The American actress Michelle Marie has a net worth standing at an estimated of $80 million. She was born on April 29th, 1958 in Santa Ana, California, (USA). Her parents, Dick and Donna had a company for installing air conditions. She has an older brother called Rick, and two younger sisters, Dedee and Lori.
She worked as a shop assistant in a fashion store, while she was studying journalism. Finally, she left those University studies to pursue a career in the fashion and publicity world.
Her beginnings.
She was chosen to be Miss Orange County, something that gave her greater amplitudes in her new profession. To prepare for her acting career, Michelle studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. Her first jobs in front of a camera were by making some commercials.
Her first films.
She made his film debut with the movie “The Hollywood Knight” (1980), a film directed by Floyd Mutrux. In “Grease 2” (1982), sequel to the popular “Grease” directed by Patricia Birch, Michelle got her first starring role. A year later he appeared with Al Pacino in “Scarface” (1983). In the mid-1980s she achieved international fame by playing in such successful titles as “Ladyhawke” (1985), “Into the Night” (1985), or “The Witches of Eastwick” (1987).
Stardom.
Her launch to the stardom occurred with her protagonist in “Dangerous Liaisons” (1988), a film directed by Stephen Frears and co-starring John Malkovich and Glenn Close that adapted a work by Choderlos de Laclos.
She was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for “Dangerous Liaisons” (1988) and as best lead actress for “The Fabulous Baker Boys” (1989), and “Love Field” (1992). He won the Golden Globe for “The Fabulous Baker Boys”. She was a Golden Globe nominee for “Married with the Mob” “The Russia House”, “Frankie and Johnny” and “The age of Innocence”
Personal life.
In 1981 the actress from California married actor and director Peter Horton, known for the series “Thirty Something” After her divorce from Horton in 1989, Michelle shared her life with fellow actor Fisher Stevens, and maintained sentimental relations with the aforementioned John Malkovich and Val Kilmer. In 1993, she married David E. Kelley (“Picket Fences”) for the second time, with whom she had two children, Claudia Rose (born in 1993) and John Henry (in 1994).
After 2007.
After a period of relative inactivity and after refusing to participate in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Pfeiffer had three stellar roles in 2007.
She played the role of the villainous Velma Von Tussle in Hairspray, a film adaptation of the homonymous musical, where she shared credits with Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta and Christopher Walken. In addition, she played the witch Lamia in the fantastic film Stardust, directed by Matthew Vaughn and co-starring Robert De Niro.
