Anne Archer (born August 24, 1947) is an American actress. Archer is noted for her role as the betrayed housewife in the 1987 film Fatal Attraction for which she received an Academy Award nomination. As a member of the ensemble cast in the film Short Cuts, Archer was awarded a special Golden Globe. Archer is the founder of Artists for Human Rights.

Archer received a degree in drama from Pitzer College. In the early 1970s, she began appearing in a variety of guest roles on episodic television series such as Hawaii Five-O, Ironside, and Love American Style as well as an episode of Night Gallery opposite William Shatner called "Can a Dead Man Strike from the Grave?" Archer received the Miss Golden Globe honor in 1971 and her first major movie role was opposite Jon Voight in the 1973 film The All-American Boy. She then starred in the short-lived 1973 television version of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (based on the 1969 movie of the same name). Following this, she made several more guest appearances in episodic television series such as Little House on the Prairie, Mannix, Petrocelli, and McCloud. She was reportedly was one of the finalists for the role of Lois Lane in Superman: The Movie (1978) before the part ultimately went to Margot Kidder. Archer's next major motion picture was the ill-fated Raise The Titanic in 1980. Following this, she appeared in Green Ice with Ryan O'Neal. With both films becoming box office flops, Archer then went to work off-Broadway during the early 1980s.

In 1984, Archer joined the cast of the primetime soap drama Falcon Crest, where she was billed as "special guest star". The series was a Top 10 ratings hit at the time and her role, as scheming advertising agency boss Cassandra Wilder, lasted a year and reunited her with actor David Selby with whom she had co-starred in Raise The Titanic. A breakthrough role for Archer came in the 1987 thriller Fatal Attraction, in which she portrayed the wife of Michael Douglas. The film earned her an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress. She later played the physician wife of CIA analyst Jack Ryan in two films based on Tom Clancy novels, 1992's Patriot Games and 1994's Clear and Present Danger opposite Harrison Ford.