
Pam Grier
ActingAlso Known As
Pam Greer , Pamela Grier, Pamela Suzette Grier, 帕姆·格里爾, پم گرییر
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).
Movies
(95 total)
Jackie Brown
as Jackie Brown

Mars Attacks!
as Louise Williams

Escape from L.A.
as Hershe Las Palamas

Larry Crowne
as Frances

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
as Ms. Wardroe

Ghosts of Mars
as Commander Helena Braddock

Above the Law
as Delores 'Jacks' Jackson

Jawbreaker
as Detective Vera Cruz

The Adventures of Pluto Nash
as Flura Nash

Just Wright
as Janice Wright

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
as Majorie Washburn

Cleveland Abduction
as Carla

Coffy
as Coffy

Class of 1999
as Ms. Connors

The Package
as Ruth Butler

Foxy Brown
as Foxy Brown

Holy Smoke
as Carol

Poms
as Olive

Snow Day
as Tina
TV Shows
(41 total)
Smallville
as Amanda Waller

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Assistant US Attorney Claudia Williams

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Janice

This Is Us
as Grandma

Bob's Burgers
as Evelyn (voice)

The L Word
as Kit Porter

The Daily Show
as Self

Justice League
as My'ria'h (voice)

Miami Vice
as Valerie Gordon

The Cosby Show
as Samantha

Them
as Athena

The Wild Thornberrys
as Mother Springbok (voice)

The Love Boat
as Cynthia Wilbur

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest

Night Court
as Benet Collins

MADtv
as Self - Guest Host

Martin
as Pam Grier

The View
as Self

