Melissa Jaffer

89, from Gladstone, Queensland, Austrailia

Artwork for Mad Max: Fury RoadImage of Melissa Jaffer

Biography

Melissa Jaffer 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.

Timeline

2022Aged 86

  • Poster for Three Thousand Years of Longing

    Clementine

2019Aged 83

  • Poster for Strangers

    (Unknown)

2015Aged 79

  • Poster for Mad Max: Fury Road

    Keeper of the Seeds

2003Aged 67

  • Poster for BlackJack

    Helen Kirsten

2000Aged 64

  • Poster for My Mother Frank

    Sister Sebastian

1999Aged 63

  • Poster for Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien

    Granny Marshall

  • Poster for Komodo

    Patrick's Grandmother

1992Aged 56

  • Poster for You and Me and Uncle Bob

    Sylvie

  • Poster for The Distant Home

    Mrs. Webster

1989Aged 53

  • Poster for The Delinquents

    Aunt Westbury

1984Aged 48

  • Poster for The Coolangatta Gold

    Ballet Teacher

1983Aged 47

  • Poster for Kindred

    Shirley

  • Poster for Molly

    Aunt Jenny

1982Aged 46

  • Poster for Starstruck

    Mrs. Booth

1978Aged 42

  • Poster for Weekend of Shadows

    Vi

1976Aged 40

  • Poster for Caddie

    Leslie

  • Poster for Do I Have to Kill My Child?

    Mrs. Hammond

1975Aged 39

  • Poster for Ride a Wild Pony

    Mrs. Pirie

1974Aged 38

  • Poster for The Cars That Ate Paris

    Beth