Mitra was born in Paddington, London, England, the daughter of Nora Downey and Anthony Mitra, a cosmetic surgeon. She has an older and a younger brother. Her father is of Bengali Indian and English 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 claims she was eventually expelled from both of them. Mitra's first main role came as Scott Wolf's illicit love interest on Party of Five (1994). In 2000, Mitra had a small, key role in the film Hollow Man (2000), as the rape victim of Kevin Bacon, an incident that drives his character insane. She had a main role in the medical drama Gideon's Crossing (2000), as "Dr. Alejandra Ollie Klein". Mitra then had roles in Ali G Indahouse (2002); Sweet Home Alabama (2002); Stuck on You (2003), and leading roles in Highwaymen (2004) and Spartacus (2004). Mitra appeared in the final season of The Practice (1997) as "Tara Wilson", and continued that role into its spin-off Boston Legal (2004), but left not long into the second season. In 2005, Mitra played the role of "Kit McGraw" during Season 3 of Nip/Tuck (2003). Mitra then went on to appear in Skinwalkers (2006), The Number 23 (2007) and Shooter (2007). In 2008, Mitra starred in the lead role of the science fiction/action film Doomsday (2008) as "Major Eden Sinclair", and, in 2009, went on to star in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) as "Sonja", the daughter of the powerful vampire elder, "Viktor" (played by Bill Nighy). Mitra appeared as the live action model for "Lara Croft", the lead character in Eidos Interactive's Tomb Raider video game series. She was ranked #46 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2001.
Rhona Rees is an award winning performer with more than 25 years experience in front of the camera and behind the mic. Her first role was the lead in a film with Australian screen legend Ernie Dingo at the age of 11. She enjoyed a busy career as a child in Australia, with lead and supporting roles in series like Ocean girl, Blabbermouth and Stickybeak and High Flyers. Now based in Vancouver, BC, Rhona is well known for her voice work which includes animated series like The dragon Prince, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Lego Ninjago, Polly Pocket and Littlest Pet Shop. Rhona also voices video games (Rainbow Six Siege, Dragalia Lost) and many commercials (Hyundai, Huggies, Manulife to name a few). As well as her work as a performer, Rhona is an emerging screenwriter. Her short film FREYA has won multiple awards at film festivals around the world, her short Call Button made the Crazy8s top 13 in 2021 and she is in development with WildBrain Studios for an animated kids series. Rhona is also a dialect coach, voice teacher and co-creator of Mistressclass, a webinar series she created with Adrienne Lindsay.
Rhona Shekter is an actress, known for X-Men (2000), Homie Spumoni (2006) and ReGenesis (2004).
Rhonda Ayers is an actress, known for I Origins (2014), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Second Coming (2016).
Rhonda Bankston, is a Renaissance Woman - Actress, Singer, Entrepreneur and CEO of Bankston Boutique, Designer and a native of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Upon moving to Los Angeles, Rhonda's acting career began to soar, and she frequently garnered lead and featured roles as mother, grandmother, aunt, and sister due to her caring, nurturing being. With her witty personality, Rhonda has featured prominently in comedic roles, and has become a You Tube sensation with her viral videos on Russell Simmons' All Def Digital Channel, including Teach Old People to Twerk 'For the First Time', Old People Go to a Trap Party 'For the First Time', Old People Roast 'For the First Time', and A&E's This is How We Did It: Nana Knows About Quickies. Rhonda has appeared in numerous theatrical productions, as Flossie in the hit stage play The Truth: a Musical Stage Play, and most recently as Aunt Daisy in Regina Daye Allen's Demon's in the Midst. Television appearances include Let's Make A Deal, The Doctors, LA Hair, Insecure, The Voice, Lifetime's A Christmas Grandpa and Taraji P. Henson's White Hot Christmas on Fox, where she performed with Faith Evans and Leslie Odom, Jr. Films credits include Janicza Bravo's Lemon (2017) staring Nia Long and Marla Gibbs, CainAbel (2017) produced and directed by Erik B. Ramsey, and Elsewhere (2017) directed by Patrick James Lynch. Music videos and background vocal performances include Jealous - the Gospel Version by Nick Jonas, Mark Ronson with Eyango, Elton John's performance as part of Disneyland's 60th Anniversary, and Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated. You can find Rhonda hosting The Rhonda Bankston Show every Saturday morning at 9:00am on internet radio.
Rhonda Freeman-Baraka is an NAACP-nominated writer/director based in Atlanta, Georgia. Most recently, she directed Lifetime's star-studded PRIDE AND PREJUDICE ATLANTA, an all-black, updated version of the Jane Austen classic, and DOWNSIZED, a family comedy starring real-life husband and wife Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker. She has written twenty-two produced television movies including PASTOR BROWN, BOBBI KRISTINA, THE MIKI HOWARD STORY, FOR THE LOVE OF RUTH, COINS FOR CHRISTMAS, HERITAGE FALLS, and THE SECRET SHE KEPT. She wrote two of the three highest-rated original movies for TV One (Miki Howard and Bobbi Kristina) and directed one of its highest-rated unscripted episodes (Uncensored: Tamar Braxton). She also contributed two episodes to season two of the popular Bounce TV drama SAINTS AND SINNERS. Ms. Baraka created and wrote all five installments of the popular UP TV Chandler Family Christmas movie franchise, starring Malinda Williams, Victoria Rowell and Greg Alan Williams and directed the last three installments. The franchise remains a holiday favorite among UP audiences. She most recently directed Lifetime's "You Light Up My Christmas," starring Kim Fields (marking her 10th holiday movie) and Reel One's romantic comedy, "Unveiled." She also wrote an episode of BET's hit series "Tales."
Rhonda Bender is known for Holy Ghost People (2013), Ghost of a Tale (2018) and Background (2016).
Rhonda Boutte is known for King Judith (2022) and Civic Duty (2018).
Rhonda Bowman is an actress, known for Miss Strangelove (2013), Billy the Kid: Showdown in Lincoln County (2017) and Jar of Light (2013).
Rhonda Burchmore was born on May 15, 1960 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She is an actress, known for The Pirate Movie (1982), Silence of the Hams (1992) and Love Child (2014).