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Also known as Rachel Anne Griffiths

Australian actress

OverviewAI-generated

Rachel Griffiths is a person from Jamaica who began her work period in 1992. She was born on December 18, 1968, and has three children. Her professional output includes 58 works, with notable titles such as *Animal Diggers*, *Trash or Treasure*, *Informazing Blackline Masters*, *TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS (ON THE MARK BOOKS LEVEL L)*, and *Way Things Were*.

Griffiths has been referenced by 489 other encyclopedia articles. On the Last.fm platform, she has 10 listeners and a playcount of 189. Additionally, Crossref lists 5 works associated with her name.

Synthesized by Vinony from 14 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
58

Top works

  • Animal Diggers
  • Trash or Treasure
  • Informazing Blackline Masters
  • TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS (ON THE MARK BOOKS LEVEL L)
  • Way Things Were

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
JM
Active from
1949-11-23

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
10
Total plays
189

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Rachel+Griffiths">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Rachel Griffiths

Key facts

Born
Rachel Anne Griffiths , ( 1968-12-18 ) December 18, 1968 (age 57) , Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
Education
Star of the Sea College , Rusden College
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1987–present
Spouse
Andrew Taylor ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2002 ) ​
Awards
Full list

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Rachel
Family name
Griffiths
Gender
female
Citizenship
Australia
Place of birth
Melbourne
Occupation
director
Languages spoken
English language
Image
Rachel Griffiths 2012 (cropped).jpg
Number of children
3
Residence
Melbourne
Show 5 more facts
date of birth
1968-12-18
Commons category
Rachel Griffiths
birth name
Rachel Anne Griffiths
start of work period
1992-00-00
Sources (5)

via Wikidata · CC0

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Encyclopedic overview

Rachel Anne Griffiths (born December 18, 1968) is an Australian actress. Raised primarily in Melbourne, she began her acting career appearing on the Australian series Secrets before being cast in a supporting role in the comedy Muriel's Wedding (1994), which earned her an AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. In 1997, she was the lead in Nadia Tass's drama Amy, followed by her portrayal of Hilary du Pré in Hilary and Jackie (1998), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

From 2001 to 2005, Griffiths portrayed massage therapist Brenda Chenowith in the HBO series Six Feet Under, for which she earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in 2002 and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She subsequently appeared on television as Sarah Walker Laurent on the ABC drama series Brothers & Sisters from 2006 to 2011, for which she was nominated for two additional Primetime Emmy Awards.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rachel Griffiths” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.