An actress, singer, and model from Britain are named Rhona Natasha Mitra. She started out as a model and then became well-known for playing the main character in a well-known video game series. At the age of nine, she made the decision to pursue acting after meeting British actress Judi Dench, the mother of a classmate.
She ultimately managed to join the world of show business and gradually established herself as a model and actress after experiencing significant difficulties in her teens.
She is now well-known and has a large following thanks to her dedication and hard work in the acting industry.
Rhona Mitra’s Date of Birth and Parents
Rhona Natasha Mitra was born on August 9, 1976, in Paddington, Hampstead, London to Nora Downey, an Irish woman, and Anthony Mitra, a cosmetic surgeon of Bengali Indian ancestry.
She has two brothers: Jason, her older brother, and Guyana, her younger brother, who works as a travel journalist for Lonely Planet and The Sunday Times.
Rhona Mitra’s Education
When she was just eight years old, her parents separated in 1984, and she was then taken to a boarding school. She attended Roedean, an all-girls school in Brighton, East Sussex.
She was sent out for taking a vehicle to the neighborhood boys’ school. She was labeled a problem and expelled from her next boarding school as a result of complaints from other parents.
She spent several years actively participating in London’s club scene before deciding to pursue acting professionally after becoming interested in it.
She enrolled in a theater school for a three-year program. Just after the first year, when she had enough self-confidence, she began hunting for a job and started acting in the local theater.
Rhona Mitra’s Career
Rhona Mitra began her career as a model before transitioning to television in the early 1990s. In 1995, she made her television debut in a minor part in “Ghostbusters of East Finchley.”
She played Sarah Wickes in the television series “The Bill” in 1996 and in the miniseries “The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous” in 1997.
She appeared as Lara Croft, the lead character of the computer game series “Tomb Raider,” in 1997. The emerging model became well-known because of this experience, which offered her broad exposure.
She also pursued a career in music. ‘Getting Naked,’ her first song, was made available in 1997. Both of her studio albums, “Female Icon” and “Come Alive,” were released in 1998.
She played the part of Mollie Jolliffe in the films “Croupier” and “Monk Dawson” in 1998. She had an appearance as Christopher Lambert’s love interest in the movie “Beowulf” the following year. She was named number 46 in the “Maxim Hot 100 Women” in 2001.
She played Dr. Alejandra “Ollie” Klein, the main character in the medical drama series “Gideon’s Crossing.” In the early 2000s, she also acted in films including “Sweet Home Alabama,” “Ali G Indahouse,” and “Stuck on You.”
In the seasons 2003–2004 of “The Practice” and 2004’s “Boston Legal,” she played Tara Wilson, the principal character. She played the main characters in both the film Highwaymen and the television series Spartacus in the same year.
She played Kit McGraw in the third season of the television series “Nip/Tuck” in 2005. Around this time, she also had appearances in the films “Skinwalkers,” “The Number 23,” and “Shooter.”
She appeared as Major Eden Sinclair in the science fiction/action film “Doomsday” in 2008. She portrays Sonja, the undead vampire’s daughter, in the 2009 film “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.”
In 2010, she had appearances in both the suspense movie Stolen and the television series “Stargate Universe.” She played Claire Radcliff in the supernatural power drama “The Gates” on ABC that same year.
She played Major Rachel Dalton in the television series “Strike Back: Project Vengeance” from 2012 to 2013. She portrayed Dr. Rachel Scott in the post-apocalyptic series “The Last Ship” from 2014–15. In 2017, she appears in the series ‘The Strain’ as Charlotte.