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| Birth Name(s) : Rose Judith Esther Byrne |
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Full Rose Byrne Biography
Byrne is of Irish-Scottish descent and was born in Sydney, Australia to Jane, a primary school administrator, and Robin Byrne, a semi-retired statistician. 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.
Byrne 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 Chekov's classic The 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 loyal handmaiden to Natalie Portman's Queen Padme Amidala, in George Lucas' Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones. and appeared the same year in Matt Dillon movie City of Ghosts.
In 2004, Byrne starred as Briseis the Trojan queen/widow who was abducted during the Trojan War by Achilles (played by Brad Pitt), in Wolfgang Petersen's epic Troy also starring , Eric Bana, Peter O’Toole 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 Hartnett 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 The Dead Girl directed by Karen Moncrief.
In 2007, she played Cassie, the pilot in Danny Boyle's science fiction suspense film Sunshine, and then portrayed 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.
She will next be seen in the independent film Just Buried , a Canadian dark comedy written and directed by Chaz Thorne as well as an Australian film noir The Tender Hook with Hugo Weaving.
Byrne is currently in a FX (TV network) drama production Damages playing the regular lead role of Ellen Parsons , a young attorney torn between her hard-hitting, high-stakes new boss (Glenn Close) and her own ambitions.
Byrne was ranked #16 on FHM's 'Sexiest Women in the World', Australian edition (2006) and one of Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2002. 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. She was the face of Max Factor between 2004 and 2006 and named in the 'Most Beautiful People of 2007' list in Who Magazine.
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@tribeca 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 the ability to use different accents from film to film the Australian, British, American, and the Canadian one.
Byrne has been in a relationship with Australian writer, director and actor Brendan Cowell for over four years. The couple maintained a long-distance relationship for much of their relationship, with work commitments meaning they were often on separate continents.“It's been frustrating because, ideally, we want to be together all the time. But we’re sort of used to it. Rose is very independent, and I also think it's good for a writer to walk around on their own. We’re not one of those needy couples that doesn't exist if a partner isn’t there, making sandwiches.” |
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