All Topics  
Rhona Mitra

 
Rhona Mitra

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Rhona Mitra
 
 
  Topics Rhona Mitra Topic Home

Rhona Mitra (born 9 August 1976) is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 actress and model, sometimes credited as Rona Mitra.

a was born in Paddington
Paddington

Paddington is an area of the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. It was formerly a London_borough#Inner_London_boroughs of itself, but was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, the daughter of Nora and Antony Mitra, who is a cosmetic surgeon
Surgeon

In medicine, a surgeon is a person who performs surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such to remove a diseased organ or to repair a tear or breakage....
. She has an older and younger brother. Her father is of Indian
Bengali people

The Bengali people are the ethnic community from Bengal in South Asia with a history dating back four millennia. They speak Bengali language , a language of the eastern Indo-Aryan languages branch of the Indo-European languages....
 and English descent while her mother is Irish
Irish people

The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
. In 1984, when Mitra was eight, her parents divorced and she was sent to boarding school
Boarding school

A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils not only study, but also live during term time, with their fellow students and possibly teachers....
.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Rhona Mitra'
Start a new discussion about 'Rhona Mitra'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Rhona Mitra (born 9 August 1976) is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 actress and model, sometimes credited as Rona Mitra.

Biography


Early life

Mitra was born in Paddington
Paddington

Paddington is an area of the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. It was formerly a London_borough#Inner_London_boroughs of itself, but was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, the daughter of Nora and Antony Mitra, who is a cosmetic surgeon
Surgeon

In medicine, a surgeon is a person who performs surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such to remove a diseased organ or to repair a tear or breakage....
. She has an older and younger brother. Her father is of Indian
Bengali people

The Bengali people are the ethnic community from Bengal in South Asia with a history dating back four millennia. They speak Bengali language , a language of the eastern Indo-Aryan languages branch of the Indo-European languages....
 and English descent while her mother is Irish
Irish people

The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
. In 1984, when Mitra was eight, her parents divorced and she was sent to boarding school
Boarding school

A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils not only study, but also live during term time, with their fellow students and possibly teachers....
. Several years passed at two different all-girls schools, including Roedean
Roedean School

Roedean School is an independent girls' school in Roedean, East Sussex on the outskirts of Brighton, East Sussex in the United Kingdom. The school overlooks the sea and is situated close to the marina....
, but Mitra claims she was eventually expelled from both of them.

Career

Perhaps her first exposure to American audiences came as Scott Wolf
Scott Wolf

Scott Richard Wolf is an United States actor, who may be best known for his roles on Party of Five, Everwood and The Nine ....
's illicit love interest on Party of Five
Party of Five

Party of Five was an United States drama television series that aired on FOX Network for six seasons, from September 12, 1994 until May 3, 2000....
. In 2000, Mitra had a small, non-speaking part as a victim of the title role villain in the film Hollow Man
Hollow Man

Hollow Man is a 2000 in film science fiction film thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue and Josh Brolin....
. She appeared in the final season of The Practice
The Practice

The Practice is an United States legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston law firm. The show won the Emmy Award in 1998 and 1999 for Best Drama Series, and spawned the Spinoff series Boston Legal, which began airing in the fall of 2004 and deals with similar subject matter, though o...
 as Tara Wilson
Tara Wilson (Boston Legal)

Tara Wilson was a fictional paralegal on the American legal drama The Practice. She was later employed as a lawyer on the spin-off series Boston Legal....
, and continued that role into its spin-off Boston Legal
Boston Legal

Boston Legal is an American legal drama-comedy created by David E. Kelley, which originally ran on American Broadcasting Company from October 3, 2004 to December 8, 2008....
, but left not long into the second season. She also appeared as the live action model for Lara Croft
Lara Croft

Lara Croft is a fictional character and the protagonist of Eidos Interactive's Tomb Raider series video game series. Designed by Toby Gard, she has also been featured in movies , comic books, novels, and a series of animated short films....
, the lead character in Eidos Interactive
Eidos Interactive

Eidos Interactive is a video game publisher of video game and computer games with its parent company based in England. It is now part of the Eidos Group of Companies and is a subsidiary of Eidos plc that is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange....
's Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider is a video game video game developer by Core Design and video game publisher by Eidos Interactive. It was originally released in 1996 in video gaming for the Sega Saturn followed shortly thereafter for MS-DOS and PlayStation versions....
 video game series. Mitra was ranked #46 on the Maxim
Maxim (magazine)

Maxim is an international list of men's magazines#lad mags based in the United Kingdom and known for its revealing pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female model , none of which are Nudity....
 Hot 100 Women of 2001. In 2005, she had a recurring role of Kit McGraw
Kit McGraw

Katherine "Kit" McGraw is a fictional character on the FX Network series Nip/Tuck, portrayed by Rhona Mitra....
 during Season 3 of Nip/Tuck
Nip/Tuck

Nip/Tuck is an United States Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning television series medical drama series created by Ryan Murphy for FX Networks....
.

In 2008, Mitra starred in the lead role of the science fiction/action film Doomsday
Doomsday (film)

Doomsday is a 2008 in film Cinema of the United Kingdom science fiction film action film written and directed by Neil Marshall. The film takes place in the future, where Scotland has been quarantined due to the onset of a deadly virus....
 as Major Eden Sinclair, and in 2009 went on to star in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is the third installment in the Gothic Underworld , focusing primarily on the origins of some characters and the events leading to the Vampire-Lycan war....
 as Sonja
Sonja (Underworld)

Sonja is a fictional character from the Underworld of films. This character is the daughter of the vampire elder Viktor , introduced by flashback, in Underworld ....
, the daughter of the powerful Vampire Elder, Viktor
Viktor (Underworld)

Viktor is one of the fictional Vampire Elders in the gothic horror-action Underworld mythos, portrayed by Bill Nighy in Underworld, Underworld: Evolution, and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans....
 played by Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy

'William Francis "Bill" Nighy' is a Golden Globe- and British Academy of Film and Television Arts-award winning English people actor. He started working in theatre and television, before his first film role in 1981, and is perhaps best known to international film audiences for his roles in Love Actually, Shaun of the Dead, Notes on a...
.

Filmography

  • Ghostbusters of East Finchley (1995) as Cass (as "Rona Mitra")
  • The Bill
    The Bill

    The Bill is a long-running United Kingdom television police procedural, named after a List of slang terms for police officers. It was first broadcast on 16 August, 1983 as a pilot episode, and as a regular series from 16 October, 1984 and transmitted on ITV, at 20:00 on Thursdays and most Wednesdays....
     (1996) as Sarah Wickes
  • Lust for Glorious (1997) as French girl #1
  • The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous
    The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous

    The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous is a novel written by Jilly Cooper as part of the Rutshire Chronicles, about a womanizer who gets embroiled in a scheme to punish wayward husbands....
     (1997) as Flora Seymour
  • The Pepsi Chart
    Pepsi Chart (UK)

    The Pepsi Chart networked on Sunday afternoon Top 40 Music chart on Uk radio stations that started life in July '93 with Neil Fox hosting the show live from the Capital Radio studios in London....
     (1998) as herself (co-presenter)
  • A Kid in Aladdin's Palace (1998) as Sheherazade
  • Croupier
    Croupier (film)

    Croupier is a 1998 in film film starring Clive Owen as a croupier. The film was directed by Mike Hodges. The film was released by Image Entertainment on DVD in the USA, and Alliance Atlantis in Canada....
     (1998) as Girl with joint
  • Monk Dawson
    Monk Dawson

    Monk Dawson is a film that was released in 1998 in film, film director and film producer by Tom Waller and starring John Michie, Benedict Taylor, and Paula Hamilton....
     (1998) as Mollie
  • How to Breed Gibbons (1999) as Juliet
  • Beowulf
    Beowulf (1999 film)

    Beowulf is a 1999 film loosely based on the Old English language Epic poetry Beowulf. Unlike most film adaptations of the poem, this version is a science-fiction/fantasy film that, according to one film critic, "takes place in a apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, techno-feudal future that owes more to Mad Max than Beowulf."...
     (1999) as Kyra
  • Secret Agent Man (2000) as Lacey Sullivan
  • Party of Five
    Party of Five

    Party of Five was an United States drama television series that aired on FOX Network for six seasons, from September 12, 1994 until May 3, 2000....
     (2000) as Holly Begins
  • Hollow Man
    Hollow Man

    Hollow Man is a 2000 in film science fiction film thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue and Josh Brolin....
     (2000) as Sebastian's Neighbor
  • Get Carter
    Get Carter (2000 film)

    Get Carter is the 2000 in film remake of Michael Caine's Get Carter, starring Sylvester Stallone in the role of Jack Carter. The film also features Miranda Richardson , Rachel Leigh Cook , Alan Cumming , Mickey Rourke , Rhona Mitra and Michael Caine ....
     (2000) as Geraldine
  • Gideon's Crossing
    Gideon's Crossing

    Gideon's Crossing was a US medical drama starring Emmy Award-winng actor Andre Braugher. The series was loosely based on the experience of real-life physician Jerome Groopman....
     (2000) as Dr. Alejandra 'Ollie' Klein
  • Ali G Indahouse
    Ali G Indahouse

    Ali G Indahouse: The Movie is a 2002 movie directed by Mark Mylod starring the fictional character Ali G, performed by the United Kingdom comedian Sacha Baron Cohen....
     (2002) as Kate Hedges
  • Sweet Home Alabama
    Sweet Home Alabama (film)

    Sweet Home Alabama is a 2002 in film romantic comedy directed by Andy Tennant and stars Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, and Patrick Dempsey. The film was released on September 27, 2002....
     (2002) as Tabatha Wadmore-Smith
  • Highwaymen
    Highwaymen (film)

    Highwaymen is a 2003 in film action thriller film. It was directed by Robert Harmon, and stars James Caviezel, Rhona Mitra, and Frankie Faison....
     (2003) as Molly
  • The Life of David Gale
    The Life of David Gale

    The Life of David Gale is an United Statesn drama film. Kevin Spacey stars as the titular college professor and active opponent of death penalty, whose life is turned upside down when he's falsely accused of rape a student....
     (2003) as Berlin
  • Stuck on You
    Stuck On You (2003 film)

    Stuck On You is a 2003 in film comedy film directed by the Farrelly brothers and starring Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear....
     (2003) as Bus Stop Bombshell
  • The Practice
    The Practice

    The Practice is an United States legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston law firm. The show won the Emmy Award in 1998 and 1999 for Best Drama Series, and spawned the Spinoff series Boston Legal, which began airing in the fall of 2004 and deals with similar subject matter, though o...
     (2003) as Tara Wilson
  • Spartacus
    Spartacus (2004 film)

    Spartacus is a 2004 television adaptation of the Howard Fast Spartacus , made by USA Network Pictures and distributed by USA Cable Entertainment LLC and Universal Home Entertainment....
     (2004) as Varinia
  • Boston Legal
    Boston Legal

    Boston Legal is an American legal drama-comedy created by David E. Kelley, which originally ran on American Broadcasting Company from October 3, 2004 to December 8, 2008....
     (2004) as Tara Wilson
  • Nip/Tuck
    Nip/Tuck

    Nip/Tuck is an United States Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning television series medical drama series created by Ryan Murphy for FX Networks....
     (2005) as Detective Kit McGraw
    Kit McGraw

    Katherine "Kit" McGraw is a fictional character on the FX Network series Nip/Tuck, portrayed by Rhona Mitra....
  • Skinwalkers
    Skinwalkers (film)

    Skinwalkers is a Canadian horror film-action film about werewolf, and was released in the United States on August 10, 2007. Directed by James Isaac, it stars Jason Behr, Elias Koteas, Rhona Mitra, and Tom Jackson ....
     (2006) as Rachel Talbot
  • The Number 23
    The Number 23

    The Number 23 is a Thriller film starring Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, and Danny Huston, directed by Joel Schumacher. It was released in theaters on February 23 2007....
     (2007) as Laura Tollins
  • Shooter (2007) as Alourdes Galindo
  • Doomsday
    Doomsday (film)

    Doomsday is a 2008 in film Cinema of the United Kingdom science fiction film action film written and directed by Neil Marshall. The film takes place in the future, where Scotland has been quarantined due to the onset of a deadly virus....
     (2008) as Eden Sinclair
  • Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
    Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

    Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is the third installment in the Gothic Underworld , focusing primarily on the origins of some characters and the events leading to the Vampire-Lycan war....
     (2009) as Sonja
    Sonja (Underworld)

    Sonja is a fictional character from the Underworld of films. This character is the daughter of the vampire elder Viktor , introduced by flashback, in Underworld ....
  • The Boy in the Box
    The Boy in the Box (film)

    The Boy in the Box is an upcoming mystery film/thriller film directed by Anders Anderson and starring Josh Lucas and Jon Hamm....
     (2009) as Barbara
  • The Truth About Men (2009) as Katrien


Discography


Albums


  • 1998 Come Alive (produced by Dave Stewart
    Dave Stewart

    Dave Stewart may refer to:* David A. Stewart , English musician and record producer best known for his work with Eurythmics* Dave Stewart , keyboardist with Egg, Hatfield & The North, National Health and Bruford....
    )
  • 1999 Female Icon (produced by Dave Stewart
    Dave Stewart

    Dave Stewart may refer to:* David A. Stewart , English musician and record producer best known for his work with Eurythmics* Dave Stewart , keyboardist with Egg, Hatfield & The North, National Health and Bruford....
    )


Singles


  • Getting Naked (1997)
  • Come Alive (1997)


External links