Rose Byrne

'Rose Byrne' (qv) was born in Balmain, Sydney, Australia. She is the daughter of Jane, a primary school administrator, and Robin Byrne, a semi-retired statistician and market researcher.She landed her first role in a movie, _Dallas Doll (1994)_ (qv), when she was 15 years old.Since then, Rose has appeared in a variety of Australian televisions shows including _Heartbreak High (1994)_ (qv), _Echo Point (1995)_ (qv), and the film _Two Hands (1999)_ (qv) alongside 'Heath Ledger' (qv). After this, she appeared in various movies like _The Date (1999)_ (qv), _My Mother Frank (2000)_ (qv), and 'Clara Law' (qv)'s _The Goddess of 1967 (2000)_ (qv) 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' (qv), Padmé Amidala, in _Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)_ (qv). In 2003, she starred, coincidentally, as Rose Mortmain in the adaptation of 'Dodie Smith' (qv)'s _I Capture the Castle (2003)_ (qv). In 2004, she acted in _Wicker Park (2004)_ (qv) with 'Diane Kruger' (qv) and 'Josh Hartnett' (qv). Here, she heard 'Wolfgang Petersen' (qv) was looking for an actress for Briseis in his next movie _Troy (2004)_ (qv) with 'Brad Pitt' (qv), she got the part and was recognised as one of the most promising actresses in Hollywood.After _Troy (2004)_ (qv), she played Edith in a TV adaptation of _Casanova (2005)_ (qv). In September 2005, she started to act in _Sunshine (2007)_ (qv), a 'Danny Boyle' (qv) movie, where she plays the pilot in a space mission.::nadine