Rhona Mitra Biography

Rhona Mitra (born on August 9, 1976 in Paddington, London, England) is a British actress. She is sometimes credited as Rona Mitra.

Biography

Rhona Mitra is the daughter of Nora and Anthony Mitra. Her mother is Irish Catholic and her father is of half-Bengali Indian and half-English descent. She was raised as a Roman Catholic. In 1984, Mitra's parents divorced and, as part of an overall lifestyle change, eight-year-old Mitra was sent off to boarding school. Several years passed at two different all-girls schools, including Roedean, but Mitra was eventually expelled from both of them.

Rhona Mitra has been quoted as saying: "I was kicked out of Roedean 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 bed sheets 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."

Rhona Mitra is most famous for her roles as paralegal Tara Wilson on the legal drama The Practice (and its spin-off, Boston Legal) and as a live action model for Lara Croft from Eidos Interactive's Tomb Raider video game series.

After becoming the official living embodiment of the video game character Lara Croft, she underwent breast implant surgery in an effort to properly "become" the fictional character.

Rhona Mitra father is a renowned cosmetic surgeon, and at the time of her surgery, there was some controversy over whether or not it had been performed by her father.

Film List

• The Number 23 (2006) (filming) .... Laura Tollins
• Skinwalkers (2006) (post-production) .... Rachel
• Nip/Tuck (2005) (TV) .... Detective Kit McGraw
• Boston Legal (2004) (TV) .... Tara Wilson
• Spartacus (2004) (TV) .... Varinia
• The Practice (2003) (TV) .... Tara Wilson
• Stuck On You (2003) .... Bus Stop Bombshell
• The Life of David Gale (2003) .... Berlin
• Highwaymen (2003) .... Molly
• Sweet Home Alabama (2002) .... Tabatha Wadmore-Smith
• Ali G Indahouse (2002) .... Kate Hedges
• Gideon's Crossing (2000) (TV) .... Dr. Alejandra 'Ollie' Klein
• Get Carter (2000) .... Geraldine
• Hollow Man (2000).... Sebastian's Neighbor
• Party of Five (2000) (TV) .... Holly Beggins
• Secret Agent Man (2000) (TV) .... Lacey Sullivan
• Beowulf (1999) .... Kyra
• Monk Dawson (1998) .... Mollie
• Croupier (1998).... Girl with joint
• A Kid in Aladdin's Palace (1998) .... Sheherazade
• The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (1997) (TV) .... Flora Seymour
• Lust for Glorious (1997) (TV) .... French girl #1
• Ghostbusters of East Finchley (1995) (TV) .... Cass (as "Rona Mitra")

Notable TV guest appearances

• "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" playing "Herself" 30 September 2004
• "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" playing "Herself" 17 April 2004
• "The Sharon Osbourne Show" playing "Herself" 5 January 2004
• "The Sharon Osbourne Show" playing "Herself" 19 December 2003
• "The Big Breakfast" playing "Herself" 10 August 1997

Quote

• "It's a confusing heritage. I never know if I want to be running across the fields with no clothes on or sitting in the pub drinking Guinness." -Rhona Mitra, on her Indo-Irish background.