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Griffiths on the set of Underground: The Julian Assange Story in 2012
Born
Rachel Anne Griffiths

1968 (age 5556)
Education
OccupationActress
Years active1987–present
Spouse
(m. 2002)
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Rachel Anne Griffiths AM (born in 1968) [lower-alpha 2] 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 . She had a role opposite Julia Roberts in the American romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), 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.

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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.

She has also had roles in the films Blow (2001), portraying the mother of George Jung; the historical drama Ned Kelly (2003); Step Up (2006), and the Julian Assange television biopic Underground: The Julian Assange Story (2012). In 2016, she appeared in a supporting role in Mel Gibson's biographical war drama Hacksaw Ridge , and in the docudrama miniseries When We Rise , written by Dustin Lance Black.

Onstage, Griffiths appeared in a Melbourne-based production of Proof in 2002, which earned her a Helpmann Award, and later made her Broadway debut in a 2011 critically acclaimed production of Other Desert Cities . In addition to acting, she made her directorial debut with the short film Tulip in 1998, and directed several episodes of the Australian television series Nowhere Boys in 2015.

Early life

Griffiths was born on 18 December 1968 in Melbourne, Australia, and spent her early childhood on the Gold Coast. She is the daughter of Anna and Edward Martin Griffiths. [11] She has two older brothers, Ben, and Samuel. [12] [13] She moved to Melbourne at age five, with her mother and two older brothers. Griffiths was raised Roman Catholic. [14] [13] She recalled first being inspired to become an actress after watching the U.S. miniseries Roots as a child. [15]

Griffiths attended Star of the Sea College, a Catholic girls' high school in Brighton. [16] She earned a Bachelor of Education degree in drama and dance at Victoria College, Rusden(now part of Deakin University [17] ). [18] After being rejected from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Griffiths joined the Woolly Jumpers, a Geelong-based community theatre group. [1] In 1991, she wrote and performed the one-woman show Barbie Gets Hip, which played at the Melbourne Fringe Festival in 1991. [19]

Career

1994–2000: Early work and critical recognition

Griffiths portrayed Rhonda Epinstall, the best friend of Toni Collette's titular character, in the 1994 film Muriel's Wedding. [20] Her performance won her critical acclaim and both the Australian Film Critics Award and the Australian Film Institute Awards for Best Supporting Actress. She followed in 1996 with the role of an earthy, ill-mannered pig farmer's daughter in Michael Winterbottom's Jude .

In 1997, Griffiths sparked controversy after attending uninvited the opening of the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia, while topless. She stated a wish to protest the views taken by the media and state government towards the new casino, inspired by the story of Lady Godiva. [21] [22]

Griffiths joined forces again with Muriel's Wedding director P. J. Hogan for her American film debut, My Best Friend's Wedding , in 1997. That same year she starred in My Son the Fanatic , a British film in which she portrayed a tough Yorkshire prostitute who becomes involved with a considerably older Pakistani taxicab driver, played by Om Puri. Griffiths received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of real-life flautist Hilary du Pré opposite Emily Watson as her sister, famed cellist Jacqueline "Jackie" du Pre, in Hilary and Jackie (1998). [19] After the release of Hilary and Jackie, Griffiths was cast in the starring role in the Australian comedy Me Myself I (1999). [19]

2001–2011: American television and further acclaim

In 2001, Griffiths appeared opposite Natasha Richardson in the English comedy Blow Dry , [23] playing a lesbian hairdresser who enters a hairstyling competition with her lover, followed by the Ted Demme-directed Blow (2001) opposite Johnny Depp and Ray Liotta, in which she played the mother of Boston cocaine magnate George Jung. [24] Nick Nunziata of IGN was critical of Griffiths' performance in the film, writing: "the only performance that doesn't ring true is that of Rachel Griffiths as Jung's mother...she just doesn't connect." [24]

The same year Griffiths appeared in Blow, she was cast as one of the leads in the HBO drama series Six Feet Under . Her performance as emotionally scarred massage therapist, Brenda Chenowith, earned her Golden Globe [25] and Screen Actors Guild Awards, [26] [27] as well as two Emmy Award nominations [28] over the series' five season-run. In the third season, she missed four episodes due to her first pregnancy; her second pregnancy was written into the show's final season and she appeared in almost every episode of the series. [29]

While starring on Six Feet Under, Griffiths continued to occasionally appear in the films, playing the supportive housewife of Dennis Quaid in the Walt Disney drama The Rookie (2002), and in the Australian biopic Ned Kelly (2003), opposite Heath Ledger, Geoffrey Rush, and Orlando Bloom. [30] In the spring of 2002, [31] she appeared in a Melbourne production of Proof by the American playwright David Auburn, for which she earned a Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play. [32] In 2004, she played a key role in the Hallmark film adaptation of the Kent Haruf novel Plainsong. In 2006, she became part of the ensemble cast, co-starring alongside Sally Field, Calista Flockhart, Balthazar Getty and Matthew Rhys, of the dramatic series Brothers & Sisters , in which she portrays Sarah Walker, who inherits control of the family business after her father's death. Griffiths received a 2007 Emmy nomination and a 2008 Emmy nomination for her work on the series, [33] followed by 2008 and 2009 Golden Globe nominations. [25] Griffiths starred on the series until its conclusion in 2011. Additionally, she appeared as Inez Scull in the 2008 miniseries adaptation of Larry McMurtry's Comanche Moon . [34]

Griffiths made her Broadway debut in Other Desert Cities, [35] directed by Joe Mantello and co-starring Judith Light, Stockard Channing, and Stacy Keach, which began previews on 10 October 2011, opening on 3 November 2011 in Manhattan. [36] [37] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter praised both Griffith's performance as well as the overall production, writing: "[The play] has acquired a riveting center in the raw performance of Rachel Griffiths, who makes a knockout New York stage debut. With discreet adjustments to the text and more penetrating characterizations all around from the sterling cast, the balance between comedy and intense family drama has been fine-tuned in richly satisfying ways". [38] Ben Brantley of The New York Times deemed her performance "a beautifully modulated Broadway debut". [39]

2012–2018: Return to Australia; directing

In 2012, Griffiths returned to live in her native Australia, after having lived and worked in the United States for a decade. [3] She expressed a desire to work less and spend more time with her children after having worked what she described as "80-hour-weeks" while appearing on Six Feet Under and Brothers & Sisters. [3]

In November 2013, The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Griffiths was to play Julia Gillard in a television drama based on the book, The Stalking of Julia Gillard by Kerry-Anne Walsh. [40] But the project stalled as the proposal for the film was rejected by the Australian television networks. [41] [42]

In 2015, she made her debut as a television director when she directed three episodes of the second series of the Australian teen drama Nowhere Boys . [43] [44]

In 2016, Griffiths was cast opposite Guy Pearce and Mary-Louise Parker in the American miniseries When We Rise , a docudrama focusing on LGBT rights, in which she portrays a nurse during the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States. [45] The same year, she appeared in a supporting part opposite Hugo Weaving in the Mel Gibson-directed war drama Hacksaw Ridge , [46] which earned her an AACTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress. [47] In 2018, she appears in the SBS thriller miniseries Dead Lucky , which was sold for American distribution to the streaming service SundanceNow in April 2018. [48]

In 2020, Griffiths starred in the Amazon Prime television show, The Wilds, as Gretchen Klein.

Other ventures

In 2017, Griffiths worked promoting the "No Robe" campaign for the Art Series Hotels, which invited hotel guests to pose for nude portraits in their rooms and have them brought to life by artists. [49] She also serves on the board of the Sydney Contemporary art fair. [50]

Personal life

Griffiths married Australian artist Andrew Taylor on 31 December 2002 in the chapel of her high school, Star of the Sea College, in Melbourne. [51] [1] In 2003, she and Taylor had a son, followed by a daughter in 2005. In 2009, she gave birth to her third child in Los Angeles; [52] Griffiths suffered a ruptured uterus giving birth. [53] She spent a total of three days undergoing surgery and recovered from the condition. [54]

In 2002, Griffiths stated she was an atheist. [55] However, in a 2015 interview, she revealed she was again a practising Catholic, the faith in which she was raised. [56] In 2017, she spoke out in favour of same-sex marriage in Australia. [14] She has also supported the Global Charter of Basic Rights campaign for Oxfam Australia. [19] She considers herself a feminist. [15]

After having lived and worked in the United States for nearly a decade while appearing on the series Six Feet Under and Brothers & Sisters, Griffiths returned to live in her native Australia in 2012. [3] Griffiths became a Member of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours in 2020. [57]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Muriel's Wedding Rhonda EpinstallFeature film
1996 Così LucyFeature film
1996 Jude Arabella
1996To Have & To HoldKateFeature film
1996 Children of the Revolution AnnaFeature film
1997 Welcome to Woop Woop SylviaFeature film
1997 My Son the Fanatic Bettina/Sandra
1997 My Best Friend's Wedding Samantha NewhouseFeature film, UK
1998 Among Giants GerryFeature film, UK
1998 Hilary and Jackie Hilary du Pré Feature film, UK
1998 Amy Tanya RammusFeature film
1998 Divorcing Jack Lee CooperFeature film, US
1999 Me Myself I Pamela DruryFeature film
2001 Very Annie Mary Annie Mary PughSara Sugarman
2001 Blow Ermine JungFeature film
2001 Blow Dry Sandra
2002 The Hard Word CarolFeature film
2002 The Rookie Lorri MorrisFeature film, US
2003 Ned Kelly Susan ScottFeature film
2004PlainsongMaggie JonasHallmark adaptation of the Kent Haruf novel
2006 Step Up Director Gordan
2009 Beautiful Kate SallyFeature film
2011 Burning Man Miriam
2012 Underground: The Julian Assange Story Christine AssangeTV film
2013 Patrick Matron CassidyFeature film
2013 Saving Mr. Banks Helen "Ellie" MoreheadFeature film, UK
2016 Mammal Margaret
2016 Hacksaw Ridge Bertha DossFeature film, US/Australia
2016 The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume One General LynexFeature film
2017 Don't Tell Joy ConollyFeature film
2017Jill Bilcock: Dancing the InvisibleHerselfFeature film documentary
2022 The King's Daughter AbbessFeature film
2023 Anyone but You InnieFeature film
2023 Bring Him to Me VeronicaFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993–1994 Secrets Regular role: Sarah FosterABC TV series, 13 episodes
1994 Jimeoin Various8 episodes
1995 Good Morning Australia Herself - GuestTV series, 1 episode
1995 Police Rescue ShelleyEpisode: "Breaking Strain"
1998RecoveryHerself - GuestABC TV series, 1 episode
1998 Good Morning Australia Herself - GuestTV series, 1 episode
1998 The Movie Show HerselfSBS TV series, 1 episode
1998 Denise Herself & Nadia Tass TV series, 1 episode
1999 71st Academy Awards Herself - NomineeTV special, US
1999 Good News Week Herself - GuestTV series, 1 episode
1999; 2000 The Movie Show HerselfSBS TV series, 2 episodes
1999Walking Through a MinefieldRole unknownFilm documentary
1999–2001 The Panel Herself - GuestTV series, 4 episodes
1999–2003 Late Night with Conan O'Brien Herself - GuestTV series US, 3 episodes
2000 The Movie Show HerselfSBS TV series, 1 episode
2000 Today Herself - GuestTV series, 1 episode
2000 Good Morning Australia HerselfTV series, 1 episode
2000 The House of Hits HerselfTV series, 1 episode
2001 The Panel Herself - GuestTV series, 1 episode
2001 Rove Live Herself - GuestTV series, 1 episode
2001–2005 Six Feet Under Brenda Chenowith Main role, 5 seasons, 60 episodes
2001 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards HerselfTV special, US
2002 59th Golden Globe Awards Herself - WinnerTV special, US
2002 8th Screen Actors Guild Awards Herself - NomineeTV special, US
2002; 2004 Last Call with Carson Daly Herself - GuestTV series US, 2 episodes
2002 The 2002 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards Herself - PresenterTV special, US
2002 De la mort a` la vie: Six Feet Under HerselfTV special, FRANCE
2002 Showboy Herself - Actress, 'Six Feet Under'TV documentary, US/UK
2002; 2003 Graham Norton Herself - GuestTV series UK, 3 episodes
2002 RI:SE HerselfTV series UK, 1 episode
2003 60th Golden Globe Awards Herself - NomineeTV special, US
2003 9th Screen Actors Guild Awards Herself - WinnerTV special, US
2003The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards HerselfTV special, US
2003The 2003 Australian Film Institute Awards Herself - PresenterSBS TV special
2004 10th Screen Actors Guild Awards Herself - WinnerTV special, US
2004 Enough Rope With Andrew Denton Herself - GuestABC TV series, 1 episode
2004 Kath & Kim HerselfABC TV series, 1 episode: "The Mango Espadrille"
2005 11th Screen Actors Guild Awards Herself - NomineeTV special, US
2005 Live with Kelly and Ryan Herself - GuestTV series US, 1 episode
2005 Late Show with David Letterman Herself - GuestTV series US, 1 episode
2005; 2008 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Herself - GuestTV series US, 1 episode
2005 Angel Rodriguez NicoleTelevision movie
2005 Six Feet Under: In Memoriam HerselfTV documentary, US
2006 12th Screen Actors Guild Awards Herself - NomineeTV special, US
2006–2011 Brothers & Sisters Sarah Walker Main role, 5 seasons, 109 episodes
2007 18th Annual GLAAD Media Awards HerselfTV special, US
2007The 2007 TV Week Logie Awards HerselfTV special
2007 The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Herself - NomineeTV special, US
2007 Brothers & Sisters: Family Album Herself / Sarah WhedonTV special, US
2007 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Herself - GuestTV series US, 1 episode
2007 The Sounds of Aus HerselfTV special
2008 Entertainment Tonight HerselfTV series US, 1 episode
2008 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Herself - GuestTV series US, 1 episode
2008 Comanche Moon Inez Scull3 episodes
2008 TV Guide Live at the Emmy Awards HerselfTV special, US
2008 SAG Foundation Conversations HerselfTV series US, 1 episode
2009 2009 Golden Globe Awards Herself - NomineeTV special, US
2009 Australia Unites: The Victorian Bushfire Appeal HerselfTV special
2009The 51st Annual TV Week Logie Awards HerselfTV special
2009 Flickerfest on Extra HerselfTV documentary
2009 Dancing with the Stars Herself - Guest appearanceTV series, 1 episode
2009 The Jay Leno Show Herself - GuestTV series US, 1 episode
2009 2009 Golden Globe Awards Red Carpet Special HerselfTV special, US
2010 Rake Eddie LanghornEpisode: "R v Langhorn"
2012 At the Movies HerselfTV series, 1 episode
2012 I Will Survive Herself - JudgeTV series, 2 episodes
2013 Good Day L.A. Herself - GuestTV series US, 1 episode
2013 Paper Giants: Magazine Wars Dulcie BolingABC TV miniseries, 2 episodes
2013 Camp MacKenzie Granger10 episodes
2014 Rebels of Oz: Germaine, Clive, Barry & Bob HerselfABC TV series, 2 episodes
2014 Q&A HerselfABC TV series, 1 episode
2014 House Husbands BelleRecurring role
2016 Who Do You Think You Are? HerselfSBS TV series, 1 episode
2016 Indian Summers Sirene3 episodes
2016 Barracuda Samantha Taylor4 episodes
2017 Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Making HerselfABC TV special
2017The 59th Annual TV Week Logie Awards HerselfTV special
2017 When We Rise Diane JonesMiniseries
2017 David Stratton: A Cinematic Life HerselfTV series, 1 episode
2017The Osiris Child: First LookHerselfShort film documentary
2017The Osiris Child: Living Off WorldHerselfShort film documentary
2017The Osiris Child: A Bigger WorldHerselfShort film documentary
2017 The Archibald Herself - NarratorTV documentary
2017Don't Tell: InterviewsHerselfShort film documentary
2017 Making Muriel Herself - the original 'Rhonda'ABC TV special
2017 7th AACTA Awards HerselfTV special
2018 Dead Lucky Grace GibbsMiniseries
2019 The Living Room HerselfTV series, 1 episode
2019 News Breakfast Herself & Michelle PayneABC TV series, 1 episode
2019 Studio 10 Herself & Michelle PayneTV series, 1 episode
2019 The Project Herself - GuestTV series, 1 episode
2019 Today HerselfTV series, 1 episode
2019 Sunrise HerselfTV series, 1 episode
2019Today ExtraHerself & Michelle PayneTV series, 1 episode
2019–2021, 2024 Total Control [58] Regular role: Rachel AndersonABC TV series
2019 9th AACTA Awards HerselfTV special
2020 The Wilds Regular role: Gretchen KleinTV series
2020Girls On FilmHerselfTV series UK, 1 episode
2021 Finding the Archibald Herself - PresenterABC TV series, 3 episodes
2021 Aftertaste MargotABC TV series
2021 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Herself - ContestantTV series, 1 episode
2022 Bali 2002 Lead role: Dr Fiona WoodTV miniseries, 4 episodes
2022Celebrity PageHerselfTV series US, 1 episode
2022 Great Southern Landscapes HerselfTV series, 6 episodes
2022 Sunrise HerselfTV series, 1 episode
2024Madam [59] McKenzie Leigh

As director

YearTitleNotes
1998TulipShort film
Also writer
2015 Nowhere Boys Series 2, episode 8
Series 2, episode 9
Series 2, episode 10
2019 Ride Like a Girl Also producer

Stage credits

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1987 Macbett Victoria College Rusden Campus Drama [31]
1988 Two Gentlemen of Verona Victoria College Rusden Campus Drama [31]
1988The InspectorVictoria College Rusden Campus Drama [31]
1989 A Chaste Maid in Cheapside Victoria College Rusden Campus Drama [31]
1990A Fantasy in Three DreamsVictoria College Rusden Campus Drama [31]
1991Skin DeepVictoria College Rusden Campus Drama [31]
1991Barbie Gets HipAlso writer; one-woman show performed at Melbourne Fringe Festival [19]
1992WednesdayWith theatre group The Woolly Jumpers, Melbourne [31]
1994 The Grapes of Wrath Melbourne Theatre Company [60]
1994 The Sisters Rosensweig Melbourne Theatre Company [31]
1996–97 Sylvia SylviaMelbourne Theatre Company [61]
1998 A Doll's House NoraMelbourne Theatre Company [62]
2002 Proof CatherineMelbourne Theatre Company [63]
2011–12 Other Desert Cities Brooke Wyeth Broadway debut; 261 performances [64]
2012 8 Exclusive two night-run; readings in Melbourne and Sydney [31]

Awards and nominations

Griffiths has received nominations for multiple awards. In 1994, her role in the comedy-drama film Muriel's Wedding (1994) saw her nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She received an additional five AACTA nominations: three for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Amy (1997), Me Myself I (2000) and The Hard Word (2002); and two more for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Beautiful Kate (2009) and Hacksaw Ridge (2016). Of these six nominations, she won two awards: Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Muriel's Wedding and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Beautiful Kate.

Achieving further success overseas, Griffiths was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1999 for her role in the biographical film Hilary and Jackie (1998). This performance made her the seventh Australian woman to be nominated for an Academy Award in an acting category. She has also been nominated for two BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards (winning one for Six Feet Under ), four Primetime Emmy Awards and six Screen Actors Guild Awards (winning two for Six Feet Under).

Notes

  1. Sources reporting on Griffiths' place of birth are conflicting: some, such as TV Guide [1] and AllMovie [2] claim she was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, while others, such as The Courier-Mail , [3] and The Age , [4] and Screen World [5] claim she was born in Melbourne.
  2. Sources differ in regard to Griffith's exact date of birth, though they share in common the birth year of 1968. Rotten Tomatoes, [6] Playbill , [7] and The Boston Globe , [8] among others, list her birthdate as 18 December. Alternate sources claim 20 February [9] [10] and 4 June. [2] [5]

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