Melanie Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an American actress. She is an Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner for her performance in the 1988 film Working Girl. She is the daughter of actress Tippi Hedren, and the wife of actor Antonio Banderas.

Early life

Griffith was born in New York City, to Tippi Hedren and producer and former actor/advertising executive Peter Griffith.Melanie Griffith Biography (1957-)Tracy Griffith Biography (1965-)Ancestry of Melanie Griffith Her parents divorced when she was four years old, after which her father remarried to model/actress Nanita Greene and had two more children, actress Tracy Griffith and set designer Clay A. Griffith. Her mother married agent and producer Noel Marshall, and Griffith grew up with three stepbrothers. During her childhood and adolescent years, she divided her time between living in New York with her father and in Antelope Valley, California, where her mother formed the animal preserve Shambala. She also skipped a grade and graduated from Hollywood Professional School when she was just 16 years old.www.melaniegriffith.com/magic_door/chitchat/chitchat_archive_feb2000.htmlwww.squareone.org/HPS/www.geocities.com/hpsalumni/hps/