Rachel Griffiths
Known for Acting · 82 credits
- Born
- 1968-12-18 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Also known as
- Rachel Anne Griffiths · ریچل گریفیتس · Рейчел Гріффітс
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
TV Shows (34)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Brothers and Sisters
2006
as Sarah Walker
Six Feet Under
2001
as Brenda Chenowith
Q&A
2008
as Self - Panellist
The Oscars
1953
as Self
V Graham Norton
2002
as Self
Police Rescue
1991
as Shelley
Rove
1999
as Self
The Wilds
2020
as Gretchen Klein
Kath & Kim
2002
as Rachel Griffiths
Total Control
2019
as Rachel Anderson
Madam
2024
as Mack Leigh
Once a Thief
1996
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Maggie Jonas
When We Rise
2017
as Diane Jones
Comanche Moon
2008
as Inez Scull
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
1994
as Self
The Feds
1993
as Angelia Braglia
Deadline Gallipoli
2015
as Lady Hamilton
Sam Pang Tonight
2025
as Self - Guest
Bali 2002
2022
as Fiona Wood
Camp
2013
as Mackenzie 'Mack' Granger
House Husbands
2012
as Belle
Barracuda
2016
as Samantha Taylor
Aftertaste
2021
as Margot
Dead Lucky
2018
as Grace Gibbs
The Sound
2020
as Self - Host
After the Deluge
2003
as Annie
Finding the Archibald
2021
as Self - Presenter
Paper Giants: Magazine Wars
2013
as Dulcie Boling
When The War Is Over
2025
as Self - Presenter
Great Southern Landscapes
2022
as Self - Presenter
Movies (48)
Hacksaw Ridge
2016
as Bertha Doss
Anyone but You
2023
as Innie
Mammal
2016
as Margaret
Blow
2001
as Ermine Jung
Step Up
2006
as Director Gordon
The King's Daughter
2022
as Abbess
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997
as Samantha Newhouse
Saving Mr. Banks
2013
as Aunt Ellie
The Rookie
2002
as Lorri Morris
Ned Kelly
2003
as Susan Scott
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
2016
as General Lynex
Bring Him to Me
2023
as Veronica
Muriel's Wedding
1994
as Rhonda Epinstalk
Angel Rodriguez
2005
as Nicole
Hilary and Jackie
1998
as Hilary du Pré
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
2003
as Albertine (voice)
Me Myself I
1999
as Pamela Drury
Blow Dry
2001
as Sandra
Since You've Been Gone
1998
as Sally Zalinsky
Jude
1996
as Arabella
Children of the Revolution
1996
as Constable Anna Welch
Patrick
2013
as Matron Cassidy
Beautiful Kate
2009
as Sally Kendall
My Son the Fanatic
1997
as Bettina / Sandra
Very Annie Mary
2001
as Annie Mary Pugh
Cosi
1996
as Lucy
Burning Man
2011
as Miriam
After the Deluge
2003
as Annie
Welcome to Woop Woop
1998
as Sylvia
Don't Tell
2017
as Joy Conolly
The Hard Word
2002
as Carol
Among Giants
1998
as Gerry
Brothers & Sisters: Family Album
2007
as Self/Sarah Whedon
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017
as Self
Plainsong
2004
as Maggie Jonas
Underground: The Julian Assange Story
2012
as Christine Assange
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
2005
as Herself
To Have and to Hold
1996
as Kate
Divorcing Jack
1998
as Lee Cooper
Making Muriel
2017
as Self
A Savage Christmas
2023
as Doctor Gabrielle
Amy
1998
as Tanya Rammus
Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing
2017
as Self
Genesis: Total Rock Review
2006
as Self - Interviewer
The Sounds of Aus
2007
as Self
Strangers To The World
2020
as Etty Hillesum
Land of the Morning Star
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Butterflies
2013
as Claire
About 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 attende… With 82 credits spanning from 1951 to 2025, Rachel Griffiths has appeared in 48 films and 34 TV shows.
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- Hacksaw Ridge (2016) — as Bertha Doss
- Anyone but You (2023) — as Innie
- Mammal (2016) — as Margaret
- Blow (2001) — as Ermine Jung
- Step Up (2006) — as Director Gordon
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