Rachel Griffiths
Acting • Born 1968-12-18
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.
Filmography
82 credits
Muriel's Wedding
Movie • 1994
Rhonda Epinstalk
Ned Kelly
Movie • 2003
Susan Scott
Blow
Movie • 2001
Ermine Jung
Amy
Movie • 1998
Tanya Rammus
My Best Friend's Wedding
Movie • 1997
Samantha Newhouse
Step Up
Movie • 2006
Director Gordon
Anyone But You
Movie • 2023
Innie
Children of the Revolution
Movie • 1996
Constable Anna Welch
Beautiful Kate
Movie • 2009
Sally Kendall
The Rookie
Movie • 2002
Lorri Morris
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
Movie • 2003
Albertine (voice)
Very Annie Mary
Movie • 2001
Annie Mary Pugh
Divorcing Jack
Movie • 1998
Lee Cooper
The Hard Word
Movie • 2002
Carol
Blow Dry
Movie • 2001
Sandra
To Have and to Hold
Movie • 1996
Kate
Hilary and Jackie
Movie • 1998
Hilary Du Pré
Bring Him to Me
Movie • 2023
Veronica
Burning Man
Movie • 2011
Miriam
Cosi
Movie • 1996
Lucy
My Son the Fanatic
Movie • 1997
Bettina / Sandra
After the Deluge
Movie • 2003
Annie
Among Giants
Movie • 1998
Gerry
Saving Mr. Banks
Movie • 2013
Aunt Ellie
Angel Rodriguez
Movie • 2005
Nicole
Genesis: Total Rock Review
Movie • 2006
Self - Interviewer
Underground: The Julian Assange Story
Movie • 2012
Christine Assange
Butterflies
Movie • 2013
Claire
Patrick
Movie • 2013
Matron Cassidy
A Savage Christmas
Movie • 2023
Doctor Gabrielle
The King's Daughter
Movie • 2022
Abbess
Jude
Movie • 1996
Arabella
Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion
Movie • 2023
Woman Underwater (archived footage)
Land of the Morning Star
Movie • 2003
Narrator (voice)
Since You've Been Gone
Movie • 1998
Sally Zalinsky
Me Myself I
Movie • 1999
Pamela Drury
Welcome to Woop Woop
Movie • 1998
Sylvia
Hacksaw Ridge
Movie • 2016
Bertha Doss
Mammal
Movie • 2016
Margaret
Don't Tell
Movie • 2017
Joy Conolly
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
Movie • 2016
General Lynex
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Movie • 2017
Self
Making Muriel
Movie • 2017
Self
Plainsong
Movie • 2004
Maggie Jonas
Strangers To The World
Movie • 2020
Etty Hillesum
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
Movie • 2005
Herself
The Sounds of Aus
Movie • 2007
Self
Brothers & Sisters: Family Album
Movie • 2007
Self/Sarah Whedon
Six Feet Under
TV • 2001
Brenda Chenowith
Brothers and Sisters
TV • 2006
Sarah Walker
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Aftertaste
TV • 2021
Margot
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Kath & Kim
TV • 2002
Rachel Griffiths
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Maggie Jonas
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
After the Deluge
TV • 2003
Annie
Once a Thief
TV • 1996
Comanche Moon
TV • 2008
Inez Scull
V Graham Norton
TV • 2002
Self
Finding the Archibald
TV • 2021
Self - Presenter
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Camp
TV • 2013
Mackenzie 'Mack' Granger
The Sound
TV • 2020
Self - Host
Barracuda
TV • 2016
Samantha Taylor
Rove
TV • 1999
Self
Deadline Gallipoli
TV • 2015
Lady Hamilton
When We Rise
TV • 2017
Diane Jones
Paper Giants: Magazine Wars
TV • 2013
Dulcie Boling
Dead Lucky
TV • 2018
Grace Gibbs
Great Southern Landscapes
TV • 2022
Self - Presenter
Police Rescue
TV • 1991
Shelley
Bali 2002
TV • 2022
Fiona Wood
Total Control
TV • 2019
Rachel Anderson
The Feds
TV • 1993
Angelia Braglia
Q&A
TV • 2008
Self - Panellist
Madam
TV • 2024
Mack Leigh
House Husbands
TV • 2012
Belle
The Wilds
TV • 2020
Gretchen Klein
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
TV • 1994
Self
Sam Pang Tonight
TV • 2025
Self - Guest
When The War Is Over
TV • 2025
Self - Presenter