Michelle Marie Pfeiffer, born April 29, 1958, is an American actress and producer. Pfeiffer’s performances in a variety of film genres have consistently garnered acclaim and multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, three Academy Award nominations, and an Emmy Award nomination. One of the most popular actresses of the 1980s and 1990s, Pfeiffer is considered to be among the most talented actresses of her generation and has remained one of Hollywood’s most sought-after actresses for four decades.
She received her first Emmy Award nomination for portraying Ruth Madoff in the HBO television movie The Wizard of Lies (2017), then appeared in the ensemble film Murder on the Orient Express (2017) and debuted in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the Original Wasp in Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018). She won the Miss Orange County beauty pageant in 1978 and entered the Miss California pageant the same year, finishing in sixth place. Following her participation in these contests, she acquired an acting agent and began auditioning for television and movies.
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Pfeiffer began his career in 1978 with minor television appearances before landing his first leading role in Grease 2 (1982). Disillusioned with being typecast based on her physical appearance, she actively sought out more serious material until she landed her breakthrough role as moll gangster Elvira Hancock in Scarface (1983). She achieved further success with such films as The Witches of Eastwick (1987), Tequila Sunrise (1988), and Married to the Mob (1988), for which she was nominated for the first of six consecutive Golden Globe Awards. Her performances in Dangerous Liaisons (1988) and The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) earned her two consecutive Academy Award nominations, for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress, respectively; she won widespread acclaim and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture-Drama for her portrayal of former date and lounge singer Susie Diamond in the latter.
Pfeiffer continued to establish himself as a Hollywood leading man with roles in The Russia House (1990) and Frankie and Johnny (1991). In 1992, Pfeiffer played Selina Kyle/Catwoman in Batman Returns, one of the most admired portrayals of the comic book character, while she received her third Academy Award nomination for her performance in Love Field. She continued to receive praise for her performances in The Age of Innocence (1993), Wolf (1994), What Lies Beneath (2000), and White Oleander (2002), while producing several successful films under her Via Rosa Productions, including Dangerous. . Minds (1995) and A Good Day (1996). After a five-year hiatus from acting in 2002, she returned in 2007 with the films Hairspray and Stardust.
In 2017, she earned rave reviews for her performance in Where Is Kyra?, before returning to fame with supporting roles in Mother! and Murder on the Orient Express, while she received her first Emmy Award nomination for playing Ruth Madoff in the biopic The Wizard of Lies. She also ventured into blockbuster franchises, debuting in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Janet van Dyne in Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) and a scheming queen in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), before earning accolades and a Globe nomination for Gold for starring in French Exit (2020).
Net worth
Michelle Pfeiffer is an American actress who has a net worth of $250 million. That’s a combined net worth with her husband of more than two decades, television super-producer David E. Kelley.
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