Rose was born on
July 24, 1979 in Sydney, Australia. She landed her first role in
a movie, Dallas Doll, when she was 12 years old. Over the next
few years, Rose appeared in a variety of Australian television
series including high school drama Heartbreak High, as well as
Echo Point, the short-lived Network Ten challenger to Home and
Away. She also had a number of guest roles in drama series
including GP, Big Sky, Wildside and Murder Call. During this
period, Rose graduated from the Australian Theatre for Young
People. She has since commenced an Arts degree at Sydney
University.
In 1999, Rose rocketed to fame in Australia with her role as
Alex in Gregor Jordan’s gritty crime comedy Two Hands, which
also starred the then relatively unknown Heath Ledger. The film
was a hit and won both public and critical acclaim.Rose’s next
film was her first lead role in Clara Law’s surreal The Goddess
of 1967 – the goddess being a Citroen DS car. Rose was awarded
the Copa Volpi for Best Actress at the 1999 Venice International
Film Festival for her outstanding portrayal as BG. Next up for
Rose was the critically acclaimed My Mother Frank, which also
starred Sinead Cusack, Sam Neill and Matthew Newton.
Her first experince on a big-budget movie came when she played
handmaiden to Natalie Portman in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack
of the Clones. In 2001 she featured in the The Pitch, a
notorious sub 3 minute short film directed by Nash Edgerton
which was created as the trailer for Tropfest 2001. She also
appeared in the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of La
Dispute, performing on stage at nights after being up since 4am
working on Star Wars. The international exposure from Star Wars,
along with a visit to LA to screen test for a few roles, led to
Rose being cast in a raft of films, including a small part in
Matt Dillon’s directorial debut City of Ghosts, filmed primarily
in Cambodia; and a feature role in the Samuel Goldwyn/BBC co-production
I Capture the Castle, a 1930’s English romance based on the book
by 101 Dalmatians author Dodie Smith.
Rose has also been busy filming in Australia in recent times,
and this year saw the release of three local films in which she
featured – The Rage In Placid Lake; The Night We Called It A Day,
; and Take Away. Also featured in former Savage Garden frontman
Darren Hayes’ music video for his single I Miss You which was
realeased earlier this year. In January this year, she returned
from Montreal, Canada, where she wrapped up filming of the
psychological drama Wicker Park, also starring Josh Hartnett and
Diane Kruger. She made headlines with the news that she had been
cast in the role of Briseis in the upcoming big budget epic film
Troy, the story of the Trojan War based on Homer’s poem The
Iliad as well as other historical sources.
