Rachel Griffiths
Acting
Born: December 18, 1968 (age 57) · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Highest Rated
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
Hacksaw Ridge
2016
Blow
2001
Step Up
2006
Saving Mr. Banks
2013
Anyone but You
2023
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997
Six Feet Under
2001
The King's Daughter
2022
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
2016
The Wilds
2020
The Rookie
2002
Muriel's Wedding
1994
Photos (4)
Movies (40)
Hacksaw Ridge
Bertha Doss
Anyone but You
Innie
My Best Friend's Wedding
Samantha Newhouse
Step Up
Director Gordon
Blow
Ermine Jung
Mammal
Margaret Brady
The King's Daughter
Abbess
Saving Mr. Banks
Aunt Ellie
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
General Lynex
The Rookie
Lorri Morris
Ned Kelly
Susan Scott
Muriel's Wedding
Rhonda Epinstalk
The Hard Word
Carol
Blow Dry
Sandra
Jude
Arabella
Hilary and Jackie
Hilary du Pré
Patrick
Matron Cassidy
Bring Him to Me
Veronica
Don't Tell
Joy Conolly
Burning Man
Miriam
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
Albertine (voice)
Beautiful Kate
Sally Kendall
Divorcing Jack
Lee Cooper
Angel Rodriguez
Nicole
Among Giants
Gerry
Cosi
Lucy
Children of the Revolution
Constable Anna Welch
My Son the Fanatic
Bettina / Sandra
Very Annie Mary
Annie Mary Pugh
Plainsong
Maggie Jonas
Since You've Been Gone
Sally Zalinsky
Amy
Tanya Rammus
Welcome to Woop Woop
Sylvia
Me Myself I
Pamela Drury
Underground: The Julian Assange Story
Christine Assange
After the Deluge
Annie
To Have and to Hold
Kate
A Savage Christmas
Doctor Gabrielle
Butterflies
Claire
Strangers To The World
Etty Hillesum
TV Shows (21)
Six Feet Under
Brenda Chenowith · 63 eps
Brothers and Sisters
Sarah Walker · 109 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1 eps
Police Rescue
Shelley · 1 eps
Kath & Kim
Rachel Griffiths · 1 eps
The Wilds
Gretchen Klein · 18 eps
Comanche Moon
Inez Scull · 3 eps
Once a Thief
1 eps
House Husbands
Belle · 7 eps
Total Control
Rachel Anderson · 18 eps
Deadline Gallipoli
Lady Hamilton · 2 eps
When We Rise
Diane Jones · 4 eps
Madam
Mack Leigh · 10 eps
Aftertaste
Margot · 12 eps
Camp
Mackenzie 'Mack' Granger · 10 eps
Bali 2002
Fiona Wood · 1 eps
Barracuda
Samantha Taylor · 4 eps
Dead Lucky
Grace Gibbs · 4 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Maggie Jonas · 1 eps
After the Deluge
Annie · 2 eps
Paper Giants: Magazine Wars
Dulcie Boling · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (18)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
V Graham Norton
Self · 1 eps
Q&A
Self - Panellist · 1 eps
Rove
Self · 1 eps
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
Self · 1 eps
Sam Pang Tonight
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Sound
Self - Host · 1 eps
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Self
Finding the Archibald
Self - Presenter · 3 eps
When The War Is Over
Self - Presenter · 5 eps
Great Southern Landscapes
Self - Presenter · 6 eps
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
Herself
Making Muriel
Self
Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing
Self
Genesis: Total Rock Review
Self - Interviewer
The Sounds of Aus
Self
