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Caterina Murino (born 15 September 1977) is an Italian actress.
Biography
She was born in Cagliari, Sardinia, and initially wanted to be a doctor, but switched career paths to modelling after twice failing the medical school entrance exams.[2] She came fourth in the1996 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, and then gained international fame after playing Solange Dimitrios in the 2006 adaptation of the James Bond novel Casino Royale.
Besides her native Italian she speaks Spanish, English and French.[5] Since 2004, she has lived in Paris; since 2008 in Montmartre with her boyfriend, French rugby union international Pierre Rabadan.[4]
Selected filmography
- Nowhere (2001)
- Il Regalo Di Anita (2002)
- L'Enquete Corse (2004)
- L'Amour Aux Trousses (2004)
- Elonora d'Arborea (2005)
- Les Bronzes 3 (2005)
- Vientos de agua (2006)
- Casino Royale (2006)
- St. Trinian's (2007)
- Il seme della discordia (2008)
- The Garden of Eden (2008)
- XIII (2009)
- Zen (2011)
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