Saturday, May 9, 2009

Rose Byrne Profile

Name: Rose Byrne
Birth name: Mary Rose Byrne
Date of birth: July 24, 1979
Birthplace: Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Mary Rose Byrne was born on 24 July 1979. She is an Australian actress. Byrne was cast in her first film role, Dallas Doll, when she was 12 years old. She has appeared in a variety of Australian television shows including Heartbreak High, Echo Point, and the film Two Hands alongside Heath Ledger. She appeared in The Date, My Mother Frank, and Clara Law's The Goddess of 1967 for which she obtained the Female Volpi Cup at the 2000 Venice Film Festival. Meanwhile, she appeared as a guest in an episode of the cop drama series Murder Call. She also acted on stage, playing a lead role in La Dispute and starred in a production of Anton Chekhov's classic Three Sisters at the Sydney Theatre Company.