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Rhona Mitra Profile |
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Birth Date: August 9, 1976
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Birth Place: Paddington, London, England, UK
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Birth Name: Rhona Mitra
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Height: 5'8"
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Biography |
Born in Paddington, London, England on August 9, 1976, Rhona
Mitra is the daughter of Nora and Anthony Mitra. In 1984,
Rhona's parents got divorced and, as part of an overall
lifestyle change, eight-year-old Rhona was sent off to
boarding school. Several years passed at two different
all-girls schools, but Rhona and her energetic spirit were
not fit for the discipline those English establishments
offered and she was subsequently expelled from both of them.
A teenager back in London, Rhona Mitra lacked direction and
became involved with the wrong crowd. Mitra was enveloped in
the club scene and developed a drug habit that tied into the
all-night and day raves she attended. Four years passed
before she finally realized that her yearning to act and be
in the public eye could not be ignored. Turning her life
around, she attended drama school for one year.
With newly acquired acting skills, she hit the British
casting calls with much fervor, landing a one-time
appearance in the series, Ghostbusters of East Finchley, in
1995. Mitra's career continued to progress when she filmed
her first movie, Monk Dawson, the following year, although
it was only released in 1998. It was her appearance as a
mischievous schoolgirl in the three-part miniseries The Man
Who Made Husbands Jealous that really established her as a
budding young talent.
After the encouragement of friends and family, who always
claimed she had a likeness to a certain butt-kicking video
game character, Mitra auditioned and received the part of
Lara Croft, from the Tomb Raider action series. As Croft,
she attended trade shows and participated in media events,
always in character. In fact, she had breast enlargement
surgery to further her image as a true Croft look-alike.
Further showing off her skills, Mitra cut tracks for the
video game's soundtrack along with Dave Stewart, formerly of
the Eurythmics. The whirlwind of shows, rabid fans and crazy
e-mail requests lasted nine months, enough to establish a
solid background for Mitra in the United States.
Mitra's first major leading role post-Croft came in 1999's
Beowulf, alongside Christopher Lambert. She was featured
prominently in the trailor for the film Hollow Man, but
actually had a bit part in the movie, making it clear that
she served as eye candy to reel in audiences.
Mitra had a more prominent role in several episodes of FOX's
Party of Five as Holly, a British medical student
romantically involved with "Bailey" (played by Scott Wolf).
Throw in some spreads for some men's magazines, and Mitra
became one highly publicized fox.
In 2000, Mitra landed a permanent role on the ABC medical
drama Gideon's Crossing, but unfortunately, the show tanked
after one season. The bigger highlight that year came with
the release of Get Carter, in which she shared a steamy love
scene with Sylvester Stallone. Returning to England, Mitra
appeared in Ali G Indahouse starring (of course) Ali G, the
popular gangsta comedian. Her most recent role, in 2002's
moneymaking romantic comedy, Sweet Home Alabama, is evidence
that she is slowly but surely breaking into Hollywood
circles.
Despite these recent numerous accomplishments, Mitra still
needs a breakout role to further cast aside the modeling
misconceptions that hang over her at times. With two highly
anticipated films coming out in 2003 -- The Life of David
Gale, starring Kevin Spacey and Highwaymen, starring James
Caviezel -- we hope this will be the year when her hard work
really pays off. Completely focused on success -- and
single, we might add -- Rhona Mitra will surely be in the
spotlight more and more, and not just because she's a
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Other
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Had plastic surgery on her breasts to increase their size.
Once presented the Pepsi Chart Show (British Channel 5 show)
with Dr. Fox
Raised as a Catholic.
Went to Roedean, an all-girls' school in Brighton, East
Sussex, but was expelled from it, then from another boarding
school. According to Rhona, "I was kicked out for taking a
sixth-former's car and driving it down to the local boys'
school. I was only 14. I left stuffing under my bedsheets
but one of my friends told on me and the headmistress
tracked me down. They put me in this room with bars on the
windows to punish me. I was stuck in there for a whole week
with just a rosary for comfort, having my dinner brought in
on trays. The only time I got out was to say confession to
the school priest. After that, they booted me out. Then at
the next school the other girls used to blame me whenever
they got caught for something, so all the parents wrote in
and said they didn't want me at the school. I crammed my
exams in London and did fine."
Father was Antony Mitra (half-Indian, half-English), and
mother Nora was Irish: they divorced in 1984.
Shares a birthday with "The Practice" co-star Jessica
Capshaw. |
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