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Melanie Griffith Biography And Net Worth
Melanie Richards Griffith is an American actress, model, voice actor and film producer. She began her career in the 1970s, appearing in several independent thriller films before achieving mainstream success in the mid-1980s.
Who is Melanie Griffith?
Melanie Richards Griffith is an American actress, model, voice actor and film producer. She began her career in the 1970s, appearing in several independent thriller films before achieving mainstream success in the mid-1980s.
Bio Data
| Name | Melanie Richards Griffith |
| Date of birth | August 9, 1957 |
| Place of birth | Manhattan, New York City |
| Gender | Female |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 5 ft 8 (1. 75m) |
| Profession | Actor, Model, Voice actor, Producer |
| Relationships | Don Johnson, Steven Bauer, Antonio Banderas |
| Net Worth | $40 Million |
| Instagram Handle | @melaniegriffith |
Biography
Melanie Richards Griffith was born on August 9, 1957, in Manhattan, New York City, to actress Tippi Hedren and Peter Griffith, a former child stage actor and advertising executive. Griffith’s paternal ancestry is Welsh, while her maternal ancestry is Swedish, Norwegian, and German. Her parents separated when she was two years old, after which she relocated to Los Angeles with her mother, they divorced two years later when Griffith was four. After divorcing Hedren, her father married model actress Nanita Greene and had two more children: Tracy Griffith, who also became an actress, and Clay A. Griffith, a set designer. Her mother married agent and producer Noel Marshall when Griffith was seven years old.
During her childhood and adolescent years, she lived part of the time in New York with her father and part-time in Antelope Valley, California, where her mother formed the animal preserve Shambala. Griffith appeared in advertisements and briefly worked as a child model before abandoning the career, citing extreme shyness as the reason. While attending the Hollywood Professional School, Griffith was advanced in her studies, which allowed her to skip a grade level and graduate at age 16.
Career
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 thriller 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.
In the 1990s Griffith performed in a series of roles which received varying critical reception; she received Golden Globe nominations for her performances in Buffalo Girls (1995), and as Marion Davies in RKO 281 (1999), while also earning a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for her performances in Shining Through (1992), as well as receiving nominations for Crazy in Alabama (1999) and John Waters’ cult film Cecil B. Demented (2000). Other credits include John Schlesinger’s Pacific Heights (1990), Milk Money (1994), the neo-noir film Mulholland Falls (1996), Charlotte Haze in Adrian Lyne’s Lolita (1997), and Another Day in Paradise (1998).
She played the voice of Margalo in Stuart Little 2 (2002), later starred as Barbara Marx in The Night We Called It a Day (2003), and spent the majority of the 2000s appearing on such television series as Nip/Tuck, Raising Hope, and Hawaii Five-0. After acting on stage in London, in 2003, she made her Broadway debut in a revival of the musical Chicago, receiving celebratory reviews. In the 2010s, Griffith returned to film, starring opposite her husband Antonio Banderas in the science-fiction film Autómata (2014) and as an acting coach in James Franco’s The Disaster Artist (2017).
Net Worth
Melanie Griffith is worth at least $40 million.
Philanthropy
Griffith supports the efforts of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles helping to lead Walk for Kids, a community 5K, to raise funds as part of the hospital’s community awareness efforts in support of the opening of a new state-of-the-art pediatric inpatient facility. She also participated in the hospital’s 2012 Noche de Niños gala as a presenter of a Courage to Care Award.
Personal Life
Melanie got married to Don Johnson in 1976 for the first time and got divorced the same year. She got married to Steven Bauer (1981-1989), Don Johnson (1989-1996), and Antonio Banderas (1996-2015). She has three children including the American actress Dakota Johnson.
FAQs
How old was Melanie Griffith when she gave birth to Dakota Johnson?
Melanie gave birth to her second child, Dakota Johnson on October 4, 1989, when she was 32 years old.
How long were Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith together?
They were together for almost 20 years. They got divorced in 2015 but they have a close relationship when it comes to co-parenting their daughter, Stella Banderas.
How much was Dakota Johnson paid for Fifty Shades movies?
Dakota Johnson reportedly took home $250,000 for Fifty Shades of Grey.
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