Pam Grier

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

135

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

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Smallville

    Smallville

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Hollywood Squares

    Hollywood Squares

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • The Jennifer Hudson Show

    The Jennifer Hudson Show

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • Knots Landing

    Knots Landing

  • Sherri

    Sherri

  • This Is Us

    This Is Us

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • The View

    The View

  • The Cosby Show

    The Cosby Show

  • Night Court

    Night Court

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • Celebrity Ghost Stories

    Celebrity Ghost Stories

  • The Wild Thornberrys

    The Wild Thornberrys

  • The L Word

    The L Word

  • The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

  • Martin

    Martin

  • The Great North

    The Great North

  • Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

  • The Wayans Bros.

    The Wayans Bros.

  • Justice League

    Justice League

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

    The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

  • Crime Story

    Crime Story

  • Jackie Brown

    Jackie Brown

  • Them

    Them

  • Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

    Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

  • Mars Attacks!

    Mars Attacks!

  • Cleveland Abduction

    Cleveland Abduction

  • Ghosts of Mars

    Ghosts of Mars

  • Jawbreaker

    Jawbreaker

  • Larry Crowne

    Larry Crowne

  • Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

    Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

  • Escape from L.A.

    Escape from L.A.

  • Pete Rock: Soul Survivor

    Pete Rock: Soul Survivor

  • Poms

    Poms

  • The Allnighter

    The Allnighter

  • Snow Day

    Snow Day

  • Bless This Mess

    Bless This Mess

  • Hit Man

    Hit Man

  • Holy Smoke

    Holy Smoke

  • A Decade Under the Influence

    A Decade Under the Influence

  • Class of 1999

    Class of 1999

  • Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

    Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

  • First to Die

    First to Die

  • The Big Bird Cage

    The Big Bird Cage

  • Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

    Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

  • Fortress 2

    Fortress 2

  • Roots: The Next Generations

    Roots: The Next Generations

  • Above the Law

    Above the Law

  • The Big Doll House

    The Big Doll House

  • BaadAsssss Cinema

    BaadAsssss Cinema

  • Drum

    Drum

  • Original Gangstas

    Original Gangstas

  • Black Mama, White Mama

    Black Mama, White Mama

  • Fort Apache, the Bronx

    Fort Apache, the Bronx

  • Something Wicked This Way Comes

    Something Wicked This Way Comes

  • Wilder

    Wilder

  • Tough Enough

    Tough Enough

  • In Too Deep

    In Too Deep

  • A Christmas Wish

    A Christmas Wish

  • The Man with the Iron Fists

    The Man with the Iron Fists

  • Foxy Brown

    Foxy Brown

  • How It Feels to Be Free

    How It Feels to Be Free

  • Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

    Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

  • Just Wright

    Just Wright

  • Stand Alone

    Stand Alone

  • 3 A.M.

    3 A.M.

  • Coffy

    Coffy

  • Friday Foster

    Friday Foster

  • Pacific Station

    Pacific Station

  • Feast of All Saints

    Feast of All Saints

  • Posse

    Posse

  • The Sinbad Show

    The Sinbad Show

  • Corman's World

    Corman's World

  • Cinnamon

    Cinnamon

  • Frank's Place

    Frank's Place

  • Bones

    Bones

  • Badge of the Assassin

    Badge of the Assassin

  • No Tomorrow

    No Tomorrow

  • Family Blessings

    Family Blessings

  • The Adventures of Pluto Nash

    The Adventures of Pluto Nash

  • Twilight of Love

    Twilight of Love

  • Sheba, Baby

    Sheba, Baby

  • Back in the Day

    Back in the Day

  • Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am

    Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am

  • It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

    It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

  • Women in Cages

    Women in Cages

  • The Package

    The Package

  • Being Rose

    Being Rose

  • Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

    Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

  • Mafia

    Mafia

  • Scream Blacula Scream

    Scream Blacula Scream

  • MADtv

    MADtv

  • Bad Grandmas

    Bad Grandmas

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • Greased Lightning

    Greased Lightning

  • As We Know It

    As We Know It

  • Mystery Cuddlers

    Mystery Cuddlers

  • Linc's

    Linc's

  • Serial Killer

    Serial Killer

  • Miami Vice ‘The Prodigal Son’

    Miami Vice ‘The Prodigal Son’

  • Hayley Wagner, Star

    Hayley Wagner, Star

  • Love the Hard Way

    Love the Hard Way

  • The Invited

    The Invited

  • Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

    Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

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

    Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

  • Bad Girls Behind Bars

    Bad Girls Behind Bars

  • The Arena

    The Arena

  • Ladies of the House

    Ladies of the House

  • Fakin' Da Funk

    Fakin' Da Funk

  • The Twilight People

    The Twilight People

  • Afro Promo

    Afro Promo

  • Machete Maidens Unleashed!

    Machete Maidens Unleashed!

  • Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

    Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

  • Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

    Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

  • Kings of Cult

    Kings of Cult

  • All Saints: The Video

    All Saints: The Video

  • Bucktown

    Bucktown

  • Cool Breeze

    Cool Breeze

  • The Vindicator

    The Vindicator

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

    Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1

  • On the Edge

    On the Edge

  • Beautiful Like a Poem

    Beautiful Like a Poem

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

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

  • Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man

    Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man

  • Strip Search

    Strip Search

  • A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

    A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

  • Badass Supermama

    Badass Supermama