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| Birth Name(s) : Michelle Pfeiffer |
Date of Birth: April 29, 1958 |
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Married
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Partner:
David E. Kelley |
| Profession:
Actor |
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Michelle Pfeiffer was born in Santa Ana, California to Dick and Donna Pfeiffer. She has an older brother and two younger sisters - Dedee Pfeiffer, and Lori, who dabbled in acting and modeling but decided against making it her life's work. She graduated from Fountain Valley High School in 1976, and attended one year at the Golden West College, where she studied to become a court reporter. But it was while working as a supermarket checker at Vons, a large Southern California grocery chain, that she realized her true calling.
She was married to actor/director Peter Horton ("Gary" of "thirtysomething" (1987)) in 1981. They were later divorced, and she then had a three year relationship with actor Fisher Stevens. When that didn't work out, Pfeiffer decided she didn't want to wait any longer before having her own family, and in March of 1993, she adopted a baby girl, Claudia Rose. On November 13th of the same year, she married lawyer-turned-writer/producer David E. Kelley (creator of "Picket Fences and "Chicago Hope"). On August 5, 1994 their son, John Henry was born. |
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Michelle Marie Pfeiffer (born April 29, 1958) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and internationally known American actress. In a career spanning more than 25 years, she has starred in films such as Scarface, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Batman Returns, What Lies Beneath, Hairspray, Stardust and Grease 2 .
Pfeiffer was born in Santa Ana, California to Donna (née Taverna), a homemaker, and Richard Pfeiffer, a heating and air conditioning contractor. She was raised in Midway City, Orange County, California, about thirty miles southeast of Los Angeles. Pfeiffer is the second of four siblings: an older brother, Rick Pfeiffer, and two younger sisters, Dedee Pfeiffer (b. 1964, also an actress) and Lori Pfeiffer (b. 1965). Pfeiffer attended Fountain Valley High School, graduating in 1976. She briefly pursued a career as a court reporter at local Golden West Community College before dropping out to pursue a career in acting. In 1978, Pfeiffer entered and won the Miss Orange County beauty pageant, and then entered the statewide competition for Miss California USA. Although unsuccessful in winning the title, Pfeiffer acquired an agent, who helped her secure TV commercial parts and small movie and television roles before making her mark in Hollywood.
Her first major screen role was in 1980 in the films, The Hollywood Knights, and Falling in Love Again, however both films failed to get her widespead notice. She tried a TV career when she stared in Great Yellow Bird, Fantasy Island,Callie & Son,Splendor in the Grass, and The Children Nobody Wanted. She returned to film in Grease 2; it was weakly received by critics and audiences, despite gaining a cult following.
It was not until 1983, when Pfeiffer co-starred with Al Pacino in Brian De Palma's gangster classic Scarface, that she caught the attention of Hollywood. In 1985, she starred in the fantasy romance Ladyhawke, which gave Pfeiffer good reviews, but failed to become a box office success. In 1987 she starred in The Witches of Eastwick, which was a box office and critical success. Through 1988, and 1989 Pfeiffer would earn worldwide critical acclaim in Married to the Mob, Dangerous Liaisons, and The Fabulous Baker Boys, which would earn her Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe award wins and nominations.
In 2000, Pfeiffer starred with Harrison Ford in one of the biggest box office hits of the year, Robert Zemeckis's thriller What Lies Beneath. In 2001, she starred opposite Sean Penn in I Am Sam and in 2002 alongside Renée Zellweger and Robin Wright Penn in White Oleander, which earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress.
After a long absence from the spotlight, Pfeiffer returned to acting in 2006. Her first round of projects teamed her with director Amy Heckerling in the romantic comedy I Could Never Be Your Woman (opposite Paul Rudd, scheduled for release November 2007) as well as opposite Robert De Niro, Claire Danes, and Sienna Miller in the fantasy epic Stardust. Pfeiffer co-starred in the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Hairspray as Velma Von Tussle. She will make a cameo appearance in The Prince and the Pauper, a film in which her sister Dedee stars. Pfeiffer received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 6, 2007 in front of the Hollywood & Highland Center.
On her return to acting, Pfeiffer has said "Now that I'm working again, I realize I really like this stuff". She will work on a new film in the winter of 2007/2008; "It looks like I'm going back to work... and I won't wait four years".
Earlier that year, before meeting Kelley, Pfeiffer adopted a daughter, Claudia Rose, who was then adopted by Kelley following their marriage. The adopted baby was the daughter of a African-American nurse living in New York, who already had four children. At the time of the adoption, there were rumours that money was exchanged for the baby, but Michelle has vigorously denied these claims stating that the adoption was private. In 1994 Pfeiffer gave birth to a son, John Henry. She had him circumcised by Southern California's "Doc Speedy" - Mogen-wielding Dr Fred Kogen MD. According to the mohel; Michelle wanted "a nice little secular" circumcision for her son. Pfeiffer and Kelley divide their time between homes in Los Angeles and Northern California.
In an August 2006 In Style interview (her first in many years), Pfeiffer discussed her return to making movies, stating that she is "a better mother if I also work... It empowers them without me hovering, making everyone feel inadequate". Pfeiffer discussed plastic surgery, stating that she hopes she is "courageous enough to age gracefully". Pfeiffer also referred to her beauty as a "curse", as she believes that it often stunted her ability to get serious roles and eclipsed her acting ability.
Nominated for Best Actress Oscar; Nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Actress; Won Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Actress |
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| I still think people will find out that I'm really not very talented. I'm really not very good. It's all just been a big sham. |
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