Rhona Natasha Mitra (Bengali) (sometimes credited as Rona Mitra; born 9 August 1976) is an English actress, model and singer.
Early life
Mitra was born in Paddington, London, England, the daughter of Antony Mitra, a cosmeticsurgeon, and Nora Downey. She has an older brother, Jason Wath Mitra, who is two years her senior, and a younger brother Guyan who is a travel writer for Lonely Planet and The Sunday Times. Her father is of English and Indian descent, and her mother is Irish. In 1984, when Mitra was eight, her parents divorced, and she was sent to boarding school. She spent several years at two different schools, including Roedean, but Mitra says she was eventually expelled from both of them.
Career
Mitra played the romantic interest of Christopher Lambert in Beowulf. Her first main role came asScott Wolf's illicit love interest on Party of Five. In 2000, Mitra had a small role in the film Hollow Man, as a neighbour assaulted by Kevin Bacon's character. She had a main role in medical drama Gideon's Crossing, as Dr. Alejandra 'Ollie' Klein. Mitra then had roles in Ali G Indahouse;Sweet Home Alabama; Stuck on You, and leading roles in Highwaymen and Spartacus. Mitra appeared in the final season of The Practice as Tara Wilson, and continued that role into its spin-off Boston Legal, but left not long into the second season.
In 2005, Mitra played the role of Kit McGraw during Season 3 of Nip/Tuck. Mitra then went on to appear in Skinwalkers, The Number 23 and Shooter. In 2008, Mitra starred in the lead role of the science fiction/action film Doomsday as Major Eden Sinclair [sometimes mistakenly named in some databases as being Caryn Peterson], and in 2009 went on to star in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans as Sonja, the daughter of the powerful vampire elder Viktor (played by Bill Nighy). She also appeared in three episodes of Stargate Universe.
In 2005, Mitra played the role of Kit McGraw during Season 3 of Nip/Tuck. Mitra then went on to appear in Skinwalkers, The Number 23 and Shooter. In 2008, Mitra starred in the lead role of the science fiction/action film Doomsday as Major Eden Sinclair [sometimes mistakenly named in some databases as being Caryn Peterson], and in 2009 went on to star in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans as Sonja, the daughter of the powerful vampire elder Viktor (played by Bill Nighy). She also appeared in three episodes of Stargate Universe.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Ghostbusters of East Finchley | Cass | |
| 1996 | The Bill | Sarah Wickes | |
| 1997 | Lust for Glorious | French girl #1 | |
| 1997 | The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous | Flora Seymour | |
| 1998 | The Pepsi Chart | Herself | Co-presenter |
| 1998 | A Kid in Aladdin's Palace | Sheherazade | |
| 1998 | Croupier | Girl with joint | |
| 1998 | Monk Dawson | Mollie | |
| 1999 | How to Breed Gibbons | Juliet | |
| 1999 | Beowulf | Kyra | |
| 2000 | Secret Agent Man | Lacey Sullivan | |
| 2000 | Party of Five | Holly Begins | 12 episodes |
| 2000 | Hollow Man | Sebastian's Neighbor | |
| 2000 | Get Carter | Geraldine | |
| 2000 | Gideon's Crossing | Dr. Alejandra 'Ollie' Klein | 20 episodes |
| 2002 | Ali G Indahouse | Kate Hedges | |
| 2002 | Sweet Home Alabama | Tabatha Wadmore-Smith | |
| 2003 | Highwaymen | Molly | |
| 2003 | The Life of David Gale | Berlin | |
| 2003 | Stuck on You | Bus Stop Bombshell | |
| 2003 | The Practice | Tara Wilson | 22 episodes |
| 2004 | Spartacus | Varinia | |
| 2004 | Boston Legal | Tara Wilson | 20 episodes |
| 2005 | Nip/Tuck | Detective Kit McGraw | 5 episodes |
| 2006 | Skinwalkers | Rachel Talbot | |
| 2007 | The Number 23 | Laura Tollins | |
| 2007 | Shooter | Alourdes Galindo | |
| 2008 | Doomsday | Eden Sinclair | |
| 2009 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | Sonja | |
| 2009 | Stolen | Barbara Adkins | |
| 2009 | Separation City | Katrien Becker | |
| 2010 | Stargate Universe | Kiva | 3 episodes |
| 2010 | Re-Uniting the Rubins | Andie Rubins | |
| 2010 | The Gates | Radcliff | 13 episodes |
| 2011 | Bad Karma | Kelly |
Discography
Albums
- Come Alive (1998, produced by Dave Stewart)
- Female Icon (1999, produced by Dave Stewart)
Singles
- "Getting Naked" (1997)
