Not many foreign actors can feign as convincing an accent asAustralian-born Jacinda Barrett. After a modelling career spanning from herlate teens to early twenties, Barrett decided to move on to the big screen,joining MTV Real World: London in 1995, a decision that would introduce her toaudiences all over the world. After this role, Barrett decided to hone herskills in acting while studying drama at the British American Drama Academy inOxford.
Her big break came with immediate critical praise for herfeature in The Human Stain (2003) which was directed by Oscar-winner RobertBenton and saw her act alongside the likes of Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidmanand Ed Harris. She continued to make appearances in blockbusters such asBridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and eventually found herself co-starring inmajor movies such as Ladder 49 along Joaquin Phoenix and John Travolta,Poseidon along Kurt Russell, The Namesake with Kal Penn and more recently, TheLast Kiss alongside Zach Braff, an indie-romance that prompted criticalacclaim.
Barrett was voted as one of People Magazine’s 50 MostBeautiful People. In recent years she has been featured alongside her husbandGabriel Macht in the 2011 hit series Suits, while accepting prominent roles inthe 2016 drama So B. It and sci-fi horror movie Seven in Heaven.