- Caterina Murino
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name = Caterina Murino
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location =Cagliari ,Sardinia
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homepage = http://www.caterinamurino.com
notable role = Solange in "Casino Royale"
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tonyawards =Caterina Murino (born
September 15 ,1977 [cite web|url= http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1224513,00.html|title= Solange, It's Been Good to Know You|accessdate= 2008-03-22|author= Gary Susman|date= 2006-08-08|publisher=Entertainment Weekly |quote= It's already been a rapid rise to stardom for the 28-year-old Murino...] ) is an Italian actress.She was born in
Cagliari ,Sardinia , Italy. Initially wanting to be a doctor, she switched career paths to entering beauty pageants after failing twice the entrance exams to get into medical school.cite web|url= http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20898085-7642,00.html|title= Why I love Caterina|accessdate= 2008-03-22|author= Rodney Chester|date= 2006-12-08|publisher=The Courier-Mail ] She reached fifth place in the 1996 Miss Italy contest.cite web|url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2006/11/12/stmurino12.xml&page=1|title= The Royale Ascent|accessdate= 2008-03-22|author= John Preston|date= 2006-12-11|publisher=Daily Telegraph ] In 1999 and 2000, she studied drama at the Cinema of Theatre of Francesca de Sapio, and appeared in stage productions of "Richard III" and Italian language plays. She began her career in television in 2002. She gained international fame after playing Solange in the 2006 adaptation of theJames Bond novel "Casino Royale".Besides her native Italian, she also speaks Spanish, English and French. [cite web|url= http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20768723-5003420,00.html|title= Falling into bed with Bond|accessdate= 2008-03-22|author= Helen Barlow|date= 2006-11-17|publisher=
The Courier-Mail ] She lives inParis . Her birth year is sometimes reported as 1974, [For instance, see imdb name|id=1166528|name=Caterina Murino] though her official website gives the year as 1977.elected 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)References
External links
* [http://www.caterinamurino.com Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/caterinamurino Caterina Murino at Myspace]
*imdb name|id=1166528|name=Caterina Murino
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