Pamela Suzette Grier is an American actress, singer, and martial artist who became famous for her roles in 1970s action, blaxploitation, and women in prison films. Quentin Tarantino has described her as cinema’s first female action star. Grier’s career began in 1971, and she is considered a major African-American star from the early 1970s. She is considered one of the most iconic figures in American cinema and pop culture over the past 50 years.