Michelle Pfeiffer (born April 29, 1957) is an American actress and singer.
Born in Santa Ana, Orange County, California to Dick and Donna Pfeiffer, she has three siblings, an older brother and two younger sisters.
In 1981, she married actor Peter Horton, but they later divorced. In 1993, Pfeiffer adopted a girl, Claudia Rose Pfeiffer; later that year, she married producer David E. Kelley, the creator of the television series' Chicago Hope and Ally McBeal; a biological son was born in 1994 to Kelley and Pfeiffer.
Her first starring role was in the 1982 musical Grease 2, which could hardly presage her illustrious career with wonderful performances in movies such as Married to the Mob, Batman Returns and What Lies Beneath, among others. Her most recent work includes roles in the movies Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, What Lies Beneath, White Oleander, and I Am Sam.
As a singer, she became most widely known with her role in The Fabulous Baker Boys.
Her younger sister Dedee Pfeiffer is also an actress, but mostly on TV.
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