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Rachel Griffiths

Rachel Griffiths

Acting

December 18, 1968 (57 years old)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Female
53 Movies
42 TV Shows

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. 

Six Feet Under
Six Feet Under

Six Feet Under

2001 8.1

as Brenda Chenowith

Age 32 (now 57)
63 eps
Blow
Blow

Blow

2001 7.4

as Ermine Jung

Age 32 (now 57)
Hacksaw Ridge
Hacksaw Ridge

Hacksaw Ridge

2016 8.2

as Bertha Doss

Age 47 (now 57)
Step Up
Step Up

Step Up

2006 6.9

as Director Gordon

Age 37 (now 57)
The Rookie
The Rookie

The Rookie

2002 6.8

as Lorri Morris

Age 33 (now 57)
Brothers and Sisters
Brothers and Sisters

Brothers and Sisters

2006 7.1

as Sarah Walker

Age 37 (now 57)
109 eps
Muriel's Wedding
Muriel's Wedding

Muriel's Wedding

1994 6.8

as Rhonda Epinstalk

Age 25 (now 57)
My Best Friend's Wedding
My Best Friend's Wedding

My Best Friend's Wedding

1997 6.6

as Samantha Newhouse

Age 28 (now 57)
Patrick
Patrick

Patrick

2013 5.0

as Matron Cassidy

Age 44 (now 57)
The Wilds
The Wilds

The Wilds

2020 7.6

as Gretchen Klein

Age 51 (now 57)
18 eps
Anyone But You
Anyone But You

Anyone But You

2023 6.8

as Innie

Age 55 (now 57)
Hilary and Jackie
Hilary and Jackie

Hilary and Jackie

1998 6.6

as Hilary du Pré

Age 30 (now 57)
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child

Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child

2016 5.6

as General Lynex

Age 47 (now 57)
Blow Dry
Blow Dry

Blow Dry

2001 5.9

as Sandra

Age 32 (now 57)
Jude
Jude

Jude

1996 6.3

as Arabella

Age 27 (now 57)
The King's Daughter
The King's Daughter

The King's Daughter

2022 7.0

as Abbess

Age 53 (now 57)