Rachel Griffiths
Biography
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
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Six Feet Under
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Brothers and Sisters
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Hacksaw Ridge
The Oscars
Q&A
All Movies (48)
- Anyone But You2023 · as Innie
- A Savage Christmas2023 · as Doctor Gabrielle
- Bring Him to Me2023 · as Veronica
- The King's Daughter2022 · as Abbess
- Strangers To The World2020 · as Etty Hillesum
- Making Muriel2017 · as Self
- Don't Tell2017 · as Joy Conolly
- Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing2017 · as Self
- David Stratton: A Cinematic Life2017 · as Self
- Hacksaw Ridge2016 · as Bertha Doss
- Mammal2016 · as Margaret
- Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child2016 · as General Lynex
- Saving Mr. Banks2013 · as Aunt Ellie
- Patrick2013 · as Matron Cassidy
- Butterflies2013 · as Claire
- Underground: The Julian Assange Story2012 · as Christine Assange
- Burning Man2011 · as Miriam
- Beautiful Kate2009 · as Sally Kendall
- The Sounds of Aus2007 · as Self
- Brothers & Sisters: Family Album2007 · as Self/Sarah Whedon
- Genesis: Total Rock Review2006 · as Self - Interviewer
- Step Up2006 · as Director Gordon
- Six Feet Under: In Memoriam2005 · as Herself
- Angel Rodriguez2005 · as Nicole
- Plainsong2004 · as Maggie Jonas
- The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina2003 · as Albertine (voice)
- After the Deluge2003 · as Annie
- Ned Kelly2003 · as Susan Scott
- Land of the Morning Star2003 · as Narrator (voice)
- The Hard Word2002 · as Carol
- The Rookie2002 · as Lorri Morris
- Very Annie Mary2001 · as Annie Mary Pugh
- Blow2001 · as Ermine Jung
- Blow Dry2001 · as Sandra
- Me Myself I1999 · as Pamela Drury
- Hilary and Jackie1998 · as Hilary du Pré
- Divorcing Jack1998 · as Lee Cooper
- Amy1998 · as Tanya Rammus
- Welcome to Woop Woop1998 · as Sylvia
- Among Giants1998 · as Gerry
- Since You've Been Gone1998 · as Sally Zalinsky
- My Son the Fanatic1997 · as Bettina / Sandra
- My Best Friend's Wedding1997 · as Samantha Newhouse
- Children of the Revolution1996 · as Constable Anna Welch
- To Have and to Hold1996 · as Kate
- Cosi1996 · as Lucy
- Jude1996 · as Arabella
- Muriel's Wedding1994 · as Rhonda Epinstalk
All TV Shows (34)
- When The War Is Over2025 · as Self - Presenter
- Sam Pang Tonight2025 · as Self - Guest
- Madam2024 · as Mack Leigh
- Bali 20022022 · as Fiona Wood
- Great Southern Landscapes2022 · as Self - Presenter
- Finding the Archibald2021 · as Self - Presenter
- Aftertaste2021 · as Margot
- The Wilds2020 · as Gretchen Klein
- The Sound2020 · as Self - Host
- Total Control2019 · as Rachel Anderson
- Dead Lucky2018 · as Grace Gibbs
- When We Rise2017 · as Diane Jones
- Barracuda2016 · as Samantha Taylor
- Deadline Gallipoli2015 · as Lady Hamilton
- Camp2013 · as Mackenzie 'Mack' Granger
- Paper Giants: Magazine Wars2013 · as Dulcie Boling
- House Husbands2012 · as Belle
- Q&A2008 · as Self - Panellist
- Comanche Moon2008 · as Inez Scull
- Brothers and Sisters2006 · as Sarah Walker
- After the Deluge2003 · as Annie
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
- Kath & Kim2002 · as Rachel Griffiths
- V Graham Norton2002 · as Self
- Six Feet Under2001 · as Brenda Chenowith
- Rove1999 · as Self
- Once a Thief1996
- Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras1994 · as Self
- The Feds1993 · as Angelia Braglia
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
- Police Rescue1991 · as Shelley
- The Oscars1953 · as Self
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Maggie Jonas