Pam Grier
Acting
Born May 26, 1949 · 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).
Films (96)
The Way Things Seem to Be
2026
Mystery Cuddlers
2024
As We Know It
2023
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
2023
Cinnamon
2023
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020
Beautiful Like a Poem
2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
A Christmas Wish
2019
Poms
2019
Being Rose
2017
Bad Grandmas
2017
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016
Kings of Cult
2015
Cleveland Abduction
2015
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
2013
The Man with the Iron Fists
2012
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
2012
Corman's World
2011
Larry Crowne
2011
Mafia
2011
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
2010
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010
Just Wright
2010
The Invited
2010
Ladies of the House
2008
Bad Girls Behind Bars
2005
Back in the Day
2005
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
Love the Hard Way
2003
First to Die
2003
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
2002
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
Feast of All Saints
2001
Bones
2001
Ghosts of Mars
2001
3 A.M.
2001
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
Wilder
2000
Fortress 2
2000
Snow Day
2000
No Tomorrow
1999
Hayley Wagner, Star
1999
Holy Smoke
1999
In Too Deep
1999
Jawbreaker
1999
Family Blessings
1998
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998
All Saints: The Video
1998
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
1998
Jackie Brown
1997
Fakin' Da Funk
1997
Strip Search
1997
Afro Promo
1997
Mars Attacks!
1996
Escape from L.A.
1996
Original Gangstas
1996
Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man
1996
Badass Supermama
1996
Serial Killer
1995
Posse
1993
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991
Class of 1999
1990
The Package
1989
Above the Law
1988
The Allnighter
1987
On the Edge
1986
The Vindicator
1986
Stand Alone
1985
Badge of the Assassin
1985
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983
Tough Enough
1983
Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981
Greased Lightning
1977
Twilight of Love
1977
Drum
1976
Friday Foster
1975
Bucktown
1975
Sheba, Baby
1975
Foxy Brown
1974
The Arena
1974
Scream Blacula Scream
1973
Coffy
1973
Black Mama, White Mama
1973
Hit Man
1972
The Big Bird Cage
1972
The Twilight People
1972
Cool Breeze
1972
Women in Cages
1971
The Big Doll House
1971
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970