Name
Melissa Jaffer
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1936-12-01 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Gladstone, Queensland, Austrailia
Biography
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.
In the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road she played the role of "Keeper of the Seeds". The short film Dear Life is her latest project.
Known For
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An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscap...
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After surviving a car accident, a young man finds himself trapped in the isolated town of ...
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A solitary scholar discovers an ancient bottle while on a trip to Istanbul and unleashes a...
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A Sydney teen tries to make it as a rock singer, with help from her odd 14-year-old cousin...
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A small town in Australia, in the late 1950s: Brownie and Lola are deeply in love. But bec...
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Scott, a poor farm boy, is given a wild pony from a wealthy ranch owner's herd to ride to ...
- 1974 The Cars That Ate Paris as Beth
- 1982 Starstruck as Mrs. Booth
- 1975 Ride a Wild Pony as Mrs. Pirie
- 1999 Komodo as Patrick's Grandmother
- 1976 Caddie as Leslie
- 2000 My Mother Frank as Sister Sebastian
- 1978 Weekend of Shadows as Vi
- 2022 Three Thousand Years of Longing as Clementine
- 1983 Kindred as Shirley
- 2015 Mad Max: Fury Road as Keeper of the Seeds
- 1983 Molly as Aunt Jenny
- 1992 The Distant Home as Mrs. Webster
- 2019 Strangers
- 1992 You and Me and Uncle Bob as Sylvie
- 1984 The Coolangatta Gold as Ballet Teacher
- 1989 The Delinquents as Aunt Westbury
- 1999 Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien as Granny Marshall
- 1976 Do I Have to Kill My Child? as Mrs. Hammond
- 2003 BlackJack as Helen Kirsten
- 2003 Snobs ( 26 episodes ) as Gwen
- 1986 Land of Hope ( 10 episodes )
- 1987 The Harp in the South ( 3 episodes ) as Miss Sheily
- 2004 Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars ( 2 episodes ) as Utu-Noranti Pralatong
- 1991 Brides of Christ ( 1 episode ) as Sister Attracta
- 1999 Farscape ( 1 episode ) as Nilaam
- 1999 Farscape ( 1 episode ) as Female Pilot
- 1999 Farscape ( 23 episodes ) as Noranti
- 1989 E Street ( 4 episodes ) as Queenie
- 1991 Police Rescue ( 1 episode ) as Gwen
- 1984 Singles ( 5 episodes ) as Gloria
- 1999 The Lost World ( 1 episode ) as Crazy Old Woman
- 1998 All Saints ( 7 episodes ) as Eileen Sullivan
- Soon Out Of Love ( 1 episode )
- 2000 Grass Roots ( 7 episodes ) as Fran Smith
- 2001 The Farm ( 3 episodes ) as Helen Cooper
