Rachel Griffiths
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
Actor
as Woman Underwater (archived footage)
as Mack Leigh
as Innie
as Doctor Gabrielle
as Veronica
as Abbess
as Fiona Wood
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Presenter
as Margot
as Etty Hillesum
as Gretchen Klein
as Self - Host
as Rachel Anderson
as Grace Gibbs
as Herself
as Joy Conolly
as Self
as Diane Jones
as Bertha Doss
as Margaret
as General Lynex
as Samantha Taylor
as Lady Hamilton
as Aunt Ellie
as Matron Cassidy
as Claire
as Mackenzie 'Mack' Granger
as Dulcie Boling
as Christine Assange
as Belle
as Miriam
as Sally Kendall
as Self - Panellist
as Inez Scull
as Self
as Self - Interviewer
as Director Gordon
as Sarah Walker
as Herself
as Nicole
as Maggie Jonas
as Albertine (voice)
as Annie
as Susan Scott
as Narrator (voice)
as Annie
as Carol
as Lorri Morris
as Rachel Griffiths
as Self
as Annie Mary Pugh
as Ermine Jung
as Sandra
as Brenda Chenowith
as Pamela Drury
as Self
as Hilary Du Pré
as Lee Cooper
as Tanya Rammus
as Sylvia
as Gerry
as Sally Zalinsky
as Bettina / Sandra
as Samantha Newhouse
as Constable Anna Welch
as Kate
as Lucy
as Arabella
as Rhonda Epinstalk
as Angelia Braglia
as Self - Guest
as Shelley
as Self
as Maggie Jonas
Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
Writer
as Writer
Creator
as Creator