Rachel 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: 14.3
  • info Birth Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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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

6.7

My Best Friend's Wedding

1997-06-19

6.9

Step Up

2006-08-11

7

Anyone But You

2023-12-21

5.6

Children of the Revolution

1996-12-26

6

Beautiful Kate

2009-08-06

6.8

The Rookie

2002-03-25

5.3

The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina

2003-08-08

5.7

Very Annie Mary

2001-05-25

6

Divorcing Jack

1998-10-01

5.4

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

5.8

Bring Him to Me

2023-11-02

6

Burning Man

2011-09-10

6.3

Cosi

1996-03-04

5

My Son the Fanatic

1997-10-21

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After the Deluge

2003-06-15

5

Among Giants

1998-06-24

7.4

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

6.4

Jude

1996-02-06

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Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion

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Land of the Morning Star

2003-01-01

4.7

Since You've Been Gone

1998-06-06

5.8

Me Myself I

1999-10-06

5.9

Welcome to Woop Woop

1998-08-13

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

6.7

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

8.2

Six Feet Under

2001-06-03

7.2

Brothers and Sisters

2006-09-24

5.6

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

8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951-12-24

7.1

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993-09-13

4.7

After the Deluge

2003-06-15

5.7

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

6.3

Deadline Gallipoli

2015-04-19

6.6

When We Rise

2017-02-27

0

Paper Giants: Magazine Wars

2013-06-02

7.1

Dead Lucky

2018-07-25

0

Great Southern Landscapes

2022-08-09

6.4

Police Rescue

1991-02-14

6.8

Bali 2002

2022-09-25

5.5

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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