film||||||
|rowspan="2"|2000|_Cecil B. Demented_|Honey Whitlock|||||
|_Forever Lulu_|Lulu McAfee|Released on DVD as _Along for the Ride_ (2000)||||||
|2001|_Tart_|Diane Milford||||||
|rowspan="2"|2002|_Searching for Debra Winger_|Herself|||||
|_Stuart Little 2_|Margalo the Bird|Voice||||||
|rowspan="3"|2003|_The Night We Called It a Day_|Barbara Marx|Nominated — Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role||||
|_Shade_|Eve|||||||
|_Tempo_|Sarah|||||||
|2005|_Heartless_|Miranda Wells||||||
|2007|_Viva Laughlin_|Bunny Baxter|Supporting role, TV series|||||
|rowspan="2"|2010|_Nip/Tuck_|Brandie Henry|Recurring role, TV series||||
|_Eli_|Narrator|Lead role, Movie||||||
|2011|_Hot in Cleveland_|Herself|Episode: "Sisterhood of the Traveling SPANX"|||||
|2012|_This American Housewife_|Leila|Lifetime original series|||||

## Infobox (person)

- **image**: Melanie Griffith auf dem Filmfest München 2012.JPG
- **caption**: Melanie Griffith at München Film Festival in 2012
- **image size**: 210px
- **birth name**: Melanie Richards Griffith
- **birth place**: Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
- **occupation**: Actress
- **years active**: 1969–present
- **spouse**:

- **children**: 3, including Dakota Johnson
- **parents**: Peter Griffith (dead)
Tippi Hedren
- **relatives**: Tracy Griffith (half-sister)
Clay A. Griffith (half-brother)