Rose Byrne

Acting · Born 1979-07-24 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Mary Rose Byrne (born 24 July 1979) is an Australian actress. She made her screen debut in the film Dallas Doll (1994), and continued to act in Australian film and television throughout the 1990s. She obtained her first leading film role in The Goddess of 1967 (2000), which brought her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress and made the transition to Hollywood in the small role of Dormé in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), followed by larger parts in Troy (2004), 28 Weeks Later (2007), and Knowing (2009). Byrne appeared as Ellen Parsons in the legal thriller series Damages (2007–2012), which earned her two Golden Globe Awards nominations and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Get Him to the Greek (2010) and Bridesmaids (2011) established her as a comedic actress, in…

Filmography

• Sunshine as Cassie
• Troy as Briseis
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem as Leatherhead (voice)
• Insidious as Renai Lambert
• X-Men: First Class as Moira MacTaggert
• Bridesmaids as Helen
• The Place Beyond the Pines as Jennifer Cross
• Instant Family as Ellie Wagner
• Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway as Bea
• 28 Weeks Later as Scarlet

TV

• The Boys as Rose Byrne (uncredited)
• Bluey as Brandy (voice)
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Boeing Executive
• Murder Call
• Physical as Sheila Rubin
• Rove as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• Damages as Ellen Parsons
• Casanova as Edith
• Echo Point as Belinda O'Connor