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Rachel Anne Griffiths was born on 18 December 1968, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and is an actress, best known for establishing her career in the 1994 film “Muriel’s Wedding”. She was also nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in “Hilary and Jackie”. All of her efforts have helped put her net worth to where it is today.

How rich is Rachel Griffiths? As of early-2017, sources inform us of a net worth that is at $6 million, mostly earned through a successful career as an actress. She’s received two Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Australian Film Institute Awards, and a Golden Globe Award for her work. As she continues her career, it is expected that her wealth will also continue to increase.

Rachel Griffiths Net Worth $6 million

Rachel attended the Star of the Sea College, and after matriculating would attend Victoria College, graduating with a degree in Education in drama and dance. She then joined the community theatre group, the Woolly Jumpers during the start of her career. In 1991, she became part of “Barbie Gets Hip” which was shown at the Melbourne Fringe Festival.

Relatively unknown in the industry, Rachel was cast as best friends along with Toni Collette in “Muriel’s Wedding”; her performance there would gain critical acclaim and she won Best Supporting Actress at both the Australian Film Critics and the Australian Film Institute Awards. Two years later, she became part of “Jude” as a rude pig farmer’s daughter. In 1997, she then started controversy when she went to the Crown Casino opening uninvited and topless as a stand against the new casino. She then made her American film debut in “My Best Friend’s Wedding” which was directed by “Muriel’s Wedding” director PJ Hogan. In the same year, she played a Yorkshire prostitute in “My Son the Fanatic”, and then played cellist Jacqueline du Pre in the film “Hilary and Jackie” which would earn her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her net worth started increasing significantly at this point.

In 2001, Griffiths appeared in “Blow” opposite Ray Liotta and Johnny Depp. She was then cast as one of the leads of “Six Feet Under” in which she played massage therapist Brenda Chenowith; her performance in the show would win her numerous awards including Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Golden Globe Award. She also gained good reviews in her supporting role in “The Rookie” opposite Dennis Quaid. In 2006, Rachel was cast in “Brothers & Sisters” playing Sarah Walker, and her work in the show would earn her two Emmy Award nominations. She also had two Golden Globe nominations before appearing in the mini-series adaptation of “Comanche Moon”. In 2011, she made her Broadway debut in “Other Desert Cities”. One of her latest endeavors is trying her hand at television directing, doing three episodes of “Nowhere Boys”. Her consistent performances – and so being in demand – has meant a steady rise in her net worth.

For her personal life, it is known that Rachel married artist Andrew Taylor in 2002. They have three children, and her second pregnancy was written into the final season of “Six Feet Under”.



Full Name Rachel Griffiths
Net Worth $6 Million
Date Of Birth December 18, 1968
Place Of Birth Melbourne, Australia
Height 1.77 m
Profession Actress
Education Victoria College, Melbourne
Nationality American
Spouse Andrew Taylor
Children Adelaide Rose Taylor, Banjo Patrick Taylor, Clementine Grace Taylor
Parents Edward Griffiths, Anna Griffiths
Siblings Ben Griffiths
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341737/
Awards AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television, AACTA Awards – Australian Film Institute International Award…
Nominations Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Drama, AACTA Award for B…
Movies Muriel’s Wedding, The Rookie, Hilary and Jackie, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Hacksaw Ridge, Saving Mr. Banks, Blow, Step Up, The Hard Word, Among Giants, Blow Dry, Patrick, Very Annie Mary, My Son the Fanatic, Jude, Beautiful Kate, Me, Myself, I, Mammal, Amy, Divorcing Jack, Children of the Revolution…
TV Shows Brothers & Sisters, Six Feet Under, Comanche Moon, Secrets
Quote
1 I’m pretty ruthless about that; I think when you sign over your story, you sign over your story.
2 I’m quite intuitive about what I pick. Often it’s to do with what I’ve just done and how I’m feeling.
3 I’m so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realise the kind of collective vision.
4 People going into the cities for the opportunities and the towns are getting older, no young people.
5 The filmmaker’s got to make it his story and the actors have got to make it their story.
6 You know Texas is – even more now that Enron has bit the dust – it’s held up on the back of small businesses.
7 Why movies are so powerful is because you are right in there and you stay in there until they want you to come out, and then you’ve really gone somewhere.
8 We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama.
9 And I grew up watching all the British ones so when you hear that from an early age, it makes it much easier than you guys who don’t grow up with Australian television or British television.
10 I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardising the greater good – which is the family.
11 We’ve got our football where no one wears anything and the guys are in little shorts and they beat the crap out of each other, and they can catch it and they can kick it, and it’s the only place it’s played in the world.
12 There’s nothing as exciting as a comeback – seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance.
13 It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realise my dreams.
14 I’m developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer.
15 A Golden Globe is a mood-altering substance, there’s no doubt about that.
16 But just playing the partner of someone famous, I had a lot more freedom.
17 I grew up on cricket and I think Australian kids are getting so Americanized, you know?
18 I just don’t see where I could possibly fit in directing a feature.
19 I think a big part of our attraction to sport movies are the stories contained within the sports.
20 I think baseball – the baseball genre – is this mitt, to use a double pun there, to catch a whole bunch of themes.
21 I think family movies have gotten so rich in this country.
Fact
1 Lives on the northern beaches in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [2000]
2 Lives in Los Angeles, California, USA. [2007]
3 Returned to work one month after giving birth to her daughter Clementine in order to resume filming Brothers & Sisters (2006).
4 Daughter, Clementine Grace Taylor, was born [June 21, 2009] with husband Andrew Taylor.
5 Plays Dennis Quaid’s wife in The Rookie (2002) and Val Kilmer’s wife in Comanche Moon (2008). Quaid played “Doc” Holliday in Wyatt Earp (1994), and Kilmer played the same part in Tombstone (1993).
6 Plays Ermine Jung, George’s (Johnny Depp’s) mother, in Blow (2001), although she’s actually five years younger than Depp.
7 Graduated from Victoria College in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia with a bachelors degree in Education.
8 Married her husband in a moonlit ceremony, on New Year’s Eve in their hometown of Melbourne, Australia.
9 Daughter, Adelaide Rose Taylor, was born at 8 lbs, in Los Angeles, California [June 23, 2005] with husband Andrew Taylor.
10 Son, Banjo Patrick Taylor, born in Melbourne, Australia [November 22, 2003] with husband Andrew Taylor.
11 Rachel and her husband, Andrew Taylor, are reportedly donating all their wedding gifts and money from sales of their wedding photographs to the Sacred Heart Mission in Melbourne, Australia.
12 Announced her engagement to Australian artist Andrew Taylor. [June 2002]
13 Ran topless through Melbourne’s Crown Casino on its opening night in protest. Was asked by media why she felt the need to do so and replied :”If I didn’t flash my tits, you wouldn’t have put me in the paper!”
14 Once said to Bill Hunter, in a bout of insecurity, on the set of Muriel’s Wedding (1994), “I’m kinda waiting for them to find out that I can’t act”. He encouraged her with the reply, “Rachel, I’ve been waiting 40 years, and they never find out!”
15 Often mistaken for actress Juliette Lewis, to whom she bears a striking resemblance
16 Was involved with actor Eric Stoltz while in Wales filming Very Annie Mary (2001).

Actress

Title Year Status Character
Don’t Tell 2017 post-production Joy Conolly
The King’s Daughter 2017 completed Abbess
When We Rise 2017 TV Mini-Series post-production Diane
Stalking Julia TV Movie announced Julia Gillard
The Peter Austin Noto Show 2016 TV Series
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child 2016 General Lynex
Hacksaw Ridge 2016 Bertha Doss
Little Acorns 2016 TV Series Head Of The Parent Committee
Barracuda 2016 TV Mini-Series Mrs. Taylor
Indian Summers 2016 TV Mini-Series Sirene
Mammal 2016 Margaret
Deadline Gallipoli 2015 TV Mini-Series Lady Hamilton
House Husbands 2014 TV Series Belle
Saving Mr. Banks 2013 Aunt Ellie
Camp 2013 TV Series Mackenzie ‘Mack’ Granger
Patrick 2013 Matron Cassidy
Paper Giants: Magazine Wars 2013 TV Mini-Series Dulcie Boling
I Will Survive 2012 TV Series
Underground: The Julian Assange Story 2012 Christine Assange
Butterflies 2012/I Short Claire (voice)
Burning Man 2011/I Miriam
Brothers & Sisters 2006-2011 TV Series Sarah Walker Sarah Whedon Nora Traylor
Rake 2010 TV Series Eddie Langhorn
Beautiful Kate 2009 Sally Kendall
Comanche Moon 2008 TV Mini-Series Inez Scull
Step Up 2006 Director Gordon
The Suffering: Ties That Bind 2005 Video Game Jordan (voice)
Angel 2005 TV Movie Nicole
Six Feet Under 2001-2005 TV Series Brenda Chenowith
Plainsong 2004 TV Movie Maggie Jonas
After the Deluge 2003 TV Movie Annie
Ned Kelly 2003 Susan Scott
The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina 2002 Video Albertine (voice)
The Hard Word 2002 Carol Twentyman
The Rookie 2002 Lorri Morris
Very Annie Mary 2001 Annie Mary Pugh
Blow 2001 Ermine Jung
Blow Dry 2001 Sandra
Me Myself I 1999 Pamela Drury
Hilary and Jackie 1998 Hilary Du Pré
Divorcing Jack 1998 Lee Cooper
Among Giants 1998 Gerry
Since You’ve Been Gone 1998 TV Movie Sally Zalinsky
Once a Thief 1998 TV Series Miranda
My Son the Fanatic 1997 Bettina / Sandra
Amy 1997/II Tanya Rammus
My Best Friend’s Wedding 1997 Samantha Newhouse
Welcome to Woop Woop 1997 Sylvia
To Have & to Hold 1996 Kate
Jude 1996 Arabella
Children of the Revolution 1996 Anna
Cosi 1996 Lucy
Small Treasures 1995 Short Jane
Police Rescue 1995 TV Series Shelley
Muriel’s Wedding 1994 Rhonda Epinstalk
Jimeoin 1994 TV Series Various Characters
Secrets 1993-1994 TV Series Sarah Foster
The Feds 1993 TV Movie Angelia Braglia
Fast Forward 1992 TV Series Additional Cast

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Little Acorns 2016 TV Series executive producer – 9 episodes

Director

Title Year Status Character
Nowhere Boys 2015 TV Series 3 episodes
Roundabout 2003 Short
Tulip 2000 Short

Writer

Title Year Status Character
Roundabout 2003 Short written by
Tulip 2000 Short written by

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Six Feet Under 2005 TV Series performer – 1 episode

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
HBO First Look 1997 TV Series documentary special thanks – 1 episode

Self

Title Year Status Character
Good Day L.A. 2013 TV Series Herself – Guest
I Will Survive 2012 TV Series Herself – Judge
At the Movies 2012 TV Series Herself
2009 Golden Globe Awards Red Carpet Special 2009 TV Special Herself
The Jay Leno Show 2009 TV Series Herself – Guest
Dancing with the Stars 2009 TV Series Herself – Guest Appearance
Flickerfest on Extra 2009 TV Series documentary Herself
The 51st Annual TV Week Logie Awards 2009 TV Special Herself
Australia Unites: The Victorian Bushfire Appeal 2009 TV Movie Herself
The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2009 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
TV Guide Live at the Emmy Awards 2008 TV Special Herself
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 2005-2008 TV Series Herself – Guest
Entertainment Tonight 2008 TV Series Herself
The Sounds of Aus 2007 TV Movie documentary Herself
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2007 TV Series Herself – Guest
Brothers & Sisters: Family Album 2007 TV Movie Herself / Sarah Whedon
The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards 2007 TV Special Herself – Nominated: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
The 2007 TV Week Logie Awards 2007 TV Special Herself
18th Annual GLAAD Media Awards 2007 TV Special Herself
12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2006 TV Special Herself
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam 2005 TV Movie documentary Herself
Late Show with David Letterman 2005 TV Series Herself – Guest
Live with Kelly and Michael 2005 TV Series Herself – Guest
11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2005 TV Special Herself
Kath & Kim 2004 TV Series Herself
Enough Rope with Andrew Denton 2004 TV Series Herself – Guest
Last Call with Carson Daly 2002-2004 TV Series Herself – Guest
10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2004 TV Special Herself
The 2003 Australian Film Institute Awards 2003 TV Special Herself – Presenter
V Graham Norton 2002-2003 TV Series Herself – Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1999-2003 TV Series Herself – Guest
The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards 2003 TV Movie documentary Herself
9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2003 TV Special Herself
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 1999-2003 TV Series Herself – Guest
The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2003 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Best Actress in a Television Series Drama
RI:SE 2002 TV Series Herself
Showboy 2002 Herself – Actress, ‘Six Feet Under’
De la mort à la vie: Six Feet Under 2002 TV Movie documentary Herself
8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2002 TV Special Herself
The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2002 TV Special documentary Herself – Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 2001 TV Special
Rove Live 2001 TV Series Herself
The Panel 1999-2001 TV Series Herself
The 71st Annual Academy Awards 1999 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Walking Through a Minefield 1999 Documentary

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Brothers & Sisters: A Family Matter 2007 TV Movie Sarah Whedon
VH1: All Access 2003 TV Series Herself

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2010 FCCA Award Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards Best Supporting Actor – Female Beautiful Kate (2009)
2009 AFI Award Australian Film Institute Best Supporting Actress Beautiful Kate (2009)
2006 AFI International Award Australian Film Institute Best Actress Six Feet Under (2001)
2004 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Six Feet Under (2001)
2003 Camie Character and Morality in Entertainment Awards The Rookie (2002)
2003 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Six Feet Under (2001)
2002 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Six Feet Under (2001)
2002 Best Australian Short Film Melbourne International Film Festival Roundabout (2003)
2002 Film Discovery Jury Award US Comedy Arts Festival Best Actress Very Annie Mary (2001)
1999 Audience Award – Special Recognition Aspen Shortsfest Tulip (2000)
1999 ‘Watch It!’ Award Aspen Shortsfest Tulip (2000)
1999 Best of the Festival Palm Springs International ShortFest Tulip (2000)
1998 OCIC Award Melbourne International Film Festival Tulip (2000)
1995 FCCA Award Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards Best Supporting Actor – Female Muriel’s Wedding (1994)
1994 AFI Award Australian Film Institute Best Actress in a Supporting Role Muriel’s Wedding (1994)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2017 AACTA Award Australian Film Institute Best Supporting Actress Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
2016 IFTA Award Irish Film and Television Awards Best International Actress Mammal (2016)
2013 PFCS Award Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Acting Ensemble Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
2009 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Brothers & Sisters (2006)
2008 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Brothers & Sisters (2006)
2008 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Brothers & Sisters (2006)
2008 AFI International Award Australian Film Institute Best Actress Brothers & Sisters (2006)
2008 Gold Derby TV Award Gold Derby Awards Ensemble of the Year Brothers & Sisters (2006)
2007 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Brothers & Sisters (2006)
2007 AFI International Award Australian Film Institute Best Actress Brothers & Sisters (2006)
2007 Gold Derby TV Award Gold Derby Awards Drama Supporting Actress Brothers & Sisters (2006)
2007 Satellite Award Satellite Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Brothers & Sisters (2006)
2006 Gold Derby TV Award Gold Derby Awards Drama Supporting Actress Six Feet Under (2001)
2006 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Six Feet Under (2001)
2005 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Six Feet Under (2001)
2003 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama Six Feet Under (2001)
2003 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Six Feet Under (2001)
2002 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Six Feet Under (2001)
2002 AFI Award Australian Film Institute Best Actress in a Leading Role The Hard Word (2002)
2002 AFI Award Australian Film Institute Best Short Fiction Film Roundabout (2003)
2002 OFTA Television Award Online Film & Television Association Best Actress in a Drama Series Six Feet Under (2001)
2002 OFTA Television Award Online Film & Television Association Best Actress in a New Drama Series Six Feet Under (2001)
2002 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Six Feet Under (2001)
2002 TCA Award Television Critics Association Awards Individual Achievement in Drama Six Feet Under (2001)
2001 FCCA Award Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards Best Actor – Female Me Myself I (1999)
2001 Stinker Award The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards Most Annoying Fake Accent: Female Blow (2001)
2000 AFI Award Australian Film Institute Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Me Myself I (1999)
1999 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Actress in a Supporting Role Hilary and Jackie (1998)
1999 British Independent Film Award British Independent Film Awards Best Actress Hilary and Jackie (1998)
1999 CFCA Award Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Hilary and Jackie (1998)
1999 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Supporting Actress Hilary and Jackie (1998)
1999 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Hilary and Jackie (1998)
1998 AFI Award Australian Film Institute Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Amy (1997)
1998 British Independent Film Award British Independent Film Awards Best Performance by a British Actress in an Independent Film My Son the Fanatic (1997)

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