Rose was born on July 24, 1979, in Sydney, Australia. She landed her first role in a movie, Dallas Doll, when she was 12 years old.

Since then, Rose has appeared in a variety of Australian televisions shows including Heartbreak High, Echo Point, and the film Two Hands alongside Heath Ledger. After this, she appeared in various movies like The Date, My Mother Frank, and Clara Law's The Goddess of 1967 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. In 2003, she starred, coincidentally, as Rose Mortmain in the adaptation of Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle. In 2004, she acted in Wicker Park with Diane Kruger and Josh Hartnett. Here, she heard Wolfgang Petersen was looking for an actress for Briseis in his next movie Troy with Brad Pitt, she got the part and was recognised as one of the most promising actresses in Hollywood.

After Troy, she played Edith in a TV adaptation of Casanova. In September 2005, she started to act in Sunshine, a Danny Boyle movie, where she plays the pilot in a space mission.



Left Los Angeles and moved to London where she owns a house with her sister (2005) Is of Scottish and Irish descent Ranked #16 on FHM's Sexiest women in the world, Australian edition. ( 2006 ) Best friends with fellow Australian actress Nadia Townsend since they both were 8 years old. She and her Marie Antoinette (2006) director, Sofia Coppola, have both played handmaidens in the Star Wars prequels. Sofia Coppola appeared in Episode I, Byrne in Episode II. She studied drama at Syndey's Australian Theatre for Young People and later at David Mamet Acting School, in New York. Named in the Most Beautiful People of 2007 list in Who Magazine. Favorite actor is Jack Nicholson. Ranked #5 in Hallmark Channel's TV's sexiest leading woman poll. (2008). Good friends with fellow Australian actresses Krew Boylan,Abbie Cornish and Pia Miranda.