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Rhona (other)
Rhona is the name of: * Rhona Adair (1878–1961), British golf champion * Rhona Bennett (born 1976), American singer, actress and model * Rhona Brankin (born 1950), Labour Co-operative politician and Member of the Scottish Parliament * Rhona Brown (1922–2014), South African botanical artist and housewife * Rhona Cameron (born 1965), Scottish comedian ** ''Rhona'' (TV series), short-lived Scottish sitcom starring Cameron * Rhona Goskirk, fictional character on ITV's Emmerdale * Rhona Graff, senior vice-president of the Trump Organization * Rhona Haszard (1901–1931), New Zealand artist * Rhona Martin (born 1966), Scottish curler and skip of the Great Britain team * Rhona McLeod, Scottish broadcaster * Rhona Mitra (born 1976), British actress, model and singer * Rhona Robertson (born 1970), New Zealand former badminton player * Rhona Simpson (born 1972), Scottish field hockey player * Rhona Smith, British legal academic See also *Rona (other) Rona, RONA or R� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhona Adair
Rhona Kathleen Adair (2 September 1881 – 27 March 1961) was an Irish amateur golfer. She won the British Ladies Amateur twice and the Irish Ladies' Close Championships four times at the start of the twentieth century. Life Adair was born in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland. She was the daughter of keen golfers Hugh Adair and (Mary) Augusta Lee Adair (née Graves). Her father manufactured linen but he and her mother captained golf teams. Along with May Hezlet, Adair is the most famous Irish golfer from the turn of the 20th century. She was 17 years of age when she played in her first British Ladies Amateur in 1895. In 1899 she nearly beat the 77 year old " Old Tom Morris" who had designed the St Andrews Links where they were playing. Morris was quoted as having said "I'll no' be licked by a lassie", but only won on the final green. Adair went on to win the British Ladies Amateur in 1900 and again in 1903. She also won four straight Irish Ladies' Close Championships from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhona McLeod
Rhona McLeod is a Scottish broadcaster. McLeod is a former international athlete and was a member of the Scottish Athletics team for seven years Athletics career As an athlete, her preferred events included sprint hurdles and long jump and she enjoyed a wealth of travel experiences around the world competing for her country. It was always her aim to combine her interest in sport with a future career in journalism. Media career After a freshman year studying Broadcasting at the University of Wyoming, she completed a BA degree in Media Studies at the University of Stirling. In her working career McLeod started out by writing for the specialist sports magazines Scotland's Runner, Scottish, The Punter football magazine and Today's Runner. In 1995, she joined BBC Scotland. For 20 years she Presented the sport segment on Reporting Scotland. She also presented Sport Nation on television and Sport Weekly on BBC Radio Scotland. In her time with BBC Scotland McLeod reported and pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhonda
Rhonda is a given name derived from Rhondda, which is a Welsh name. Notable people with the name include: * Rhonda Adams (born 1971), American model and actress * Rhonda Bates (born 1949), American actress * Rhonda Belle Martin (1907–1957), American serial killer * Rhonda Britten (born 1960), the founder of the Fearless Living Institute, speaker and bestselling author *Rhonda Burchmore (born 1960), Australian entertainer * Rhonda Byrne (born 1951), Australian television writer and producer * Rhonda Cator (born 1966), retired badminton player from Australia * Rhonda Cornum, Ph.D., M.D., captured during the Gulf War and molested by her Iraqi captors * Rhonda Corvese, Toronto-based international independent curator * Rhonda Faehn (born 1971), American college gymnastics coach and former college and elite gymnast * Rhonda Fleming (1923–2020), American film and television actress * Rhonda Galbally (born 1948), Australian, currently the Chair of the Royal Women's Hospital Melbourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rona (other)
Rona, RONA or Róna may refer to: Places *Rona (Kristiansand), a neighbourhood in Kristiansand, Norway *Rona (river), a river in Maramureș County, Romania *Rona, Bellevue Hill, a historic house in the Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill *Rona, Switzerland, a village *Rona, a village in Jibou town, Sălaj County, Romania *Rona, a peninsula/island of the Isle of May in Scotland *Rona de Jos and Rona de Sus, communes in Maramureș County, Romania *North Rona, a Scottish island in the North Atlantic *South Rona, a Scottish island in the Inner Hebrides *Tinizong-Rona, a Swiss municipality People In fiction and mythology *Rona (Ojamajo Doremi), Rona (''Ojamajo Doremi''), a fictional character in the Japanese anime series ''Ojamajo Doremi'' *Rona, a minor character on the American television program ''List of minor Buffy the Vampire Slayer characters#Rona, Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' *Rona, a legendary Maori woman who cursed the moon, whose legend is intertwined with that of the ''Myoporum l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhona Smith
Rhona K. M. Smith is a British legal academic. She is professor of international human rights and former head of Newcastle Law School at Newcastle University and was the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia. Career Smith joined Newcastle University in August 2016 as Professor of International Human Rights. She was Head of School from 2016 through to 2020. Smith served two three-year terms as UN special rapporteur for Cambodia, completing her service in March 2021, at which time she was succeeded in that office by Thai scholar Vitit Muntarbhorn. She was criticised by the Cambodian government for behaving like a "teacher in a classroom". Smith had questioned the 2018 elections where Cambodian People's Party had taken all 125 seats. She noted that 118 politicians had been arrested and the courts had dissolved an opposition party, ignoring the constitution which expected a multi-party state. In March 2021, Smith joined three other U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhona Simpson
Rhona Isabel Simpson (born 14 July 1972 in Paisley, Renfrewshire) is a Scottish field hockey player who has played for her country over 280 times. By 2014 she was Scotland’s most-capped hockey player and top goal scorer. Simpson started playing hockey at the age of 12 as part of the curriculum at her school, Wellington School, Ayr. She went on to be selected for the South West District Team. She twice represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000). Simpson became top scorer at the 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier in Rome, Italy, alongside Kaori Chiba (Japan), Tomomi Komori (Japan) and Maryna Vynohradova (Ukraine), scoring six goals. She represented Scotland at the Kuala Lumpur 1998, Manchester 2002 and Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. She studied at Heriot-Watt University Heriot-Watt University () is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh, the world's first m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhona Robertson
Rhona Robertson (born 19 July 1970 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a former female badminton player from New Zealand. She is a veteran of two Olympic Games and four Commonwealth Games. At the 1994 Commonwealth Games she won a bronze medal in the women's singles. Robertson won another bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games partnering Tammy Jenkins in the women's doubles. Four years later at the 2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth held in Manchester, England, ... she won another bronze medal in the mixed team. References 1970 births Living people New Zealand female badminton players Olympic badminton players for New Zealand Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Badminton players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Badminton players a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhona Mitra
Rhona Natasha Mitra (born 9 August 1976) is a British actress. Mitra is known for her roles as Sonja in '' Underworld: Rise of the Lycans'' (2009); as Major Rachel Dalton in the second and third seasons of '' Strike Back'' (2012–2013); as Rachel Scott in the first two seasons of '' The Last Ship'' (2014–2015); Holly Marie Begins in the sixth season of ''Party of Five'' (1999–2000); as Kate Hedges in '' Ali G Indahouse'' (2002); as Tara Wilson in the final season of ''The Practice'' (2003–2004) and the first and second seasons of ''Boston Legal'' (2004–2005); as Detective Kit McGraw in the third season of '' Nip/Tuck'' (2005); in the lead role of the science fiction/action film '' Doomsday'' as Major Eden Sinclair (2008); as an assassin in the Netflix film '' Game Over, Man!'' (2018); and as Mercy Graves in the CW series ''Supergirl'' (2018). Early life Rhona Mitra was born in 1976 in the Paddington area of London, the daughter of Anthony Mitra, a surgeon, and Nora D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhona Martin
Rhona Howie, MBE (born 12 October 1966, Ayrshire), better known under her married name, Rhona Martin, is a British curler most famous for skipping the British women's team at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where the team claimed the gold medal. She has also skipped for the Scotland curling team at both the World and European Championships. Career Early career Martin was long known in Scottish curling circles for her uncanny knack of repeatedly failing to win the national championships at the final hurdle, but finally won the right to appear in a major international championship in 1998, where she was skip of the Scotland team that won a silver medal at the European Curling Championships. With some significant changes in personnel, she returned to the championships in Chamonix the following year, where the team was narrowly edged out of the medal placings. In 2000, Martin's quartet won the Scottish Women's Curling Championship, defeating the team led by former Olympic skip Kirst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhona Bennett
Rhona Bennett, also known as Miss R&B, is an American singer and actress best known for her recurring role as Nicole on ''The Jamie Foxx Show''. She is currently a member of the R&B group En Vogue. Bennett began her career doing voiceovers and industrial films before moving into professional theatre and television. Before joining the cast of ''The Jamie Foxx Show'', Bennett was a castmember of the Disney Channel's variety show ''The All New Mickey Mouse Club''. She also appeared as Loquatia on the short-lived UPN television sitcom ''Homeboys in Outer Space'' during the 1996–97 season. Career 1991–1999: ''The All New Mickey Mouse Club'' and television roles Bennett started in music at age 11 with ETA Creative Arts Theater, and sang "Christmas Melody" in Goodman Theater. In 1991, she became a Mouseketeer on Disney Channel's revival of ''The Mickey Mouse Club''. She was also part of a spin-off dramedy called ''Emerald Cove'' on the Disney Channel. After the show was cance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhona Haszard
Alice Gwendoline Rhona Haszard (1901–1931) was a New Zealand artist. Biography Haszard was born in Thames, New Zealand, one of the five children of Alice (née Wily), and Henry Douglas Morpeth Haszard, a surveyor, who worked for the Lands and Survey Department and later became a Commissioner of Crown Lands in 1910. As a result of her father's job the family moved often and lived in Auckland, Christchurch, Hokitika and Invercargill. Haszard was a pupil of artist Hugh Scott in Hokitika in 1910, and attended Southland Girls' High School. The family moved to Christchurch on her mother's death in 1918. At the age of 18, Haszard enrolled at the Canterbury College School of Art, now the Ilam School of Fine Arts, joining a set of women artists that included Ngaio Marsh, Evelyn Page (née Polson), Rata Lovell-Smith (née Bird) and Olivia Spencer Bower. She was taught amongst others by Archibald Nicoll, the newly appointed head of the school. Haszard was very bohemian. She dress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhona Graff
Rhona Graff is a long-standing executive assistant to Donald Trump and senior vice-president of the Trump Organization. She worked at Trump Tower in New York City for nearly thirty years prior to Trump's election to the United States Presidency, and has been described as Trump's 'gatekeeper'. Following Trump's election to the White House, Graff continued to handle his arrangements outside official engagements. Early life and education Graff grew up the daughter of Carl Graff and Elsie Ratner Graff in the Queens borough of New York City. She holds a master's degree in psychology and education from Queens College. Career In 1987, Graff heard of a job vacancy at Donald Trump's business and successfully applied for it. She has since held the positions of assistant to the president and senior vice-president within the Trump Organization, handling a large quantity of Trump's business activity and acting as occasional spokesperson. She has also appeared alongside Trump on NBC televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |