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Rachel Griffiths

Rachel Griffiths

Birthday: 1968-12-18 | Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Rachel Anne Griffiths 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
The King's Daughter

as    Abbess

2021
Aftertaste

as    Margot

2021
Finding the Archibald

as    Self - Presenter

2019
Total Control

as    Rachel Anderson

2018
Dead Lucky

as    Grace Gibbs

2017
When We Rise

as    Diane Jones

2017
2016
Hacksaw Ridge

as    Bertha Doss

2016
Mammal

as    Margaret

2016
Barracuda

as    Samantha Taylor

2015
Deadline Gallipoli

as    Lady Hamilton

2014
Patrick

as    Matron Cassidy

2013
Butterflies

as    Claire

2013
Camp

as    Mackenzie 'Mack' Granger

2012
Underground: The Julian Assange Story

as    Christine Assange

2011
Burning Man

as    Miriam

2009
Beautiful Kate

as    Sally Kendall

2006
Step Up

as    Director Gordon

2006
Brothers and Sisters

as    Sarah Walker

2004
Plainsong

as    Maggie Jonas

2003
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

as    Albertine (voice)

2003
Land of the Morning Star

as    Narrator (voice)

2002
The Hard Word

as    Carol

2002
The Rookie

as    Lorri Morris

2001
Very Annie Mary

as    Annie Mary Pugh

2001
Six Feet Under

as    Brenda Chenowith

2001
Blow

as    Ermine Jung

2001
Blow Dry

as    Sandra