Rhona Mitra

Rhona Mitra
Mitra in January 2009
Born	Rhona Natasha Mitra 9 August 1976 (1976-08-09) (age 33) Paddington, London, England, UK
Occupation	Actress, Model, Singer
Years active	1995–present
Official website

Rhona Natasha Mitra (born 9 August 1976) is an English actress, model and singer, sometimes credited as Rona Mitra.

Early life

Mitra was born in Paddington, London, England, the daughter of Antony Mitra, who is a cosmetic surgeon, and Nora Downey. She has an older brother, Jason Wath Mitra, who is two years her senior, and a younger brother.^[1] Her father is of Bengali Indian and English descent, and her mother is Irish.^[2][3] In 1984, when Mitra was eight, her parents divorced, and she was sent to boarding school. She spent several years at two different schools, including Roedean, but Mitra claims she was eventually expelled from both of them.

Career

Mitra showed herself to the wider audiences playing romantic interest of Christopher Lambert in Beowulf. Her first main role came as Scott Wolf's illicit love interest on Party of Five. In 2000, Mitra had a small role in the film Hollow Man, as an assault of Kevin Bacon's character. She had a main role in medical drama Gideon's Crossing, as Dr. Alejandra 'Ollie' Klein. Mitra then had roles in Ali G Indahouse; Sweet Home Alabama; Stuck on You, and leading roles in Highwaymen and Spartacus. Mitra appeared in the final season of The Practice as Tara Wilson, and continued that role into its spin-off Boston Legal, but left not long into the second season. In 2005, Mitra played the role of Kit McGraw during Season 3 of Nip/Tuck. Mitra then went on to appear in Skinwalkers, The Number 23 and Shooter. In 2008, Mitra starred in the lead role of the science fiction/action film Doomsday as Major Eden Sinclair, and in 2009 went on to star in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans as Sonja, the daughter of the powerful vampire elder Viktor (played by Bill Nighy).

Mitra in 2007

Mitra appeared as the live action model for Lara Croft, the lead character in Eidos Interactive's Tomb Raider video game series. Mitra was ranked #46 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2001.^[4]

Filmography

• Ghostbusters of East Finchley (1995) as Cass (as "Rona Mitra")
• The Bill (1996) as Sarah Wickes
• Lust for Glorious (1997) as French girl #1
• The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (1997) as Flora Seymour
• The Pepsi Chart (1998) as herself (co-presenter)
• A Kid in Aladdin's Palace (1998) as Sheherazade
• Croupier (1998) as Girl with joint
• Monk Dawson (1998) as Mollie
• How to Breed Gibbons (1999) as Juliet
• Beowulf (1999) as Kyra
• Secret Agent Man (2000) as Lacey Sullivan
• Party of Five (2000) as Holly Begins
• Hollow Man (2000) as Sebastian's Neighbor
• Get Carter (2000) as Geraldine
• Gideon's Crossing (2000) as Dr. Alejandra 'Ollie' Klein
• Ali G Indahouse (2002) as Kate Hedges
• Sweet Home Alabama (2002) as Tabatha Wadmore-Smith
• Highwaymen (2003) as Molly
• The Life of David Gale (2003) as Berlin
• Stuck on You (2003) as Bus Stop Bombshell
• The Practice (2003) as Tara Wilson
• Spartacus (2004) as Varinia
• Boston Legal (2004) as Tara Wilson
• Nip/Tuck (2005) as Detective Kit McGraw
• Skinwalkers (2006) as Rachel Talbot
• The Number 23 (2007) as Laura Tollins
• Shooter (2007) as Alourdes Galindo
• Doomsday (2008) as Eden Sinclair
• Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) as Sonja
• Stolen Lives (2009) as Barbara
• Separation City (2009) as Katrien
• Stargate Universe (2009) as Kiva
• Re-Uniting the Rubins (2009) as Andie Rubins

Discography

Albums

• Come Alive (1998, produced by Dave Stewart)^[5]
• Female Icon (1999, produced by Dave Stewart)^[5]

Singles

• "Getting Naked" (1997)^[6]

References

External links

• Official website
• Rhona Mitra's Biography, News, Photos and Videos on her Birthday
• Rhona Mitra at the Internet Movie Database