Byrne obtained her first film role in '' Dallas Doll '' , when she was 13 years old . Throughout the 1990s , she appeared in several Australian television shows , such as '' Wildside '' ( 1997 ) and '' Echo Point '' ( 1995 ) , and starred as an alterna-girl love interest in the film '' Two Hands '' ( 1999 ) , opposite fellow up-and-coming actor Heath Ledger . A role in the award-winning film '' My Mother Frank '' ( 2000 ) was followed by her first leading role in Clara Law 's '' The Goddess of 1967 '' ( also 2000 ) , which gained her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 57th Venice International Film Festival . Byrne revealed in a post-award interview that , prior to winning the Venice Film Festival Award , she was surprised by her own performance and found it confronting watching the film because her acting was " too depressing " . Byrne admitted that " watching myself is confronting because I 'm convinced I ca n't act and I want to get out , that 's how insecure I am . " On stage , Byrne starred in '' La Dispute '' and in a production of Anton Chekhov 's classic '' Three Sisters '' at the Sydney Theatre Company . In 2002 , she made her first appearance in a Hollywood film with a brief appearance as Dormé , the handmaiden to Natalie Portman 's Senator Padmé Amidala , in '' Star Wars : Episode II – Attack of the Clones '' . She also appeared in the 2002 thriller '' City of Ghosts '' , with Matt Dillon . Byrne had flown to the UK to shoot '' I Capture the Castle '' ( 2003 ) , Tim Fywell 's adaptation of the 1948 novel of the same title by Dodie Smith . In it , she portrayed Rose Mortmain , the elder sister of Romola Garai 's Cassandra
57th Venice International Film Festival
57th Venice International Film Festival
Rose Byrne