Melissa Jaffer

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Gladstone, Queensland, Austrailia, 1936-12-01

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1974	The Cars That Ate Paris	Beth	55
2	1975	Ride a Wild Pony	Mrs. Pirie	60
3	1976	Caddie	Leslie	58
4	1976	Do I Have to Kill My Child?	Mrs. Hammond	0
5	1978	Weekend of Shadows	Vi	0
6	1982	Starstruck	Mrs. Booth	56
7	1983	Kindred	Shirley	0
8	1983	Molly	Aunt Jenny	0
9	1984	The Coolangatta Gold	Ballet Teacher	50
10	1989	The Delinquents	Aunt Westbury	52
11	1992	You and Me and Uncle Bob	Sylvie	0
12	1992	The Distant Home	Mrs. Webster	50
13	1999	Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien	Granny Marshall	0
14	1999	Komodo	Patrick's Grandmother	51
15	2000	The Farm	Helen Cooper	0
16	2000	My Mother Frank	Sister Sebastian	40
17	2003	BlackJack	Helen Kirsten	70
18	2015	Mad Max: Fury Road	Keeper of the Seeds	76
19	2019	Strangers		0
20	2022	Three Thousand Years of Longing	Clementine	69

No.

Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1974

The Cars That Ate Paris

Beth

1975

Ride a Wild Pony

Mrs. Pirie

1976

Caddie

Leslie

1976

Do I Have to Kill My Child?

Mrs. Hammond

1978

Weekend of Shadows

1982

Starstruck

Mrs. Booth

1983

Kindred

Shirley

1983

Molly

Aunt Jenny

1984

The Coolangatta Gold

Ballet Teacher

1989

The Delinquents

Aunt Westbury

1992

You and Me and Uncle Bob

Sylvie

1992

The Distant Home

Mrs. Webster

1999

Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien

Granny Marshall

1999

Komodo

Patrick's Grandmother

2000

The Farm

Helen Cooper

2000

My Mother Frank

Sister Sebastian

2003

BlackJack

Helen Kirsten

2015

Mad Max: Fury Road

Keeper of the Seeds

2019

Strangers

2022

Three Thousand Years of Longing

Clementine

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	Singles	Gloria	0
2	1986	Land of Hope		0
3	1987	The Harp in the South	Miss Sheily	0
4	1989	E Street	Queenie	60
5	1991	Police Rescue	Gwen	64
6	1991	Brides of Christ	Sister Attracta	70
7	1998	All Saints	Eileen Sullivan	62
8	1999	Farscape	Female Pilot	79
9	1999	Farscape	Nilaam	79
10	1999	Farscape	Noranti	79
11	1999	The Lost World	Crazy Old Woman	72
12	2000	Grass Roots	Fran Smith	0
13	2003	Snobs	Gwen	78
14	2004	Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars	Utu-Noranti Pralatong	77
15		Out Of Love		0

No.

Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1984