Melissa Jaffer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 1, 1936 (age 89)
- Place of birth
- Gladstone, Queensland, Austrailia
- Credits
- 33
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
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015Movie
Keeper of the Seeds
Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022Movie
Clementine
Farscape
1999TV
Nilaam, Female Pilot, Noranti
The Lost World
1999TV
Crazy Old Woman
The Cars That Ate Paris
1974Movie
Beth
Komodo
1999Movie
Patrick's Grandmother
Filmography
Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022Movie
Clementine
Strangers
2019Movie
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015Movie
Keeper of the Seeds
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
2004TV
Utu-Noranti Pralatong
Snobs
2003TV
Gwen
BlackJack
2003Movie
Helen Kirsten
The Farm
2001TV
Helen Cooper
My Mother Frank
2000Movie
Sister Sebastian
Grass Roots
2000TV
Fran Smith
Komodo
1999Movie
Patrick's Grandmother
Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien
1999Movie
Granny Marshall
The Lost World
1999TV
Crazy Old Woman
Farscape
1999TV
Nilaam, Female Pilot, Noranti
All Saints
1998TV
Eileen Sullivan
The Distant Home
1992Movie
Mrs. Webster
You and Me and Uncle Bob
1992Movie
Sylvie
Brides of Christ
1991TV
Sister Attracta
Police Rescue
1991TV
Gwen
The Delinquents
1989Movie
Aunt Westbury
E Street
1989TV
Queenie
The Harp in the South
1987TV
Miss Sheily
Land of Hope
1986TV
The Coolangatta Gold
1984Movie
Ballet Teacher
Singles
1984TV
Gloria
Molly
1983Movie
Aunt Jenny
Kindred
1983Movie
Shirley
Starstruck
1982Movie
Mrs. Booth
Weekend of Shadows
1978Movie
Vi
Do I Have to Kill My Child?
1976Movie
Mrs. Hammond
Caddie
1976Movie
Leslie
Ride a Wild Pony
1975Movie
Mrs. Pirie
The Cars That Ate Paris
1974Movie
Beth
Out Of Love
TV