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.
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 (Movies)
Anyone But You
Character:Innie
Release Date:21/12/2023
A Savage Christmas
Character:Doctor Gabrielle
Release Date:16/11/2023
Bring Him to Me
Character:Veronica
Release Date:02/11/2023
Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion
Character:Woman Underwater (archived footage)
Release Date:26/05/2023
The King's Daughter
Character:Abbess
Release Date:21/01/2022
Strangers To The World
Character:Etty Hillesum
Release Date:30/06/2020
Total Control
Character:Rachel Anderson
Release Date:13/10/2019
Making Muriel
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/2017
Don't Tell
Character:Joy Conolly
Release Date:18/05/2017
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Character:Self
Release Date:09/03/2017
Hacksaw Ridge
Character:Bertha Doss
Release Date:07/10/2016
Mammal
Character:Margaret
Release Date:01/04/2016
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
Character:General Lynex
Release Date:17/02/2016
Saving Mr. Banks
Character:Aunt Ellie
Release Date:29/11/2013
Patrick
Character:Matron Cassidy
Release Date:15/10/2013
Butterflies
Character:Claire
Release Date:15/06/2013
Underground: The Julian Assange Story
Character:Christine Assange
Release Date:07/10/2012
Burning Man
Character:Miriam
Release Date:10/09/2011
Beautiful Kate
Character:Sally Kendall
Release Date:06/08/2009
The Sounds of Aus
Character:Self
Release Date:08/11/2007
Brothers & Sisters: Family Album
Character:Self/Sarah Whedon
Release Date:23/09/2007
Genesis: Total Rock Review
Character:Self - Interviewer
Release Date:29/08/2006
Step Up
Character:Director Gordon
Release Date:11/08/2006
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
Character:Herself
Release Date:25/10/2005
Angel Rodriguez
Character:Nicole
Release Date:15/09/2005
Plainsong
Character:Maggie Jonas
Release Date:25/04/2004
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
Character:Albertine (voice)
Release Date:08/08/2003
After the Deluge
Character:Annie
Release Date:15/06/2003
Ned Kelly
Character:Susan Scott
Release Date:22/03/2003
Land of the Morning Star
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/2003
The Hard Word
Character:Carol
Release Date:30/05/2002
The Rookie
Character:Lorri Morris
Release Date:25/03/2002
Very Annie Mary
Character:Annie Mary Pugh
Release Date:25/05/2001
Blow
Character:Ermine Jung
Release Date:04/04/2001
Blow Dry
Character:Sandra
Release Date:01/03/2001
Me Myself I
Character:Pamela Drury
Release Date:06/10/1999
Hilary and Jackie
Character:Hilary Du Pré
Release Date:30/12/1998
Divorcing Jack
Character:Lee Cooper
Release Date:01/10/1998
Amy
Character:Tanya Rammus
Release Date:27/08/1998
Welcome to Woop Woop
Character:Sylvia
Release Date:13/08/1998
Among Giants
Character:Gerry
Release Date:24/06/1998
Since You've Been Gone
Character:Sally Zalinsky
Release Date:06/06/1998
My Son the Fanatic
Character:Bettina / Sandra
Release Date:21/10/1997
My Best Friend's Wedding
Character:Samantha Newhouse
Release Date:19/06/1997
Children of the Revolution
Character:Constable Anna Welch
Release Date:26/12/1996
To Have and to Hold
Character:Kate
Release Date:31/10/1996
Cosi
Character:Lucy
Release Date:04/03/1996
Jude
Character:Arabella
Release Date:06/02/1996
Muriel's Wedding
Character:Rhonda Epinstalk
Release Date:29/09/1994
Television Appearances
When The War Is Over
Character:Self - Presenter
Sam Pang Tonight
Character:Self - Guest
Madam
Character:Mack Leigh
Bali 2002
Character:Fiona Wood
Great Southern Landscapes
Character:Self - Presenter
Finding the Archibald
Character:Self - Presenter
Aftertaste
Character:Margot
The Wilds
Character:Gretchen Klein
The Sound
Character:Self - Host
Total Control
Character:Rachel Anderson
Dead Lucky
Character:Grace Gibbs
When We Rise
Character:Diane Jones
Barracuda
Character:Samantha Taylor
Deadline Gallipoli
Character:Lady Hamilton
Camp
Character:Mackenzie 'Mack' Granger
Paper Giants: Magazine Wars
Character:Dulcie Boling
House Husbands
Character:Belle
Q&A
Character:Self - Panellist
Comanche Moon
Character:Inez Scull
Brothers and Sisters
Character:Sarah Walker
After the Deluge
Character:Annie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self
Kath & Kim
Character:Rachel Griffiths
V Graham Norton
Character:Self
Six Feet Under
Character:Brenda Chenowith
Rove
Character:Self
Once a Thief
Character:
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
Character:Self
The Feds
Character:Angelia Braglia
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:
Police Rescue
Character:Shelley
The Oscars
Character:Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Maggie Jonas
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