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Rachel Anne Griffiths
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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.
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1968-12-18
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 19.2
- info Birth Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Rachel Griffiths
6.9
Muriel's Wedding
1994-09-29
6.1
Ned Kelly
2003-03-22
7.4
Blow
2001-04-04
6.4
Amy
1998-08-27
6.6
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997-06-19
6.9
Step Up
2006-08-11
6.9
Anyone But You
2023-12-21
5.6
Children of the Revolution
1996-12-26
5.9
Beautiful Kate
2009-08-06
6.8
The Rookie
2002-03-25
5.3
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
2003-08-08
6
Divorcing Jack
1998-10-01
5.7
Very Annie Mary
2001-05-25
5.5
The Hard Word
2002-05-30
6
Blow Dry
2001-03-01
4
To Have and to Hold
1996-10-31
6.7
Hilary and Jackie
1998-12-30
5.7
Bring Him to Me
2023-11-02
6.1
Burning Man
2011-09-10
6.3
Cosi
1996-03-04
5
My Son the Fanatic
1997-10-21
0
After the Deluge
2003-06-15
5
Among Giants
1998-06-24
7.3
Saving Mr. Banks
2013-11-29
4.8
Angel Rodriguez
2005-09-15
0
Genesis: Total Rock Review
2006-08-29
6.4
Underground: The Julian Assange Story
2012-10-07
10
Butterflies
2013-06-15
4.9
Patrick
2013-10-15
3
A Savage Christmas
2023-11-16
7.1
The King's Daughter
2022-01-21
6.3
Jude
1996-02-06
0
Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion
0
Land of the Morning Star
2003-01-01
5.9
Welcome to Woop Woop
1998-08-13
4.7
Since You've Been Gone
1998-06-06
5.8
Me Myself I
1999-10-06
8.2
Hacksaw Ridge
2016-10-07
6.5
Mammal
2016-04-01
6.3
Don't Tell
2017-05-18
5.6
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
2016-02-17
3.8
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017-03-09
0
Making Muriel
2017-12-31
6.6
Plainsong
2004-04-25
5
Strangers To The World
2020-06-30
8.5
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
2005-10-25
0
The Sounds of Aus
2007-11-08
8.1
Six Feet Under
2001-06-03
7.1
Brothers and Sisters
2006-09-24
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26
6.2
Aftertaste
2021-02-03
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992-05-25
7
Kath & Kim
2002-05-16
7.1
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993-09-13
8.7
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24
4.7
After the Deluge
2003-06-15
5.6
Once a Thief
1996-09-29
7
Comanche Moon
2008-01-13
5
V Graham Norton
2002-05-06
0
Finding the Archibald
2021-06-15
7
The Oscars
1953-03-19
6.5
Camp
2013-07-10
0
The Sound
2020-07-19
6.8
Barracuda
2016-07-10
8
Rove
1999-09-22
6.2
Deadline Gallipoli
2015-04-19
6.6
When We Rise
2017-02-27
0
Paper Giants: Magazine Wars
2013-06-02
7
Dead Lucky
2018-07-25
0
Great Southern Landscapes
2022-08-09
6.4
Police Rescue
1991-02-14
6.9
Bali 2002
2022-09-25
5.8
Total Control
2019-10-13
0
The Feds
1993-09-20
3.8
Q&A
2008-05-22
6
Madam
2024-07-04
5.7
House Husbands
2012-09-02
7.8
The Wilds
2020-12-11
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7.8
Tulip
1998-08-01
7.8
Tulip
1998-08-01
7.8
DeKronos - Il Demone del Tempo
2005-06-08
7.8
Roundabout
2002-08-01
7.8
Ride Like a Girl
2019-09-26
7.8
Nowhere Boys
2013-11-07
7.8
Total Control
2019-10-13
7.8
Aftertaste
2021-02-03
7.8
Finding the Archibald
2021-06-15
7.8
Great Southern Landscapes
2022-08-09
7.8
Total Control
2019-10-13