Griffith, 56, who is married to the actor Antonio Banderas, and is the daughter of 1960s star Tippi Hedren, appeared in a series of high profile movies in the 1980s and 1990s.
She was nominated for an Oscar for her role as a secretary in the 1988 film Working Girl, which turned her into one of the biggest female stars of the period.
But Griffith, a mother of four, said the roles she was offered had dried up in recent years because of Hollywood’s “superficiality” and obsession with youth.
She told the Fox411 entertainment website: “It is what I never thought would happen when I was in my 20s and 30s, hearing actresses b---- about not getting any work when they turned 50. Now I understand it, it is just different.
“It is all about youth and beauty, for women anyway. You just have to keep biting and pushing your way through, doing theatre. I believe in just being really good and working on my craft which is how I started in the first place. I really like that as opposed to the fame part of it.” Griffith made her first appearance on US television as a baby in and advert, and began appearing in films regularly as a teenager. In her teens she also began a long, high profile relationship with the actor Don Johnson, and she later made several visits to rehab for addictions..
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