Melissa Jaffer
Acting • Born 1936-12-01
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 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.
Filmography
35 credits
The Cars That Ate Paris
Movie • 1974
Beth
Starstruck
Movie • 1982
Mrs. Booth
Ride a Wild Pony
Movie • 1975
Mrs. Pirie
Komodo
Movie • 1999
Patrick's Grandmother
Caddie
Movie • 1976
Leslie
My Mother Frank
Movie • 2000
Sister Sebastian
Weekend of Shadows
Movie • 1978
Vi
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Movie • 2022
Clementine
Kindred
Movie • 1983
Shirley
Mad Max: Fury Road
Movie • 2015
Keeper of the Seeds
Molly
Movie • 1983
Aunt Jenny
The Distant Home
Movie • 1992
Mrs. Webster
The Farm
Movie • 2000
Helen Cooper
Strangers
Movie • 2019
You and Me and Uncle Bob
Movie • 1992
Sylvie
The Coolangatta Gold
Movie • 1984
Ballet Teacher
The Delinquents
Movie • 1989
Aunt Westbury
Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien
Movie • 1999
Granny Marshall
Do I Have to Kill My Child?
Movie • 1976
Mrs. Hammond
BlackJack
Movie • 2003
Helen Kirsten
Snobs
TV • 2003
Gwen
Land of Hope
TV • 1986
The Harp in the South
TV • 1987
Miss Sheily
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
TV • 2004
Utu-Noranti Pralatong
Brides of Christ
TV • 1991
Sister Attracta
Farscape
TV • 1999
Nilaam
Farscape
TV • 1999
Female Pilot
Farscape
TV • 1999
Noranti
E Street
TV • 1989
Queenie
Police Rescue
TV • 1991
Gwen
Singles
TV • 1984
Gloria
The Lost World
TV • 1999
Crazy Old Woman
All Saints
TV • 1998
Eileen Sullivan
Out Of Love
TV
Grass Roots
TV • 2000
Fran Smith