Izabella Scorupco

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Izabella Scorupco
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Scorupco in 2013
Born
Izabela Dorota Skorupko

(1970-06-04) 4 June 1970 (age 53)
Białystok, Poland
Citizenship Poland
Sweden
United States
Years active1988–present
Agent(s)Estern Models: Warsaw
Mikas: Stockholm
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8.5 in) [1]
Spouses
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(m. 1996;div. 1998)​
Jeffrey Raymond
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(m. 2003;div. 2015)​
Karl Rosengren
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(m. 2019)​
Children2

Izabella Scorupco (born Izabela Dorota Skorupko; 4 June 1970) is a Polish-Swedish actress, singer and model. She is best known for having played a Bond girl, Natalya Simonova, in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye . She is also known for her cover of the Shirley & Company song "Shame, Shame, Shame" which was released in 1992 and became a European hit.

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Life

Scorupco was born to Lech, a musician, and Magdalena Skorupko, a doctor, in Białystok, Poland, in 1970. [2] When she was one year old, her parents separated, and she remained with her mother. In 1978, they moved to Bredäng in Stockholm, Sweden, where Scorupco learned to speak Swedish, English and French.

On 25 December 1996, Scorupco married Polish ice hockey player Mariusz Czerkawski. They had one daughter together, Julia (born 16 September 1997). [3] They divorced in 1998.

On 30 January 2003, Scorupco married an American, Jeffrey Raymond; they have a son, Jakob (born 24 July 2003). They divorced in 2015. [4] She now lives in Los Angeles and New York City. [5] Since 2017, Scorupco has been in a relationship with Karl Rosengren. [6] [7] They married on 6 October 2019. [8] In 2014, Scorupco became an American citizen. [9]

Career

In the late 1980s, Scorupco travelled throughout Europe working as a model, and appeared on the cover of Vogue . In 1987, she was discovered by director Staffan Hildebrand and starred in the film Ingen kan älska som vi ("Nobody can love like us"). In the early 1990s, she had a brief but successful career as a pop singer, releasing the album IZA , which was certified gold in Sweden in 1991. Her 1992 cover version of "Shame, Shame, Shame" was a hit in several European countries.

In 2011, Scorupco reprised her singing career, duetting with Swedish musician Peter Jöback in his single Jag Har Dig Nu and featuring in the song's music video. She also starred in Jöback's short extension film La vie, L'amour, La mort. [10] Scorupco went on to host the spring 2012 series of Sweden's Next Top Model but did not continue it for a second series. [11]

Scorupco moved into comedy in July 2013 when she was named to a lead role in a Swedish romantic comedy film, Micke & Veronica, alongside David Hellenius. It premiered on 25 December 2014. [12]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988Ingen kan älska som viAnnelie
1991BertZindy Dabrowski
1991V som i vikingThe Single MotherTV mini-series
1995Det var en mörk och stormig nattPetronellaShort
1995Petri TårarCarla
1995 GoldenEye Natalya Simonova
1999 With Fire and Sword Helena Kurcewiczówna
2000DykarenIrena Walde
2000 Vertical Limit Monique Aubertine
2002 Reign of Fire Alex Jensen
2004 Exorcist: The Beginning Sarah Novak
2005 Alias SabinaTV series, Season 4, Episode 15: "Pandora"
2007 Cougar Club Daniella Stack
2007 Solstorm Rebecka Martinsson
2010ÄnglavaktCecilia
2014Micke & VeronicaVeronica
2017 Sleepwalker Dr. Cooper
2018HiddenEldhTV series
2018The Undreaming of Anna Bell ZeiglerHarriet Zeigler
2023 Barracuda Queens Margareta MillkvistTV series

Discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart position
SWE
[13]
IZA 11

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
AUS
[14] 		AUT
[15] 		BEL
(FL)
[16] 		GER
[17] 		NL
[18] 		NOR
[19] 		SWE
[13] 		SWI
[20]
"Substitute"1990——————3—IZA
"I Write You a Love Song"1991140——93——10—
"Brando Moves"——————37—
"Shame, Shame, Shame"1992—2243772339
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

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  3. ↑ "Profile/Biography of Izabella Scorupco". StarsHub.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
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  6. ↑ Shimoda, Hans; Shimoda, Anna (1 December 2017). "Hänt avslöjar: Efter skilsmässan – han är Izabella Scorupcos nya kille" [Hänt reveals: After the divorce – he is Izabella Scorupco's new boyfriend]. Hänt.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  7. ↑ Shimoda, Anna; Shimoda, Hans (1 January 2018). "Izabella Scorupco har en ny kärlek" [Izabella Scorupco has a new love]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish).
  8. ↑ "Izabella Scorupco har gift sig – se bilderna från bröllopet!" [Izabella Scorupco has got married – see the pictures from the wedding!]. Femina (in Swedish).
  9. ↑ "IZABELLA SCORUPCO on Instagram: "My first 4th of July as an American citizen 🇺🇸🎉!! A very proud and emotional moment. Being a Swedish and US citizen is really getting the best of both worlds. I wish I was allowed 3 citizenship... #Polska, you are forever in my heart ❤. #Happy4th"".
  10. ↑ "Peter Jöback & Izabella Scorupco: 'Jag Har Dig Nu' » Scandipop.co.uk". 27 September 2011.
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