Melanie Griffith performed in a movie.
Melanie Griffith . Griffith 's subsequent performance in Something Wild ( 1986 ) garnered critical acclaim before she was cast in 1988 's Working Girl , which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her a Golden Globe . RKO 281 is a 1999 American historical drama film directed by Benjamin Ross and starring Liev Schreiber , James Cromwell , Melanie Griffith , John Malkovich , Roy Scheider and Liam Cunningham . Something Wild is a 1986 American action comedy film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Melanie Griffith , Jeff Daniels and Ray Liotta . Working Girl is a 1988 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Kevin Wade . It tells the story of a Staten Island-raised secretary , Tess McGill ( Melanie Griffith ) , working in the mergers and acquisitions department of a Wall Street investment bank .