Biography
Australian actress Rachel Griffiths burst onto the big screen as Toni Collette's spitfire sidekick in the sleeper hit "Muriel's Wedding" (1994) before going on to appear in over a dozen Australian, British and American films including "Hilary and Jackie" (1998), "Blow" (2001) and "Ned Kelly" (2004). In 2001, the actress - best known for emotional and intellectual characters - was perfectly cast in the highly acclaimed HBO series "Six Feet …
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Career Milestones
1991 | First role in the short film "Barbie Gets Hip"; screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival |
1991 | Joined the Australian theater group Woolly Jumpers |
1993 | Played leading role in the Australian TV series, "Secrets" |
1994 | Breakthrough screen role in P.J. Hogan's "Muriel's Wedding"; co-starred with Toni Collette as best friends and fellow outcasts |
1996 | Feaured role as the ill-mannered pig farmer's wife in Michael Winterbottom's "Jude" |
1996 | Re-teamed with Collette for the Austrailan film "Cosi" |
1997 | Had leading role in the British film "My Son the Fanatic" |
1997 | Re-teamed with P.J. Hogan to play a supporting role in "My Best Friend's Wedding" |
1998 | Co-starred in "Divorcing Jack," playing a woman who works for a strip-o-gram firm |
1998 | Directed (also produced and wrote) the 14-minute short "Tulip" |
1998 | Had one of her best screen roles as flautist Hilary du Pre, the older sister of famed cellist Jacqueline du Pre (played by Emily Watson) in the biopic "Hilary and Jackie" |
1999 | Played a single magazine writer who seemingly enters a parallel world where she finds herself married with children in "Me Myself I" |
2001 | Cast in the title role of "Very Annie Mary" |
2001 | First major series role on American Television, playing Brenda Chenowith on the award-winning HBO series, "Six Feet Under" |
2001 | Portrayed Johnny Depp's hysterical mother in "Blow" |
2002 | Portrayed Dennis Quaid's wife in "The Rookie" |
2003 | Cast as the female lead in the dark comedy "The Hard Word" |
2004 | Starred with Heath Ledger, Naomi Watts and Geoffrey Rush in the Australian crime drama "Ned Kelly" |
2006 | Cast as the eldest sibling in the ABC drama, "Brothers and Sisters" |
2008 | Played Inez Scull in the CBS mini-series of Larry McMurtry's "Comanche Moon" |
2011 | Cast in her Broadway debut in the society drama, "Other Desert Cities" |
Awards
1998 | Academy Award for Actress In a Supporting Role in Hilary and Jackie |
1999 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Hilary and Jackie |
2001 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Six Feet Under |
2002 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in Six Feet Under |
2002 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in Six Feet Under |
2002 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Six Feet Under |
2003 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in Six Feet Under |
2003 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Six Feet Under |
2004 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Six Feet Under |
2005 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Six Feet Under |
2006 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Six Feet Under |
2007 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Brothers & Sisters |
2007 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in Brothers & Sisters |
2008 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Brothers & Sisters |
2008 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in Brothers & Sisters |