Rachel Anne Griffiths was born on 18 December 1968 in Newcastle, New South Wales, UK. She is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-nominated Australian film and television actress .

In 1993, Griffiths burst onto Australian television screens in the lead role of trainee spy, Sarah Foster, in the Australian Broadcasting Company TV series Secrets.

In 1996, she co-starred in Cosi, as the law-student girlfriend of a drifter, made her international debut in Michael Winterbottom's Jude, as the sexy first wife who eventually abandons Christopher Eccleston's title character.

She also starred in Blow Dry (2001), Blow (2001), Step Up (2006) and TV Episodes "Brothers & Sisters".

Griffiths married Australian artist Andrew Taylor, on 31 December 2002.

Filmography

• "Comanche Moon" (2007)
• "Brothers & Sisters" (24 episodes, 2006-2007)
• Step Up (2006)
• The Suffering: Ties That Bind (2005)
• Angel (2005)
• "Six Feet Under" (60 episodes, 2001-2005)
• Plainsong (2004)
• "After the Deluge" (2003)
• Ned Kelly (2003)
• The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina (2002)
• The Hard Word (2002)
• The Rookie (2002)
• Very Annie Mary (2001)
• Blow (2001)
• Blow Dry (2001)
• Me Myself I (1999)
• Hilary and Jackie (1998)
• Amy (1998)
• Divorcing Jack (1998)
• Among Giants (1998)
• Since You've Been Gone (1998)
• "Once a Thief" (1 episode, 1998)
• My Son the Fanatic (1997)
• My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
• Welcome to Woop Woop (1997)
• To Have and to Hold (1996)
• Jude (1996)
• Children of the Revolution (1996)
• Cosi (1996)
• "Police Rescue" (1 episode, 1995)
• Small Treasures (1995)
• Muriel's Wedding (1994)
• "Jimeoin" (1994)
• The Feds (1993)
• "Secrets" (1993)

Awards

• The Actor Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series "Six Feet Under" 2002
• Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television "Six Feet under" 2001
• Australian Film Institute Award Best Supporting Actress "Muriel's Wedding" 1994
• Film Critics Circle of Australia Award Best Supporting Actress "Muriel's Wedding" 1994