Melissa Jaffer

Acting

Born December 1, 1936, Gladstone, Queensland, Austrailia

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.

Filmography

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