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Byrne in 2010, image via kathclick /bigstock.com
Birth Name: Mary Rose Byrne
Place of Birth: Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Birth: 24 July, 1979
Ethnicity: Irish, Scottish, Cornish
Rose Byrne is an Australian actress. Her roles include the films Dallas Doll , Two Hands , My Mother Frank , The Goddess of 1967 , I Capture the Castle , Take Away , Troy , Wicker Park , The Tenants , Marie Antoinette (2006), The Dead Girl , Sunshine (2007), 28 Weeks Later , Just Buried , Knowing , Adam (2009), Get Him to the Greek , the Insidious franchise; Bridesmaids , X-Men: First Class , and its sequel; The Place Beyond the Pines , I Give It a Year , The Internship , The Turning (2013), Neighbors , Adult Beginners , This Is Where I Leave You , Annie (2014), Spy (2015), The Meddler , I Love You, Daddy ; Juliet, Naked ; Peter Rabbit , Instant Family , I Am Mother , Jexi , Like a Boss , Irresistible , Puff: Wonders of the Reef , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem , Ezra (2023), If I Had Legs I’d Kick You , and Tow (2025); the made-for-tv movie The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks ; and the series Echo Point , Damages , No Activity , Mrs. America , Physical , and Platonic .
She is the daughter of Jane, a primary school administrator, and Robin Byrne, a statistician and market researcher. Rose was raised in the suburbs Newtown and Bondi, both in Sydney. She has two children with her partner, American actor Bobby Cannavale . Her brother George is married to New Zealand actress Rose McIver .
Rose’s paternal grandfather was named John Harold Byrne. John was born in Rose Park.
Rose’s paternal grandmother wsa Berenice McLay (the daughter of James Hugh Fraser McLay and Florence Mabel Orchard). Berenice was born in Murray Bridge. James was born in Allendale East, the son of Scottish parents, Mclay John Reid and Jessie Fraser, who was from Dornoch, Sutherland. Rose’s great-grandmother Florence was born in Mitcham, the daughter of William Henry Orchard, who was from Crowan, Cornwall; and of Elizabeth Ann Gartrell, whose parents were also Cornish, from St Ive and Altarnun, respectively.
Sources: http://entertainment.ie
Genealogy of Rose Byrne (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Rose’s paternal grandmother, Berenice McLay – https://www.familysearch.org