 One of the most popular actresses of the 1980s and 1990s, Pfeiffer is considered to be among the most gifted actresses of her generation, and has remained one of Hollywood's most in-demand actresses for four decades.Pfeiffer began to pursue an acting career in 1978 and had her first leading role in the musical film "Grease 2" (1982).Frustrated with being typecast as the token pretty girl, she actively pursued more serious material and had her breakthrough role as gangster moll Elvira Hancock in the crime film "Scarface" (1983).