Anne Archer was nominated for an Academy Award®, a Golden Globe and the British (BAFTA) Academy Award for her role as Michael Douglas’ sympathetic, tortured wife, Beth Gallagher, in Adrian Lyne¹s 1987 thriller, “Fatal Attraction.” She won a Golden Globe for her poignant performance in the ensemble cast of Robert Altman¹s “Short Cuts” and is well-known for playing CIA agent Jack Ryan’s beleaguered wife, Cathy, in “Patriot Games” and “Clear and Present Danger,” with Harrison Ford.

She is currently co-starring in The CW’s new series “Privileged” as Laurel Limoges, the brilliant, jet-setting founder of an international cosmetics empire who hires a Yale graduate to tutor her twin teenage granddaughters. She will next be seen on the big screen in the romantic comedy  “Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past,” in which she plays a sultry, estranged wife who more than catches Matthew McConaughey’s eye, which will open in theatres next spring costarring Jennifer Garner and Michael Douglas.

For the past two seasons she played Jennifer Love Hewitt’s strong yet vulnerable mother on CBS’ popular “Ghost Whisperer” and previously appeared in Showtime’s provocative series “The L Word.”

Throughout her motion picture career, Archer has starred opposite some of Hollywood’s most dynamic and respected leading me, not only Harrison Ford and Michael Douglas, but also Tommy Lee Jones in both “Man Of The House” and the box office hit “Rules Of Engagement,”  Gene Hackman in “Narrow Margin,” Sylvester Stallone in “Paradise Alley” and Wesley Snipes and Donald Sutherland in “The Art of War.”  

 Born into a show business family, she followed in the footsteps of her parents, actress Marjorie Lord (TV’s “Make Room for Daddy”) and actor John Archer (“White Heat”).  Archer studied theatre arts at Claremont College before debuting on the motion picture screen opposite Jon Voight in “The All-American Boy.”  She won critical acclaim for her leading role in “Lifeguard” as Sam Elliott¹s old flame. 

In 1998 she worked with husband Terry Jastrow as co-producer and co-host, with Isabella Rossellini, on ABC’s  “The World Fashion Premiere from Paris,” a history-making two-hour special. The following year she served as producer on the telecast.  These telecasts were the first to be allowed full access to the haute couture shows of the most famous designers in the world.  
    
 Archer has essayed dramatic roles as complex and disparate characters in cable productions of equally distinct genres. She stared with Michael Murphy in the contemporary romantic drama “Indiscretion of An American Wife” for Lifetime and opposite William Petersen in “Past Tense, Future Perfect,” based on a bittersweet story by Richard Dreyfuss, who also directed the Showtime drama. Previously for the same network she portrayed Dennis Hopper’s sexy former wife in the contemporary, gritty “Nails” and for HBO again starred with Jon Voight in the period piece “The Last of His Tribe.” Her television performances have also included Neil Simon’s “Jakes’ Women” opposite Alan Alda and CBS’s “Jane’s House” opposite James Woods. She received acclaim for a three episode arc on Fox-TV’s series “Boston Public,” created by David E. Kelley. 

Her stage work includes the world premiere of “The Poison Tree” at Los Angeles’ Mark Taper Forum, the Williamstown Theatre Festival production of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” in Massachusetts and the starring role of Mrs. Robinson in the London West End production of “The Graduate,” for which she received rave reviews.  Archer’s New York stage debut was as Maude Mix in the celebrated Off-Broadway production of John Ford Noonan¹s “A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking

Planned Parenthood Federation of America appointed her as their first National Public Advocacy Chairman; she served in this role for seven years. In recognition of this commitment, Ms. Magazine honored her as one of their six “Women of the Year” (1988).

In 2006 she founded Artists for Human Rights (AFHR), a non-profit organization which raises awareness of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through a multitude of artistic campaigns and international partnerships thus increasing responsibility, peace and tolerance around the world. In the short time since AFHR was founded they have produced over 16 major events, next month they will co-host an event and awards dinner at The United Nations in New York with some of the world’s most noted human rights activists. For nearly two decades, prior to founding AFHR, Archer has tirelessly fought for human rights across the globe leading religious tolerance movements in Germany, France, the United States, Spain and Africa. She has, with other artists, led protest marches, testified to Congress, met quietly and openly with State Department officials around the world - always bringing her creativity and passion to the fight. Recently, Anne received a Humanitarian Award for her human rights work  from Mayor Villaraigosa  at  the Friends of the South Asian-American Community (FOSAAC)  2008 India Awards which also honored  Mrs. Maneka Gandhi, a member of the Indian Parliament .