Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 18, 1968
Place of Birth:
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Rachel Griffiths
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Anyone But You | Innie |
| 2023 | Bring Him to Me | Veronica |
| 2023 | A Savage Christmas | Doctor Gabrielle |
| 2023 | Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion | Woman Underwater (archived footage) |
| 2022 | The King's Daughter | Abbess |
| 2020 | Strangers To The World | Etty Hillesum |
| 2019 | Total Control | Rachel Anderson |
| 2017 | Don't Tell | Joy Conolly |
| 2017 | David Stratton: A Cinematic Life | Self |
| 2017 | Making Muriel | Herself |
| 2016 | Hacksaw Ridge | Bertha Doss |
| 2016 | Mammal | Margaret |
| 2016 | Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child | General Lynex |
| 2013 | Saving Mr. Banks | Aunt Ellie |
| 2013 | Butterflies | Claire |
| 2013 | Patrick | Matron Cassidy |
| 2012 | Underground: The Julian Assange Story | Christine Assange |
| 2011 | Burning Man | Miriam |
| 2009 | Beautiful Kate | Sally Kendall |
| 2007 | The Sounds of Aus | Self |
| 2006 | Step Up | Director Gordon |
| 2006 | Genesis: Total Rock Review | Self - Interviewer |
| 2005 | Angel Rodriguez | Nicole |
| 2005 | Six Feet Under: In Memoriam | Herself |
| 2004 | Plainsong | Maggie Jonas |
| 2003 | Ned Kelly | Susan Scott |
| 2003 | The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina | Albertine (voice) |
| 2003 | After the Deluge | Annie |
| 2003 | Land of the Morning Star | Narrator (voice) |
| 2002 | The Rookie | Lorri Morris |
| 2002 | The Hard Word | Carol |
| 2001 | Blow | Ermine Jung |
| 2001 | Very Annie Mary | Annie Mary Pugh |
| 2001 | Blow Dry | Sandra |
| 1999 | Me Myself I | Pamela Drury |
| 1998 | Amy | Tanya Rammus |
| 1998 | Divorcing Jack | Lee Cooper |
| 1998 | Hilary and Jackie | Hilary Du Pré |
| 1998 | Among Giants | Gerry |
| 1998 | Welcome to Woop Woop | Sylvia |
| 1998 | Since You've Been Gone | Sally Zalinsky |
| 1997 | My Best Friend's Wedding | Samantha Newhouse |
| 1997 | My Son the Fanatic | Bettina / Sandra |
| 1996 | Children of the Revolution | Constable Anna Welch |
| 1996 | To Have and to Hold | Kate |
| 1996 | Cosi | Lucy |
| 1996 | Jude | Arabella |
| 1994 | Muriel's Wedding | Rhonda Epinstalk |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Madam | Mack Leigh |
| 2022 | Great Southern Landscapes | Self - Presenter |
| 2022 | Bali 2002 | Fiona Wood |
| 2021 | Aftertaste | Margot |
| 2021 | Finding the Archibald | Self - Presenter |
| 2020 | The Sound | Self - Host |
| 2020 | The Wilds | Gretchen Klein |
| 2019 | Total Control | Rachel Anderson |
| 2018 | Dead Lucky | Grace Gibbs |
| 2017 | When We Rise | Diane Jones |
| 2016 | Barracuda | Samantha Taylor |
| 2015 | Deadline Gallipoli | Lady Hamilton |
| 2013 | Camp | Mackenzie 'Mack' Granger |
| 2013 | Paper Giants: Magazine Wars | Dulcie Boling |
| 2012 | House Husbands | Belle |
| 2008 | Comanche Moon | Inez Scull |
| 2008 | Q&A | Self - Panellist |
| 2006 | Brothers and Sisters | Sarah Walker |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | |
| 2003 | After the Deluge | Annie |
| 2002 | Kath & Kim | Rachel Griffiths |
| 2002 | V Graham Norton | Self |
| 2001 | Six Feet Under | Brenda Chenowith |
| 1999 | Rove | Self |
| 1996 | Once a Thief | |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest |
| 1993 | The Feds | Angelia Braglia |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | |
| 1991 | Police Rescue | Shelley |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Maggie Jonas |