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Rose Byrne was born in Balmain, Sydney, Australia. She is the daughter of Jane, a primary school administrator, and Robin Byrne, a semi-retired statistician and market researcher.
She landed her first role in a movie, Dallas Doll (1994), when she was 15 years old.
Since then, Rose has appeared in a variety of Australian televisions shows including Heartbreak High (1994), Echo Point (1995), and the film Two Hands (1999) alongside Heath Ledger. After this, she appeared in various movies like The Date (1999), My Mother Frank (2000), and Clara Law's The Goddess of 1967 (2000) for which she obtained the Female Volpi Cup at the Venice Festival in 2000.
Her first experience on a big-budget movie came when she played handmaiden, Dormé, to Natalie Portman, Padmé Amidala, in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002). In 2003, she starred, coincidentally, as Rose Mortmain in the adaptation of Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle (2003). In 2004, she acted in Wicker Park (2004) with Diane Kruger and Josh Hartnett. Here, she heard Wolfgang Petersen was looking for an actress for Briseis in his next movie Troy (2004) with Brad Pitt, she got the part and was recognised as one of the most promising actresses in Hollywood.
After Troy (2004), she played Edith in a TV adaptation of Casanova (2005). In September 2005, she started to act in Sunshine (2007), a Danny Boyle movie, where she plays the pilot in a space mission.- Jason Chong was born on 29 October 1969 in Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is an actor, known for 7 Guardians of the Tomb (2018), Wolf Creek (2016) and Marco Polo (2014).
- Lenore Smith was born on 25 October 1958 in Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She is an actress, known for The Flying Doctors (1986), The Flying Doctors (1985) and Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord (1997). She has been married to Warren Jones since 19 October 1997. She was previously married to Gary Sweet and Matthew Kay.
- Dawn Lake was born on 20 January 1927 in Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Wake in Fright (1971), Sound of Music (1963) and Sunstruck (1972). She was married to Bobby Limb. She died on 1 January 2006 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- John Kerr was born on 24 September 1914 in Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was married to Anne Kerr and Alison (Peggy) Worstead. He died on 24 March 1991 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Sydney Deane was born on 1 March 1863 in Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor, known for The Squaw Man (1914), The Last of the Mohicans (1920) and The Goose Girl (1915). He was married to Margaret Melrose O'Brien. He died on 20 March 1934 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.
- Dale Collins was born on 9 April 1897 in Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Dale was a writer, known for The Ship from Shanghai (1930), Sal of Singapore (1928) and East of Shanghai (1931). Dale was married to Kathleen Pratt and Aileen Mayal Davies. Dale died on 3 March 1956 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Actor
Born in Australia to an American father and Australian mother, Noel Coffey was brought to Oakland, California at the age of nineteen months, where he finished high school. He was known as a promising figure skater, winning a number of amateur prizes; after finishing high school, he went professional, appearing with Sonja Henie in one of her shows. With war being declared against Germany and Japan, Noel enlisted in the U. S. Army Air Corps on July 13, 1942, and soon received a commission as a Second Lieutenant, assigned as co-pilot on the "Buzz Wagon" a B-25 (#41-12928) with the 446th Bombardment Squadron, 321st Bombardment Group, 57th Bombardment wing, 12th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Force. He, with the rest of his crew, was killed during a non-battle related incident when the "Buzz Wagon" crashed in a "Test Hop" near Ain M'Lila (Tunisia/North Africa). He was buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, California.- F.W. Thwaites was born on 23 May 1908 in Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was a writer, known for The Broken Melody (1938). He died on 13 August 1979 in Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Archie Hull was born on 14 January 1906 in Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor, known for Number 96 (1972), Homicide (1964) and The Great MacArthy (1975). He died on 27 March 1975 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Actress
Carlotta was born on 2 September 1943 in Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She is an actress, known for Dead Easy (1982), Number 96 (1972) and The Naked Bunyip (1970).- Bobbie Beaumont was born in 1904 in Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for On Our Selection (1932). She died on 19 October 1955 in Rosebery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Harry Moreny was born on 28 August 1900 in Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor, known for Jack Hylton Presents (1955) and Aladdin (1960). He was married to Betty Norton. He died in 1980 in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia.
- John Brogden was born on 28 March 1969 in Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He has been married to Lucy Brogden since 21 December 1992. They have two children.
- Tom Uren was born on 28 May 1921 in Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was married to Christine Anne Logan and Patricia Stella Palmer. He died on 26 January 2015 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.