Born: 9 August 1957, New York, New York, USA (age 45)
Spouse:
?= Antonio Banderas (14 May 1996 - present) 1 daughter
?= Don Johnson (29 June 1989 - 1996) (divorced) 1 child
When the blond, bubbly Griffith made her acting debut in Night Moves (1975), she was already a divorcee (having been the teen bride of actor Don Johnson, whom she met in 1973 while he was costarring with her mother, actress Tippi Hedren, in The Harrad Experiment Often cast as an airheaded, precocious nymphet, Griffith worked in Smile (1975), The Drowning Pool (1976), One on One, Joyride (both 1977), and Roar (1981, produced by and starring her mother), and struggled with substance-abuse problems before getting her career back on track in the 1980s. She began attracting critical notice as a porno actress in Body Double (1984), and enhanced her reputation with an eye-opening performance as a free spirit in Something Wild (1986). Soon writers were asking when the public was going to take notice of this burgeoning talent; it finally happened when she won the part of an ambitious secretary in 1988's endearing comedy Working Girl which earned her an Oscar nomination, and bona fide stardom. She showed maturing talent in the littleseen Stormy Monday (1988) and Pacific Heights (1990) and was generally wasted in The Bonfire of the Vanities (also 1990).
Griffith remarried Don Johnson in 1989, and appeared opposite him in Paradise (1991), a sensitive domestic drama that showed them both to good advantage. And she displayed her ability to carry an old-fashioned star vehicle with the WW2era espionage-romance Shining Through and the cop thriller set in the world of Hasidic Jews, A Stranger Among Us (both 1992). With her distinctive little-girl voice, she seemed an ideal choice to take on Judy Holliday's star-making role in the remake of Born Yesterday (1993) with Johnson and John Goodman.
OTHER FILMS INCLUDE: 1984:Fear City (in which she played a stripper); 1986:Cherry 2000 (a witless sci-fi opus); 1990:In the Spirit 1994: Nobody's Fool, Milk Money
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– Is publicly declaring her love for husband ANTONIO BANDERAS by having a large heart with Antonio inscribed in it tattooed onto her arm.
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– Has splashed out $24,000 to make sure husband Antonio Banderas has a racy 40th birthday.
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– During the filming of THE BIRDS (1963) Hedren's daughter (Griffith) was given a present by Hitchcock: a doll that looked exactly like Hedren, eerily so. The creepiness was compounded by the ornate wooden box it came in, which the young girl took to be a coffin.
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– During filming ROAR in 1977, she was mauled by a lion and needed plastic surgery.
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– The home of newlyweds Griffith and Matthew Modine in PACIFIC HEIGHTS (1990) is not in Pacific Heights at all, but right across town in San Francisco's Potrero Hill district at the corner of Texas & 19th Street.
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– Auditioned for the title role in CARRIE (1976)
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– Was nominated for Best Actress at Academy Awards in 1989 for WORKING GIRL
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– Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV at Golden Globe Awards for RKO 281 (2000)
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– Nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie at Emmy Awards for RKO 281 (2000)
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– Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV at Golden Globe Awards for BUFFALO GIRLS (1996)
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– Nominated for Best Actress at BAFTA Awards for WORKING GIRL (1990)
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– Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical at Golden Globe Awards for SOMETHING WILD (1987)
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