# What are the best Michelle Pfeiffer performances of all time?

> She has played mob wives, Catwoman, and a dangerous aristocrat with equal conviction — Pfeiffer filmography stretches from 1980s crime epics to modern prestige drama. Which performance is her finest?

*By YPB Team · Published April 11, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-are-the-best-michelle-pfeiffer-performances-of-all-time*

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1. **Scarface (1983)**
   Pfeiffer plays Elvira Hancock, the glamorous and tragically hollow trophy wife of Miami drug lord Tony Montana.
2. **The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)**
   Pfeiffer received an Oscar nomination for her sultry turn as lounge singer Susie Diamond, most memorably draped across a piano.
3. **Dangerous Liaisons (1988)**
   Pfeiffer plays the virtuous Madame de Tourvel, whose downfall at the hands of an aristocratic libertine earned her an Oscar nomination.
4. **Batman Returns (1992)**
   Pfeiffer iconic and ferociously physical portrayal of Catwoman remains one of cinemas definitive superhero performances.
5. **The Witches of Eastwick (1987)**
   Pfeiffer plays Sukie Ridgemont, one of three small-town women who fall under the seductive spell of a mysterious stranger.
6. **The Age of Innocence (1993)**
   Pfeiffer plays Countess Ellen Olenska, a free-spirited woman whose return to 1870s New York society ignites forbidden desire.
7. **Frankie and Johnny (1991)**
   Pfeiffer plays a guarded short-order cook who cautiously opens her heart to an ex-convict cook in this tender romance.
8. **Married to the Mob (1988)**
   Pfeiffer shines in this quirky crime comedy as a mob widow trying to escape her late husbands criminal world.
9. **White Oleander (2002)**
   Pfeiffer plays a narcissistic poet whose imprisonment forces her daughter to navigate a series of foster homes alone.
10. **Hairspray (2007)**
   Pfeiffer plays the scheming Velma Von Tussle, the deliciously evil mother determined to keep her daughter on top of the teen TV dance show.
11. **Stardust (2007)**
   Pfeiffer plays the terrifying witch Lamia with scenery-chewing menace and unexpected dark comedy in this beloved fantasy adventure.
12. **What Lies Beneath (2000)**
   Pfeiffer carries this supernatural thriller as a woman who begins experiencing strange visions in her lakeside home.
13. **Mother! (2017)**
   Pfeiffer plays the older, seductive Woman who arrives uninvited and slowly unravels the household in Aronofskys divisive allegory.

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