Caterina Murino

Caterina Murino
Murino in 2010
Born	(1977-09-15) 15 September 1977 (age 47) Cagliari, Italy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999–present

Caterina Murino (born 15 September 1977) is an Italian actress. ^[1] She began her acting career in the 1999 production of the play Richard III and later made her breakthrough with the 2004 film The Corsican File . She went on to appear in the 2006 film Casino Royale and received a European Golden Globe at the 2008 Italian Golden Globe Awards.

Life and career

Murino was born in Cagliari, Sardinia, and initially wanted to be a doctor. ^[2] She finished fifth in the 1997 Miss Italy contest.^{[ citation needed ]} She studied drama at the Scuola di Cinema e Teatro run by Francesca De Sapio, between 1999 and 2000.^{[ citation needed ]} She then appeared in stage productions of Richard III and Italian-language plays.^{[ citation needed ]} She began her career in television in 2002, ^[3] and then gained international fame after playing Solange Dimitrios in the 2006 adaptation of the James Bond novel Casino Royale .

In early 2011, she co-starred with Rufus Sewell in the short-lived BBC One TV series Zen .

In 2011, she also appeared in Bob Sinclar's music video clip Far l'amore . ^[4] She also starred in the video clip of the famous party band The Gypsy Queens' "l'Italiano". ^{[5] [6]}

In 2013, she starred as Penelope, Ulysses' wife for a TV production Odysseus.

In 2023, she hosted the 80th Venice International Film Festival from 30 August to 9 September. ^[7]

Filmography

Murino in March 2010

Film

Year	Title	Role(s)	Director	Notes
2001	Nowhere	Dream woman	Luis Sepúlveda
2004	The Corsican File	Léa	Alain Berbérian
2005	L'amour aux trousses	Valeria	Philippe de Chauveron
2006	Casino Royale	Solange Dimitrios	Martin Campbell
	French Fried Vacation 3	Elena	Patrice Leconte
2007	Don't Think About It	Nadine	Gianni Zanasi
	St. Trinian's	Miss Maupassant	Oliver Parker
2008	The Great Alibi	Léa Mantovani	Pascal Bonitzer
	The Seed of Discord	Veronica	Pappi Corsicato
	The Garden of Eden	Marita	John Irvin
2009	Toute ma vie	Alessandra	Pierre Ferrière	Short film
2010	Comme les cinq doigts de la main	Linda Hayoun	Alexandre Arcady
	Die	Sofia Valenti	Dominic James
2011	Équinoxe	Nathalie	Laurent Carcélès
	The Prey	Anna Adrien	Éric Valette
2012	Gabin le mime	Nina	Cyril Rigon	Short film
2014	L'automne de Zao	The Mother	Nikolaus Roche-Kresse	Short film
2015	The Invincible Piglet	Additional voices	Song Zhantao	Voice
	The Squad	Margaux	Benjamin Rocher
2016	Ustica: The Missing Paper	Roberta Bellodi	Renzo Martinelli
	We Are Family	Marie	Gabriel Laferrière
	Fever	Irina Caro	Rajeev Jhaveri
2017	Agadah	Princess M.S.	Alberto Rodndalli
	Voice from the Stone	Malvina Rivi	Eric Howell
	Et mon coeur transparent	Irina	David Vital-Durand
2018	Se son rose	Benedetta	Leonardo Pieraccioni
2019	Toute ressemblance	Elisa	Michel Denisot
2021	My Brother, My Sister	Giada	Roberto Capucci
	Il giudizio	Elena	Gianluca Mattei, Mario Sanzullo
	Venicephrenia	Claudia	Álex de la Iglesia
	Art of Love	Carmen Lindo	Betty Kaplan
2022	Maestro(s)	Rebecca Martinelli	Bruno Chiche
2025	Summer Night, Winter Moon	Antonia	Peter Field [8]
2025	After The War	Maria	Gavin J. Chalcraft

Television

Year	Title	Role(s)	Network	Notes
1997	Miss Italia	Herself / Contestant	Rai 1	Annual beauty contest
1999	Passaparola	Herself / Co-host	Canale 5	Game show
2002	Il giovane Casanova	Zanetta	Canale 5	Television film
	Don Matteo	Sandra Lovati	Rai 1	Episode: "Il passato ritorna"
2004	Orgoglio	Franca Baldini	Rai 1	Main role (season 2)
2006	Vientos de agua	Sophie	Telecinco	6 episodes
2008	XIII: The Conspiracy	Sam Taylor	Canal+	Television film
	Donne assassine	Anna Maria	Fox Crime	Episode: "Anna Maria"
2011	Zen	Tania Moretti	BBC One	Main role
	XIII: The Series	Sam Taylor	Canal+	Main role (season 1)
2013	Odysseus	Penelope	Arte	Main role
2014	Taxi Brooklyn	Giada Giannini	NBC	4 episodes
2015	È arrivata la felicità	Claudia Medda	Rai 1	Main role (season 1)
2019	L'isola di Pietro	Teresa Orrù	Canale 5	Main role (season 3)
	Le temps est assassin	Palma Idrissi	TF1	Main role
2022–2023	Balthazar	Olivia Vésinet	TF1	Main role (season 4-5)

References

1. Gary Susman (8 August 2006). "Solange, It's Been Good to Know You". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2008. It's already been a rapid rise to stardom for the 28-year-old Murino...
2. Rodney Chester (8 December 2006). "Why I love Caterina". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
3. "Caterina Murino page on MDOHMSS, unofficial italian 007 site". Libero. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
4. "Bob Sinclar feat. Raffaella Carrà "Far l'Amore" - OFFICIAL VIDEO" – via www.youtube.com.
5. "The Gypsy Queens: L'Italiano". 29 May 2013 – via IMDb.
6. "The Gypsy Queens - L'Italiano (Toto Cutugno)" – via www.youtube.com.
7. Vivarelli, Nick (9 May 2023). "'Casino Royale' Bond Girl Caterina Murino Set as Venice Film Festival Master of Ceremonies". Variety. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
8. Vivarelli, Nick (9 May 2023). "'Casino Royale' Bond Girl Caterina Murino Set as Venice Film Festival Master of Ceremonies". Variety. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

External links

• Caterina Murino at IMDb