1968-12-18 ( 56 years old ) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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.
Movies
Anyone But You
2023-12-21
A Savage Christmas
2023-11-16
Bring Him to Me
2023-11-02
Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion
2023-05-26
The King's Daughter
2022-01-21
Strangers To The World
2020-06-30
Making Muriel
2017-12-31
Don't Tell
2017-05-18
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017-03-09
Hacksaw Ridge
2016-10-07
Mammal
2016-04-01
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
2016-02-17
Saving Mr. Banks
2013-11-29
Patrick
2013-10-15
Butterflies
2013-06-15
Underground: The Julian Assange Story
2012-10-07
Burning Man
2011-09-10
Beautiful Kate
2009-08-06
The Sounds of Aus
2007-11-08
Genesis: Total Rock Review
2006-08-29
Step Up
2006-08-11
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
2005-10-25
Angel Rodriguez
2005-09-15
Plainsong
2004-04-25
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
2003-08-08
After the Deluge
2003-06-15
Ned Kelly
2003-03-22
Land of the Morning Star
2003-01-01
The Hard Word
2002-05-30
The Rookie
2002-03-25
Very Annie Mary
2001-05-25
Blow
2001-04-04
Blow Dry
2001-03-01
Me Myself I
1999-10-06
Hilary and Jackie
1998-12-30
Divorcing Jack
1998-10-01
Amy
1998-08-27
Welcome to Woop Woop
1998-08-13
Among Giants
1998-06-24
Since You've Been Gone
1998-06-06
My Son the Fanatic
1997-10-21
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997-06-19
Children of the Revolution
1996-12-26
To Have and to Hold
1996-10-31
Cosi
1996-03-04
Jude
1996-02-06
Muriel's Wedding
1994-09-29
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