Rhona Mitra

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Rhona Mitra
File:Rhona Mitra (Straighten Colors).jpg
Mitra at the Los Angeles Comic Book Convention, 2009
Born Rhona Natasha Mitra
(1976-08-09) 9 August 1976 (age 48)
Hampstead, London, England, UK[1]
Occupation Actress, model, singer, songwriter
Years active 1995–present

Rhona Natasha Mitra (born 9 August 1976),[2] sometimes credited as Rona Mitra, is an English actress, model and singer.

Mitra began her career as a model. She came to prominence as the Lara Croft model between 1997 and 1998. After completing her stint as Lara Croft, she concentrated on acting and is best known for her roles as Holly Marie Begins on the sixth season of Party of Five (1999–2000); as Tara Wilson on the final season of The Practice (2003–2004) and the first and second seasons of Boston Legal (2004–2005); as Detective Kit McGraw on the third season of Nip/Tuck (2005); in the lead role of the science fiction/action film Doomsday as Major Eden Sinclair (2008); as Sonja in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009); and as Major Rachel Dalton on the third and fourth seasons of Strike Back (2012–2013). In 2014 she gained a lead role as Dr. Rachel Scott on the television series The Last Ship (2014–present).

Early life

Rhona Mitra was born in Hampstead, London, the daughter of Anthony Mitra, a cosmetic surgeon, and Nora Downey. Her father is of Bengali background. She has a brother, Jason, who is two years older, and a younger brother, Guyan, who is a travel writer for Lonely Planet and The Sunday Times.[3]

Career

Mitra appeared as the live action model for Lara Croft, the lead character in Eidos Interactive's Tomb Raider video game series before Angelina Jolie took the role for the two Tomb Raider films (2001–2003).[4] Mitra was ranked No. 46 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2001.[5] She played the 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 a neighbour sexually assaulted by Kevin Bacon's character. She had a main role in the 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 (sometimes mistakenly named in some databases as being Caryn Peterson), 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). While filming, she grew fond of her vampire fangs, even declining to remove them when they couldn't be seen. "I put those fangs on the first day and I felt they should always have been there; it's strange. So I kept them in through the entire time of shooting, throughout all my dialogue and everything."[6] She also appeared in three episodes of Stargate Universe.

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Mitra in 2007

She stars in the 2010 Anders Anderson thriller film Stolen, alongside Josh Lucas, Jon Hamm and James Van Der Beek.[7] She portrayed Claire Radcliff in the 2010 ABC supernatural series The Gates.[8] She played Major Rachel Dalton on Cinemax's series Strike Back: Project Vengeance, replacing Amanda Mealing.[9]

Since 2014, she has played Dr. Rachel Scott in Michael Bay's post-apocalyptic television series, The Last Ship.[10]

Nominations

Rhona Mitra was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2006 from Boston Legal TV Series. She was also nominated in 2009 for Scream Awards for Best Actress from Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Eddie Izzard: Glorious Groupie Video
1998 A Kid in Aladdin's Palace Sheherazade Video
1998 Croupier Girl with Joint
1998 Monk Dawson Mollie Jolliffe
1999 How to Breed Gibbons Juliet Short film
1999 Beowulf Kyra
2000 Hollow Man Sebastian's Neighbor
2000 Get Carter Geraldine
2002 Ali G Indahouse Kate Hedges
2002 Sweet Home Alabama Tabatha Wadmore-Smith
2003 The Life of David Gale Berlin
2003 Stuck on You Bus Stop Bombshell
2004 Highwaymen Molly Poole
2006 Skinwalkers Rachel Talbot
2007 The Number 23 Laura Tollins
2007 Shooter Alourdes Galindo
2008 Doomsday Eden Sinclair
2009 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Sonja
2009 Separation City Katrien Becker
2009 Stolen Barbara Adkins
2010 Reuniting the Rubins Andie Rubin
2014 The Loft Allison Vanowen
2016 Hard Target 2 Sofia

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Ghostbusters of East Finchley Cass Episode: "1.5"
1996 The Bill Sarah Wickes Episode: "Outer"
1997 Lust for Glorious La Dame Française TV film
1997 The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous Flora Seymour TV miniseries
1999–2000 Party of Five Holly Marie Beggins Recurring role (12 episodes)
2000 Secret Agent Man Lacey Sullivan Episode: "Supernaked"
2000–01 Gideon's Crossing Dr. Alejandra Ollie Klein Main role (20 episodes)
2003–04 The Practice Tara Wilson Main role (22 episodes)
2004 Spartacus Varinia TV miniseries
2004 Boston Legal Tara Wilson Main role (20 episodes)
2005 Nip/Tuck Kit McGraw Recurring role (5 episodes)
2010 Stargate Universe Commander Kiva Episodes: "Subversion", "Incursion: Parts 1 & 2"
2010 The Gates Claire Radcliff Main role (13 episodes)
2012 Crisis Point Cameron Grainger TV film
2012–13 Strike Back Maj. Rachel Dalton Regular role (14 episodes)
2014–present The Last Ship Dr. Rachel Scott Main role

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Tomb Raider II Lara Croft Live Action Model
2016 Squadron 42 Executive Officer Kelly Voice / Motion Capture

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

  • "Getting Naked" (1997)[4]

References

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  6. ↑ "Mitra Mad About Her Vampire Fangs", ContactMusic, 30 January 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
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  9. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie. "Rhona Mitra to Join Cinemax Action Drama 'Strike Back' as Female Lead in Season 2". Deadline.com, 6 January 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
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External links

Preceded by
Nathalie Cook
 Lara Croft model
1997–1998		 Succeeded by
Vanessa Demouy

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