Caterina Murino

{{Infobox person

| name = Caterina Murino

| image = Caterina Murino a Giffoni.jpg

| caption = Murino in 2010

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1977|09|15}}

| birth_place = Cagliari, Italy

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1999–present

}}

Caterina Murino (born 15 September 1977) is an Italian actress.{{Cite news |last=Gary Susman |date=8 August 2006 |title=Solange, It's Been Good to Know You |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1224513,00.html |access-date=22 March 2008 |quote=It's already been a rapid rise to stardom for the 28-year-old Murino... |archive-date=25 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825081843/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1224513,00.html |url-status=dead }} 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.{{Cite news |last=Rodney Chester |date=8 December 2006 |title=Why I love Caterina |publisher=The Courier-Mail |url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20898085-7642,00.html |access-date=22 March 2008 |archive-date=30 December 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230214050/http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/movies/why-i-love-caterina/story-e6freqex-1111112659495 |url-status=dead }} She finished fifth in the 1997 Miss Italy contest.{{cn|date=May 2020}} She studied drama at the Scuola di Cinema e Teatro run by Francesca De Sapio, between 1999 and 2000.{{cn|date=May 2020}} She then appeared in stage productions of Richard III and Italian-language plays.{{citation needed|date=October 2011}} She began her career in television in 2002,{{Cite news |title=Caterina Murino page on MDOHMSS, unofficial italian 007 site |publisher=Libero |url=http://digilander.libero.it/mdohmss/Cinema/immagini/caterina.html |access-date=6 June 2012}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Bob Sinclar feat. Raffaella Carrà "Far l'Amore" - OFFICIAL VIDEO |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3JIEoJnzrE |via=www.youtube.com}} She also starred in the video clip of the famous party band The Gypsy Queens' "l'Italiano".{{Cite web |date=29 May 2013 |title=The Gypsy Queens: L'Italiano |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10522684/ |via=IMDb}}{{Cite web |title=The Gypsy Queens - L'Italiano (Toto Cutugno) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2H5D58kAd0 |via=www.youtube.com}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Vivarelli |first=Nick |date=2023-05-09 |title=‘Casino Royale’ Bond Girl Caterina Murino Set as Venice Film Festival Master of Ceremonies |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/casino-royale-bond-girl-caterina-murino-venice-film-festival-master-of-ceremonies-1235607180/ |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

Filmography

File:Caterina Murino.jpg

=Film=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" !scope="col"\|Year !scope="col"\|Title !scope="col"\|Role(s) !scope="col"\|Director !scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
2001 !scope="row"\|Nowhere \|Dream woman \|Luis Sepúlveda \|
2004 !scope="row"\|The Corsican File \|Léa \|Alain Berbérian \|
2005 !scope="row"\|L'amour aux trousses \|Valeria \|Philippe de Chauveron \|
rowspan="2"\|2006 !scope="row"\|{{nowrap\|Casino Royale}} \|Solange Dimitrios \|Martin Campbell \|
scope="row"\|French Fried Vacation 3 \|Elena \|Patrice Leconte \|
rowspan="2"\|2007 !scope="row"\|Don't Think About It \|Nadine \|Gianni Zanasi \|
scope="row"\|St. Trinian's \|Miss Maupassant \|Oliver Parker \|
rowspan="3"\|2008 !scope="row"\|The Great Alibi \|Léa Mantovani \|Pascal Bonitzer \|
scope="row"\|The Seed of Discord \|Veronica \|Pappi Corsicato \|
scope="row"\|The Garden of Eden \|Marita \|John Irvin \|
2009 !scope="row"\|Toute ma vie \|Alessandra \|Pierre Ferrière \|{{nowrap\|Short film}}
rowspan="2"\|2010 !scope="row"\|Comme les cinq doigts de la main \|Linda Hayoun \|Alexandre Arcady \|
scope="row"\|Die \|Sofia Valenti \|Dominic James \|
rowspan="2"\|2011 !scope="row"\|Équinoxe \|Nathalie \|Laurent Carcélès \|
scope="row"\|The Prey \|Anna Adrien \|Éric Valette \|
2012 !scope="row"\|Gabin le mime \|Nina \|Cyril Rigon \|Short film
2014 !scope="row"\|L'automne de Zao \|The Mother \|Nikolaus Roche-Kresse \|Short film
rowspan="2"\|2015 !scope="row"\|The Invincible Piglet \|Additional voices \|Song Zhantao \|Voice
scope="row"\|The Squad \|Margaux \|Benjamin Rocher \|
rowspan="3"\|2016 !scope="row"\|Ustica: The Missing Paper \|Roberta Bellodi \|Renzo Martinelli \|
scope="row"\|We Are Family \|Marie \|Gabriel Laferrière \|
scope="row"\|Fever \|Irina Caro \|Rajeev Jhaveri \|
rowspan="3"\|2017 !scope="row"\|Agadah \|Princess M.S. \|Alberto Rodndalli \|
scope="row"\|Voice from the Stone \|Malvina Rivi \|Eric Howell \|
scope="row"\|Et mon coeur transparent \|Irina \|David Vital-Durand \|
2018 !scope="row"\|Se son rose \|Benedetta \|Leonardo Pieraccioni \|
2019 !scope="row"\|Toute ressemblance \|Elisa \|Michel Denisot \|
rowspan="4"\|2021 !scope="row"\|My Brother, My Sister \|Giada \|Roberto Capucci \|
scope="row"\|Il giudizio \|Elena \|Gianluca Mattei, Mario Sanzullo \|
scope="row"\|Venicephrenia \|Claudia \|Álex de la Iglesia \|
scope="row"\|Art of Love \|Carmen Lindo \|Betty Kaplan \|
2022 !scope="row"\|Maestro(s) \|Rebecca Martinelli \|Bruno Chiche \|
2025 !scope="row"\|Summer Night, Winter Moon \|Antonia \|Peter Field{{Cite web \|last=Vivarelli \|first=Nick \|date=2023-05-09 \|title=‘Casino Royale’ Bond Girl Caterina Murino Set as Venice Film Festival Master of Ceremonies \|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/casino-royale-bond-girl-caterina-murino-venice-film-festival-master-of-ceremonies-1235607180/ \|access-date=2024-12-15 \|website=Variety \|language=en-US}} \|
2025 !scope="row"\|After The War \|Maria \|Gavin J. Chalcraft \|

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

!scope="col"|Year

!scope="col"|Title

!scope="col"|Role(s)

!scope="col"|Director

!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

2001

!scope="row"|Nowhere

|Dream woman

|Luis Sepúlveda

2004

!scope="row"|The Corsican File

|Léa

|Alain Berbérian

2005

!scope="row"|L'amour aux trousses

|Valeria

|Philippe de Chauveron

rowspan="2"|2006

!scope="row"|{{nowrap|Casino Royale}}

|Solange Dimitrios

|Martin Campbell

scope="row"|French Fried Vacation 3

|Elena

|Patrice Leconte

rowspan="2"|2007

!scope="row"|Don't Think About It

|Nadine

|Gianni Zanasi

scope="row"|St. Trinian's

|Miss Maupassant

|Oliver Parker

rowspan="3"|2008

!scope="row"|The Great Alibi

|Léa Mantovani

|Pascal Bonitzer

scope="row"|The Seed of Discord

|Veronica

|Pappi Corsicato

scope="row"|The Garden of Eden

|Marita

|John Irvin

2009

!scope="row"|Toute ma vie

|Alessandra

|Pierre Ferrière

|{{nowrap|Short film}}

rowspan="2"|2010

!scope="row"|Comme les cinq doigts de la main

|Linda Hayoun

|Alexandre Arcady

scope="row"|Die

|Sofia Valenti

|Dominic James

rowspan="2"|2011

!scope="row"|Équinoxe

|Nathalie

|Laurent Carcélès

scope="row"|The Prey

|Anna Adrien

|Éric Valette

2012

!scope="row"|Gabin le mime

|Nina

|Cyril Rigon

|Short film

2014

!scope="row"|L'automne de Zao

|The Mother

|Nikolaus Roche-Kresse

|Short film

rowspan="2"|2015

!scope="row"|The Invincible Piglet

|Additional voices

|Song Zhantao

|Voice

scope="row"|The Squad

|Margaux

|Benjamin Rocher

rowspan="3"|2016

!scope="row"|Ustica: The Missing Paper

|Roberta Bellodi

|Renzo Martinelli

scope="row"|We Are Family

|Marie

|Gabriel Laferrière

scope="row"|Fever

|Irina Caro

|Rajeev Jhaveri

rowspan="3"|2017

!scope="row"|Agadah

|Princess M.S.

|Alberto Rodndalli

scope="row"|Voice from the Stone

|Malvina Rivi

|Eric Howell

scope="row"|Et mon coeur transparent

|Irina

|David Vital-Durand

2018

!scope="row"|Se son rose

|Benedetta

|Leonardo Pieraccioni

2019

!scope="row"|Toute ressemblance

|Elisa

|Michel Denisot

rowspan="4"|2021

!scope="row"|My Brother, My Sister

|Giada

|Roberto Capucci

scope="row"|Il giudizio

|Elena

|Gianluca Mattei, Mario Sanzullo

scope="row"|Venicephrenia

|Claudia

|Álex de la Iglesia

scope="row"|Art of Love

|Carmen Lindo

|Betty Kaplan

2022

!scope="row"|Maestro(s)

|Rebecca Martinelli

|Bruno Chiche

2025

!scope="row"|Summer Night, Winter Moon

|Antonia

|Peter Field{{Cite web |last=Vivarelli |first=Nick |date=2023-05-09 |title=‘Casino Royale’ Bond Girl Caterina Murino Set as Venice Film Festival Master of Ceremonies |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/casino-royale-bond-girl-caterina-murino-venice-film-festival-master-of-ceremonies-1235607180/ |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

2025

!scope="row"|After The War

|Maria

|Gavin J. Chalcraft

=Television=

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

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

!scope="col"|Year

!scope="col"|Title

!scope="col"|Role(s)

!scope="col"|Network

!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

1997

!scope="row"|Miss Italia

|Herself / Contestant

|Rai 1

|Annual beauty contest

1999