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Rose Byrne

Rose Byrne, 2008
Born Mary Rose Byrne
24 July 1979 (1979-07-24) (age 29)
Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation Actress
Years active 1994–present

Mary Rose Byrne1 (born 24 July 1979) is an Australian actress.

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Early life

Byrne was born in Balmain, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, of Irish and Scottish descent, the daughter of Jane, a primary school administrator, and Robin Byrne, a semi-retired statistician and market researcher.2 She attended Balmain Public School and Hunters Hill High School before attending Bradfield Senior College in Crows Nest. She has an older brother, George, and two older sisters, Alice and Lucy. She began taking acting classes at age eight, joining the Australian Theatre for Young People and also attended the University of Sydney. In 1999 Byrne studied acting at the Atlantic Theatre Company developed by David Mamet and William H. Macy. Known to family and close family friends as Chabs after a family cat she had in her youth named Chablis, after the wine, a favourite of her native Australia. Both Byrne's parents are atheists, while she describes herself as agnostic.3

Career

Byrne4 was cast in her first film role, Dallas Doll, when she was 12 years old. She has appeared in a variety of Australian television shows including Heartbreak High, Echo Point, and the film Two Hands alongside Heath Ledger. She appeared in The Date, My Mother Frank, and Clara Law's The Goddess of 1967 for which she obtained the Female Volpi Cup at the 2000 Venice Film Festival. Meanwhile, she appeared as a guest in an episode of the cop drama series Murder Call. She also acted on stage, playing a lead role in La Dispute and starred in a production of Anton Chekhov's classic Three Sisters at the Sydney Theatre Company.

Byrne appeared in the music video of Darren Hayes's single I Miss You and starred with Australian musician Alex Lloyd in the music video for his single Black The Sun and was featured on the cover artwork for the EP. She also appeared in the TV Commercial for Sony and reunited with Alex Lloyd, appearing in his music video for 1000 Miles from the album Distant Light.

In 2002, Byrne entered Hollywood with a small role as Dormé, the handmaiden to Natalie Portman's Senator Padmé Amidala, in George Lucas' Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones. She appeared the same year in City of Ghosts with Matt Dillon.

The year previously she had flown to the UK to shoot I Capture the Castle, Tim Fywell's adaptation of the 1948 novel of the same title by Dodie Smith. In the 2003 release, she portrayed Rose Mortmain, the elder sister of Romola Garai's Cassandra. In 2003 she also starred in three Australian films: The Night We Called It a Day alongside Melanie Griffith and Dennis Hopper; The Rage in Placid Lake for which she was named Best Actress at the Australian Film Institute with singer Ben Lee; and Take Away another comedy.

In 2004, Byrne starred as Briseis, the Trojan priestess who is abducted during the Trojan War by Achilles (played by Brad Pitt), in Wolfgang Petersen's epic Troy,5 also starring Eric Bana, Peter O’Toole, Sean Bean, and Orlando Bloom. She then reunited with Peter O'Toole in the acclaimed BBC TV drama Casanova. Byrne appeared with Snoop Dogg in Danny Green's film The Tenants, based on Bernard Malamud's novel, and starred with Josh Hartnett6 and Diane Kruger in the romantic psychological thriller Wicker Park where she played Alex, the woman who manipulated Josh Hartnett's character to keep him apart from the woman he falls in love with.

In 2006 Byrne portrayed Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac, a French aristocrat and friend of Marie Antoinette, in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, alongside Kirsten Dunst, and appeared in The Dead Girl7, directed by Karen Moncrieff. She and Marie Antoinette director Sofia Coppola have both played handmaidens in the Star Wars prequels: Coppola appeared in The Phantom Menace, Byrne in Attack of the Clones.

In 2007, she played Cassie,8 the pilot in Danny Boyle's science fiction suspense film9 Sunshine,10 Scarlett Ross, an army medical officer in Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's sci-fi horror 28 Weeks Later, the sequel to Boyle's 28 Days Later, and appeared in the independent film Just Buried,11 a Canadian dark comedy written and directed by Chaz Thorne.

Byrne12 is currently in an FX13 drama production Damages,14 playing the regular lead role of Ellen Parsons,15 a young attorney torn between her hard-hitting, high-stakes new boss (Glenn Close) and her own ambitions.

She appeared in the Australian film noir The Tender Hook with Hugo Weaving.

Byrne was the face of Max Factor between 2004 and 2006 and named in the Most Beautiful People of 2007 list in Who Magazine.16

Byrne has supported UNICEF Australia by being the face of the 2007 Designers United campaign and a member of tropfest jury in 2006 and tropfest@tribeca17 in 2007. She is a graduate and ambassador for NIDA's (National Institute of Dramatic Art) Young Actors Studio. She was recently named the first patron of Chauvel Cinemas presented by the Brisbane International Film Festival and named in honour of Charles Chauvel.

Byrne has used several different accents in her films: Australian, British,4 American,12 and Canadian.18

Personal life

Byrne has been in a relationship with Australian writer, director and actor Brendan Cowell for over five years.citation needed For much of the time their relationship has been maintained at long-distance, with work commitments meaning they were often on separate continents.citation needed However, Cowell has planned a move from Sydney to New York City, due to Byrne's success on Damages.citation needed

Previously she dated Australian writer, director Gregor Jordan who directed her in Two Hands.citation needed She is close friends with Jiu-Jitsu champion Kyra Gracie.

Awards

Nominated
Won

Filmography

Film
Year Film Role Notes
1999 Two Hands Alex
2000 My Mother Frank Jenny
The Goddess of 1967 BG
2002 Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Dormé
City of Ghosts Sabrina
2003 I Capture the Castle Rose Mortmain
The Night We Called It a Day Audrey Appleby
The Rage in Placid Lake Gemma Taylor
Take Away Sonja Stilano
2004 Troy Briseis
Wicker Park Alex
2005 The Tenants Irene Bell
2006 Marie Antoinette Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac
The Dead Girl Leah
2007 Sunshine Cassie
28 Weeks Later Major Scarlett Ross
2008 Just Buried Roberta Knickle
The Tender Hook Iris
2009 Knowing Diana Wayland
Adam Beth Buchwald
2010 Get Him to the Greek Jackie Q
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1995 Echo Point Belinda O Conor Lead character
1997 Fallen Angels Siobhan Guest (1 episode)
Wildside Heidi Benson Guest (2 episodes)
1999 Big Sky Angie Guest (1 episode)
Heartbreak High Carly Whitely Guest (3 episodes)
2000 Murder Call Sarah Watson Guest (1 episode)
2005 Casanova Edith BBC Mini series
2007–present Damages Ellen Parsons Lead character

References

  1. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBltI4tUsPc
  2. ^ Rose Byrne Biography (1979-)
  3. ^ Actress Rose Byrne on ‘Knowing’ Religion & the End of the World
  4. ^ a b Sacha, Molitorisz (5 July 2007). Rose Byrne accidental star. The Age
  5. ^ Michael, Fitzgerard (18 May 2004)The Goddess of Troy The Time
  6. ^ Josh, Hartnett (July, 2004).TV.com Rose Byrne Josh Hartnett's interview. Interview
  7. ^ Craig, Mathieson (15 June 2007). Rose by another name. The Sydney Morning Herald
  8. ^ Kevin, Maher (17 March 2007). Byrne as hot as the sun. The Time
  9. ^ Stacy, Layne (july 16, 2007). Horror.com Rose Byrne Interview. Horror.com
  10. ^ Jack, Foley (18 April 2007). Sunshine Rose Byrne Interview. Indie London
  11. ^ Sharaff, Amy (10 September 2007). Byrne Confront gory scenes in Just Buried. Metro Canada
  12. ^ a b Michael, Flaherty (19 July 2007). 60 Seconds With Rose Byrne LA Times
  13. ^ Stephanie, Balogh (19 September 2007). Rose Byrne grows in New York. Herald Sun
  14. ^ Tim, Surette (Augustus 14, 2007). TV.com Q&A: Damages' Rose Byrne. TV.com
  15. ^ Moore, Frazier (12 October 2007). Byrne is damaged lawyer on `Damages' . "Associated Press"
  16. ^ Olivia, Bishop (15 June 2007) Most Beautiful People: Rose Byrne. Who.com
  17. ^ McCarthy, Sean L (Augustus 31, 2007). Tropfest@Tribeca comes to NYC . "Nydailynews"
  18. ^ Collins, Catarina (10 September 2007).Just Buried a hilarious look at some dark truths. Toronto Film Festival

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