Pam Grier

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

136

Gender

Female

Birthday

1949-05-26 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

Pam Grier

Biography

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).

Known For

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • Smallville

    Smallville

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • The View

    The View

  • Night Court

    Night Court

  • Bob's Burgers

    Bob's Burgers

  • This Is Us

    This Is Us

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • The Jennifer Hudson Show

    The Jennifer Hudson Show

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Hollywood Squares

    Hollywood Squares

  • The Cosby Show

    The Cosby Show

  • Knots Landing

    Knots Landing

  • Sherri

    Sherri

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • The Wild Thornberrys

    The Wild Thornberrys

  • The Great North

    The Great North

  • Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

  • The L Word

    The L Word

  • The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

  • Martin

    Martin

  • People's Choice Awards

    People's Choice Awards

  • Foxy Brown

    Foxy Brown

  • Jawbreaker

    Jawbreaker

  • Justice League

    Justice League

  • Crime Story

    Crime Story

  • Just Wright

    Just Wright

  • Drum

    Drum

  • Celebrity Ghost Stories

    Celebrity Ghost Stories

  • Them

    Them

  • Posse

    Posse

  • Fortress 2

    Fortress 2

  • Snow Day

    Snow Day

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

    The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

  • Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

    Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

  • The Wayans Bros.

    The Wayans Bros.

  • Cool Breeze

    Cool Breeze

  • Sheba, Baby

    Sheba, Baby

  • Mars Attacks!

    Mars Attacks!

  • In Too Deep

    In Too Deep

  • Bad Grandmas

    Bad Grandmas

  • Jackie Brown

    Jackie Brown

  • Ladies of the House

    Ladies of the House

  • Original Gangstas

    Original Gangstas

  • It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

    It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

  • 3 A.M.

    3 A.M.

  • Above the Law

    Above the Law

  • Mystery Cuddlers

    Mystery Cuddlers

  • Coffy

    Coffy

  • Escape from L.A.

    Escape from L.A.

  • Serial Killer

    Serial Killer

  • Larry Crowne

    Larry Crowne

  • BaadAsssss Cinema

    BaadAsssss Cinema

  • Corman's World

    Corman's World

  • Scream Blacula Scream

    Scream Blacula Scream

  • Roots: The Next Generations

    Roots: The Next Generations

  • A Christmas Wish

    A Christmas Wish

  • Feast of All Saints

    Feast of All Saints

  • Fakin' Da Funk

    Fakin' Da Funk

  • Cinnamon

    Cinnamon

  • Frank's Place

    Frank's Place

  • Machete Maidens Unleashed!

    Machete Maidens Unleashed!

  • Mafia

    Mafia

  • Bless This Mess

    Bless This Mess

  • Ghosts of Mars

    Ghosts of Mars

  • Badge of the Assassin

    Badge of the Assassin

  • The Man with the Iron Fists

    The Man with the Iron Fists

  • The Big Bird Cage

    The Big Bird Cage

  • Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

    Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

  • The Twilight People

    The Twilight People

  • Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

    Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

  • Holy Smoke

    Holy Smoke

  • Kings of Cult

    Kings of Cult

  • Pacific Station

    Pacific Station

  • The Sinbad Show

    The Sinbad Show

  • Cleveland Abduction

    Cleveland Abduction

  • Stand Alone

    Stand Alone

  • Bones

    Bones

  • The Package

    The Package

  • No Tomorrow

    No Tomorrow

  • The Adventures of Pluto Nash

    The Adventures of Pluto Nash

  • The Arena

    The Arena

  • MADtv

    MADtv

  • Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

    Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

  • The Big Doll House

    The Big Doll House

  • Something Wicked This Way Comes

    Something Wicked This Way Comes

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • Greased Lightning

    Greased Lightning

  • Poms

    Poms

  • Wilder

    Wilder

  • Class of 1999

    Class of 1999

  • Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

    Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

  • Linc's

    Linc's

  • Fort Apache, the Bronx

    Fort Apache, the Bronx

  • Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

    Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

  • Women in Cages

    Women in Cages

  • Tough Enough

    Tough Enough

  • Back in the Day

    Back in the Day

  • Friday Foster

    Friday Foster

  • Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

    Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

  • The Vindicator

    The Vindicator

  • Bucktown

    Bucktown

  • Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

    Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

  • Hit Man

    Hit Man

  • A Decade Under the Influence

    A Decade Under the Influence

  • Love the Hard Way

    Love the Hard Way

  • The Allnighter

    The Allnighter

  • Black Mama, White Mama

    Black Mama, White Mama

  • Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

    Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

  • The Invited

    The Invited

  • Hayley Wagner, Star

    Hayley Wagner, Star

  • Pete Rock: Soul Survivor

    Pete Rock: Soul Survivor

  • Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1

    Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1

  • As We Know It

    As We Know It

  • Family Blessings

    Family Blessings

  • Beautiful Like a Poem

    Beautiful Like a Poem

  • First to Die

    First to Die

  • Twilight of Love

    Twilight of Love

  • All Saints: The Video

    All Saints: The Video

  • Badass Supermama

    Badass Supermama

  • On the Edge

    On the Edge

  • Bad Girls Behind Bars

    Bad Girls Behind Bars

  • Strip Search

    Strip Search

  • Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

    Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

  • Being Rose

    Being Rose

  • Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

    Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

  • How It Feels to Be Free

    How It Feels to Be Free

  • A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

    A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

  • Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man

    Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man

  • Afro Promo

    Afro Promo

  • Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am

    Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am