Melissa Jaffer

Birthday: 1936-12-01
Birthplace: Gladstone, Queensland, Austrailia
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
2022-08-24 Three Thousand Years of Longing Clementine
2019-06-11 Strangers
2015-05-13 Mad Max: Fury Road Keeper of the Seeds
2003-03-16 BlackJack Helen Kirsten
2000-08-16 My Mother Frank Sister Sebastian
2000-01-01 The Farm Helen Cooper
1999-07-04 Komodo Patrick's Grandmother
1999-06-30 Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien Granny Marshall
1992-06-06 The Distant Home Mrs. Webster
1992-02-02 You and Me and Uncle Bob Sylvie
1989-12-21 The Delinquents Aunt Westbury
1984-11-22 The Coolangatta Gold Ballet Teacher
1983-12-27 Molly Aunt Jenny
1983-01-01 Kindred Shirley
1982-04-08 Starstruck Mrs. Booth
1978-06-28 Weekend of Shadows Vi
1976-12-20 Do I Have to Kill My Child? Mrs. Hammond
1976-01-01 Caddie Leslie
1975-11-02 Ride a Wild Pony Mrs. Pirie
1974-10-10 The Cars That Ate Paris Beth