Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#179
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Rose Byrne represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 27 years in, and Rose is still choosing the harder script.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Rose Byrne appears in 45 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Rose. Shark is the clearest case: a film rated 8.9 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for drama, comedy, horror. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Stephanie Laing, Tony Goldwyn, Patrick Wilson and others, Rose Byrne helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Shark (2021) as Sofie · Puff: Wonders of the Reef (2021) as Narrator (voice) · Instant Family (2018) as Ellie Wagner
Career snapshot
Ranked #179 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
45
1999–2026
Career length
27 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.9
Shark
Average Nutevio score
6.3
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.9
Shark
Most frequent director
Will Gluck
3 films together
Longest collaboration
3×
With Will Gluck
Most common genre
Comedy
23 titles
Average runtime
1h 44m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
7.0
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.6
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2000s
6.7 average MV
The 2000s are where the work and the material meet. Knowing, Adam, 28 Weeks Later — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2000s
6.7
Across 9 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2000s
6.7
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
1990s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Two Hands.
Most productive era
2010s
22 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | — | 6.64 films | 6.47 films | 6.44 films |
| Action | — | 7.12 films | 6.93 films | 7.21 film |
| Thriller | 6.61 film | 6.55 films | 6.74 films | 6.51 film |
| Comedy | 6.61 film | — | 6.314 films | 6.18 films |
| Crime | 6.61 film | 6.01 film | 6.92 films | — |
| Romance | — | 6.82 films | 6.13 films | — |
| Horror | — | 6.82 films | 6.63 films | 7.72 films |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
1999Two Hands
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Alex.
Highest rated performance · Career peak
2021Shark
8.9 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2026Fallen Angels
The current state of the argument, as Jane Banbury.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
45 of 45 films
as Sofie
Directed by Nash Edgerton
as Ellie Wagner
Directed by Unknown
as Moira MacTaggert
Directed by Matthew Vaughn
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
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The defining work
#1
Sofie
Shark (2021)
Performance score9.0
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Sofie gives Rose Byrne a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Narrator (voice)
Puff: Wonders of the Reef (2021)
Performance score8.2
Puff: Wonders of the Reef asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Narrator (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Ellie Wagner
Instant Family (2018)
Performance score7.8
Instant Family asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Ellie Wagner is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Bea
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021)
Performance score7.4
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Bea is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Sofie
Start here. Shark is the clearest statement of what Rose Byrne does — accessible, 14 minutes, and rated 8.9 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Rose at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
X-Men: First Class (2011)
A deliberate change of key after Shark — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Instant Family (2018)
A deliberate change of key after X-Men: First Class — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Puff: Wonders of the Reef (2021)
A deliberate change of key after Instant Family — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021)
A deliberate change of key after Puff: Wonders of the Reef — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Nicholas Stoller
Director
3 films together
Notably Neighbors
Will Gluck
Director
3 films together
Notably Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
James Wan
Director
2 films together
Notably Insidious
Shawn Levy
Director
2 films together
Notably This Is Where I Leave You
Paul Feig
Director
2 films together
Notably Spy
Gregor Jordan
Director
1 film together
Notably Two Hands
George Lucas
Director
1 film together
Notably Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Paul McGuigan
Director
1 film together
Notably Wicker Park
Wolfgang Petersen
Director
1 film together
Notably Troy
Karen Moncrieff
Director
1 film together
Notably The Dead Girl
Sofia Coppola
Director
1 film together
Notably Marie Antoinette
Danny Boyle
Director
1 film together
Notably Sunshine
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Director
1 film together
Notably 28 Weeks Later
Max Mayer
Director
1 film together
Notably Adam
Alex Proyas
Director
1 film together
Notably Knowing
Matthew Vaughn
Director
1 film together
Notably X-Men: First Class
Dan Mazer
Director
1 film together
Notably I Give It a Year
Derek Cianfrance
Director
1 film together
Notably The Place Beyond the Pines
Ross Katz
Director
1 film together
Notably Adult Beginners
Lorene Scafaria
Director
1 film together
Notably The Meddler
Bryan Singer
Director
1 film together
Notably X-Men: Apocalypse
Jesse Peretz
Director
1 film together
Notably Juliet, Naked
Jon Lucas
Director
1 film together
Notably Jexi
Jon Stewart
Director
1 film together
Notably Irresistible
Miguel Arteta
Director
1 film together
Notably Like a Boss
Nash Edgerton
Director
1 film together
Notably Shark
Nick Robinson
Director
1 film together
Notably Puff: Wonders of the Reef
Michael Gracey
Director
1 film together
Notably G'day
Jeff Rowe
Director
1 film together
Notably Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Patrick Wilson
Director
1 film together
Notably Insidious: The Red Door
Tony Goldwyn
Director
1 film together
Notably Ezra
Stephanie Laing
Director
1 film together
Notably Tow
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Will Gluck
Director
3 films together · 6.6 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Peter Rabbit 2: The RunawayNicholas Stoller
Director
3 films together · 6.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
NeighborsJames Wan
Director
2 films together · 6.8 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
InsidiousPaul Feig
Director
2 films together · 6.7 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
SpyShawn Levy
Director
2 films together · 6.4 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
This Is Where I Leave YouNash Edgerton
Director
1 film together · 8.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
SharkNick Robinson
Director
1 film together · 7.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Puff: Wonders of the ReefWolfgang Petersen
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
TroyMatthew Vaughn
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
X-Men: First ClassJeff Rowe
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant MayhemDerek Cianfrance
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Place Beyond the PinesDanny Boyle
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
SunshineTony Goldwyn
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
EzraJon Lucas
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
JexiMax Mayer
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
AdamPaul McGuigan
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Wicker ParkGeorge Lucas
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesSofia Coppola
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Marie AntoinetteStephanie Laing
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
TowJuan Carlos Fresnadillo
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
28 Weeks LaterGregor Jordan
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Two HandsPatrick Wilson
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Insidious: The Red DoorBryan Singer
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
X-Men: ApocalypseJesse Peretz
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Juliet, NakedAlex Proyas
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
KnowingMiguel Arteta
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Like a BossJon Stewart
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
IrresistibleLorene Scafaria
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The MeddlerKaren Moncrieff
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Dead GirlDan Mazer
Director
1 film together · 5.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
I Give It a YearRoss Katz
Director
1 film together · 5.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Adult BeginnersMichael Gracey
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
G'daySix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Instant Family
as Ellie Wagner
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Adam
as Beth Buchwald
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Shark
as Sofie
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Insidious: The Last Key
as Renai Lambert
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Shark
as Sofie
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Rose Byrne has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Career Achievement
Awarded
27 years of relevant work — not merely a long career, but a long career of choices.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Comedy Legend
Awarded
23 catalogue titles in comedy, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Shark
as Sofie
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Shark
as Sofie
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Adam
as Beth Buchwald
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
The Dead Girl
as Leah
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Shark
as Sofie
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
X-Men: First Class
as Moira MacTaggert
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Juliet, Naked
as Annie Platt
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Troy
as Briseis
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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