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): Ana Serradilla • Billy Henderson (American singer) • Brad Gilbert • Butch Warren • Chamique Holdsclaw • Chandler Williams • Hoda Kotb • John Key • Linda Keen • Mike Lamb • Rinus Gerritsen • Thomas Lennon • Thomas Telford

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