Actor
Pam Grier
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).
Notable work
7.4Jackie Brown (1997)
as Jackie Brown
6.4Mars Attacks! (1996)
as Louise Williams
8.2Smallville (2001)
as Amanda Waller
8Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
as Assistant US Attorney Claudia Williams
7.9The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
as Janice
8.2This Is Us (2016)
as Grandma
5.9Escape from L.A. (1996)
as Hershe Las Palamas
6Larry Crowne (2011)
as Frances
6.3Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
as Ms. Wardroe
5.2Ghosts of Mars (2001)
as Commander Helena Braddock
5.5The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
as Jane
7.8Bob's Burgers (2011)
as Evelyn (voice)
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