Melissa Jaffer
Actor
- Born
- December 1, 1936 (age 89) · Gladstone, Queensland, Austrailia
Melissa Jaffer (born December 1, 1936) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her television roles, but has also appeared in many Australian films.
Jaffer has made many appearances in television series, including Kings, Mother and Son, G. P., Brides of Christ, Grass Roots and All Saints. Jaffer is probably best known to international audiences for her role as aging mystic Utu-Noranti Pralatong in the science fiction series Farscape. In 1976, Jaffer tied for the first AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role opposite Jacki Weaver for her performance in Caddie. In 1980 she played the part of Cousin Edie in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's children's television series The Nargun and the Stars.
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In the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road she played the role of "Keeper of the Seeds". The short film Dear Life is her latest project.
Known for
Mad Max: Fury Road
May 13, 2015
Three Thousand Years of Longing
August 24, 2022
The Cars That Ate Paris
October 10, 1974
Komodo
July 4, 1999
The Delinquents
December 21, 1989
Starstruck
April 8, 1982
Ride a Wild Pony
November 2, 1975
Caddie
January 1, 1976
The Coolangatta Gold
November 22, 1984
My Mother Frank
August 16, 2000
The Distant Home
June 6, 1992
BlackJack
March 16, 2003
Acting19
- 2022Three Thousand Years of Longing as Clementine
- 2019Strangers
- 2015Mad Max: Fury Road as Keeper of the Seeds
- 2003BlackJack as Helen Kirsten
- 2000My Mother Frank as Sister Sebastian
- 1999Komodo as Patrick's Grandmother
- 1999Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien as Granny Marshall
- 1992The Distant Home as Mrs. Webster
- 1992You and Me and Uncle Bob as Sylvie
- 1989The Delinquents