Rachel Griffiths
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 18, 1968 (age 57)
- Birthplace
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Biography
Rachel Anne Griffiths AM (born 18 December 1968) is an Australian film and television actress. She came to prominence with the 1994 film Muriel's Wedding and her Academy Award nominated performance in Hilary and Jackie (1998). She is best known for her portrayals of Brenda Chenowith in the HBO series Six Feet Under and Sarah Walker Laurent on the ABC primetime drama Brothers & Sisters. Her work in film and television has earned her a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and three Australian Film Institute Awards. Griffith attended Melbourne University, studying philosophy, before attending the drama department at Victoria School of the Art. After college, she began working with the touring youth company Woolly Jumpers Theater Company, as well as the Melbourne Theater Company, where she appeared in numerous dramas. Griffiths made a name for herself in 1991 when she wrote and performed in the short film "Barbie Gets Hip,” which was screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival. She landed a few TV spots before she was cast as Rhonda, Toni Collette's sidekick in P.J. Hogan's "Muriel's Wedding" (1994), winning her an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actress. These successes jump-started her career, landing her numerous dramatic and comedic roles in overseas productions, before making her American cinema debut with her second P.J. Hogan collaboration, "My Best Friend's Wedding” (1997). In the fall of 2001, Griffiths accepted her first major television series role and came aboard Alan Ball’s HBO series "Six Feet Under." Griffith stayed with the show during its five years of critical acclaim, while at the same time, continued to appear an lend her voice to screen and direct-to-video features before returning to telvision to star in "Brothers and Sisters" to much similar acclaim.
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Filmography
Sam Pang Tonight
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
When The War Is Over
TV · as Self - Presenter · 5 eps
Madam
TV · as Mack Leigh · 10 eps
Anyone but You
Movie · as Innie
Bring Him to Me
Movie · as Veronica
A Savage Christmas
Movie · as Doctor Gabrielle
The King's Daughter
Movie · as Abbess
Great Southern Landscapes
TV · as Self - Presenter · 6 eps
Bali 2002
TV · as Fiona Wood · 1 ep
Aftertaste
TV · as Margot · 12 eps
Finding the Archibald
TV · as Self - Presenter · 3 eps
Strangers To The World
Movie · as Etty Hillesum
The Sound
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
The Wilds
TV · as Gretchen Klein · 18 eps
Total Control
TV · as Rachel Anderson · 18 eps
Dead Lucky
TV · as Grace Gibbs · 4 eps
Don't Tell
Movie · as Joy Conolly
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Movie · as Self
Making Muriel
Movie · as Self
Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing
Movie · as Self
When We Rise
TV · as Diane Jones · 4 eps
Hacksaw Ridge
Movie · as Bertha Doss
Mammal
Movie · as Margaret Brady
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
Movie · as General Lynex
Barracuda
TV · as Samantha Taylor · 4 eps
Deadline Gallipoli
TV · as Lady Hamilton · 2 eps
Saving Mr. Banks
Movie · as Aunt Ellie
Butterflies
Movie · as Claire
Patrick
Movie · as Matron Cassidy
Camp
TV · as Mackenzie 'Mack' Granger · 10 eps
Paper Giants: Magazine Wars
TV · as Dulcie Boling · 2 eps
Underground: The Julian Assange Story
Movie · as Christine Assange
House Husbands
TV · as Belle · 7 eps
Burning Man
Movie · as Miriam
Beautiful Kate
Movie · as Sally Kendall
Comanche Moon
TV · as Inez Scull · 3 eps
Q&A
TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep
The Sounds of Aus
Movie · as Self
Brothers & Sisters: Family Album
Movie · as Self/Sarah Whedon
Step Up
Movie · as Director Gordon
Genesis: Total Rock Review
Movie · as Self - Interviewer
Brothers and Sisters
TV · as Sarah Walker · 109 eps
Angel Rodriguez
Movie · as Nicole
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
Movie · as Herself
Plainsong
Movie · as Maggie Jonas
Ned Kelly
Movie · as Susan Scott
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
Movie · as Albertine (voice)
After the Deluge
Movie · as Annie
Land of the Morning Star
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
After the Deluge
TV · as Annie · 2 eps
The Rookie
Movie · as Lorri Morris
The Hard Word
Movie · as Carol
Kath & Kim
TV · as Rachel Griffiths · 1 ep
V Graham Norton
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Blow
Movie · as Ermine Jung
Very Annie Mary
Movie · as Annie Mary Pugh
Blow Dry
Movie · as Sandra
Six Feet Under
TV · as Brenda Chenowith · 63 eps
Me Myself I
Movie · as Pamela Drury
Rove
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Amy
Movie · as Tanya Rammus
Divorcing Jack
Movie · as Lee Cooper
Hilary and Jackie
Movie · as Hilary du Pré
Among Giants
Movie · as Gerry
Welcome to Woop Woop
Movie · as Sylvia
Since You've Been Gone
Movie · as Sally Zalinsky
My Best Friend's Wedding
Movie · as Samantha Newhouse
My Son the Fanatic
Movie · as Bettina / Sandra
Children of the Revolution
Movie · as Constable Anna Welch
To Have and to Hold
Movie · as Kate
Cosi
Movie · as Lucy
Jude
Movie · as Arabella
Once a Thief
TV · 1 ep
Muriel's Wedding
Movie · as Rhonda Epinstalk
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Feds
TV · as Angelia Braglia · 1 ep
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 1 ep
Police Rescue
TV · as Shelley · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Maggie Jonas · 1 ep