Cast & creator
Rachel Griffiths
Best known for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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.
Also known as: Rachel Anne Griffiths, ریچل گریفیتس, Рейчел Гріффітс
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television credits
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1951–2025 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (95)
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Brothers and Sisters
Sarah Walker
2006
Six Feet Under
Brenda Chenowith
2001
Hacksaw Ridge
Bertha Doss
2016
The Oscars
Self
1953
Anyone but You
Innie
2023
Q&A
Self - Panellist
2008
V Graham Norton
Self
2002
Police Rescue
Shelley
1991
The Wilds
Gretchen Klein
2020
Total Control
Rachel Anderson
2019Total Control
Executive Producer
2019Total Control
Creator
2019
Rove
Self
1999
Nowhere Boys
Director
2013
Once a Thief
1996
Kath & Kim
Rachel Griffiths
2002
The King's Daughter
Abbess
2022
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
Self
1994
Aftertaste
Margot
2021Aftertaste
Executive Producer
2021
House Husbands
Belle
2012
Step Up
Director Gordon
2006
Blow
Ermine Jung
2001
My Best Friend's Wedding
Samantha Newhouse
1997
Saving Mr. Banks
Aunt Ellie
2013
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Maggie Jonas
1951
When We Rise
Diane Jones
2017
Comanche Moon
Inez Scull
2008
Muriel's Wedding
Rhonda Epinstalk
1994
Mammal
Margaret Brady
2016
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
General Lynex
2016The Feds
Angelia Braglia
1993
The Rookie
Lorri Morris
2002Land of the Morning Star
Narrator (voice)
2003
Bali 2002
Fiona Wood
2022
Deadline Gallipoli
Lady Hamilton
2015
Ned Kelly
Susan Scott
2003
Camp
Mackenzie 'Mack' Granger
2013
Sam Pang Tonight
Self - Guest
2025
Ride Like a Girl
Director
2019
Madam
Mack Leigh
2024
Bring Him to Me
Veronica
2023
Barracuda
Samantha Taylor
2016
After the Deluge
Annie
2003
Dead Lucky
Grace Gibbs
2018
Hilary and Jackie
Hilary du Pré
1998
The Sound
Self - Host
2020
Don't Tell
Joy Conolly
2017
Jude
Arabella
1996
Welcome to Woop Woop
Sylvia
1998
The Sounds of Aus
Self
2007
Since You've Been Gone
Sally Zalinsky
1998
Angel Rodriguez
Nicole
2005
Beautiful Kate
Sally Kendall
2009
My Son the Fanatic
Bettina / Sandra
1997
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
Albertine (voice)
2003
Burning Man
Miriam
2011
Patrick
Matron Cassidy
2013
The Hard Word
Carol
2002
Blow Dry
Sandra
2001
Children of the Revolution
Constable Anna Welch
1996
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Self
2017
Paper Giants: Magazine Wars
Dulcie Boling
2013
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
Herself
2005
Divorcing Jack
Lee Cooper
1998
Underground: The Julian Assange Story
Christine Assange
2012
Cosi
Lucy
1996
Very Annie Mary
Annie Mary Pugh
2001
Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing
Self
2017
When The War Is Over
Self - Presenter
2025When The War Is Over
Executive Producer
2025
Me Myself I
Pamela Drury
1999
Great Southern Landscapes
Self - Presenter
2022Great Southern Landscapes
Executive Producer
2022
Finding the Archibald
Self - Presenter
2021Finding the Archibald
Executive Producer
2021
Among Giants
Gerry
1998
Genesis: Total Rock Review
Self - Interviewer
2006Brothers & Sisters: Family Album
Self/Sarah Whedon
2007
Amy
Tanya Rammus
1998
Making Muriel
Self
2017The Idea Of Australia
Creator
2025
To Have and to Hold
Kate
1996
After the Deluge
Annie
2003
Plainsong
Maggie Jonas
2004
DeKronos - Il Demone del Tempo
Director
2005
Roundabout
Director
2002
Strangers To The World
Etty Hillesum
2020
A Savage Christmas
Doctor Gabrielle
2023
Tulip
Writer
1998Tulip
Director
1998
Butterflies
Claire
2013