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Rachel Griffiths

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. 

Personal information

Birthday

1968-12-18

Birth Place

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Movies and TV shows :

A Savage Christmas

A Savage Christmas

2023

3.0

Movie
After the Deluge

After the Deluge

2003

0.0

Movie
poster

After the Deluge

2003

4.7

TV
poster

Aftertaste

2021

6.2

TV
Among Giants

Among Giants

1998

5.0

Movie
Amy

Amy

1998

6.4

Movie
Angel Rodriguez

Angel Rodriguez

2005

4.8

Movie
Anyone But You

Anyone But You

2023

6.9

Movie
poster

Bali 2002

2022

6.9

TV
poster

Barracuda

2016

6.8

TV
Beautiful Kate

Beautiful Kate

2009

5.9

Movie
Blow

Blow

2001

7.4

Movie
Blow Dry

Blow Dry

2001

6.0

Movie
Bring Him to Me

Bring Him to Me

2023

5.8

Movie
poster

Brothers and Sisters

2006

7.1

TV
Burning Man

Burning Man

2011

6.0

Movie
Butterflies

Butterflies

2013

10.0

Movie
poster

Camp

2013

6.5

TV
Children of the Revolution

Children of the Revolution

1996

5.6

Movie
poster

Comanche Moon

2008

7.0

TV
Cosi

Cosi

1996

6.3

Movie
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

2017

3.8

Movie
poster

Dead Lucky

2018

7.1

TV
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Deadline Gallipoli

2015

6.3

TV
Divorcing Jack

Divorcing Jack

1998

6.0

Movie
Don't Tell

Don't Tell

2017

6.3

Movie
poster

Finding the Archibald

2021

0.0

TV
Genesis: Total Rock Review

Genesis: Total Rock Review

2006

0.0

Movie
poster

Great Southern Landscapes

2022

0.0

TV
Hacksaw Ridge

Hacksaw Ridge

2016

8.2

Movie
poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

8.7

TV
Hilary and Jackie

Hilary and Jackie

1998

6.7

Movie
poster

House Husbands

2012

5.7

TV
poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

5.5

TV
Jude

Jude

1996

6.3

Movie
poster

Kath & Kim

2002

7.0

TV
Land of the Morning Star

Land of the Morning Star

2003

0.0

Movie
poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

7.1

TV
poster

Madam

2024

6.0

TV
Making Muriel

Making Muriel

2017

0.0

Movie
Mammal

Mammal

2016

6.5

Movie
Me Myself I

Me Myself I

1999

5.8

Movie
Muriel's Wedding

Muriel's Wedding

1994

6.8

Movie
My Best Friend's Wedding

My Best Friend's Wedding

1997

6.6

Movie
My Son the Fanatic

My Son the Fanatic

1997

5.0

Movie
Ned Kelly

Ned Kelly

2003

6.0

Movie
poster

Once a Thief

1996

5.6

TV
poster

Paper Giants: Magazine Wars

2013

0.0

TV
Patrick

Patrick

2013

4.9

Movie
Plainsong

Plainsong

2004

6.6

Movie
poster

Police Rescue

1991

6.4

TV
poster

Q&A

2008

3.8

TV
poster

Rove

1999

8.0

TV
Saving Mr. Banks

Saving Mr. Banks

2013

7.3

Movie
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child

Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child

2016

5.6

Movie
Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion

Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion

0.0

Movie
Since You've Been Gone

Since You've Been Gone

1998

4.7

Movie
poster

Six Feet Under

2001

8.1

TV
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam

Six Feet Under: In Memoriam

2005

8.5

Movie
Step Up

Step Up

2006

6.9

Movie
Strangers To The World

Strangers To The World

2020

5.0

Movie
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

2003

5.3

Movie
poster

The Feds

1993

0.0

TV
The Hard Word

The Hard Word

2002

5.4

Movie
The King's Daughter

The King's Daughter

2022

7.1

Movie
poster

The Oscars

1953

7.0

TV
The Rookie

The Rookie

2002

6.8

Movie
poster

The Sound

2020

0.0

TV
The Sounds of Aus

The Sounds of Aus

2007

0.0

Movie
poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

5.4

TV
poster

The Wilds

2020

7.7

TV
To Have and to Hold

To Have and to Hold

1996

4.0

Movie
poster

Total Control

2019

5.8

TV
Underground: The Julian Assange Story

Underground: The Julian Assange Story

2012

6.4

Movie
poster

V Graham Norton

2002

5.0

TV
Very Annie Mary

Very Annie Mary

2001

5.7

Movie
Welcome to Woop Woop

Welcome to Woop Woop

1998

5.9

Movie
poster

When We Rise

2017

6.6

TV