Rhona Mitra

Rhona Natasha Mitra (born 9 August 1976) is an English actress, model, singer, and songwriter of half-Indian, half-Irish descent.\n', ' Mitra began her career as a model. She came to prominence as the Lara Croft model between 1997 and 1998. After completing her stint as Lara Croft, she concentrated on acting and is known for her roles as Holly Marie Begins on the sixth season of Party of Five (1999–2000); as Tara Wilson on the final season of The Practice (2003–2004) and the first and second seasons of Boston Legal (2004–2005); as Detective Kit McGraw on the third season of Nip/Tuck (2005); in the lead role of the science fiction/action film Doomsday as Major Eden Sinclair (2008); as Sonja in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009); as Major Rachel Dalton on the second and third seasons of Strike Back (2012–2013); as Dr. Rachel Scott in the first two seasons of The Last Ship (2014–2015); as an assassin in the Netflix film Game Over, Man (2018); and as Mercy Graves in The CW series Supergirl (2018–present).\n', ' Mitra was born in Hampstead, London, the daughter of Anthony Mitra, a cosmetic surgeon, and Nora Downey. Her father is of Bengali Indian descent, while her mother is Irish. She has a brother, Jason, who is two years older, and a younger brother, Guyan, who is a travel writer for Lonely Planet and The Sunday Times.\n', '