Michelle Pfeiffer Biography

Michelle Pfeiffer was born on April 29, 1958 in Santa Ana, Orange County, California to Dick and Donna. Her father was a heating and air conditioning contractor. Michelle has one brother Rick Pfeiffer (older) and two sisters Dedee (younger) and Lori (younger). Pfeiffer family relocated to Midway City, and finally to Fountain Valley.

Michelle attended Fountain Valley High School and graduated in 1976. In her school time, Michelle worked as a salesgirl at a local clothing store. Michelle studied court reporting in Golden West College, Huntington Beach, California. She has also done a short-lived court reporter career at Golden West Community College. But she dropped out and took acting classes at The Beverly Hills Playhouse.

In 1978, Michelle own Miss Orange County beauty pageant and later participated in Miss California contest. But not own the Miss California title, got a agent for herself and got roles in TV commercials and cameos.

Pfeiffer's first onscreen project was a TV series "Fantasy Island". Pfeiffer made her film debut with "Falling In Love Again" in 1980. In her early career Pfeiffer done many films with small roles. While "Grease 2" in 1982 was her first major role film, which also shown her singing ability also. "Grease 2" was not able to impress audience. Pfeiffer caught the attention of Hollywood when she was starred in a Brian De Palma's gangster classic "Scarface (1983)" with Al Pacino. Since then Pfeiffer appeared in number of films, given many box office hits in her 20-year career and still working in the film industry.

Pfeiffer later appeared in "Ladyhawke (1985)" and in "Sweet Liberty (1986)". In 1987, Pfeiffer starred alongside Jack Nicholson, Cher and Susan Sarandon in "The Witches of Eastwick". It was again a hit.

In 1988, Pfeiffer appeared in "Married to the Mob", "Tequila Sunrise" and in "Dangerous Liaisons". By "Dangerous Liaisons", Pfeiffer received her first Oscar nomination as Best Supporting actress and also own the British Academy Award.

In 1989, she appeared as Susie Diamond, the slinky nightclub chanteuse who comes between Beau and Jeff Bridges, in "The Fabulous Baker Boys". For this film Pfeiffer earned her second Oscar nomination as Best Actress and also earned many critics awards including Golden Globe.

In 1991, Pfeiffer played a role of a dowdy waitress alongside Al Pacino's schlubby cook in "Frankie & Johnny". She next played a whip cracking, kickboxing Catwoman in "Batman Returns (1992)", it was one of the hits of 1992. It was "Love Field" in 1992 by which Pfeiffer earned her third Oscar nomination as Best Actress.

In 1993, Pfeiffer appeared in Martin Scorsese's period drama, "The Age of Innocence" as Countess Olenska. After a wildly thriller "Wolf (1994)" Pfeiffer appeared in a drama "Dangerous Minds" in 1995, which was based on LouAnne Johnson's nonfiction book "My Posse Don't Do Homework". She played the role of a Marine turned inner-city high school English teacher, which was again one of the big hits of year 1995.

Pfeiffer was honored by the "Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year award" in 1995 by the Harvard University. Hasty Pudding Theatricals society gives this award every year to a female performer who made a contribution to the world of entertainment.

Pfeiffer next starred in "Up Close and Personal (1996)" along with Robert Redford. The same year Pfeiffer landed a role of ghost of Peter Gallagher's wife in "To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday", which was scripted by David E Kelley (her current husband).

Along with acting Pfeiffer also working as a producer. In 1996, Pfeiffer produced and starred in a romantic comedy "One Fine Day" alongside George Clooney. Her later movies include "A Thousand Acres (1997)", "The Deep End of the Ocean (1998)" (producer and star), "A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)", and "The Story Of Us (1999)".

In 2000 she appeared in Robert Zemeckis's thriller "What Lies Beneath" along with Harrison Ford, which was again a big hit. In 2001, Pfeiffer starred opposite Sean Penn in "I Am Sam", while in 2002 she was cast along with Renee Zellweger and Robin Wright Penn in "White Oleander" and also received the Screen Actors Guild Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress.

Although she is working less in recent years, Pfeiffer will next appear in "I Could Never Be Your Woman" which will release in summer 2006. Her upcoming projects also include "Stardust" along with Robert DeNiro, Claire Danes, and Sienna Miller will out in 2007, and "Chasing Montana" will release in 2008.

Michelle Pfeiffer's Relationship
Pfeiffer married twice. She first married actor Peter Horton in 1981, while divorced in 1988. Pfeiffer's current husband is the TV producer David E. Kelley. Both got married in 1993. They have one adopted daughter Claudia Rose and son John Henry.

Pfeiffer was also dated actors John Malkovich, Val Kilmer, Fisher Stevens, and Michael Keaton.