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The King's Daughter

as Abbess

2022
Hacksaw Ridge

as Bertha Doss

2016
Mammal

as Margaret

2016
Patrick

as Matron Cassidy

2014
Butterflies

as Claire

2013
Underground: The Julian Assange Story

as Christine Assange

2012
Burning Man

as Miriam

2011
Beautiful Kate

as Sally Kendall

2009
Step Up

as Director Gordon

2006
Plainsong

as Maggie Jonas

2004
Ned Kelly

as

2003
Land of the Morning Star

as Narrator (voice)

2003
The Rookie

as Lorri Morris

2002
The Hard Word

as Carol

2002
Blow

as Ermine Jung

2001
Blow Dry

as Sandra

2001
Very Annie Mary

as Annie Mary Pugh

2001
Rachel Griffiths Rachel Griffiths

Birthday

1968-12-18

Place of Birth

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Rachel Anne Griffiths 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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