Rose Byrne - Biography

Last Editor: mrscornelius				Rose Byrne Biography -   Name : Rose Byrne Birthday : July 24th, 1979 Birthplace : Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Height : 5' 6 Profession : Actress

Rose Byrne Trivia -

Left Los Angeles and moved to London where she owns a house with her sister (2005) In 2004, she and Diane Kruger played the two female leads in both movies Wicker Park (2004) and Troy (2004). Is of Scottish and Irish descent Was originally tipped to play "Helen" in Troy (2004) but it was "Brisies"'s character Rose felt affinity for. Ranked #16 on FHM's Sexiest women in the world, Australian edition. ( 2006 ) Has two older siblings Lucy and George who is a musician. Best friends with fellow Australian actress Nadia Townsend since they both were 8 years old. Father: Robin, mother: Jane, brother: George, born 1976, sisters: Alice, born 1973 and Lucy, born 1972. She and her Marie Antoinette (2006) director, Sofia Coppola, have both played handmaidens in the Star Wars prequels. Sofia Coppola appeared in Episode I, Byrne in Episode II. Favorite artistes include: Pat Benatar, Bob Marley, Bryan Adams. She studied drama at Syndey's Australian Theatre for Young People and later at David Mamet Acting School, in New York. Her hobbies include yoga, swimming, bicycle riding, crosswords and reading. Named in the Most Beautiful People of 2007 list in Who Magazine. Was considered for the lead role in Jane Campion's Holy Smoke (1999) (the part went to Kate Winslet. Favorite actor is Jack Nicholson. Ranked #9 on FHM's Sexiest women in the world, Australian edition. (2001). Ranked #5 in Hallmark Channel's TV's sexiest leading woman poll. (2008). Favorite actresses include Susan Sarandon,Toni Collette, Cate Blanchett, Glenn Close, Juliette Binoche and Judy Davis. Good friends with fellow Australian actresses Krew Boylan,Abbie Cornish and Pia Miranda. She trains in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Grappling. Her teacher and close friend is Jiu-Jitsu legend Kyra Gracie, who taught Byrne for awhile, when she was in Sidney. Currently (2008-2009), Byrne trains at the Axis Jiu-Jitsu Academy, when in Australia, and at Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, in New York. Both Byrne's parents are atheists, while she describes herself as agnostic.

Rose Byrne Detailed Biography -

Rose was born on July 24, 1979 in Sydney, Australia. She landed her first role in a movie, Dallas Doll, when she was 12 years old. Over the next few years, Rose appeared in a variety of Australian television series including high school drama Heartbreak High, as well as Echo Point, the short-lived Network Ten challenger to Home and Away. She also had a number of guest roles in drama series including GP, Big Sky, Wildside and Murder Call. During this period, Rose graduated from the Australian Theatre for Young People. She has since commenced an Arts degree at Sydney University. In 1999, Rose rocketed to fame in Australia with her role as Alex in Gregor Jordan’s gritty crime comedy Two Hands, which also starred the then relatively unknown Heath Ledger. The film was a hit and won both public and critical acclaim.Rose’s next film was her first lead role in Clara Law’s surreal The Goddess of 1967 – the goddess being a Citroen DS car. Rose was awarded the Copa Volpi for Best Actress at the 1999 Venice International Film Festival for her outstanding portrayal as BG. Next up for Rose was the critically acclaimed My Mother Frank, which also starred Sinead Cusack, Sam Neill and Matthew Newton. Her first experince on a big-budget movie came when she played handmaiden to Natalie Portman in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones. In 2001 she featured in the The Pitch, a notorious sub 3 minute short film directed by Nash Edgerton which was created as the trailer for Tropfest 2001. She also appeared in the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of La Dispute, performing on stage at nights after being up since 4am working on Star Wars. The international exposure from Star Wars, along with a visit to LA to screen test for a few roles, led to Rose being cast in a raft of films, including a small part in Matt Dillon’s directorial debut City of Ghosts, filmed primarily in Cambodia; and a feature role in the Samuel Goldwyn/BBC co-production I Capture the Castle, a 1930’s English romance based on the book by 101 Dalmatians author Dodie Smith. Rose has also been busy filming in Australia in recent times, and this year saw the release of three local films in which she featured – The Rage In Placid Lake; The Night We Called It A Day, ; and Take Away. Also featured in former Savage Garden frontman Darren Hayes’ music video for his single I Miss You which was realeased earlier this year. In January this year, she returned from Montreal, Canada, where she wrapped up filming of the psychological drama Wicker Park, also starring Josh Hartnett and Diane Kruger. She made headlines with the news that she had been cast in the role of Briseis in the upcoming big budget epic film Troy, the story of the Trojan War based on Homer’s poem The Iliad as well as other historical sources.