Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress. Described by director 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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| 1 | Breakdown: 1975 (2025) | Self (archive footage) | - | - |
| 2 | As We Know It (2023) | Beverly Jones | 5 | |
| 3 | Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023) | Majorie Washburn | 5.5 | |
| 4 | Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness (2020) | Self | 7 | |
| 5 | Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020) | Self | - | - |
| 6 | A Christmas Wish (2019) | Mary | 6 | |
| 7 | Poms (2019) | Olive | 8 | |
| 8 | Bad Grandmas (2017) | Coralee | - | - |
| 9 | Being Rose (2017) | Lily | - | - |
| 10 | Kings of Cult (2015) | (archive footage) | - | - |
| 11 | Cleveland Abduction (2015) | Carla | 5 | |
| 12 | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013) | Self (archive footage) | 7 | |
| 13 | Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking (2013) | Self | - | - |
| 14 | The Man with the Iron Fists (2012) | Jane | 6.8 | |
| 15 | Corman's World (2011) | Self - Actress | - | - |
| 16 | Mafia (2011) | James Womack | - | - |
| 17 | Larry Crowne (2011) | Frances | 6.3 | |
| 18 | Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010) | Self | - | - |
| 19 | Just Wright (2010) | Janice Wright | 5.9 | |
| 20 | Ladies of the House (2008) | Birdie | - | - |
| 21 | Back in the Day (2005) | Mrs. Cooper | - | - |
| 22 | Love the Hard Way (2003) | Linda Fox | 6 | |
| 23 | First to Die (2003) | Claire Washburn | - | - |
| 24 | BaadAsssss Cinema (2002) | Self | - | - |
| 25 | Jackie Brown: How It Went Down (2002) | Self | - | - |
| 26 | The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) | Flura Nash | 4.4 | |
| 27 | Feast of All Saints (2001) | Suzette Lermontant | 8 | |
| 28 | Ghosts of Mars (2001) | Commander Helena Braddock | 4.9 | |
| 29 | 3 A.M. (2001) | George | - | - |
| 30 | It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures (2001) | Self | - | - |
| 31 | Bones (2001) | Pearl | 4.3 | |
| 32 | Fortress 2 (2000) | Susan Mendenhall | 4 | |
| 33 | Wilder (2000) | Detective Della Wilder | - | - |
| 34 | Snow Day (2000) | Tina | 5.3 | |
| 35 | In Too Deep (1999) | Det. Angela Wilson | 6 | |
| 36 | Holy Smoke (1999) | Carol | 5.3 | |
| 37 | No Tomorrow (1999) | Diane | - | - |
| 38 | Jawbreaker (1999) | Detective Vera Cruz | 6.7 | |
| 39 | Strip Search (1997) | Janette | - | - |
| 40 | Fakin' Da Funk (1997) | Annabelle Lee | - | - |
| 41 | Jackie Brown (1997) Oscars 1998 | Jackie Brown | 7.1 | |
| 42 | Mars Attacks! (1996) | Louise Williams | 6.3 | |
| 43 | Escape from L.A. (1996) | Hershe Las Palamas | 6 | |
| 44 | Original Gangstas (1996) | Laurie Thompson | 7 | |
| 45 | Serial Killer (1995) | Capt. Maggie Davis | - | - |
| 46 | Posse (1993) | Phoebe | 5 | |
| 47 | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) | Ms. Wardroe | 6.6 | |
| 48 | Class of 1999 (1990) | Ms. Connors | 6.7 | |
| 49 | Above the Law (1988) | Delores 'Jacks' Jackson | 6.1 | |
| 50 | The Allnighter (1987) | Sargeant McLeish | 5 | |
| 51 | The Vindicator (1986) | Hunter | - | - |
| 52 | Stand Alone (1985) | Cathryn Bolan | - | - |
| 53 | Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) | Dust Witch | 5.7 | |
| 54 | Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981) | Charlotte | - | - |
| 55 | Twilight of Love (1977) | Sandra | - | - |
| 56 | Greased Lightning (1977) | Mary Jones | - | - |
| 57 | Drum (1976) | Regine | 3 | |
| 58 | Bucktown (1975) | Aretha | - | - |
| 59 | Sheba, Baby (1975) | Sheba Shayne | 8 | |
| 60 | Friday Foster (1975) | Friday Foster | - | - |
| 61 | Foxy Brown (1974) | Foxy Brown | 7 | |
| 62 | The Arena (1974) | Mamawi | - | - |
| 63 | Coffy (1973) | Coffy | 7.6 | |
| 64 | Scream Blacula Scream (1973) | Lisa Fortier | 6 | |
| 65 | Black Mama, White Mama (1973) | Lee Daniels | 7 | |
| 66 | Cool Breeze (1972) | Mona | - | - |
| 67 | The Twilight People (1972) | Ayesa, the Panther Woman | - | - |
| 68 | Hit Man (1972) | Gozelda | - | - |
| 69 | The Big Bird Cage (1972) | Blossom | 7.5 | |
| 70 | Women in Cages (1971) | Alabama | - | - |
| 71 | The Big Doll House (1971) | Grear | 9 | |
| 72 | Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) | Fourth Woman | 6.5 |
