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Melissa Jaffer
ActorBorn December 1, 1936 (88 years)
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.
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
| 2024 | High Country (TV Series) · as Liz Whitford |
| 2022 | Three Thousand Years of Longing · as Clementine |
| 2021 | The Newsreader (TV Series) · as Ruth |
| 2017 | True Story With Hamish And Andy (TV Series) · as Mrs. Rose |
| 2015 | Glitch (2015) (TV Series) · as Adeline Fitzgerald |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road · as Keeper Of The Seeds |
| 2008 | Packed to the Rafters (TV Series) · as Mrs. Montague |
| 2004 | Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (TV Series) · as Utu-Noranti Pralatong |
| 2003 | Snobs (TV Series) · as Gwen |
| 2003 | BlackJack · as Helen Kirsten |
| 2001 | Head Start (TV Series) · as Amanda Villiers |
| 2000 | My Mother Frank · as Sister Sebastian |
| 2000 | Grass Roots (TV Series) · as Fran Smith |
| 1999 | Komodo · as Patrick's Grandmother |
| 1999 | Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien · as Granny Marshall |
| 1999 | The Lost World (TV Series) · as Crazy Old Woman |
| 1999 | |
| 1998 | All Saints (TV Series) · as Eileen Sullivan |
| 1997 | Big Sky (TV Series) · as Lily Bateman |
| 1995 | Flipper (1995) (TV Series) · as Shopkeeper |
| 1994 | Heartland (1994) (TV Series) · as Meredith Lovell |
| 1992 | The Distant Home · as Mrs. Webster |
| 1991 | Brides of Christ (TV Series) · as Sister Attracta |
| 1989 | The Delinquents · as Aunt Westbury |
| 1989 | Police Rescue (TV Series) · as Gwen |
| 1989 | G.P. (TV Series) · as Dr. Maureen Riordan |
| 1989 | E Street (TV Series) · as Queenie |
| 1987 | The Harp In The South (TV Series) · as Miss Sheily |
| 1984 | The Gold and the Glory · as Ballet Teacher |
| 1984 | Mother and Son (TV Series) · as Lorna |
| 1983 | Five Mile Creek (TV Series) · as Mrs. O'bannion |
| 1983 | Molly · as Aunt Jenny |
| 1982 | Starstruck · as Mrs. Booth |
| 1981 | A Country Practice (TV Series) · as Agatha Muldoon |
| 1978 | Weekend of Shadows · as Vi |
| 1976 | Do I Have to Kill My Child? · as Mrs. Hammond |
| 1976 | The Outsiders (1976) (TV Series) · as Betty Kurts |
| 1976 | Caddie · as Leslie |
| 1975 | Ride a Wild Pony · as Mrs. Pirie |
| 1974 | Between Wars · as Matron |
| 1974 | The Cars That Ate Paris · as Beth |
| 1971 | Matlock Police (TV Series) · as Linda Davis |
| 1969 | Division 4 (TV Series) · as June Ross |
| 1964 | Homicide (TV Series) · as Lorna Stacy |