Acting credits
30
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Melissa Jaffer
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 20Series: 10
TMDB ID: 82437
IMDb ID: nm0415513
Known for: Acting
Born: December 1, 1936
Age: 89
Place of birth: Gladstone, Queensland, Austrailia
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1974 - 2022
Years active: 49
Average TMDB rating: 6.59
Wikidata: Q6812748
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Melissa Jaffer.
6.9
Three Thousand Years of Longing
as Clementine
2022 Movie
Strangers
2019 Movie
7.6
Mad Max: Fury Road
as Keeper of the Seeds
2015 Movie
7.0
BlackJack
as Helen Kirsten
2003 Movie
3.3
My Mother Frank
as Sister Sebastian
2000 Movie
The Farm
as Helen Cooper
2000 Movie
5.1
Komodo
as Patrick's Grandmother
1999 Movie
Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien
as Granny Marshall
1999 Movie
5.0
The Distant Home
as Mrs. Webster
1992 Movie
You and Me and Uncle Bob
as Sylvie
1992 Movie
5.0
The Delinquents
as Aunt Westbury
1989 Movie
4.3
The Coolangatta Gold
as Ballet Teacher
1984 Movie
Molly
as Aunt Jenny
1983 Movie
Kindred
as Shirley
1983 Movie
5.3
Starstruck
as Mrs. Booth
1982 Movie
Weekend of Shadows
as Vi
1978 Movie
Do I Have to Kill My Child?
as Mrs. Hammond
1976 Movie
5.8
Caddie
as Leslie
1976 Movie
6.4
Ride a Wild Pony
as Mrs. Pirie
1975 Movie
5.5
The Cars That Ate Paris
as Beth
1974 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Melissa Jaffer.
7.6
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
as Utu-Noranti Pralatong • 2 eps
2004 Series
7.8
Snobs
as Gwen • 26 eps
2003 Series
Grass Roots
as Fran Smith • 7 eps
2000 Series
7.1
The Lost World
as Crazy Old Woman • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.9
Farscape
as Female Pilot • 1 eps
1999 Series
6.1
All Saints
as Eileen Sullivan • 7 eps
1998 Series
7.0
Brides of Christ
as Sister Attracta • 1 eps
1991 Series
6.4
Police Rescue
as Gwen • 1 eps
1991 Series
6.0
E Street
as Queenie • 4 eps
1989 Series
The Harp in the South
as Miss Sheily • 3 eps
1987 Series