- Source of Wealth: Film, Television
- Age: 62
- Birth Place: New York City, New York, United States
- Height: 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Marital Status: Divorced (Antonio Banderas)
- Full Name: Melanie Richards Griffith
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: August 9, 1957
- Ethnicity: English, Welsh, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), German, Swedish, Norwegian
- Occupation: Actress
- Education: Hollywood Professional School
- Children: 3 (Dakota Johnson, Stella Banderas, Alexander Bauer)
Melanie Griffith has an estimated net worth of $20 million. She is an exceptional American actress who has been nominated for various awards including the coveted Oscar Academy Award. Other nominations include nominations for the BAFTA and Emmy Awards. Her most notable films include ‘Pacific Heights,’ ‘Celebrity,’ ‘Working Girl’ and ‘Another Day in Paradise.’ She won a Golden Globe Award for her role in the film, ‘Working Girl.’
She was born in New York in 1957. Her mother, Tippi Hedren is also an actor. Melanie was previously married to Antonio Banderas. She is the mother of the Fifty Shades of Grey star, Dakota Johnson.
Griffith began her career while she was nine months of age. She started with television commercials before she finally made it to the film industry in 1969. She has participated in many sensual roles at only seventeen years of age including ‘Smile,’ ‘The Drowning Pool,’ and ‘Night Moves.’