Rhona Natasha Mitra was born on 9 August 1976, in Paddington, London, United Kingdom, to mother Nora Downey of Irish descent and father Anthony Mitra, a cosmetic surgeon of Bengali, Indian and English descent. She is a British actress, singer and model.
An actress who has managed to find success in both the British and American television and movie industry, how rich is Rhona Mitra? As estimated by sources in early 2016, her net worth reaches an amount of $6.5 million. She has been able to establish her wealth through her many television and movie appearances as well as through her modeling and singing career.
Rhona Mitra Net Worth $6.5 Million
Mitra’s parents divorced when she was eight years old. She was enrolled in two different all-girls schools in Paddington, however, she was expelled from both institutions due to her troubled adolescent nature. She then became interested in acting and enrolled in a three-year drama school. Not long after, she began performing in regional theater, and after several small parts in British television shows, she was cast as Flora in a television adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s novel “The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous” in 1997. The same year she played the role of Sheherazade in the children fantasy adventure “A Kid in Aladdin’s Palace”. Mitra came to real prominence by modeling as Lara Croft, the main character of “Tomb Raider”, a video game series between 1997 and 1998, before Angelina Jolie was chosen to play the role of the same character in the “Tomb Raider” movies.
Aside from her acting career, Mitra was also advancing a singing career, releasing two albums, “Come Alive” in 1998 and “Female Icon” in 1999.
Returning to acting, Rhona appeared in the science fantasy-action film Beowulf in 1999, as the love interest of Christopher Lambert. Her first lead role and her career’s boost was in “Party of Five”, an American teen drama airing from 1994 to 2000, in which Mitra was cast in the recurring role of Holly Beggins, a British student studying medicine in the USA and Scott Wolf’s illicit love interest. This role considerably added to her net worth.
Mitra’s television work helped raise her profile in the film industry. In 2000 she appeared in the movie “Hollow Man” as well as in the Sylvester Stallone movie “Get Carter”. The same year she took part in the well-regarded drama “Gideon’s Crossing”, playing the role of Dr. Ollie Klein. Her movie roles also include the 2002 comedies “Ally G Indahouse” and “Sweet Home Alabama” as well as the 2003 comedy “Stuck On You”. She also took the lead roles in the 2004 movie “The Highwaymen” and the miniseries “Spartacus” of the same year. Around the same time she played Tara Wilson in the show “The Practice” and its side-equal “Boston Legal”.
Her next role was that of Kit McGraw in the third season of the American drama Nip/Tuck in 2005. Mitra appeared in the 2006 movie “Skinwalkers”, and the 2007 “The Number 23” and “Shooter”. In 2008 she played the main role as Major Eden Sinclair in the movie “Doomsday”. The following year she took the role of Sonja, a powerful vampire’s daughter in the third installment of the “Underworld” movie series “”Underworld: Rise of the Lycans”, significantly increasing her net worth. Mitra’s television appearances also include the series “Stargate Universe”, “the Gates”, “Strike Back: Vengeance” and “The Last Ship”, to name a few, as well as various movies. Her career as an actress has helped her to build a considerable net worth.
Talking about the personal life of Rhona Mitra, sources believe that she is currently single. Although there were rumors that she dated Matt Damon, John Mayer and Carl Hagmier, she has never made any official comment regarding her relationship with any of them.
