Rose Byrne

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Rose Byrne

Rose Byrne at the 2004 Canne Film festival
Birth name Rose Judith Esther Byrne
Born July 24, 1979 (age 27)
Sydney, Australia
Other name(s) Rosie Byrne
Notable roles Alex, Two Hands (1999)
Briseis, Troy (2004)
Gabrielle de Polastron, comtesse de Polignac, Marie-Antoinette (2006)

Rose Judith Esther Byrne (born July 24, 1979) is an Australian actress. She was born in Sydney and is of Irish and Scottish descent. She landed her first role in a movie, Dallas Doll, when she was 12 years old.

Since then Byrne has appeared in a variety of Australian televisions shows including "Heartbreak High", "Echo Point", and the film "Two Hands" alongside Heath Ledger. After this, she appeared in various movies like "The Date", "My Mother Frank", and Clara Law's "The Goddess of 1967" 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. In 2003, she starred as Rose Mortmain in the adaptation of Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle. In 2004, she acted in "Wicker Park" with Diane Kruger and Josh Hartnett. Here, she heard Wolfgang Petersen was looking for an actress for Briseis in his next movie "Troy" with Brad Pitt and got the part.

After "Troy", she played Edith in a TV adaptation of "Casanova". In September 2005, she started to act in "Sunshine" a Danny Boyle movie, where she plays the pilot in a space mission.

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  • She starred with Australian musician Darren Hayes in his music video for his single "I Miss You".
  • Is currently dating Australian actor/writer Brendan Cowell (2004)
  • In 2004, she and Diane Kruger played the two female leads in both Wicker Park and Troy.
  • Ranked #16 on FHM's Sexiest women in the world, Australian edition. (2006)
  • She and her Marie Antoinette director, Sophia Coppola, have both played handmaidens in the Star Wars prequels. Sophia Coppola appeared in Episode I, Byrne in Episode II.

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[edit] Selected filmography

Year Title Role
2008 The Tender Hook Iris
2007 Damages (TV) Ellen Pearson
2007 Pushing Up Daisies Roberta Knickle
2007 28 Weeks Later Scarlet
2007 Sunshine Cassie
2007 The Dead Girl Leah
2006 Marie-Antoinette Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac
2005 Casanova Edith
2005 The Tenants Irene Bell
2004 Wicker Park Alex
2004 Troy Briseis
2003 Take Away Sonja Stilano
2003 The Rage In Placid Lake Gemma Taylor
2003 The Night We Called It a Day Audrey Appleby
2003 I Capture the Castle (film) Rose Mortmain
2002 City of Ghosts Sabrina
2002 Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Dormé
2000 The Goddess of 1967 BG
1999 Two Hands Alex

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    NAME Byrne, Rose
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    DATE OF BIRTH 1979-7-24
    PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney, Australia
    DATE OF DEATH
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