Pam Grier
Known For
Acting
Born
1949-05-26 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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).
Most Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Assistant US Attorney Claudia Williams
Smallville
as Amanda Waller
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
This Is Us
as Grandma
Bob's Burgers
as Evelyn (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
The View
as Self
The Love Boat
as Cynthia Wilbur
Miami Vice
Miami Vice
as Valerie Gordon
Hollywood Squares
The Cosby Show
as Samantha
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
Knots Landing
as Lieutenant Guthrie
Sherri
as Self - Guest
The Great North
as Neckbone (voice)
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Janice