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Izabella Scorupco Profile |
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Birth Date: June 4, 1970
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Birth Place: Bialystok, Poland
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Birth Name: Izabella Dorota Scorupco
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Height: 5'7"
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Biography |
Izabella Dorota Scorupco was born on June 4th, 1970 in
Bialystok, Poland, a northeastern town near the Russian
border. When she was a young child, her mother, a doctor,
and father, a musician, divorced, and 8-year-old Izabella
moved with the former to Stockholm, Sweden. There, she took
music and acting classes, and at age 17, she was discovered
by director Staffan Hildebrand. After her 1988 film debut in
his Only We Can Love Like This, Izabella was off to a great
start.
Despite the early film work, Izabella found most of her
early success in modeling. Her first film made her a teenage
star and brought the fashion world to her door. She quickly
found herself in Italy, shooting a cover for Italian Vogue.
However, after a year of intensive modeling, Scorupco began
to dislike the profession. She found that models weren't
respected and weren't included enough in the creative
process, so she returned to one of her first loves: music.
She recorded a single, "Substitute" and an album, Iza (her
nickname). Both went gold in Sweden, prompting a bigger fan
base for the follow-up single, "Shame, Shame, Shame."
Izabella's music has been characterized as disco-inspired
and ABBA-like.
But, true to form, Izabella yearned for something different.
She appeared in a 1991 Polish miniseries, and then finally
made the full leap back into acting with the lead role in
the 1995 Scandinavian feature, Petri tårar. That same year,
she struck gold when she starred in her first Hollywood
blockbuster: GoldenEye. In Pierce Brosnan's first outing as
James Bond, Izabella portrayed a particularly brainy Bond
Girl.
Before returning to the Hollywood spotlight, Scorupco
married NHL hockey player Mariusz Czerkawski in 1996 and had
a daughter, Julia, in 1997. The two were divorced in 2000.
Meanwhile, Scorupco starred in the Polish feature With Fire
and Sword in 1999, and the Swedish film The Diver in 2000.
In January 1999, Izabella became the spokesperson for
Oriflame, a renowned cosmetics company. She served as a
media representative for the company and took a firsthand
role in charitable events. In 2000, Scorupco returned to
Hollywood with a role in Vertical Limit (in which she had to
spend lots of time rock climbing), followed by 2002's sci-fi
adventure, Reign of Fire.
Izabella Scorupco still lives mostly in Europe, though she
is becoming more open to Southern California. Expect to see
more of this bombshell in future films. |
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Other
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Has a daughter, Julia (b. September 1997), with former
husband, hockey player Mariusz Czerkawski.
Son, Jacob Martin Raymond, born 24 July, 2003 in Pasadena,
Los Angeles. Father is Jeffrey Raymond, Scorupco's
boyfriend.
Measurements: 34-23 1/2-33 1/2 (Ford modeling card 1990),
(Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Once said that when working for Ford Modeling, she went
without food for 4 months, using water as her only
nourishment.
Was offered the lead female role in L.A. Confidential
(1997), but turned it down. The role went to Kim Basinger.
Was offered the lead female role in The Mask of Zorro
(1998), but turned it down. The role went to Catherine
Zeta-Jones. |
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