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).

Фільмографія

• 2024Mystery Cuddlers — Juniper
• 2023As We Know It — Beverly Jones
• 2023Cinnamon — Mama
• 2023Кладовище домашніх тварин: Криваві сліди — Majorie Washburn
• Велика Північ — Neckbone (voice)
• Вони — Athena
• 2019A Christmas Wish — Mary
• Благослови цей безлад — Constance
• 2019Черлідерки — Olive
• 2017Bad Grandmas — Coralee
• 2017Being Rose — Lily
• Це ми — Grandma
• 2015Kings of Cult — (archive footage)
• 2015Клівлендські полонянки — Carla
• 2012Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day — Detective Barrick
• 2012Людина із залізними кулаками — Jane
• 2011Mafia — James Womack
• Бургерна Боба — Evelyn (voice)
• 2011Ларрі Краун — Frances
• 2010The Invited — Zelda
• 2010Просто Райт — Janice Wright
• 2008Ladies of the House — Birdie
• 2005Back in the Day — Mrs. Cooper
• 2005Bad Girls Behind Bars — Alabama (archive footage)
• The L Word — Kit Porter
• 2003First to Die — Claire Washburn
• 2003Love the Hard Way — Linda Fox
• 2002Пригоди Плуто Неша — Flura Nash
• 20013 A.M. — George
• 2001Bones — Pearl
• 2001Feast of All Saints — Suzette Lermontant
• Strange Frequency
• Ліга Справедливості — My'ria'h (voice)
• 2001Привиди Марса — Commander Helena Braddock
• Таємниці Смолвіля — Amanda Waller
• 2000Snow Day — Tina
• 2000Wilder — Detective Della Wilder
• 2000Фортеця 2: Повернення — Susan Mendenhall
• 1999Hayley Wagner, Star — Sam
• 1999Holy Smoke — Carol
• 1999In Too Deep — Det. Angela Wilson
• 1999No Tomorrow — Diane
• Закон і порядок: Спеціальний корпус — Assistant US Attorney Claudia Williams
• 1999Королеви вбивства — Detective Vera Cruz
• 1998Family Blessings — Mrs. Quincy
• Linc's — Eleanor Braithwaite Winthrop
• 1998Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am — Narrator (voice)
• 1998Pete Rock: Soul Survivor — Pam Grier
• Дика сімейка Торнберрі — Mother Springbok (voice)
• 1997Fakin' Da Funk — Annabelle Lee
• 1997Strip Search — Janette
• 1997Джекі Браун — Jackie Brown
• 1996Badass Supermama — (archive footage)
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996Original Gangstas — Laurie Thompson
• 1996Втеча з Лос-Анджелесу — Hershe Las Palamas
• 1996Марс атакує! — Louise Williams
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — Nightingale (voice)
• 1995Serial Killer — Capt. Maggie Davis
• The Wayans Bros. — Erica
• 1993Posse — Phoebe
• The Sinbad Show
• 1992A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story — Linda Holman
• Martin — Pam Grier
• Pacific Station — Grace Ballard
• 1991Нові пригоди Білла і Теда — Ms. Wardroe
• 1990Chicago Joe and the Showgirl — Thanks
• 1990Class of 1999 — Ms. Connors
• Принц із Беверлі Хіллз — Janice
• 1989The Package — Ruth Butler
• Monsters — Matilde
• 1988Над законом — Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
• Frank's Place — Neema Sharone
• 1987The Allnighter — Sargeant McLeish
• 1986On the Edge — Cora
• 1986The Vindicator — Hunter
• Кримінальна історія — Suzanne Terry
• 1985Badge of the Assassin — Alexandra 'Alie' Horn
• 1985Stand Alone — Cathryn Bolan
• Night Court — Benet Collins
• The Cosby Show — Samantha
• Поліція Маямі — Valerie Gordon
• 1983Tough Enough — Myra
• 1983Щось лихе насуває — Dust Witch
• 1981Форт Апач, Бронкс — Charlotte
• Knots Landing — Lieutenant Guthrie
• Roots: The Next Generations — Francey
• 1977Greased Lightning — Mary Jones
• The Love Boat — Cynthia Wilbur
• 1977Twilight of Love — Sandra
• 1976Drum — Regine
• 1975Bucktown — Aretha
• 1975Friday Foster — Friday Foster
• 1975Sheba, Baby — Sheba Shayne
• 1974Арена — Mamawi
• 1974Фоксі Браун — Foxy Brown
• 1973Black Mama, White Mama — Lee Daniels
• 1973Coffy — Coffy
• 1973Scream Blacula Scream — Lisa Fortier
• 1972Cool Breeze — Mona
• 1972Hit Man — Gozelda
• 1972The Big Bird Cage — Blossom
• 1972The Twilight People — Ayesa, the Panther Woman
• 1971The Big Doll House — Grear
• 1971Women in Cages — Alabama
• 1970За межами Лялькової долини — Fourth Woman

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (36)

• 2026The Way Things Seem to Be — Self
• 2025Breakdown: 1975 — Self (archive footage)
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• 2021How It Feels to Be Free — Self (archival footage)
• 2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Beautiful Like a Poem — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies — Self
• 2020Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness — Self
• Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time — Self
• Шоу Келлі Кларксон — Self
• 2016Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) — Self (archive footage)
• 2013Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking — Self
• 2013Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Corman's World — Self - Actress
• 2010Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1 — Self
• 2010Machete Maidens Unleashed! — Self
• Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self
• Дивіться, що відбувається: у прямому ефірі — Self - Guest
• 2003A Decade Under the Influence — Self
• 2002BaadAsssss Cinema — Self
• 2002Jackie Brown: How It Went Down — Self
• 2001It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self - Guest
• 1998All Saints: The Video — Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Hollywood Squares — Self - Panelist
• 1997Afro Promo — Self (archive footage)
• Погляд — Self
• 1996Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man — Self
• Щоденне шоу з Тревором Ноа — Self - Guest
• MADtv — Self, self
• Intimate Portrait — Self
• Пізня ніч із Конаном О'Браєном — Self - Guest
• People's Choice Awards — Self
• «Сьогодні ввечері» з Джонні Карсоном — Self
• Diggin’ Up "Bones" — Self