- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 18, 1968
- Place of Birth
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Rachel Griffiths
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 wrot…
Filmography
tvWhen The War Is Over
2025 · Self - Presenter, Executive Producer
The Idea Of Australia
tvThe Idea Of Australia
2025 · Creator
tvSam Pang Tonight
2025 · Self - Guest
tvMadam
2024 · Mack Leigh
movieAnyone but You
2023 · Innie
movieA Savage Christmas
2023 · Doctor Gabrielle
movieBring Him to Me
2023 · Veronica
tvBali 2002
2022 · Fiona Wood
tvGreat Southern Landscapes
2022 · Self - Presenter, Executive Producer
movieThe King's Daughter
2022 · Abbess
tvFinding the Archibald
2021 · Self - Presenter, Executive Producer
tvAftertaste
2021 · Margot, Executive Producer
tvThe Wilds
2020 · Gretchen Klein
tvThe Sound
2020 · Self - Host
movieStrangers To The World
2020 · Etty Hillesum
tvTotal Control
2019 · Rachel Anderson, Executive Producer, Creator
movieRide Like a Girl
2019 · Director
tvDead Lucky
2018 · Grace Gibbs
movieMaking Muriel
2017 · Self
movieDon't Tell
2017 · Joy Conolly
movieJill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing
2017 · Self
movieDavid Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017 · Self
tvWhen We Rise
2017 · Diane Jones
movieHacksaw Ridge
2016 · Bertha Doss
tvBarracuda
2016 · Samantha Taylor
movieMammal
2016 · Margaret
movieScience Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
2016 · General Lynex
tvDeadline Gallipoli
2015 · Lady Hamilton
movieSaving Mr. Banks
2013 · Aunt Ellie
tvNowhere Boys
2013 · Director
moviePatrick
2013 · Matron Cassidy
tvCamp
2013 · Mackenzie 'Mack' Granger
movieButterflies
2013 · Claire
tvPaper Giants: Magazine Wars
2013 · Dulcie Boling
movieUnderground: The Julian Assange Story
2012 · Christine Assange
tvHouse Husbands
2012 · Belle
movieBurning Man
2011 · Miriam
movieBeautiful Kate
2009 · Sally Kendall
tvQ&A
2008 · Self - Panellist
tvComanche Moon
2008 · Inez Scull
movieThe Sounds of Aus
2007 · Self
Brothers & Sisters: Family Album
movieBrothers & Sisters: Family Album
2007 · Self/Sarah Whedon
tvBrothers and Sisters
2006 · Sarah Walker
movieGenesis: Total Rock Review
2006 · Self - Interviewer
movieStep Up
2006 · Director Gordon
movieSix Feet Under: In Memoriam
2005 · Herself
movieAngel Rodriguez
2005 · Nicole
movieDeKronos - Il Demone del Tempo
2005 · Director
moviePlainsong
2004 · Maggie Jonas
movieThe Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
2003 · Albertine (voice)
movieAfter the Deluge
2003 · Annie
tvAfter the Deluge
2003 · Annie
movieNed Kelly
2003 · Susan Scott
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
Land of the Morning Star
movieLand of the Morning Star
2003 · Narrator (voice)
movieRoundabout
2002 · Director
movieThe Hard Word
2002 · Carol
tvKath & Kim
2002 · Rachel Griffiths
tvV Graham Norton
2002 · Self
movieThe Rookie
2002 · Lorri Morris
tvSix Feet Under
2001 · Brenda Chenowith
movieVery Annie Mary
2001 · Annie Mary Pugh
movieBlow
2001 · Ermine Jung
movieBlow Dry
2001 · Sandra
movieMe Myself I
1999 · Pamela Drury
tvRove
1999 · Self
movieHilary and Jackie
1998 · Hilary du Pré
movieDivorcing Jack
1998 · Lee Cooper
movieAmy
1998 · Tanya Rammus
movieWelcome to Woop Woop
1998 · Sylvia
movieTulip
1998 · Director, Writer
movieAmong Giants
1998 · Gerry
movieSince You've Been Gone
1998 · Sally Zalinsky
movieMy Son the Fanatic
1997 · Bettina / Sandra
movieMy Best Friend's Wedding
1997 · Samantha Newhouse
movieChildren of the Revolution
1996 · Constable Anna Welch
movieTo Have and to Hold
1996 · Kate
tvOnce a Thief
1996
movieCosi
1996 · Lucy
movieJude
1996 · Arabella
movieMuriel's Wedding
1994 · Rhonda Epinstalk
tvSydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
1994 · Self
The Feds
tvThe Feds
1993 · Angelia Braglia
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
tvThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
tvPolice Rescue
1991 · Shelley
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Maggie Jonas