Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Pfeiffer

1958-04-29 Santa Ana, California, USA 79 Credits

Biography

Michelle Marie Pfeiffer (/ˈfaɪfər/ FY-fər; born April 29, 1958) is an American actress. One of Hollywood's most bankable stars during the 1980s and 1990s, her performances have earned her numerous accolades including a Golden Globe Award and a British Academy Film Award, as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. Pfeiffer began her acting career with minor television and film appearances and secured her first lead role in Grease 2 (1982). Her breakthrough role a...

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Oh. What. Fun.

Oh. What. Fun.

2025

as Claire Clauster

Acting

Claire Clauster organizes a special Christmas outing when her family forgets her in the shuffle. By the time they realize their mistake, she’s gone mi...

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

2023

as Self - Janet van Dyne

6.3
Acting

Join cast and crew as they delve deep into the creation of "Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania." Combining immersive behind-the-scenes footage with can...

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

2023

as Janet Van Dyne

6.3
Acting

Super-Hero partners Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne, along with with Hope's parents Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym, and Scott's daughter Cassie Lang, find t...

Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale

Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale

2021

as Self

8.5
Acting

A documentary about the history of Catwoman from DC.

French Exit

French Exit

2021

as Frances Price

5.6
Acting

“My plan was to die before the money ran out,” says 60-year-old penniless Manhattan socialite Frances Price, but things didn’t go as planned. Her husb...

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

2019

as Queen Ingrith

7.3
Acting

Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending...

Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Endgame

2019

as Janet Van Dyne

8.2
Acting

After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaini...

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Ant-Man and the Wasp

2018

as Janet Van Dyne / Wasp

6.9
Acting

Just when his time under house arrest is about to end, Scott Lang once again puts his freedom at risk to help Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym dive into...

Where Is Kyra?

Where Is Kyra?

2018

as Kyra

5.6
Acting

Pushed to the brink after losing her job, a woman struggles to survive. As the months pass and her troubles deepen, she embarks on a perilous and myst...

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

2017

as Caroline Hubbard

6.7
Acting

Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.

mother!

mother!

2017

as Woman

7.0
Acting

A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

The Wizard of Lies

The Wizard of Lies

2017

as Ruth Madoff

6.6
Acting

A look behind the scenes at Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wak...

The Family

The Family

2013

as Maggie Blake

6.4
Acting

After ratting out his Mafia cohorts, Giovanni Manzoni and his family enter the Witness Protection Program and relocate to a sleepy town in France. Des...

Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck

Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck

2013

as Self

6.1
Acting

A look at the life and work of legendary film producer Richard D. Zanuck.

Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons

Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons

2012

as Self

7.3
Acting

A Look at the Cast of Dark Shadows (2012)

People Like Us

People Like Us

2012

as Lillian Harper

6.8
Acting

After flying home to L.A. for the funeral of his estranged record-producer father, a struggling man discovers that the will stipulates that he must de...

Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows

2012

as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard

6.1
Acting

Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find ...

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012

as (archive footage)

7.6
Acting

A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between ma...

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve

2011

as Ingrid Withers

5.9
Acting

The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.

Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden

Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden

2011

as Self (uncredited)

8.6
Acting

Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden is a 2011 concert special documenting the February 21 and 22, 2011 shows of Lady Ga...

Chéri

Chéri

2009

as Lea

6.1
Acting

The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of l...

Personal Effects

Personal Effects

2009

as Linda

6.0
Acting

Walter is a rising star in the NCAA wrestling world until his life is ripped apart by the brutal murder of his sister. Returning home to console his m...

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight

2008

as Self

Acting

A 6 part documentary of making of Batman franchise.

Stardust

Stardust

2007

as Lamia

7.3
Acting

In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the ...

Hairspray

Hairspray

2007

as Velma Von Tussle

6.7
Acting

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Thr...

I Could Never Be Your Woman

I Could Never Be Your Woman

2007

as Rosie

5.9
Acting

Mother Nature loves to cause mischief, and she steps in to help two love-starved souls find happiness. She helps an aging professional woman and singl...

The Many Faces of Catwoman

The Many Faces of Catwoman

2005

as Self

8.0
Acting

History of the character Catwoman

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

2003

as Eris (voice)

7.0
Acting

The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace, and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retriev...

White Oleander

White Oleander

2002

as Ingrid Magnussen

7.1
Acting

A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.

I Am Sam

I Am Sam

2001

as Rita Harrison Williams

7.6
Acting

Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. ...

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

2001

as Catwoman (archive footage)

6.9
Acting

The historical saga of American superheroes. Born in the period between the Great Depression and the World War II to combat the hobgoblins of the mode...

Original Sin

Original Sin

2001

Producer

6.1
Producing

A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his gras...

What Lies Beneath

What Lies Beneath

2000

as Claire Spencer

6.4
Acting

When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an otherworldly spirit is trying to contact her. All the wh...

The Story of Us

The Story of Us

1999

as Katie Jordan

6.1
Acting

Ben and Katie Jordan are a married couple who go through hard times in fifteen years of marriage.

The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen

The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen

1999

as Self (archive footage)

6.4
Acting

The making of The Prince of Egypt (1998).

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1999

as Titania

6.4
Acting

The lovely Hermia is to wed Demetrius, but she truly cares for Lysander. Hermia's friend, Helena, is in love with Demetrius, while other romantic enta...

The Deep End of the Ocean

The Deep End of the Ocean

1999

as Beth Cappadora

6.5
Acting

A three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has ...

The Prince of Egypt

The Prince of Egypt

1998

as Tzipporah (voice)

7.3
Acting

The strong bond between two brothers is challenged when their chosen responsibilities set them at odds, with extraordinary consequences.

A Thousand Acres

A Thousand Acres

1997

as Rose Cook Lewis

5.8
Acting

The lives of an Iowa farmer's three daughters are shattered when he suddenly decides to bequeath them the family's fertile farm.

A Thousand Acres

A Thousand Acres

1997

Producer

5.8
Producing

The lives of an Iowa farmer's three daughters are shattered when he suddenly decides to bequeath them the family's fertile farm.

One Fine Day

One Fine Day

1996

as Melanie Parker

6.4
Acting

Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one mornin...

One Fine Day

One Fine Day

1996

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one mornin...

To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday

To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday

1996

as Gillian Lewis

5.5
Acting

David loves his wife, Gillian. Unfortunately, she died two years ago. David deals with his grief by continuing his romance with Gillian during walks w...

Up Close & Personal

Up Close & Personal

1996

as Tally Atwater

6.3
Acting

Tally Atwater has a dream: to be a prime-time network newscaster. She pursues this dream with nothing but ambition, raw talent and a homemade demo tap...

Dangerous Minds

Dangerous Minds

1995

as Louanne Johnson

7.0
Acting

Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After...

Dangerous Minds

Dangerous Minds

1995

Producer

7.0
Producing

Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After...

Wolf

Wolf

1994

as Laura Alden

6.1
Acting

Aging publisher Will Randall is at the end of his rope when a younger co-worker snatches his job out from under his nose. But after being bitten by a ...

The Age of Innocence

The Age of Innocence

1993

as Ellen Olenska

7.0
Acting

In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin...

Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'

Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'

1993

as Self

5.5
Acting

A documentary about the making of director Martin Scorsese's 1993 film adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Age of Innocenc...

Love Field

Love Field

1992

as Lurene Hallett

5.9
Acting

Dallas housewife Lurene Hallett's life revolves around the doings of Jacqueline Kennedy. She is devastated when President Kennedy is shot a few hours ...

Love Field

Love Field

1992

Producer

5.9
Producing

Dallas housewife Lurene Hallett's life revolves around the doings of Jacqueline Kennedy. She is devastated when President Kennedy is shot a few hours ...

Batman Returns

Batman Returns

1992

as Selina Kyle / Catwoman

6.9
Acting

Batman must face The Penguin, a sewer-dwelling gangleader intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Meanwhile, another Gotham resident finds hers...

The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin

The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin

1992

as Self

6.4
Acting

Behind the scenes documentary about the making of Batman Returns.

Frankie and Johnny

Frankie and Johnny

1991

as Frankie

6.8
Acting

When Johnny is released from prison following a forgery charge, he quickly lands a job as a short-order cook at a New York diner. Following a brief fl...

Voices That Care

Voices That Care

1991

as Self - Choir Member

8.0
Acting

Behind the scenes making of the charity single "Voices That Care".

The Russia House

The Russia House

1990

as Katya Orlova

6.1
Acting

Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investiga...

The Fabulous Baker Boys

The Fabulous Baker Boys

1989

as Susie Diamond

6.6
Acting

The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.

Dangerous Liaisons

Dangerous Liaisons

1988

as Madame Marie de Tourvel

7.2
Acting

In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for ...

Tequila Sunrise

Tequila Sunrise

1988

as Jo Ann Vallenari

6.1
Acting

In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, whil...

Married to the Mob

Married to the Mob

1988

as Angela de Marco

6.0
Acting

Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affa...

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson

1987

as Natica Jackson

6.8
Acting

In the 1930's an aging film producer and his much younger wife live separate lives. Whenever a young starlet catches the husband's eye, he eventually ...

Amazon Women on the Moon

Amazon Women on the Moon

1987

as Brenda (segment "Hospital")

5.9
Acting

Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird ...

The Witches of Eastwick

The Witches of Eastwick

1987

as Sukie Ridgemont

6.5
Acting

Three single women in a picturesque Rhode Island village have their wishes granted - at a cost - when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their...

Sweet Liberty

Sweet Liberty

1986

as Faith Healy

5.4
Acting

Michael Burgess is an academic who has written a scholarly book on the American Revolution which Hollywood has bought the film rights to. The arrival ...

One Too Many

One Too Many

1985

as Annie

Acting

Four high school friends find their lives changed forever when one of the friends drives drunk with devastating results.

Ladyhawke

Ladyhawke

1985

as Isabeau d'Anjou

7.0
Acting

Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his...

Into the Night

Into the Night

1985

as Diana

6.5
Acting

Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.

B.B. King: Into the Night

B.B. King: Into the Night

1985

as Self

8.2
Acting

A short documentary about B.B. King and his time working on the score for the 1985 movie "Into the Night" starring Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer...

Scarface

Scarface

1983

as Elvira

8.2
Acting

After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciousl...

Grease 2

Grease 2

1982

as Stephanie Zinone

5.2
Acting

It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the...

The Children Nobody Wanted

The Children Nobody Wanted

1981

as Jennifer Williams

6.0
Acting

True story of Tom Butterfield and his crusade to provide family life for homeless children, becoming not only the first bachelor caretaker, but the yo...

Splendor in the Grass

Splendor in the Grass

1981

as Ginny Stamper

6.4
Acting

Two teenagers, in love in pre-Depression Kansas, cope with parental pressure and the strict sexual mores of the day.

Callie & Son

Callie & Son

1981

as Sue Lynn Bordeaux

6.7
Acting

A fictional drama, covering a 30-year period, about a poverty-stricken teenager forced to give up her illegitimate son at birth, and the climb to weal...

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

1981

as Cordelia Farenington III

5.0
Acting

Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders. With his bumbling gr...

Falling in Love Again

Falling in Love Again

1980

as Sue Wellington (1940's)

5.4
Acting

Harry and Sue Lewis met in the 40s as teenagers living in the Bronx. He was an aspiring architect, she was the most beautiful girl in school, and both...

The Hollywood Knights

The Hollywood Knights

1980

as Suzie Q

5.8
Acting

Led by their comedic and pranking leader, Newbomb Turk, the Hollywood Knights car gang raise hell throughout Beverly Hills on Halloween Night, 1965. E...

The Solitary Man

The Solitary Man

1979

as Tricia

7.0
Acting

A family man must make an adjustment after his wife of fifteen years one day blurts out that she wants a divorce and leaves him to construct a new lif...

Wild Four O'Clocks

N/A

Acting

It follows two young brothers who are placed into the care of their estranged grandmother after their father is sent to prison. She’s a vibrant and la...

Turn of Mind

N/A

as Amanda O'Toole

Acting

A retired surgeon suffering from Alzheimers becomes a suspect in her friend's murder.