Rhona Mitra

Rhona Natasha Mitra (born 9 August 1976) is a British actress.

Mitra is known for her roles as Sonja in '' Underworld: Rise of the Lycans'' (2009); as Major Rachel Dalton in the second and third seasons of '' Strike Back'' (2012–2013); as Rachel Scott in the first two seasons of '' The Last Ship'' (2014–2015); Holly Marie Begins in the sixth season of ''Party of Five'' (1999–2000); as Kate Hedges in '' Ali G Indahouse'' (2002); as Tara Wilson in the final season of ''The Practice'' (2003–2004) and the first and second seasons of ''Boston Legal'' (2004–2005); as Detective Kit McGraw in the third season of '' Nip/Tuck'' (2005); in the lead role of the science fiction/action film '' Doomsday'' as Major Eden Sinclair (2008); as an assassin in the Netflix film '' Game Over, Man!'' (2018); and as Mercy Graves in the CW series ''Supergirl'' (2018).

Early life

Rhona Mitra was born in 1976 in the Paddington area of London, the daughter of Anthony Mitra, a surgeon, and Nora Downey. Her father is of Bengali Indian descent, while her mother is Irish.

Career

In 1997, Mitra appeared as the live-action model for Lara Croft, the lead character in Eidos Interactive's ''Tomb Raider'' video game series before Angelina Jolie took the role for the two ''Tomb Raider'' films (2001–2003). She played the romantic interest of Christopher Lambert in ''Beowulf'' (1999). Her first main role came as Scott Wolf's illicit love interest on ''Party of Five'' (1999–2000). In 2000, Mitra had a small role in the film '' Hollow Man'' as a neighbour who is raped by Kevin Bacon's character. She had a main role in the medical drama ''Gideon's Crossing'' (2001), as Alejandra "Ollie" Klein. Mitra was ranked No. 46 on the ''Maxim'' Hot 100 Women of 2001. Mitra then had roles in '' Ali G Indahouse'', '' Sweet Home Alabama'' (2002), '' Stuck on You'', and ''The Life of David Gale'' (2003) and leading roles in ''Highwaymen'' and ''Spartacus'' (2004). Mitra appeared in the final season of ''The Practice'' (2003) as Tara Wilson, and continued that role into its spin-off ''Boston Legal'' (2004–2005) with James Spader, 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'' (2006), '' The Number 23'' and '' Shooter'' (2007).

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). While filming, she grew fond of her vampire fangs, even declining to remove them when they could not be seen. "I put those fangs on the first day and I felt they should always have been there; it's strange. So I kept them in through the entire time of shooting, throughout all my dialogue and everything." In 2009, she was nominated for Scream Awards for Best Actress for this role. She also appeared in three episodes of ''Stargate Universe'' as Commander Kiva.

She stars in the 2010 Anders Anderson thriller film '' Stolen'', alongside Josh Lucas, Jon Hamm and James Van Der Beek. She portrayed Claire Radcliff in the 2010 ABC supernatural series ''The Gates''. She played Major Rachel Dalton on Cinemax's series '' Strike Back: Vengeance'' and '' Strike Back: Shadow Warfare'' (2012–2013), replacing Amanda Mealing.

In 2014 and 2015, she played Rachel Scott in the first two seasons of Michael Bay's post-apocalyptic television series, '' The Last Ship''.

In 2017, she portrayed Charlotte in the fourth season of ''The Strain''.

In 2018, Mitra was cast as Mercy Graves in the CW television series ''Supergirl''.

In 2020, Mitra starred in the science fiction film ''Archive'' as Simone. She also starred in the science fiction film '' Skylines'' as Dr Mal.

In 2023, she joined the film ''Hounds of War'', alongside Frank Grillo, and historical film ''Prisoners of Paradise''.
She also stars in the lead role in science-fiction film ''The Experiment'', alongside Famke Janssen and Stefanie Martini, where she plays Captain Ava Stone.

In 2025, she lands the female lead opposite Joel Kinnaman in '' Debriefing the President'', the four-hour miniseries greenlighted at TNT. She joins also the sword and sorcery film ''Red Sonja'', alongside Matilda Lutz.

Personal life

Her life in Uruguay rescuing horses has been featured in 2023 on the Channel 5 TV show '' Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Discography

Studio albums
* ''Come Alive'' (1998, produced by Dave Stewart)
* ''Female Icon'' (1999, produced by Dave Stewart)

Singles
* "Getting Naked" (1997)

References

External links

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Living people
English female models
English film actresses
English people of Indian descent
English people of Bengali descent
English people of Irish descent
English television actresses
People educated at Roedean School, East Sussex
Actresses from London
People from Paddington
20th-century English actresses
21st-century English actresses
20th-century English women singers
20th-century English singers
21st-century English women singers
21st-century English singers
1976 births
Models from the City of Westminster
Actors from the City of Westminster