Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and martial artist. Described by <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino">Quentin Tarantino</a> as cinema's first female action star,<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Grier#cite_note-2">[2]</a> she achieved fame for her starring roles in a string of 1970s <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_film">action</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaxploitation">blaxploitation</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women-in-prison_film">women-in-prison films</a> for <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_International_Pictures">American International Pictures</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Pictures">New World Pictures</a>. Her accolades include nominations for an <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Awards">Emmy Award</a>, a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Awards">Golden Globe Award</a>, a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild_Awards">Screen Actors Guild Award</a>, a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_Awards">Satellite Award</a> and a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Awards">Saturn Award</a>.Grier came to prominence with her titular roles in the films <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffy">Coffy</a> (1973) and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxy_Brown_(film)">Foxy Brown</a> (1974); her other major films during this period included <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Doll_House">The Big Doll House</a> (1971), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Cages">Women in Cages</a> (1971), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bird_Cage">The Big Bird Cage</a> (1972), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mama_White_Mama">Black Mama White Mama</a> (1973), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream_Blacula_Scream">Scream Blacula Scream</a> (1973), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Arena_(1974_film)">The Arena</a> (1974), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheba,_Baby">Sheba, Baby</a> (1975), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucktown_(film)">Bucktown</a> (1975) and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Foster_(film)">Friday Foster</a> (1975). She portrayed the title character in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino">Quentin Tarantino</a>'s <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_film">crime film</a> <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Brown">Jackie Brown</a> (1997), nearly three decades after her first starring role. Grier also appeared in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_L.A.">Escape from L.A.</a> (1996), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Attacks!">Mars Attacks!</a> (1996), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawbreaker_(film)">Jawbreaker</a> (1999), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Smoke!">Holy Smoke!</a>, (1999), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bones_(2001_film)">Bones</a> (2001), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Wright">Just Wright</a> (2010), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Crowne">Larry Crowne</a> (2011) and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poms_(film)">Poms</a> (2019).On television, Grier portrayed Eleanor Winthrop in the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showtime_(TV_network)">Showtime</a> comedy-drama series <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linc%27s">Linc's</a> (1998–2000), Kate "Kit" Porter on the Showtime drama series <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_L_Word">The L Word</a> (2004–2009), and Constance Terry in the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company">ABC</a> sitcom <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bless_This_Mess_(TV_series)">Bless This Mess</a> (2019–2020). She received praise for her work in the animated series <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happily_Ever_After:_Fairy_Tales_for_Every_Child">Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child</a> (1999).In 2016 <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IndieWire">IndieWire</a> named Grier one of the best actors never to have received an <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards">Academy Award</a> nomination.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Grier#cite_note-3">[3]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Grier#cite_note-4">[4]</a>

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