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.
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Movies (52)
Con todos menos contigo
2023 · Innie
A Savage Christmas
2023 · Doctor Gabrielle
Demasiado Tarde Para Regresar
2023 · Veronica
La hija del Rey
2022 · Abbess
Strangers To The World
2020 · Etty Hillesum
Persiguiendo un sueño
2019 · Director
Making Muriel
2017 · Self
Don't Tell
2017 · Joy Conolly
Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing
2017 · Self
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017 · Self
Hasta el Último Hombre
2016 · Bertha Doss
Mammal
2016 · Margaret Brady
The Osiris Child
2016 · General Lynex
Saving Mr. Banks
2013 · Aunt Ellie
Patrick
2013 · Matron Cassidy
Butterflies
2013 · Claire
Underground: The Julian Assange Story
2012 · Christine Assange
Burning Man
2011 · Miriam
Beautiful Kate
2009 · Sally Kendall
The Sounds of Aus
2007 · Self
Brothers & Sisters: Family Album
2007 · Self/Sarah Whedon
Genesis: Total Rock Review
2006 · Self - Interviewer
Step Up
2006 · Director Gordon
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
2005 · Herself
Angel Rodriguez
2005 · Nicole
DeKronos - Il Demone del Tempo
2005 · Director
Plainsong
2004 · Maggie Jonas
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
2003 · Albertine (voice)
After the Deluge
2003 · Annie
Ned Kelly
2003 · Susan Scott
Land of the Morning Star
2003 · Narrator (voice)
Roundabout
2002 · Director
The Hard Word
2002 · Carol
The Rookie
2002 · Lorri Morris
Very Annie Mary
2001 · Annie Mary Pugh
Blow: Inhala
2001 · Ermine Jung
Blow Dry
2001 · Sandra
Me Myself I
1999 · Pamela Drury
Hilary and Jackie
1998 · Hilary du Pré
Divorcing Jack
1998 · Lee Cooper
Amy
1998 · Tanya Rammus
Welcome to Woop Woop
1998 · Sylvia
Tulip
1998 · Writer, Director
Among Giants
1998 · Gerry
Since You've Been Gone
1998 · Sally Zalinsky
My Son the Fanatic
1997 · Bettina / Sandra
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997 · Samantha Newhouse
Children of the Revolution
1996 · Constable Anna Welch
To Have and to Hold
1996 · Kate
Cosi
1996 · Lucy
Jude
1996 · Arabella
Muriel's Wedding
1994 · Rhonda Epinstalk
TV shows (36)
When The War Is Over
2025 · Self - Presenter, Executive Producer
The Idea Of Australia
2025 · Creator
Sam Pang Tonight
2025 · Self - Guest
Madam
2024 · Mack Leigh
Bali 2002
2022 · Fiona Wood
Great Southern Landscapes
2022 · Self - Presenter, Executive Producer
Finding the Archibald
2021 · Self - Presenter, Executive Producer
Aftertaste
2021 · Margot, Executive Producer
Salvajes
2020 · Gretchen Klein
The Sound
2020 · Self - Host
Total Control
2019 · Rachel Anderson, Executive Producer, Creator
Dead Lucky
2018 · Grace Gibbs
When We Rise
2017 · Diane Jones
Barracuda
2016 · Samantha Taylor
Deadline Gallipoli
2015 · Lady Hamilton
Chicos perdidos
2013 · Director
Camp
2013 · Mackenzie 'Mack' Granger
Paper Giants: Magazine Wars
2013 · Dulcie Boling
House Husbands
2012 · Belle
Q&A
2008 · Self - Panellist
Comanche Moon
2008 · Inez Scull
Brothers and Sisters
2006 · Sarah Walker
After the Deluge
2003 · Annie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
Kath & Kim
2002 · Rachel Griffiths
V Graham Norton
2002 · Self
Six Feet Under
2001 · Brenda Chenowith
Rove
1999 · Self
Once a Thief
1996
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
1994 · Self
The Feds
1993 · Angelia Braglia
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Police Rescue
1991 · Shelley
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Maggie Jonas