Pamela Suzette Grier is an American actress. Described by Quentin Tarantino as cinema's first female action star, she achieved fame for her starring roles in a string of 1970s action, blaxploitation, and women in prison films for American International Pictures and New World Pictures. Her accolades ... include nominations for an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Satellite Award, and a Saturn Award. Grier came to prominence with her titular roles in the films Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974); her other major films during this period included The Big Doll House (1971), Women in Cages (1971), The Big Bird Cage (1972), Black Mama, White Mama (1973), Scream Blacula Scream (1973), The Arena (1974), Sheba, Baby (1975), Bucktown (1975), and Friday Foster (1975). She portrayed the title character in Quentin Tarantino's crime film Jackie Brown (1997), and also appeared in Escape from L.A. (1996), Jawbreaker (1999), Holy Smoke!, (1999), Bones (2001), Just Wright (2010), Larry Crowne (2011), and Poms (2019). On television, Grier portrayed Eleanor Winthrop in the Showtime comedy-drama series Linc's (1998–2000), Kate "Kit" Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word (2004–2009), and Constance Terry in the ABC sitcom Bless This Mess (2019–2020). She received praise for her work in the animated series Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1999).
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The L Word
as Kit Porter
Episodes: 71
First Aired: Jan 18, 2004
Linc's
as Eleanor Braithwaite Winthrop
Episodes: 37
First Aired: Aug 01, 1998
Bless This Mess
as Constance
Episodes: 26
First Aired: Apr 16, 2019
Them
as Athena
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Apr 09, 2021
Roots: The Next Generations
as Francey
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Feb 18, 1979
Crime Story
as Suzanne Terry
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Sep 19, 1986
Smallville
as Amanda Waller
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Oct 16, 2001
Night Court
as Benet Collins
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 04, 1984
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Assistant US Attorney Claudia Williams
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 20, 1999
Knots Landing
as Lieutenant Guthrie
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Dec 27, 1979
Justice League
as My'ria'h (voice)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Nov 17, 2001
The Love Boat
as Cynthia Wilbur
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 24, 1977
This Is Us
as Grandma
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 20, 2016
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Janice
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1990
The Wayans Bros.
as Erica
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 11, 1995
The Wild Thornberrys
as Mother Springbok (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 01, 1998
Night Visions
as Dr. Lewis
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 12, 2001
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Nightingale (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 12, 1995
The Great North
as Neckbone (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 03, 2021
Frank's Place
as Neema Sharone
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1987
Pacific Station
as Grace Ballard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1991
Miami Vice
as Valerie Gordon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1984
The Cosby Show
as Samantha
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1984
Hollywood Squares
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Sep 14, 1998
Miami Vice
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 16, 1984
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jul 16, 2009
Martin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 27, 1992
The Sinbad Show
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1993
The View
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 11, 1997
E! True Hollywood Story
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 21, 1996
MADtv
as Self - Guest Host
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 14, 1995
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 30, 1999
Intimate Portrait
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 14, 1993
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 2019
Sherri
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 2022
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1993
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 2009
The Daily Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 22, 1996
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 2022
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
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