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Caterina Murino Profile |
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Birth Date: September 15, 1974
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Birth Place: Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
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Birth Name: Caterina Murino
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Biography |
Caterina Murino was born on September 15, 1974, in Cagliari,
Sardinia, Italy. Her carefree childhood was full of
extracurricular activities such as horseback riding, dance
lessons and singing classes. Caterina was always an
extremely adept athlete, and although she never quite
stepped over the line into tomboy territory, there’s
certainly no denying that she’s more than able to hold her
own among her male counterparts.
As a teenager, Caterina was often complimented on her
outwardly attractive features, although she decided to
remain focused on her studies and generally avoided any
thoughts of pursuing a career within the entertainment
industry. Caterina’s original concept for post-high school
life was to study medicine and eventually take on a career
as a doctor, though a failing mark on her medical school
entrance exam ensured that simply wasn’t going to happen.
Instead, Caterina decided to act on all the felicitations
she’d received over the years by pursuing a career as a
model. She quickly signed herself up for the 1996 Miss Italy
pageant and was pleasantly surprised after she came in
fourth place. Caterina’s performance in the pageant gave her
the courage to move to Milan in order to pursue modeling,
and it wasn’t long before she was appearing in
advertisements for well-known brands like Mercedes Benz,
MasterCard and Swatch.
It didn’t take long for Caterina to determine that she
really enjoyed working in front of the camera, and she
decided that the next logical step was for her to start
pursuing actual acting jobs. To that end, Caterina signed up
for a two-year stint at a local acting school and began the
slow process of learning the ins and outs of performing. It
was also around that time that Caterina made her stage debut
in a 1999 production of William Shakespeare’s Richard III.
By the time she graduated in 2000, Caterina already appeared
in several Italian-language plays.
She began auditioning for a variety of Italian movies and
television shows, and in 2002, Caterina made her debut with
a small role in a made-for-German-TV film called In der
Mitte eines Lebens. She followed that up with a series of
appearances in productions spanning the globe, and her big
break came in 2004 with a starring role opposite screen
legend Jean Reno in a French comedy called L’Enquête Corse.
The part increased Caterina’s exposure exponentially, and it
wasn’t long before the actress was being pursued for
increasingly high-profile projects.
One such project was 2006’s Casino Royale -- the much
ballyhooed and talked about reboot for the James Bond series
that is also starring Daniel Craig and Eva Green. Caterina
was invited to audition for the role of Solange Dimitrios, a
woman who decides to take revenge on her husband by having a
one-night stand with none other than Mr. Bond. Alhough she
almost botched her first audition -- she broke a rib the day
before and was unable to walk -- Caterina won over the
director with her sultry demeanor and undeniable screen
presence.
After filming Casino Royale wrapped, Caterina started
auditioning for North American films and was the focus of a
full-page article in Entertainment Weekly. |
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Other
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Reached fourth place in Miss Italy contest. [1996] |
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