Melissa Jaffer

Known for ActingBorn 1936-12-01 (age 89)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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Farm

Grass Roots

Land of Hope

Singles

Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien

Molly

Snobs

You and Me and Uncle Bob

Farscape

Mad Max: Fury Road

Weekend of Shadows

Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars

Brides of Christ

The Lost World

Three Thousand Years of Longing

BlackJack

Do I Have to Kill My Child?

E Street

Ride a Wild Pony

Police Rescue

All Saints

Caddie

The Distant Home

The Cars That Ate Paris

Starstruck

Komodo

My Mother Frank

The Delinquents

The Coolangatta Gold

Strangers

The Harp in the South

Kindred

Out Of Love