Caterina Murino
| Caterina Murino | |
|---|---|
 Murino at the Giffoni Film Festival in July 2010 | |
| Born |
15 September 1977 Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2001–present |
Caterina Murino (born 15 September 1977)[1] is an Italian actress from Sardinia.
Life and career
Murino was born in Cagliari, Sardinia, and initially wanted to be a doctor.[2] She finished fourth in the 1996 Miss Italy contest.[3] Having moved to London, she fell in love with theatre and acting, saving up weekly to watch something in the West End theatre.[4]
Returning to Italy, she studied drama at the Scuola di Cinema e Teatro run by Francesca De Sapio, between 1999 and 2000.[4] She then appeared in stage productions of Richard III and Italian language plays. She began her career in television in 2002,[5] and then gained international fame after playing Solange Dimitrios in the 2006 adaptation of the James Bond novel Casino Royale.
In early 2011, she co-starred with Rufus Sewell in the BBC One TV series Zen. Zen has since been cancelled, although it is airing in the U.S. on Masterpiece Mystery.[6]
In 2011 she also appeared in Bob Sinclar's music video clip Far l'amore.[7] She is also starring the video clip of the famous party band The Gypsy Queens "l'Italiano", produced by Didier Casnati
In 2013, she starred as Penelope, Ulysses' wife for a TV production Odysseus.
Selected filmography
- Nowhere (2001)
- L'Enquête Corse (2004)
- L'Amour Aux Trousses (2004)
- Eleonora d'Arborea (2005)
- Les Bronzés 3 : Amis pour la vie (2006)
- Vientos de agua (2006)
- Casino Royale (2006)
- St. Trinian's (2007)
- Il seme della discordia (2008)
- The Garden of Eden (2008)
- Alibi e sospetti (2008)
- XIII (2009)
- Die (2010)
- Zen (2011)
- Odysseus (2013)
- The Invincible Piglet (2015)
- Voice from the Stone (2015)
- The Squad (2015)
- Fever (2016)
- We Are Family (2016)
References
- ↑ Gary Susman (8 August 2006). "Solange, It's Been Good to Know You". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
It's already been a rapid rise to stardom for the 28-year-old Murino...
- ↑ Rodney Chester (8 December 2006). "Why I love Caterina". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
- ↑ John Preston (11 December 2006). "The Royale Ascent". London: Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
- 1 2 Gordon, Jane (25 December 2010). "Caterina Murino: Meet the former Bond girl who's being hailed as the new Sophia Loren". London: Daily Mail. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
- ↑ "Caterina Murino page on MDOHMSS, unofficial italian 007 site". Libero. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
- ↑ 'Rufus Sewell's Zen axed by BBC' 22 February 2011, Digital Spy
- ↑ Bob Sinclar feat. Raffaella Carrà "Far l'Amore" music clip on YouTube
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