Rachel Griffiths

Known for ActingBorn 1968-12-18 (age 57)Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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. Read more

Movies & web series

Butterflies

Tulip

Six Feet Under: In Memoriam

Hacksaw Ridge

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Six Feet Under

The Wilds

Rove

Saving Mr. Banks

Ride Like a Girl

Blow

Kath & Kim

Plainsong

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Bali 2002

The King's Daughter

Comanche Moon

Brothers and Sisters

Paper Giants: Magazine Wars

Dead Lucky

Roundabout

Anyone But You

Step Up

Nowhere Boys

The Rookie

Barracuda

Muriel's Wedding

Hilary and Jackie

DeKronos - Il Demone del Tempo

My Best Friend's Wedding

The Oscars

Don't Tell

Underground: The Julian Assange Story

Mammal

When We Rise

Police Rescue

Aftertaste

Jude

Camp

Ned Kelly

Cosi

Once a Thief

Burning Man

Bring Him to Me

Divorcing Jack

Deadline Gallipoli

Amy

Blow Dry