Melanie Griffith

Melanie Richards Griffith is an American actress. Born in Manhattan to future actress Tippi Hedren, she was raised mainly in Los Angeles, where she graduated from the Hollywood Professional School at age 16. In 1975, 17-year-old Griffith appeared opposite Gene Hackman in Arthur Penn's neo-noir film Night Moves. She later rose to prominence as an actor in films such as Brian De Palma's Body Double (1984), which earned her a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Griffith's subsequent performance in the comedy Something Wild (1986) attracted critical acclaim before she was cast in 1988's Working Girl, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her a Golden Globe.

9 August 1957

Born on the same birth day (9 August): Brad Gilbert • Brett Hull • David A. Huffman • Dorin Chirtoacă • Eino Kaila • Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia • J. James Exon • James Freeman Gilbert • Jessica Capshaw • Juanes • Kelli Hubly • Mareta West • Mike Lamb • Raphaël Poirée

Born in the same month (August 1957): Amanda Redman • Brooks D. Simpson • Colm O'Rourke • Dennis Drew • Frank Serratore • Friedhelm Schütte • Gerald Albright • Ian Stuart Donaldson • Ivo Josipović • Jeffrey Daniel • Jerry Bailey • Jim Calder (rugby union) • Larry Corowa • Paul Johnson (American football) • R. R. Patil • Ron Strykert • Sikander Bakht (cricketer) • Simon Donaldson • Stephen Fry