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