Pam Grier
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).
138 acting credits
Acting · 138
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Daily Show
1996
Smallville
2001
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Bob's Burgers
2011
The Love Boat
1977
This Is Us
2016
Miami Vice
1984
Knots Landing
1979
The View
1997
Night Court
1984
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Hollywood Squares
1998
Sherri
2022
The Cosby Show
1984
The L Word
2004
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
Martin
1992
Intimate Portrait
1993
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
People's Choice Awards
1975
The Great North
2021
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Monsters
1988
The Wayans Bros.
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Crime Story
1986
Justice League
2001
Them
2021
Jackie Brown
1997
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
Mars Attacks!
1996
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
Bless This Mess
2019
The Big Doll House
1971
The Sinbad Show
1993
Ghosts of Mars
2001
Jawbreaker
1999
Above the Law
1988
Larry Crowne
2011
Pacific Station
1991
Escape from L.A.
1996
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970
Frank's Place
1987
The Man with the Iron Fists
2012
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
2023
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991
Class of 1999
1990
Foxy Brown
1974
Linc's
1998
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
Coffy
1973
The Package
1989
Holy Smoke
1999
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
MADtv
1995
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020
Bones
2001
Just Wright
2010
In Too Deep
1999
Snow Day
2000
Cleveland Abduction
2015
Fortress 2
2000
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983
Posse
1993
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
Poms
2019
Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981
The Arena
1974
3 A.M.
2001
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
2013
Corman's World
2011
The Allnighter
1987
Love the Hard Way
2003
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
Greased Lightning
1977
Feast of All Saints
2001
Original Gangstas
1996
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
Scream Blacula Scream
1973
Tough Enough
1983
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
2012
Women in Cages
1971
The Vindicator
1986
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010
The Big Bird Cage
1972
Friday Foster
1975
Drum
1976
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
Stand Alone
1985
The Way Things Seem to Be
2026
Hit Man
1972
Black Mama, White Mama
1973
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
2002
Cinnamon
2023
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
2010
Wilder
2000
Back in the Day
2005
Family Blessings
1998
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992
No Tomorrow
1999
As We Know It
2023
First to Die
2003
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016
Bad Grandmas
2017
Fakin' Da Funk
1997
Sheba, Baby
1975
Bucktown
1975
Serial Killer
1995
Badge of the Assassin
1985
The Invited
2010
A Christmas Wish
2019
Mafia
2011
Beautiful Like a Poem
2020
Ladies of the House
2008
Being Rose
2017
Hayley Wagner, Star
1999
Mystery Cuddlers
2024
Strip Search
1997
All Saints: The Video
1998
Cool Breeze
1972
Afro Promo
1997
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998
Bad Girls Behind Bars
2005
On the Edge
1986
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
Twilight of Love
1977
The Twilight People
1972
Kings of Cult
2015
Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man
1996
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
1998
Badass Supermama
1996