Pam Grier
Known for: Acting
Born: May 26, 1949
Place of birth: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress. Described by director Quentin Tarantino as cinema's first female action star, she achieved fame for her starring roles in a string of 1970s action, blaxploitation, and women in prison films for American International Pictures and New World Pictures. Her accolades include nominations for an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Satellite Award, and a Saturn Award. Grier came to prominence with her titular roles in the films Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974); her other major films during this period included The Big Doll House (1971), Women in Cages (1971), The Big Bird Cage (1972), Black Mama, White Mama (1973), Scream Blacula Scream (1973), The Arena (1974), Sheba, Baby (1975), Bucktown (1975), and Friday Foster (1975). She portrayed the title character in Quentin Tarantino's crime film Jackie Brown (1997), and also appeared in Escape from L.A. (1996), Jawbreaker (1999), Holy Smoke!, (1999), Bones (2001), Just Wright (2010), Larry Crowne (2011), and Poms (2019). On television, Grier portrayed Eleanor Winthrop in the Showtime comedy-drama series Linc's (1998–2000), Kate "Kit" Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word (2004–2009), and Constance Terry in the ABC sitcom Bless This Mess (2019–2020). She received praise for her work in the animated series Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1999).
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Filmography
99 movies · 43 TV shows, newest first
2.0
The Way Things Seem to Be
2026
6.8
Breakdown: 1975
2025
NR
Mystery Cuddlers
2024
6.4
As We Know It
2023
5.6
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
2023
6.6
Cinnamon
2023
2.6
Sherri
2022
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
7.6
Them
2021
NR
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
6.9
The Great North
20215.0
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
6.5
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020
NR
Beautiful Like a Poem
2020
6.0
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
7.2
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
6.5
A Christmas Wish
2019
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
6.6
Poms
2019
6.1
Bless This Mess
2019
5.8
Being Rose
2017
5.0
Bad Grandmas
2017
NR
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016
8.2
This Is Us
2016
7.7
Kings of Cult
2015
7.2
Cleveland Abduction
2015
7.1
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
6.7
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
2013
5.5
The Man with the Iron Fists
2012
4.1
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
2012
7.0
Corman's World
2011
6.0
Larry Crowne
2011
7.8
Bob's Burgers
2011
4.3
Mafia
2011
7.0
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
2010
6.6
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010
6.5
Just Wright
2010
3.9
The Invited
2010
7.3
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
4.5
Ladies of the House
2008
0.5
Bad Girls Behind Bars
2005
5.2
Back in the Day
2005
7.7
The L Word
2004
7.9
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
6.3
Love the Hard Way
2003
4.5
First to Die
2003
7.7
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
2002
4.4
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
6.0
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
8.2
Justice League
2001
4.8
Feast of All Saints
2001
5.0
Bones
2001
8.2
Smallville
2001
6.6
Strange Frequency
2001
5.2
Ghosts of Mars
2001
5.8
3 A.M.
2001
7.4
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
4.4
Wilder
2000
5.1
Fortress 2
2000
5.1
Snow Day
2000
4.4
No Tomorrow
1999
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
5.0
Hayley Wagner, Star
1999
5.7
Holy Smoke
1999
6.4
In Too Deep
1999
5.3
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
6.4
Jawbreaker
1999
5.8
Family Blessings
1998
5.0
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998
9.0
All Saints: The Video
1998
7.6
Hollywood Squares
1998
7.0
The Wild Thornberrys
19983.7
Linc's
1998
NR
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
1998
7.4
Jackie Brown
1997
4.3
The View
1997
6.0
Fakin' Da Funk
1997
2.8
Strip Search
1997
8.0
Afro Promo
1997
6.4
Mars Attacks!
1996
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
5.9
Escape from L.A.
1996
6.4
The Daily Show
1996
5.6
Original Gangstas
1996
5.8
Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man
1996
3.7
Badass Supermama
1996
7.1
MADtv
1995
4.7
Serial Killer
1995
6.3
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
7.2
The Wayans Bros.
1995
4.5
Intimate Portrait
19936.5
The Sinbad Show
1993
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
5.5
Posse
1993
7.7
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992
7.5
Martin
1992
5.7
Pacific Station
1991
6.3
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991
7.9
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
6.0
Class of 1999
1990
5.1
Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
1990
6.1
The Package
1989
7.0
Monsters
1988
6.1
Above the Law
1988
6.1
Frank's Place
1987
4.7
The Allnighter
1987
8.0
Crime Story
1986
6.1
On the Edge
1986
4.6
The Vindicator
1986
5.4
Stand Alone
1985
5.6
Badge of the Assassin
1985
7.0
The Cosby Show
1984
7.4
Miami Vice
1984
7.3
Night Court
1984
6.5
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983
5.6
Tough Enough
1983
6.5
Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981
7.0
Knots Landing
1979
7.5
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
6.4
Greased Lightning
1977
4.2
Twilight of Love
1977
5.2
Drum
1976
6.1
Friday Foster
1975
5.8
Bucktown
1975
5.7
Sheba, Baby
1975
9.2
People's Choice Awards
1975
6.3
Foxy Brown
1974
5.3
The Arena
1974
5.9
Scream Blacula Scream
1973
6.6
Coffy
1973
5.4
Black Mama, White Mama
1973
5.4
Hit Man
1972
5.6
The Big Bird Cage
1972
4.6
The Twilight People
1972
5.1
Cool Breeze
1972
5.1
Women in Cages
1971
5.6
The Big Doll House
1971
6.1
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
NR
Diggin’ Up "Bones"
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