![Melissa Jaffer](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fh632%2FzgMt2nvvAZJqvckT49DSTcTqcQ9.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1936-12-01
Place of Birth
Gladstone, Queensland, Austrailia
Melissa Jaffer
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.
Known For
![Mad Max: Fury Road](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2F8tZYtuWezp8JbcsvHYO0O46tFbo.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Mad Max: Fury Road
as Keeper of the Seeds
![Three Thousand Years of Longing](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FnS7DNl4A7XnDncZX70UJ8ALAihF.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Three Thousand Years of Longing
as Clementine
![Farscape](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FfCJx7cCXKOEkmCVIIyP8qk0Pb7Y.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Farscape
as Female Pilot
![Farscape](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FfCJx7cCXKOEkmCVIIyP8qk0Pb7Y.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Farscape
as Nilaam
![Farscape](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FfCJx7cCXKOEkmCVIIyP8qk0Pb7Y.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Farscape
as Noranti
![The Lost World](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FiCpCsyJ1CYLQOp4y52ctrAco9oj.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
The Lost World
as Crazy Old Woman
![Komodo](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2Fc4kNtYHFB1SbM8OrN206VlXVe2n.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Komodo
as Patrick's Grandmother
![The Cars That Ate Paris](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FocYL30byfNiimXpzFUBVBtE6RN1.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
The Cars That Ate Paris
as Beth
![Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FcWiVdJu5JLPsbpg78XyqgHGMTju.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
as Utu-Noranti Pralatong
![The Delinquents](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FqTjSJTXml4HSzc1N6RvR6ouh21A.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
The Delinquents
as Aunt Westbury