The next installment of the Underworld series opens this weekend, with Rhona Mitra replacing Kate Beckinsale as female lead. "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans" is a prequel explaining how the war between the vampires and the lycans (werewolves) began. But it's really a story of star-crossed lovers. Mitra plays Sonja, a death dealer who hunts werewolves on horseback but also has a secret affair with a young lycan.The Brtish actress, of Irish and Indian descent, had a recurring role as Kit McGraw on Season 3 of Nip/Tuck, and is rumored -- rumored -- to be up for Catwoman. She has also been on the "The Practice" and "Boston Legal," but is probaly best known as the live-action model for Lara Croft, the lead in Eidos Interactive's Tomb Raider video games. She's not bad. She's just been rendered that way.
