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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 1, 1936
Place of Birth
Gladstone, Queensland, Austrailia
Melissa Jaffer
1.0 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.9
Clementine
Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022
0.0
Strangers
2019
7.6
Keeper of the Seeds
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015
7.7
Utu-Noranti Pralatong
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
2004
7.8
Gwen
Snobs
2003
7.0
Helen Kirsten
BlackJack
2003
3.3
Sister Sebastian
My Mother Frank
2000
0.0
Fran Smith
Grass Roots
2000
0.0
Helen Cooper
The Farm
2000
5.1
Patrick's Grandmother
Komodo
1999
Credits
Three Thousand Years of Longing
as Clementine
2022
6.9
Strangers
2019
0.0
Mad Max: Fury Road
as Keeper of the Seeds
2015
7.6
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
as Utu-Noranti Pralatong
2004
7.7
Snobs
as Gwen
2003
7.8
BlackJack
as Helen Kirsten
2003
7.0
My Mother Frank
as Sister Sebastian
2000
3.3
Grass Roots
as Fran Smith
2000
0.0
The Farm
as Helen Cooper
2000
0.0
Komodo
as Patrick's Grandmother
1999
5.1
Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien
as Granny Marshall
1999
0.0
The Lost World
as Crazy Old Woman
1999
7.1
Farscape
as Female Pilot
1999
7.9
Farscape
as Nilaam
1999
7.9
Farscape
as Noranti
1999
7.9
All Saints
as Eileen Sullivan
1998
5.7
The Distant Home
as Mrs. Webster
1992
5.0
You and Me and Uncle Bob
as Sylvie
1992
0.0
Brides of Christ
as Sister Attracta
1991
7.0
Police Rescue
as Gwen
1991
6.4
The Delinquents
as Aunt Westbury
1989
5.0
E Street
as Queenie
1989
6.0
The Harp in the South
as Miss Sheily
1987
0.0
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Land of Hope
1986
0.0
The Coolangatta Gold
as Ballet Teacher
1984
4.3
🎬
Singles
as Gloria
1984
0.0
Molly
as Aunt Jenny
1983
0.0
Kindred
as Shirley
1983
0.0
Starstruck
as Mrs. Booth
1982
5.3
Weekend of Shadows
as Vi
1978
0.0
Do I Have to Kill My Child?
as Mrs. Hammond
1976
0.0
Caddie
as Leslie
1976
5.8
Ride a Wild Pony
as Mrs. Pirie
1975
6.4
The Cars That Ate Paris
as Beth
1974
5.5
🎬
Out Of Love
N/A
0.0