Rose Byrne(I)
- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Rose Byrne was born in Balmain, Sydney, Australia. She is the daughter
of Jane, a primary school administrator, and Robin Byrne, a
semi-retired statistician and market researcher.
She landed her first role in a movie,
Dallas Doll (1994), when she was 15
years old.
Since then, Rose has appeared in a variety of Australian televisions
shows including
Heartbreak High (1994),
Echo Point (1995), and the film
Two Hands (1999) alongside
Heath Ledger. After this, she appeared in
various movies like The Date (1999),
My Mother Frank (2000), and
Clara Law's
The Goddess of 1967 (2000)
for which she obtained the Female Volpi Cup at the Venice Festival in
2000.
Her first experience on a big-budget movie came when she played
handmaiden, Dormé, to Natalie Portman,
Padmé Amidala, in
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002).
In 2003, she starred, coincidentally, as Rose Mortmain in the
adaptation of Dodie Smith's
I Capture the Castle (2003).
In 2004, she acted in
Wicker Park (2004) with
Diane Kruger and
Josh Hartnett. Here, she heard
Wolfgang Petersen was looking for an
actress for Briseis in his next movie
Troy (2004) with
Brad Pitt, she got the part and was recognised
as one of the most promising actresses in Hollywood.
After Troy (2004), she played Edith in a TV
adaptation of Casanova (2005). In
September 2005, she started to act in
Sunshine (2007), a
Danny Boyle movie, where she plays the pilot
in a space mission.
of Jane, a primary school administrator, and Robin Byrne, a
semi-retired statistician and market researcher.
She landed her first role in a movie,
Dallas Doll (1994), when she was 15
years old.
Since then, Rose has appeared in a variety of Australian televisions
shows including
Heartbreak High (1994),
Echo Point (1995), and the film
Two Hands (1999) alongside
Heath Ledger. After this, she appeared in
various movies like The Date (1999),
My Mother Frank (2000), and
Clara Law's
The Goddess of 1967 (2000)
for which she obtained the Female Volpi Cup at the Venice Festival in
2000.
Her first experience on a big-budget movie came when she played
handmaiden, Dormé, to Natalie Portman,
Padmé Amidala, in
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002).
In 2003, she starred, coincidentally, as Rose Mortmain in the
adaptation of Dodie Smith's
I Capture the Castle (2003).
In 2004, she acted in
Wicker Park (2004) with
Diane Kruger and
Josh Hartnett. Here, she heard
Wolfgang Petersen was looking for an
actress for Briseis in his next movie
Troy (2004) with
Brad Pitt, she got the part and was recognised
as one of the most promising actresses in Hollywood.
After Troy (2004), she played Edith in a TV
adaptation of Casanova (2005). In
September 2005, she started to act in
Sunshine (2007), a
Danny Boyle movie, where she plays the pilot
in a space mission.