Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Marie Pfeiffer born April 29 1958 is an American actress and producer She has received many accolades including a Golden Globe Award and three nominations for Academy Award Pfeiffer began to pursue an acting career in 1978 and had her first leading role in the musical film Grease 2 1982 Frustrated with being typecast as the token pretty girl she actively pursued more serious material and had her breakthrough role as gangster moll Elvira Hancock in the crime film Scarface 1983 Further success came with leading roles in the fantasy feature The Witches of Eastwick 1987 and the comedy Married to the Mob 1988 Her roles in Dangerous Liaisons 1988 and The Fabulous Baker Boys 1989 garnered her two consecutive Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress respectively her portrayal of lounge singer Susie Diamond in the latter is one of the most acclaimed of her career Pfeiffer went on to star as Catwoman Selina Kyle in Tim Burtons superhero film Batman Returns 1992 following which she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress and earned a third Academy Award nomination for playing a troubled housewife in Love Field 1992 She continued to gain praise for her performances in the dramas The Age of Innocence 1993 and White Oleander 2002 and the horror films Wolf 1994 and What Lies Beneath 2000 During this time she also produced a series of films under her production company Via Rosa Productions After a hiatus from acting in 2002 she returned with the musical Hairspray 2007 She received her first Emmy Award nomination for portraying Ruth Madoff in the HBO television film The Wizard of Lies 2017 she went on to feature in the ensemble films Murder on the Orient Express 2017 and debuted in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Janet Van Dyne in AntMan and the Wasp 2018 Since then she has reprised her role in Avengers Endgame 2019 and AntMan and the Wasp Quantumania 2023 Description above from the Wikipedia article Michelle Pfeiffer licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia