Personal Info
Melissa Jaffer
Acting
Biography
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 pl…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Three Thousand Years of Longing
as Clementine
Strangers
Mad Max: Fury Road
as Keeper of the Seeds
BlackJack
as Helen Kirsten
My Mother Frank
as Sister Sebastian
Komodo
as Patrick's Grandmother
Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien
as Granny Marshall
The Distant Home
as Mrs. Webster
You and Me and Uncle Bob
as Sylvie
The Delinquents
as Aunt Westbury
TV Shows
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
as Utu-Noranti Pralatong · 2 ep.
Snobs
as Gwen · 26 ep.
The Farm
as Helen Cooper · 3 ep.
Grass Roots
as Fran Smith · 7 ep.
Farscape
as Noranti · 23 ep.
The Lost World
as Crazy Old Woman · 1 ep.
All Saints
as Eileen Sullivan · 7 ep.
Police Rescue
as Gwen · 1 ep.
Brides of Christ
as Sister Attracta · 1 ep.
E Street
as Queenie · 4 ep.