
Acting
Born December 18, 1968 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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.

Anyone But You
2023

A Savage Christmas
2023

Bring Him to Me
2023

Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion
2023

The King's Daughter
2022

Strangers To The World
2020

Making Muriel
2017

Don't Tell
2017

David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017

Hacksaw Ridge
2016

Mammal
2016

Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
2016

Saving Mr. Banks
2013

Patrick
2013

Butterflies
2013

Underground: The Julian Assange Story
2012

Burning Man
2011

Beautiful Kate
2009

The Sounds of Aus
2007
Brothers & Sisters: Family Album
2007

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

Ned Kelly
2003
Land of the Morning Star
2003