
Melissa Jaffer
Acting
Born: 1936-12-01 · Gladstone, Queensland, Austrailia
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 B
🎬 Movies (19)

Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022
Clementine

Strangers
2019

Mad Max: Fury Road
2015
Keeper of the Seeds

BlackJack
2003
Helen Kirsten

My Mother Frank
2000
Sister Sebastian

Komodo
1999
Patrick's Grandmother

Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien
1999
Granny Marshall

The Distant Home
1992
Mrs. Webster

You and Me and Uncle Bob
1992
Sylvie

The Delinquents
1989
Aunt Westbury

The Coolangatta Gold
1984
Ballet Teacher

Molly
1983
Aunt Jenny

Kindred
1983
Shirley

Starstruck
1982
Mrs. Booth

Weekend of Shadows
1978
Vi

Do I Have to Kill My Child?
1976
Mrs. Hammond

Caddie
1976
Leslie

Ride a Wild Pony
1975
Mrs. Pirie

The Cars That Ate Paris
1974
Beth
📺 TV Shows (15)

Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
2004
Utu-Noranti Pralatong

Snobs
2003
Gwen
The Farm
2001
Helen Cooper

Grass Roots
2000
Fran Smith

The Lost World
1999
Crazy Old Woman

Farscape
1999
Nilaam

Farscape
1999
Female Pilot

Farscape
1999
Noranti

All Saints
1998
Eileen Sullivan

Brides of Christ
1991
Sister Attracta

Police Rescue
1991
Gwen

E Street
1989
Queenie

The Harp in the South
1987
Miss Sheily
Land of Hope
1986
Singles
1984
Gloria