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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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…
Known for
- Sam Pang Tonight — Self - Guest2025
- When The War Is Over — Self - Presenter2025
- Madam — Mack Leigh2024
- Anyone but You — Innie2023
- Bring Him to Me — Veronica2023
- A Savage Christmas — Doctor Gabrielle2023
- The King's Daughter — Abbess2022
- Great Southern Landscapes — Self - Presenter2022
- Bali 2002 — Fiona Wood2022
- Aftertaste — Margot2021
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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
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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
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- date of birth
- 1968-12-18
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- Commons category
- Rachel Griffiths
- birth name
- Rachel Anne Griffiths
- start of work period
- 1992-00-00
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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.