Caterina Murino

Caterina Murino was born on September 15 1977 in Cagliari Sardinia Italy In 1996 she reached the fourth place in the Miss Italy contest Then she moved to Milan where she began working as a model in commercials for Mastercard Swatch Mercedes Benz and Nescafe among other gigs From 19992000 she studied acting at the Scuola di Cinema e Teatro di Francesca de Sapio in Italy In 1999 Murino made her acting debut in a stage production of Richard III and also in several Italian language plays In 2002 she began her film and television career with playing bit parts in Italian German and French productions Her breakthrough came in 2004 when she costarred opposite Jean Reno in a French comedy Lenquête Corse 2004 Ms Murino is trilingual she speaks French and English in addition to her native Italian She is a versatile actress and a good athlete Her talents include singing dancing tango flamenco and oriental dances as well as horseback riding She is costarring as Solange one of three Bond girls opposite Daniel Craig in Casino Royale 2006 Bio from IMDB