Rachel Griffiths

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1968-12-18 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Rachel Griffiths

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 Schoo...

Acting

1994

Muriel's Wedding

as Rhonda Epinstalk

2003

Ned Kelly

as Susan Scott

2001

Blow

as Ermine Jung

1998

Amy

as Tanya Rammus

1997

My Best Friend's Wedding

as Samantha Newhouse

2006

Step Up

as Director Gordon

2023

1996

Children of the Revolution

as Constable Anna Welch

2009

Beautiful Kate

as Sally Kendall

2002

The Rookie

as Lorri Morris

1998

Divorcing Jack

as Lee Cooper

2001

Very Annie Mary

as Annie Mary Pugh

2002

2001

Blow Dry

as Sandra

1998

Hilary and Jackie

as Hilary Du Pré

2023

Bring Him to Me

as Veronica

2011

Burning Man

as Miriam

1996

Cosi

as Lucy

1997

My Son the Fanatic

as Bettina / Sandra

2003

1998

Among Giants

as Gerry

2013

Saving Mr. Banks

as Aunt Ellie

2005

2006

Genesis: Total Rock Review

as Self - Interviewer

2013

Butterflies

as Claire

2013

Patrick

as Matron Cassidy

2023

A Savage Christmas

as Doctor Gabrielle

2022

1996

Jude

as Arabella

2023

Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion

as Woman Underwater (archived footage)

2003

Land of the Morning Star

as Narrator (voice)

1998

Since You've Been Gone

as Sally Zalinsky

1999

Me Myself I

as Pamela Drury

2016

Hacksaw Ridge

as Bertha Doss

2016

Mammal

as Margaret

2017

Don't Tell

as Joy Conolly

2017

Making Muriel

as Herself

2004

Plainsong

as Maggie Jonas

2020

Strangers To The World

as Etty Hillesum

2019

Total Control

as Rachel Anderson

Production

1998

Tulip

as Writer

1998

Tulip

as Director

2002

Roundabout

as Director

2019

Ride Like a Girl

as Director

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