Grier may have been a huge star within a confined genre in the 1970s, but she truly became a breakout talent after the decade was over. Quentin Tarantino had seen and loved her earlier work, and she was his first choice to play the role of 'Foxy Brown' in his 1995 classic movie 'Jackie Brown'; a role that Grier took to with great gusto and is still well recognized for today.
More recently than that, Grier played 'Kit Porter' on 'The L Word' for six seasons, running from 2004 onward. Still only 69 she continues to work, with movies currently in post-production that will come out next year. Grier is a cancer survivor, having once been given 18 months to live after a diagnosis of cervical cancer in 1988. She defied all medical expectations to fight the disease off, and while she's technically still in remission, it's never shown any sign of returning.