Your Favorite Michelle Pfeiffer Performance?

I wish I could add more, of course, including:

Ladyhawk

Frankie and Johnny

Love Field

I am Sam

Hairspray

The Witches of Eastbrook

Wolf

What about Aliens??

What Lies Beneath.

She never looked (or sounded) better than she did in The Fabulous Baker Boys.

Sometimes I just watch that scene with her slithering down the piano singing "Making Whoopie." Whew!

One Fine Day

Married to the Mob. She was just spectacular in that. Her New Jersey accent was POY-fect!

She's one of those gorgeous actresses who seems to have no vanity. None.

Dangerous Liaisons

I haven't seen it in a while, but I remember liking her in Wolf. She was probably at her peak as far as beauty.

Lady Macbeth

Sorry -- should have posted the clip.

She has a moment as the bitch in Wolf where I could scarcely believe my eyes. We hear words like “stunning” bestowed on lots of actresses but that’s the only time I was ever really stunned at an entrance. That’s all she did. She just entered the scene.

Unfortunately, the sensation didn’t last. I bought the DVD and waited for that entrance and when it came she was only gorgeous again. It was a one-time stun but I’ll never forget it.

I've only seen her in the "Ant-Man" sequels.

Love her.

Aside from being stunningly beautiful and a great actress, I love how she quietly adopted a kid when she was still single, love that she never used her kids as props, love her Instagram now (she’s sort of goofy and age appropriate).

What’s not to like?

No Grease 2?😆. I’ll choose The Fabulous Baker Boys.

It's not a perfect movie but she's very good in French Exit. I would like to see more movies where she plays a rich burnout.

I though she was great in Mother!

I liked her in White Oleander and Dark Shadows.

I'm with R6, it has to be Married to the Mob.

R6 and R18 - her accent alone in Married to the Mob is pitch perfect.

Great cheekbones

Loved her in I am Sam

Catwoman.

She was good as the lawyer in I Am Sam but smoking hot as Catwoman. Yeah, I voted for her in Batman Returns. LOL!

I liked her vulnerability in Witches of Eastwick. Underrated.

I always loved her in The Age of Innocence

I fell in love with her as a wee gayling of 8 after seeing her in Grease 2 and watching it over and over again. Because I was so young and not a bright kid, I thought her last name was Pa-feiffer (before the famous GG episode) and called her that until being corrected by my mother. I've loved her in absolutely everything since. I wish she had taken more risks in smaller, independent projects ala Nicole Kidman, but I think she's a great beauty and a great talent. With all that said, her Catwoman/Selina Kyle is iconic. I don't even know why they bother trying to have other actresses play the part, it's sort of like asking another actor to play Rhett Butler, they're bound to fail by comparison.

I loved her in What Lies Beneath and Hairspray. She has such great presence.

Interesting to note that Pfeiffer was not the first choice to play Catwoman, Anette Bening was. Bening had to pull out because she got pregnant, but I can't believe that the feline-looking Michelle who was at the height of her fame at the time of the film's release was not the first choice.

Sean Young also lobbied for Catwoman, R28. She even made a cat suit and begged Tim Burton to cast her.

The Fabulous Baker Boys

Great thread, Op, i think she is one of the greatest living actresses. Her Beatty and shy attitude didn’t help in the accolades. As your list shows, she has a great filmography, including several iconic roles. Except here, i dont think she gets the aclaim she deserves. Looking at the poll, her roles are very distinctive and varied (even if tending to more commercial choices). She nails almost everything so maybe she chooses wisely.

I voted for Catwoman because the hurt and desperation she conveys to a cartoon character is unique. But my favourite is the more controversial Madame Olenska in The Age of Innocence, she truly moves me in a couple of scenes.

Love her!!

She was a great romantic heroine as Tally Atwater in Up Close and Personal.

In the Murder on the Orient Express she sings the credits song and manages to give an emotion of the personal tragedy that the movie, due to Branagh’s ego and incompetence, sadly lacks. It belongs to a better movie. As usual, she is great but the movie doesn’t give her the space to shine as she deserved.

Grease 2

We missed out on her Eva Peron.

I think the better question is if you can name a bad performance she gives?

Loved her in Hairspray. You can tell she's having a blast

Thank you r15! I came here to add “French Exit” to the mix. I don’t think it’s a *bad movie, rather it’s just weird and crosses quite a view genres. But her performance is really something; and you’re right, she nails her performance of a rich, elitist, proud burnout.

The cafe scene where she tries (and finally succeeds) in getting the French waiters’ attention… I would love to pull that off myself sometime.

R37, i agree, she was in a couple of bad movies but she always elevates the material.

Is What Lies Beneath good?

R41 The actors elevate the material. But it's one of those movies you can really only watch once.

I know she was somewhat miscast, but I loved her In Frankie and Johnny all the same.

R41 -you'll never look at her feet the same way again.