Michelle Marie Pfeiffer born April 29, 1958, is an American actress and producer. Pfeiffer’s performances in a variety of film genres have consistently earned acclaim and several 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 gifted actresses of her generation and has remained one of Hollywood’s most in-demand actresses for four decades.

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 film Murder on the Orient Express (2017) and debuted to 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 participated in the Miss California contest the same year, finishing in sixth place.Following her participation in these pageants, she acquired an acting agent and began to audition for television and films.

Michelle Pfeiffer Career

Pfeiffer began her career in 1978 with minor television appearances before earning her first leading role in Grease 2 (1982). Disillusioned with being typecast based on her physical appearance, she actively sought more serious material until landing her breakthrough role as gangster moll Elvira Hancock in Scarface (1983). She achieved further success with films like The Witches of Eastwick (1987), Tequila Sunrise (1988) and Married to the Mob (1988), for which she was nominated for her 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 escort and lounge singer Susie Diamond in the latter.

Pfeiffer continued to establish herself as a Hollywood leading lady with roles in The Russia House (1990) and Frankie and Johnny (1991). In 1992, Pfeiffer starred as Selina Kyle / Catwoman in Batman Returns, one of the most admired portrayals of the comic book character, while receiving her third Academy Award nomination for her performance in Love Field. She continued to draw 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 production company Via Rosa Productions, including Dangerous Minds (1995) and One Fine Day (1996). After taking 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 prominence with supporting roles in Mother! and Murder on the Orient Express, while receiving her first Emmy Award nomination for portraying 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 conniving queen in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), before earning acclaim and a Golden Globe nomination for starring in French Exit (2020).

Net Worth

Michelle Pfeiffer is an American actress who has a net worth of $250 million. That is a combined net worth with her husband of more than two decades, television super-producer David E. Kelley.