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