Rachel Griffiths
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.
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
Madam
Anyone But You
A Savage Christmas
Bring Him to Me
Bali 2002
Great Southern Landscapes
The King's Daughter
Finding the Archibald
Aftertaste
The Wilds
The Sound
Strangers To The World
Total Control
Ride Like a Girl
Dead Lucky
Making Muriel
Don't Tell
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
When We Rise
Hacksaw Ridge
Barracuda
Mammal
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
Deadline Gallipoli
Saving Mr. Banks
Nowhere Boys
Patrick
Camp
Butterflies
Paper Giants: Magazine Wars
Underground: The Julian Assange Story
House Husbands
Burning Man
Beautiful Kate
Q&A
Comanche Moon
The Sounds of Aus
Brothers and Sisters
Genesis: Total Rock Review
Step Up
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
Angel Rodriguez
DeKronos - Il Demone del Tempo
Plainsong
The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina
After the Deluge
Ned Kelly
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Roundabout
The Hard Word
Kath & Kim
V Graham Norton
The Rookie
Six Feet Under
Very Annie Mary
Blow
Blow Dry
Me Myself I
Rove
Hilary and Jackie
Divorcing Jack
Amy
Welcome to Woop Woop
Tulip
Among Giants
Since You've Been Gone
My Son the Fanatic
My Best Friend's Wedding
Children of the Revolution
To Have & To Hold
Once a Thief
Cosi
Jude
Muriel's Wedding
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Police Rescue
The Oscars
Hallmark Hall of Fame