Rachel Griffiths is an Australian actress who is best known for her portrayal as the eldest sister in the TV drama series, Brothers and Sisters co-starring Calista Flockhart and Sally Field, as well as her role in Six Feet Under. Rachel Griffiths however, became famous in the movie Muriel’s Wedding, started auditioning for parts in American TV and movies soon after that. She has received much acclaim from the acting community and received a Golden Globe Award, 2 Screen Actors’ Guild Awards, and three Australian Film Institute Awards.

Rachel Griffiths started her acting career as a member of the Woolly Jumpers a theater group just after she finished drama college. In 2006 she came together with Toni Collette who was also unknown at the time to do Muriel’s Wedding which earned them both acclaim and respect from the acting community and was the boost of their professional careers in the United States.

Following the success of the movie, Rachel Griffiths went on to do Jude in 1996 as well as Cosi and Children of the Revolution, after which she teamed up with director P.J Hogan for the American version, My Best Friend’s Wedding starring Julia Roberts. In the same year she also did My Son the Fanatic for which she earned a British Independent Film Award nomination. In 1998, she did Hilary and Jackie for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Other movies she did in 1998 include Amy, Divorcing Jack, Among Giants, and her first short film Tulip, which was her writing and directing debut. Tulip was well received and earned various awards at film festivals. In the 1999 Me, Myself and I Rachel Griffiths was nominated for Best Leading Actress in the Australian Film Institute Awards and the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards.

In Blow (2001), Rachel Griffiths played Johnny Depp’s mother, even though she is 5 years younger than him and also acted opposite Ray Liotta. In the same year, Rachel Griffiths also starred in Very Annie Mary and Blow Dry. Along with her wins for her role in Six Feet Under in 2001, Rachel Griffiths also received Emmy Award nominations and during the filming of this also starred as Dennis Quaid’s wife in The Rookie which was released in 2002. In 2002, she also acted in The Hard Word opposite Guy Pearce, and this earned her yet another Australian Film Institute Award for Best Leading Actress.

In 2003 she played the part of Susan Scott in Ned Kelly with a cast of Hollywood stars including the late Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Naomi Watts, and Gregory Rush. In this she also wrote and directed her second short, Roundabout. After a break in 2004 she did Angel Rodriguez and then went onto do Brothers and Sisters in 2006 as well as playing the part of Director Gordon in the dance movie Step Up. 2006 saw her take a part in Comanche Moon, a TV mini-series, followed by Beautiful Kate in 2009 opposite Ben Mendelsohn. In 2011 she landed a part in The Burning Man with Matthew Goode.