Rachel Griffiths
Rachel Griffiths
Rachel Anne Griffithsis an Australian actress and director. She came to prominence with the 1994 film Muriel's Wedding and her Academy Award nominated performance in Hilary and Jackie. She is best known for her portrayals of Brenda Chenowith in the HBO series Six Feet Under and Sarah Walker Laurent on the ABC primetime drama Brothers & Sisters. Her work in film and television has earned her a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and three Australian Film Institute...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth18 December 1968
CityMelbourne, Australia
CountryUnited States of America
A Golden Globe is a mood-altering substance, there's no doubt about that.
The thing you just have to know about Brenda is that her good intention is there.
It's like Australia gets to go to the Super Bowl. You know they're going crazy for it, I think there's this huge party in Sydney.
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.
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.
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 realize my dreams.
I get paid to move people, and in this as a supporting actor to support Dennis - I kind of explore the part of the story that's not about baseball.
I just felt like I had to make her true for myself,
I had a fear of being away from Australia so I've gotten home four times this year, during this season, which is basically every seven weeks.
The closest thing I've got to baseball is playing rounders at school or my brothers using me as a cricket stump and throwing cricket balls at me!
I'm so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realize the kind of collective vision.
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.
I think a big part of our attraction to sport movies are the stories contained within the sports.
I think baseball - the baseball genre - is this mitt, to use a double pun there, to catch a whole bunch of themes.