Michelle Pfeiffer plans to 'slow down a little' in her grandma era

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Michelle Pfeiffer has a couple of reasons to celebrate the holiday season this year. (Hint: It’s not two turtle doves.)

Her new Christmas comedy “Oh. What. Fun.” streams Dec. 3 on Amazon’s Prime Video, and Pfeiffer is getting to enjoy another round of yuletide cheer with her granddaughter.

The three-time Oscar nominee announced in September that her daughter Claudia Rose had a child last year, and for that first Christmas with the baby, “she was barely crawling” but it was “special all the same,” Pfeiffer, 67, tells USA TODAY. “This year, she'll be 22 months and she'll be more aware of what's going on. Still maybe a little on the young side, probably.

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“The extravaganza of the whole thing might be a bit overwhelming,” the actress adds. “You always have to watch out for that. But you forget what it's like watching them experience every little thing as discovery. And that look of wonderment they just have all the time. I love being able to experience that, so that'll be really fun.”

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Pfeiffer, who has two children – Claudia, 32, and John, 31 – with her TV producer/writer husband David E. Kelley, reveals that her granddaughter was born just before she filmed “Oh. What. Fun.” in Atlanta. “So I was dying,” Pfeiffer says. “I was just pining for her. Anytime I got any few days off, I'd fly back to New York to see her.”

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The new addition has Pfeiffer rethinking her career. “It made me really want to experience her,” she says. “I really want to be there and watch her grow up. And so it's made me want to work less. It's made me want to slow down a little bit and really, really take it in.”

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Pfeiffer stars in two TV series next year, her husband’s Apple TV drama “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” and Taylor Sheridan’s “Yellowstone” spinoff “The Madison.” While “I loved the projects,” they filmed back-to-back with “Oh. What. Fun.," which features Pfeiffer as a Christmas-loving mom who's let down by her family at the holidays.

“I didn't know my daughter was pregnant when I committed to all these things. She didn't know,” Pfeiffer says with a laugh. “She probably would've told me, or that she was planning it, right? That she kept a secret.

“Probably I wouldn't have taken on so much work, but it's an embarrassment of riches and I'm so grateful for the opportunity to be a part of these amazing projects and work with these incredibly talented actors,” she adds. “I feel really blessed. I might have some time off next year, which will be great.”