Rachel Griffiths

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Rachel Anne Griffiths (born on 18 December 1968) is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-nominated Australian film and television actress . She is perhaps best known for her roles as Brenda Chenowith in Six Feet Under, Sarah Whedon in Brothers &amp; Sisters, and her role in the films Hilary and Jackie and Muriel's Wedding.<p>Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Griffiths grew up in Melbourne with her art consultant mother and two older brothers. After earning a Bachelor of Education degree in drama and dance at Victoria College, Rusden, she began her career as a member of Woolly Jumpers, a community theatre group. She had her first success as the creator and performer of Barbie Gets Hip, which played at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 1991.<p>Griffiths and Toni Collette were relative unknowns when they were cast as best friends and fellow outcasts in the 1994 film Muriel's Wedding. Her performance won her critical acclaim and both the Australian Film...