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{{Infobox person
| color     = mistyrose
| name         = Michelle Pfeiffer
| image        = Michelle_Pfeiffer.jpg
| caption      = Michelle Pfeiffer
| birth_name   = Michelle Marie Pfeiffer
| birth_date   = {{age|1958|4|29}}
| birthplace   = Santa Ana, California, U.S.
| residence    =
| occupation   = [[Actress]], [[Producer]]
| nationality  =
| years_active = 1978–present
| spouse       = Peter Horton (1981-88) divorce<br /> David E. Kelley (1993 -)
| children     = 2
| family       = Dedee Pfeiffer (sister)
| awards       = 
| website      =
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Michelle Marie Pfeiffer (born April 29, 1958, ) is an [[actress|American actress]], [[producer]] and businesswoman. Pfeiffer's performances in a variety of film genres have consistently earned acclaim and several accolades, including a [[Golden Globe]] Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, and three Academy Award nominations.

Pfeiffer began to pursue an acting career in 1978 and had her first leading role in the musical film <i>Grease 2</i> (1982). Frustrated with being typecast as the token pretty girl, she actively pursued more serious material and had her breakthrough role as gangster moll Elvira Hancock in the crime film <i>Scarface</i> (1983). Further success came with leading roles in the fantasy feature <i>Ladyhawke</i> (1985) and later <i>The Witches of Eastwick</i> (1987) and the comedy <i>Married to the Mob</i> (1988). Her roles in <i>[[Dangerous Liaisons]]</i> (1988) and The <i>Fabulous Baker Boys</i> (1989) garnered her two consecutive [[Academy Award]] nominations, for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress, respectively; her portrayal of lounge singer Susie Diamond in the latter is one of the most acclaimed of her career.

Pfeiffer went on to star as <i>[[Catwoman]]</i> / Selina Kyle in Tim Burton's superhero film <i>Batman Returns</i> (1992), following which she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress and earned a third Academy Award nomination for playing a troubled housewife in <i>Love Field</i> (1992). She continued to gain praise for her performances in the dramas <i>The Age of Innocence</i> (1993) and <i>White Oleander</i> (2002), and the horror films <i>Wolf</i> (1994) and <i>What Lies Beneath</i> (2000). During this time, she also [[producer|produced]] a series of films under her production company Via Rosa Productions. After a hiatus from acting in 2002, she returned with the musical <i>Hairspray</i> (2007). She received her first Emmy Award nomination for portraying Ruth Madoff in the HBO television film <i>The Wizard of Lies</i> (2017), she went on to feature in the ensemble film <i>Murder on the Orient Express</i> (2017) and debuted to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the original Wasp in <i>Ant-Man and the Wasp</i> (2018).

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