Melissa Jaffer
Born: 1936-12-01 in Gladstone, Queensland, Austrailia
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2022
- Three Thousand Years of Longing as Clementine
2019
2015
- Mad Max: Fury Road as Keeper of the Seeds
2004
- Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars as Utu-Noranti Pralatong
2000
- The Farm as Helen Cooper
- My Mother Frank as Sister Sebastian
- Grass Roots as Fran Smith
1999
- Farscape as Nilaam
- The Lost World as Crazy Old Woman
- Komodo as Patrick's Grandmother
- Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien as Granny Marshall
1998
- All Saints as Eileen Sullivan
1992
- The Distant Home as Mrs. Webster
- You and Me and Uncle Bob as Sylvie
1991
- Police Rescue as Gwen
- Brides of Christ as Sister Attracta
1989
- E Street as Queenie
- The Delinquents as Aunt Westbury
1987
- The Harp in the South as Miss Sheily
1986
1984
- The Coolangatta Gold as Ballet Teacher
- Singles as Gloria
1982
- Starstruck as Mrs. Booth
1978
- Weekend of Shadows as Vi
1976
- Caddie as Leslie
- Do I Have to Kill My Child? as Mrs. Hammond
1975
- Ride a Wild Pony as Mrs. Pirie
1974
- The Cars That Ate Paris as Beth