Michelle Pfeiffer was one of the leading ladies of the big screen a few decades ago.
The American actress, now 65, was in some of the biggest films of the ’80s and ’90s including Scarface, Grease 2, Batman Returns, I Am Sam and The Deep End of the Ocean.
Pfeiffer soon became a sex symbol in Hollywood and even to this day has proven sway and influence, with mentions in two hit songs in recent years – Vance Joy’s Riptide and Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ Uptown Funk.
But in her own words, despite being on top of her game, Pfeiffer soon “disappeared” from the spotlight. 9Honey Celebrity takes a look at where the actress is now and what she’s up to.
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What is Michelle Pfeiffer up to now?
Pfeiffer recently made a return to Hollywood after a brief hiatus.
In 2022, she appeared in the TV series, The First Lady, and recently appeared in 2023’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania which starred Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly and Michael Douglas.
In 2019, she appeared in Avengers: End Game and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.
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She is now the founder and creative director of the brand Henry Rose, which produces genderless fragrances.
Pfeiffer now boasts 3.3million followers on Instagram and regularly shares updates on her life and selfies with fans.
Why is Michelle Pfeiffer so famous? What movie is she known for?
1983’s Scarface, co-starring Al Pacino and Steven Bauer, helped solidify Pfeiffer’s sex symbol status.
She portrayed the character Elvira Hancock in the hit film and she was about 25 years old at the time of being cast in the gangster film.
She said on The Skinny Confidential podcast: ”I cried myself to sleep almost every night on Scarface.”
She said she was ”scared” to work with Al Pacino on the film because she thought she was ”going to be bad”. They now have a decades-long friendship.
Another of her most iconic roles was as Catwoman in Batman Returns, which came out in 1992.
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She previously spoke about learning to use Selina Kyle’s whip, telling ET: “It was very graceful and elegant. And actually very dancelike and beautiful. And kind of more feline really.”
She once whipped the heads off four mannequins in a row with the whip while on set.
Why did she turn away from acting?
Although she only recently stepped back into the spotlight, Pfeiffer insists she “never lost her love for acting”.
Speaking to Interview magazine recently, Pfeiffer said she “disappeared”.
“I feel really at home on the movie set. I’m a more balanced person honestly when I’m working.
“But I was pretty careful about where I shot, how long I was away, whether or not it worked out with the kids’ schedule. And I got so picky that I was unhirable,” she explained.
Pfeiffer’s family life and marriage
The Hollywood star is married to David E. Kelley, a former attorney turned TV writer and film producer.
“About last night… 🤍,” she recently wrote on Instagram alongside a picture of the pair together.
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The pair have been married since 1993 and share two children together; daughter Claudia, whom Pfeiffer adopted before marrying Kelley, and their biological son John.
Before Kelley, Pfeiffer was married to Peter Horton.
She and Kelley recently marked their 30th anniversary, and Pfeiffer wrote on Instagram underneath a selfie: “30 years of bliss.”
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She previously said the pair met on a blind date, and told The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon: “I was kind of nervous.”
“And I’d had a couple of bad blind dates and I had sworn off of them, and my best friend said, ‘Please, just this last time, meet this guy, David Kelley,’ and I said okay,” she explained.
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“I say to my best friend ‘I think I should set Dedee [Pfeiffer’s sister] up with him they seem to be really hitting it off.’ My friend said, ‘Don’t you dare I will kill you.'”
Extended family and sisters
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Pfeiffer hails from California, but has German ancestry. She is one of four children and her sister, Dorothy Diane “Dedee” Pfeiffer, is an actress.
She is known for shows including ABC’s Big Sky.
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