Rhona Mitra

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Rhona Mitra in Los Angeles (2009)

Rhona Natasha Mitra (born August 9, 1976 in London ) is a British actress and singer . She began her career as a model and was first known in 1997 as the official double of the character Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider computer game series.

life and career

Rhona Mitra is the daughter of the Indian / English-born Anthony and the Irish Nora Mitra, who divorced in 1984. She was born in the London borough of Paddington . She began her career with small television and stage roles and as a presenter on several British programs. She achieved great fame as the live model of the character Lara Croft from the computer game Tomb Raider . In between she took acting classes, which she broke off after a year.

In 1999 Mitra released an album called Lara Croft: Female Icon , produced by David A. Stewart ( Eurythmics ).

In the television series Party of Five , she stood in front of the camera for twelve episodes as Holly Marie Beggins . In the same year Mitra played the king's daughter Kyra in the fantasy film Beowulf . In the film, she has a relationship with Beowulf , who is played by Christopher Lambert .

In 2000 she was the neighbor of Sebastian Caine ( Kevin Bacon ) in the film Hollow Man . She starred as Geraldine in the action film Get Carter, alongside Sylvester Stallone as Jack Carter , Michael Caine as Cliff Brumby and Mickey Rourke as Cyrus Paice .

In 2002 she stood in front of the camera in small supporting roles in the productions Ali G in da House and Sweet Home Alabama . She starred as Berlin in Alan Parker's film , The Life of David Gale , with Kevin Spacey as David Gale and Kate Winslet as Bitsey Bloom in the lead roles. Rhona Mitra then played the lawyer Tara Wilson in the law series Practice - The Lawyers in 22 episodes before she was seen in the same role in the spin-off Boston Legal in 20 episodes.

In the television movie Spartacus she played the role of Varinia alongside Alan Bates . In the third season of the drama series Nip / Tuck - Beauty Has Its Prize , Mitra received five episodes in the supporting role of Kit McGraw . In the mystery thriller Number 23 by Joel Schumacher , she played the student Laura Tollins , who has been missing since she was 23 and was killed by Walter Sparrow ( Jim Carrey ). In the same year she played the FBI agent Alourdes Galindo on the side of Mark Wahlberg and Danny Glover in the action thriller shooter by Antoine Fuqua .

In the British science fiction film Doomsday , Rhona Mitra played the main character Eden Sinclair alongside Bob Hoskins as Bill Nelson . In 2009 she played in Underworld - Uprising of the Lycans, the daughter of Sonja of the vampire Viktor (played by Bill Nighy ), who gets involved in a love affair with the Lycans Lucian and becomes pregnant by him. In the television series The Gates , she was seen as the vampire Claire Radcliff . From 2014 to 2015 she played a leading role in the series The Last Ship .

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personal data
SURNAME Miter, Rhona
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mitra, Rhona Natasha (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress, singer, model and Lara Croft double
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH London