Michelle Pfeiffer Reveals She Became a Grandmother Last Year

Michelle Pfeiffer is a grandmother!

During her appearance on the SmartLess podcast, the Marvel actress, 67, shared with hosts Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes that she became a first-time grandma last year. Speaking about her future in acting, Pfeiffer told them that she doesn’t “have time nor the desire to go that deep for that long and not be present” for her family.

“I don’t have time nor the desire to go that deep for that long and not be present. I realize I have a finite amount of time left and — I might announce on this show — that I became a grandmother last year,” she said. “I’ve been very quiet about it and it is — it’s heaven. It’s ridiculous.”

“And if I had known that I was going to be a grandmother, I wouldn’t have taken on so much work, but I’ve enjoyed everything and I’m really grateful,” she added. “I’ve loved — I love each of these projects. And so the weird thing is that giving up that angst about the process has freed me up and I feel in some ways has made me better.'”

Pfeiffer didn’t share any additional details about the little one or which one of her children welcomed a baby.

The Maleficent: Mistress of Evil actress shares her daughter, Claudia, 32, and son, John, 31, with her husband, TV writer and producer David E. Kelley. Pfeiffer has kept her children away from the spotlight — she even took a break from Hollywood to focus on her family before making a return to acting once her children grew up.

“I’m an empty nester now,” Pfeiffer told Interview in 2017. “I’ve never lost my love for acting. I feel really at home on the movie set.”

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“I’m a more balanced person, honestly, when I’m working,” she continued. “But I was pretty careful about where I shot and how long I was away, whether or not it worked out with the kids’ schedule. And I got so picky that I was unhirable. And then … I don’t know, time just went on … I disappeared, yeah.”

During an appearance on The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast in 2023, the Hairspray actress revealed it was her two children who prompted her to take on more projects again.

“So I remember actually it was my kids,” she recalled. “They said, ‘Mom, are you ever gonna go back to work?‘ I said, ‘What do you mean? Isn’t it great that I’m home?'”