Rose Byrne - 'Australia will always BE MY HOME'

THE ACTRESS OPENS UP ABOUT HER CAREER, HOME LIFE AND STILL FEELING AUSSIE AT HEART

- Jennie Noonan

Rose Byrne started acting when she was just 8 years old, joining the Australian Theatre for Young People while growing up in the Sydney suburb of Balmain. From her first film role as a teenager in the 1994 Australian black comedy Dallas Doll, she’s worked steadily, building up an enviable career that has seen her become an in-demand film and TV actress and one of our country’s most successful exports.

“I’m very happy and very grateful. In terms of work, it’s always a challenge,” she tells WHO. “It never ends. I think actors always think the last job, is the last job. I’m no different.”

Byrne’s breakthrough role opposite Heath Ledger in Two Hands in 1999 scored her an agent and she promptly packed up and headed to Hollywood. Soon she starred on the big screen with Brad Pitt in 2004 flick Troy and in comedies like 2010’s Get Him to the Greek and Bridesmaids the next year.

But by 2012, the focus would shift firmly to her personal life. Byrne was finishing a five-season run on the hit legal drama Damages when she was introduced to fellow actor Bobby Cannavale through mutual friends.

“The chemistry between them, it’s just so remarkable,” Byrne’s Damages co-star Glenn Close told Vanity Fair magazine at the time. “They’re both kind of universally loved.”

Despite their high-profile day jobs, the couple have remained relatively guarded about their love story.