Actor
Melissa Jaffer
December 1, 1936 · 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.
Notable work
Often works with
Lani John Tupu
4 titles together
Farscape, The Lost World, Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
Tammy Macintosh
4 titles together
Farscape, Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars, All Saints
Jonathan Hardy
3 titles together
Farscape, Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars, The Delinquents
Gigi Edgley
3 titles together
Farscape, Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars, BlackJack
Wayne Pygram
3 titles together
Farscape, The Lost World, Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
David Franklin
3 titles together
Farscape, Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars, The Distant Home
Full filmography · 31
Three Thousand Years of Longing
as Clementine
20226.9
Strangers
cast
2019
Mad Max: Fury Road
as Keeper of the Seeds
20157.6
BlackJack
as Helen Kirsten
2003
My Mother Frank
as Sister Sebastian
2000
Komodo
as Patrick's Grandmother
19995.2
Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien
as Granny Marshall
1999
The Distant Home
as Mrs. Webster
1992
You and Me and Uncle Bob
as Sylvie
1992
The Delinquents
as Aunt Westbury
19895.1
The Coolangatta Gold
as Ballet Teacher
1984
Molly
as Aunt Jenny
1983