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.

In 2000 Rachel Griffiths stated in a Madison magazine interview that Rachel Griffiths is an atheist. Hogan for her American film debut My Best Friend's Wedding in 1997. She moved to Melbourne at the age of five with her mother and two older brothers.

Her work in film and television has earned her a Golden Globe Award two Screen Actors Guild Awards and three Australian Film Institute Awards. Rachel Anne Griffiths (born 18 December 1968) is an Australian film and television actress. 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.