Acting
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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.
When The War Is Over
2025
Sam Pang Tonight
2025
Madam
2024
Anyone But You
2023
A Savage Christmas
2023
Bring Him to Me
2023
Bali 2002
2022
Great Southern Landscapes
2022
The King's Daughter
2022
Finding the Archibald
2021
Aftertaste
2021
The Wilds
2020
The Sound
2020
Strangers To The World
2020
Total Control
2019
Dead Lucky
2018
Making Muriel
2017
Don't Tell
2017
Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing
2017
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017
When We Rise
2017
Hacksaw Ridge
2016
Barracuda
2016
Mammal
2016
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
2016
Deadline Gallipoli
2015
Saving Mr. Banks
2013
Patrick
2013
Camp
2013
Butterflies
2013
Paper Giants: Magazine Wars
2013
Underground: The Julian Assange Story
2012
House Husbands
2012
Burning Man
2011
Beautiful Kate
2009
Q&A
2008
Comanche Moon
2008
The Sounds of Aus
2007
Brothers & Sisters: Family Album
2007
Brothers and Sisters
2006
Genesis: Total Rock Review
2006
Step Up
2006
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
2005
Angel Rodriguez
2005
Plainsong
2004
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
2003
After the Deluge
2003
After the Deluge
2003
Ned Kelly
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Land of the Morning Star
2003
The Hard Word
2002
Kath & Kim
2002
V Graham Norton
2002
The Rookie
2002
Six Feet Under
2001
Very Annie Mary
2001
Blow
2001
Blow Dry
2001
Me Myself I
1999
Rove
1999
Hilary and Jackie
1998
Divorcing Jack
1998
Amy
1998
Welcome to Woop Woop
1998
Among Giants
1998
Since You've Been Gone
1998
My Son the Fanatic
1997
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997
Children of the Revolution
1996
To Have and to Hold
1996
Once a Thief
1996
Cosi
1996
Jude
1996
Muriel's Wedding
1994
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
1994
The Feds
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Police Rescue
1991
The Oscars
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951