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Rachel Griffiths

Rachel Griffiths

Actor · Born 1968-12-18 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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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 S…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Hacksaw Ridge (2016) — Bertha Doss
  2. Blow (2001) — Ermine Jung
  3. Step Up (2006) — Director Gordon
  4. Saving Mr. Banks (2013) — Aunt Ellie
  5. Anyone but You (2023) — Innie
  6. My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) — Samantha Newhouse
  7. Six Feet Under (2001) — Brenda Chenowith
  8. The King's Daughter (2022) — Abbess
  9. Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child (2016) — General Lynex
  10. The Wilds (2020) — Gretchen Klein
  11. The Rookie (2002) — Lorri Morris
  12. Muriel's Wedding (1994) — Rhonda Epinstalk
  13. Ned Kelly (2003) — Susan Scott
  14. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) — Self
  15. Brothers and Sisters (2006) — Sarah Walker
  16. Patrick (2013) — Matron Cassidy
  17. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) — Self - Guest
  18. Blow Dry (2001) — Sandra
  19. Jude (1996) — Arabella
  20. Hilary and Jackie (1998) — Hilary du Pré
  21. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
  22. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  23. Bring Him to Me (2023) — Veronica
  24. Beautiful Kate (2009) — Sally Kendall
  25. Burning Man (2011) — Miriam
  26. The Hard Word (2002) — Carol
  27. Underground: The Julian Assange Story (2012) — Christine Assange
  28. Mammal (2016) — Margaret Brady
  29. The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina (2003) — Albertine (voice)
  30. When We Rise (2017) — Diane Jones
  31. Cosi (1996) — Lucy
  32. Comanche Moon (2008) — Inez Scull
  33. Welcome to Woop Woop (1998) — Sylvia
  34. Since You've Been Gone (1998) — Sally Zalinsky
  35. Me Myself I (1999) — Pamela Drury
  36. Divorcing Jack (1998) — Lee Cooper
  37. Kath & Kim (2002) — Rachel Griffiths
  38. Very Annie Mary (2001) — Annie Mary Pugh
  39. Children of the Revolution (1996) — Constable Anna Welch
  40. Total Control (2019) — Rachel Anderson

Directed

  1. Ride Like a Girl (2019) — Director
  2. Nowhere Boys (2013) — Director
  3. DeKronos - Il Demone del Tempo (2005) — Director
  4. Tulip (1998) — Director
  5. Roundabout (2002) — Director