Michelle Pfeiffer

In 1981, she married Peter Horton in Santa Monica. The couple separated in 1988 and divorced two years later.

After her divorce, she became romantically involved with actor-producer, Fisher Stevens and their relationship lasted for three years.

In March 1993, she adopted a baby girl, Claudia Rose. The same year she married David E. Kelly and they have a son together.

Michelle Pfeiffer was born in Santa Ana, California to Richard Pfeiffer, an air-conditioning contractor and Donna Pfeiffer, a homemaker. She has three siblings, one of whom is Dedee Pfeiffer, a television and film actress.

She was raised in Midway City, Orange County for most part of her childhood. As a teenager she won several beauty contests.

In 1975, she graduated from the Fountain Valley High School, in Fountain Valley, Orange County, California.

She attended the Golden West College in Huntington Beach, where she studied to be a court reporter and worked part time as a check-out girl at the ‘Vons supermarket’.

In 1978, she won the Miss Orange County Pageant and was the sixth finalist at the Miss California pageant. Following the show, she hired an acting agent and auditioned for acting roles.

She began acting with a few small roles in sitcoms like ‘Fantasy Island’, ‘Delta House’ and ‘B.A.D. Cats'.

In 1980, she appeared in the rom-com film, ‘Falling in Love Again’, where she played the role of ‘Sue Wellington’. That year she was also seen in ‘The Hollywood Nights’, an American comedy film directed by Floyd Mutrux.

In 1981, she played a small role in ‘Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen’, a film directed by Clive Donner.

She took acting lessons at the Beverly Hills Playhouse in Los Angeles and during this time, she continued to audition for bigger roles and appeared in several television movies.

The Academy Award-nominated and critically acclaimed film, ‘The Fabulous Baker Boys’, earned $18.4 million at the box office and was ranked 12th on Entertainment Weekly’s list of ‘25 Sexiest Movies Ever’.

She played the role of ‘Catwoman’ in ‘Batman Returns’, the film was a commercial and critical success. It earned a whopping $ 282.8 million worldwide, becoming the third highest grossing film in America and the sixth highest worldwide.