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| Born | Rose Judith Esther Byrne July 24, 1979 Sydney, Balmain, New South Wales, Australia |
| Years active | 1994—present |
Rose Judith Esther Byrne (born July 24, 1979) is a Golden Globe-nominated Australian actress. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Balmain is a Suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works
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Byrne was born in Sydney, Australia, the daughter of Jane, a primary school administrator, and Robin Byrne, a semi-retired statistician and market researcher. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 See also Primary education A primary school (from French école primaire) is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory Statisticians work with theoretical and applied Statistics in both the private and public sectors [1] She attended Balmain Public School and Bradfield Senior College in North Sydney. Bradfield Senior College is a TAFE-run Senior High School and is one of seven colleges comprising Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE NSW North Sydney may refer to North Sydney New South Wales North Sydney Nova Scotia 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. Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP is Australia 's flagship Youth theatre company and the largest youth theatre in the world The University of Sydney (informally Sydney Uni or USyd) is the oldest university in Australia In 1999 Byrne studied acting at the Atlantic Theatre Company developed by David Mamet and William H. Macy. The Atlantic Theater Company runs an off-Broadway theater in a converted church in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City David Alan Mamet (born November 30, 1947) is an American Author, Essayist, Playwright, Screenwriter and William Hall Macy Jr (born March 13, 1950) is an Academy Award -nominated double Emmy - and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning 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.
Byrne[2] 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. Heartbreak High was an Australian Television series dealing with the students of Hartley High a tough high school in a multi-racial area of Echo Point is an Australian Television Soap opera produced by Southern Star Productions for Network Ten in 1995 Two Hands is a 1999 Australian Crime film, written and directed by Gregor Jordan. Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008 was an Australian television and film actor 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. My Mother Frank is a multi-award-winning Australian Film released in 2000. Clara Law (羅卓瑤 (born May 29, 1957 in Macau) is a Hong Kong Film director, now having relocated to Australia before The Goddess of 1967 is a 2000 Australian film directed by Macau -born Australian Clara Law, who wrote the script with her husband (and previous script collaborator The Venice Film Festival is the oldest Film festival in the world Meanwhile, she appeared as a guest in an episode of the cop drama series Murder Call. Murder Call was an Australian Television series created by Hal McElroy for the Southern Star Entertainment and seen on the Nine Network 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. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ( –) (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов) was a Russian short-story writer and Playwright, considered to be one Three Sisters (Russian Три сестры - Tri sestry is a play written in 1900 and first produced in 1901 by Russian author Anton Chekhov. The Sydney Theatre Company ( STC) is one of Australia 's most well-known and notable theatre companies operating from The Wharf Theatre near
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. Darren Stanley Hayes (born May 8, 1972) is an Australian Singer-songwriter. "I Miss You" is the third solo single released by Australian singer Darren Hayes in 2002. Alex Lloyd (born Alex Wasiliev in Sydney, November 1974 is an Australian Singer-songwriter. Black the Sun is an album by Alex Lloyd. It features songs such as Lucky Star My Way Home and Aliens An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify 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. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic A television advertisement or television commercial (often just commercial or advert (US or ad (UK is a span of television programming produced is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with Alex Lloyd (born Alex Wasiliev in Sydney, November 1974 is an Australian Singer-songwriter. For The Hollies' album see Distant Light (Hollies album; For the 2003 German film (original title Lichter) see Distant Lights
In 2002, Byrne entered Hollywood with a small role as Dormé, the loyal handmaiden to Natalie Portman's Senator Padmé Amidala, in George Lucas' Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones. Handmaidens are a group of women in the Science fiction saga Star Wars. Natalie Portman (נטלי פורטמן born Natalie Hershlag June 9 1981 is an Israeli American Actress. Padmé Amidala Naberrie Skywalker (born Padmé Amidala Naberrie) better known as Padmé Amidala, is a Fictional character in George Lucas George Walton Lucas Jr (born May 14, 1944) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, producer, Screenwriter Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones is a 2002 Film directed by George Lucas and written by Lucas and Jonathan Hales and appeared the same year in the movie City of Ghosts with Matt Dillon. City of Ghosts is a 2002 Drama film co-written directed by and starring Matt Dillon, about a Con artist who must go to Cambodia to Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an Academy Award - Golden Globe Award - and BAFTA Award -nominated
The next year, she flew to the UK to shoot I Capture the Castle, Tim Fywell's adaptation of the 1948 novel of the same title by Dodie Smith. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located I Capture the Castle is Dodie Smith 's first novel and was published in 1948 Tim Fywell (born 3 October 1951 in Fulham, UK) is a British Television and Film director. Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith ( May 3, 1896 - November 24, 1990) was an English Novelist and Playwright In the film, which relates the adventures of the eccentric Mortmain family struggling to survive in a decaying English castle in the 1930s, she portrayed Rose Mortmain, the elder sister of Romola Garai's Cassandra. Romola Sadie Garai (born 1 July 1982) is an award-winning English actress. She starred the same year 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. The Night We Called It a Day (2003 is an Australian film directed by Peter Clifton starring Dennis Hopper, Melanie Griffith, Melanie Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an Academy Award nominated Golden Globe winning American Film actress Dennis Lee Hopper (born May 17, 1936) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor and Film -maker The Rage in Placid Lake (2003 is an Australian film starring Ben Lee and Rose Byrne. The Australian Film Institute (AFI established in 1958 is an organisation that promotes Australian film and television through the annual AFI Awards, a membership Benjamin Michael Lee (born September 11, 1978 in Sydney, Australia) is an ARIA Award winning Jewish Australian Take Away is a 2003 Australian Comedy movie, written by Dave O'Neil, who also features as a minor character
In 2004, Byrne starred as Briseis the Trojan priestess who was abducted during the Trojan War by Achilles (played by Brad Pitt), in Wolfgang Petersen's epic Troy,[3] also starring Eric Bana, Peter O’Toole, Sean Bean, and Orlando Bloom. In Greek mythology, Brisēís ( Greek Βρισηίς was a Trojan widow (from Lyrnessus) William Bradley "Brad" Pitt Pitt received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for his role in the 1995 film Twelve Monkeys Troy is an epic movie released on May 14, 2004 concerning the Trojan War. Eric Bana (born Eric Banadinovich; 9 August 1968 is an Australian Film and Television Actor. Peter O'Toole (born 2 August 1932) is an Irish and British actor who achieved instant stardom in 1962 playing T Shaun Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959 is an English Film and stage Actor. Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom (born 13 January 1977) is an English Actor. She then reunited with Peter O'Toole in the acclaimed BBC TV drama Casanova. Peter O'Toole (born 2 August 1932) is an Irish and British actor who achieved instant stardom in 1962 playing T Casanova is a 2005 British television drama serial, written by the acclaimed television scriptwriter Russell T Davies and directed Byrne appeared with Snoop Dogg in Danny Green's film The Tenants, based on Bernard Malamud's novel, and starred with Josh Hartnett[4] 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. Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr (born October 20 1971 His mother nicknamed him " Snoopy " as a child because of the way he dressed and because of his love of The Tenants is a 2006 film drama starring Dylan McDermott and Snoop Dogg. Bernard Malamud ( April 26 1914, Brooklyn New York &ndash March 18 1986) was an author of novels and short stories Joshua Daniel Hartnett (born July 21, 1978) is an American Actor. Diane Kruger (born July 15, 1976 in Algermissen near Hildesheim, Germany) is a German actress and former Joshua Daniel Hartnett (born July 21, 1978) is an American Actor.
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[5] directed by Karen Moncrieff. Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron duchesse de Polignac ( 8 September 1749 &ndash 9 December 1793) was a French aristocrat Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna von Habsburg-Lothringen (November 2 1755 &ndash October 16 1793 known to history as Marie Antoinette ( pronounced /maʀi ɑ̃ntwanɛt/ Sofia Carmina Coppola (born May 14, 1971) is an American Film director, actress, producer and Academy Award Marie Antoinette is a 2006 Biographical film written and directed by Sofia Coppola about the life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30 1982 is an American actress and singer The Dead Girl is a 2006 film written and directed by Karen Moncrieff starring Toni Collette, Brittany Murphy and Marcia Gay Harden Karen Moncrieff (born on December 20, 1963 in Sacramento California, U
In 2007, she played Cassie,[6] the pilot in Danny Boyle's science fiction suspense film[7] Sunshine,[8] 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. Danny Boyle (born 20 October 1956 is an English director and Film producer, best known for his work on films such as Trainspotting Sunshine is a 2007 British Science fiction film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland about the crew of a Characters from the 28 Days Later franchise (the films 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later and from the graphic novel Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (born December 5 1967 on Tenerife, Canary Islands) is an Academy Award -nominated Spanish film director script writer 28 Weeks Later is a 2007 British post-apocalyptic Horror film, and Sequel to the 2002 film 28 Days Later 28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic Science fiction film directed by Danny Boyle.
She will next be seen in the independent film Just Buried,[9] a Canadian dark comedy written and directed by Chaz Thorne as well as an Australian film noir The Tender Hook with Hugo Weaving. Just Buried is a 2007 Canadian film written and directed by Chaz Thorne. Chaz Thorne is a Canadian Actor and television and film director For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation The Tender Hook is an upcoming Australian Film noir starring Hugo Weaving, Rose Byrne and Mathew Le Nevez Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960 is a Nigerian-born English, although naturalised Australian film stage and voice actor best known for films such as
Byrne[10] is currently in a FX[11] drama production Damages,[12] playing the regular lead role of Ellen Parsons,[13] a young attorney torn between her hard-hitting, high-stakes new boss (Glenn Close) and her own ambitions. FX (for Fox eXtended is the name of a number of related subscription TV channels owned by News Corporation 's Fox Entertainment Group. Damages is an Emmy Award -winning American Legal drama Television series co-created by Todd A Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American Singer and Actress of stage and screen, perhaps best known
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. Sofia Carmina Coppola (born May 14, 1971) is an American Film director, actress, producer and Academy Award Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded Star Wars Episode I Phantom Menace is a 1999 military sci-fi film written and directed by George Lucas. She was the face of Max Factor between 2004 and 2006 and named in the Most Beautiful People of 2007 list in Who Magazine. Max Factor & Company is an international cosmetics firm founded in 1909 by Max Factor, a make-up artist for the Russian royal Ballet. Who is a celebrity news and entertainment weekly Magazine produced in Australia by Pacific Magazines. [14]
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[15] in 2007. The United Nations Children's Fund (or UNICEF) was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Tropfest Short film festival is held in Sydney, Australia each year The Tropfest Short film festival is held in Sydney, Australia each year The typographic character @, the at sign, denotes a pan-lingual abbreviation of the word 'at' TriBeCa is a Neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York in the United States. She is a graduate and ambassador for NIDA's (National Institute of Dramatic Art) Young Actors Studio. The National Institute of Dramatic Art ( NIDA) is an Australian national training institute for students of Theatre, Film, and Television She was recently named the first patron of Chauvel Cinemas presented by the Brisbane International Film Festival and named in honour of Charles Chauvel. StGeorge Bank Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF held in Brisbane provides a focus for film culture in Queensland, Australia. Charles Edward Chauvel OBE (7 October 1897 &ndash 11 November 1959 was an Australian film maker born in Warwick, Queensland.
Byrne has used several different accents in her films: Australian, British,[2] American,[10] and the Canadian. Australian English ( AuE, AusE, en-AU) is the form of the English language used in Australia. British English or UK English ( BrE, BE, en-GB) is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the Phonology North American English regional phonology In many ways compared to English English, North American English is conservative in its Phonology. Canadian English ( CanE, en-CA) is the variety of English used in Canada. [16]
Byrne has been in a relationship with Australian writer, director and actor Brendan Cowell for over four years. Brendan Cowell (born August 16, 1976) is an Australian Actor, Screenwriter and director. The couple maintained a long-distance relationship for much of their relationship, with work commitments meaning they were often on separate continents.
However, Cowell has planned a move from Sydney to New York City, due to Byrne's success on Damages. Damages is an Emmy Award -winning American Legal drama Television series co-created by Todd A Previously she dated Australian writer, director Gregor Jordan who directed her in Two Hands. Gregor Jordan (born 1966 is an Australian film director Jordan's films include Two Hands (1999 Buffalo Soldiers (2001 and
| Year | Film | Role | Country |
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| 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 | ||
| Just Buried | Roberta Knickle | ||
| 2008 | The Tender Hook (post-production) | Iris | |
| Adam (post-production) | Beth | ||
| 2009 | Knowing (filming) | Diana Whelan |
| Year | Television Show | Role | Note |
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| 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—2009 | Damages | Ellen Parsons | Lead character |
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| NAME | Byrne, Rose |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Byrne, Rose Judith Esther |
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| DATE OF BIRTH | 1979-07-24 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney, Australia |
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