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Rachel Griffiths

Actress / Film Actress / Film Director | * 12/18/1968 (55) | Melbourne, Victoria (Australia)
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Rachel Anne Griffiths (born in 1968) is an Australian actress. Raised primarily in Melbourne, she began her acting career appearing on the Australian series Secrets before being cast in a supporting role in the comedy Muriel's Wedding (1994), which earned her an AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. In 1997, she was the lead in Nadia Tass's drama Amy. She had a role opposite Julia Roberts in the American romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), followed by her portrayal of Hilary du Pré in Hilary and Jackie (1998), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. From 2001 to 2005, Griffiths portrayed massage therapist Brenda Chenowith in the HBO series Six Feet Under, for which she earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in 2002 and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She subsequently appeared on television as S... ()
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Rachel Anne Griffiths 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..

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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Awards & Nominations for Rachel Griffiths

Member of The Order of Australia Centenary Medal Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Movies with Rachel Griffiths as Actress(44)

as Doctor Gabrielle2023 A Savage Christmas
as Abbess2022 The King's Daughter
as Etty Hillesum2020 Strangers To The World
as Joy Conolly2017 Don't Tell
as herself2017 Making Muriel
as Bertha Doss2016 Hacksaw Ridge
as Margaret2016 Mammal
as Aunt Ellie2013 Saving Mr. Banks
as Claire2013 Butterflies
as Matron Cassidy2013 Patrick
as Christine Assange2012 Underground: The Julian Assange Story
as Miriam2011 Burning Man
as Sally Kendall2009 Beautiful Kate
as herself2007 The Sounds of Aus
as Director Gordon2006 Step Up
as Nicole2005 Angel Rodriguez
as Maggie Jonas2004 Plainsong
as Annie2003 After the Deluge
as Susan Scott2003 Ned Kelly
as Carol2002 The Hard Word
as Lorri Morris2002 The Rookie
as Ermine Jung2001 Blow
as Sandra2001 Blow Dry
as Annie Mary Pugh2001 Very Annie Mary
as Pamela Drury2000 Me Myself I
as Hilary Du Pré1998 Hilary and Jackie
as Sally Zalinsky1998 Since You've Been Gone
as Lee Cooper1998 Divorcing Jack
as Gerry1998 Among Giants
as Sylvia1998 Welcome to Woop Woop
as Bettina / Sandra1997 My Son the Fanatic
as Samantha Newhouse1997 My Best Friend's Wedding
as Tanya Rammus1997 Amy
as Kate1996 To Have & To Hold
as Constable Anna Welch1996 Children of the Revolution
as Arabella1996 Jude
as Lucy1996 Cosi
as Rhonda Epinstalk1994 Muriel's Wedding

TV Shows/Series with Rachel Griffiths as Actress(25)

as Dr. Fiona Wood2022 Bali 2002
as Self - Presenter2021 Finding the Archibald
as Margot2021 Aftertaste
as Gretchen Klein2020 The Wilds
as Rachel Anderson2019 Total Control
as Grace Gibbs2018 Dead Lucky
as Diane Jones2017 When We Rise
as Samantha Taylor2016 Barracuda
as Lady Hamilton2015 Deadline Gallipoli
as Dulcie Boling2013 Paper Giants: Magazine Wars
as Mackenzie 'Mack' Granger2013 Camp
as Belle2012 House Husbands
as Inez Scull2008 Comanche Moon
as Self - Panellist2008 Q&A
as Sarah Walker2006 Brothers and Sisters
as herself2002 Kath & Kim
as herself2002 V Graham Norton
as Brenda Chenowith2001 Six Feet Under
as herself1999 Rove
as Self - Guest1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Shelley1991 Police Rescue
as Maggie Jonas??? Hallmark Hall of Fame

Movies with Rachel Griffiths as Crew(5)

Directing/Director2019 Ride Like a Girl
Directing/Director2005 DeKronos - Il Demone del Tempo
Directing/Director2002 Roundabout
Directing/Director1998 Tulip
Writing/Writer1998 Tulip

TV Shows/Series with Rachel Griffiths as Crew(5)

Production/Executive Producer2021 Finding the Archibald
Production/Executive Producer2021 Aftertaste
Production/Executive Producer2019 Total Control
Creator/Creator2019 Total Control
Directing/Director2013 Nowhere Boys

Additional Information

Official websites:
Full Name: Rachel Griffiths
Citizenship: Australia
Born: Wednesday, 12/18 1968 (December) in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) (current age: 55 years + 102 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN)
Spouses (current/former): Andrew Taylor
Other names for Rachel Griffiths (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Рейчел Ґріффітс"
"Rachel Anne Griffiths"
Rachel Griffiths frequently works together with these people:
Maurice Evans (11x, Actor)
Julie Harris (10x, Actress)
James Woods (8x, Actor)
George Rose (7x, Actor)
Christopher Walken (6x, Actor)
Jerry O'Connell (6x, Actor)
Denholm Elliott (6x, Actor)
Brian Ellison (6x, Crew)
Sam Neill (5x, Actor)
Glenn Close (5x, Actress)
Luke Sparke (5x, Crew)
Andrew Neil (5x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2854, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024