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