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[edit]

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]}

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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 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.

Selected filmography[edit]

• Nowhere (2001)
• L'Enquête Corse (2004)
• L'Amour Aux Trousses (2004)
• Eleonora d'Arborea (2005)
• Les Bronzés 3 : Amis pour la vie (2006)
• Vientos de agua (2006)
• Casino Royale (2006)
• St. Trinian's (2007)
• Il seme della discordia (2008)
• The Garden of Eden (2008)
• Alibi e sospetti (2008)
• XIII (2009)
• Die (2010)
• Zen (2011)
• Odysseus (2013)
• The Invincible Piglet (2015)
• The Squad (2015)
• Fever (2016)
• We Are Family (2016)
• Voice from the Stone (2017)
• Se son rose (2018)

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References[edit]

1. ^Gary Susman (8 August 2006). 'Solange, It's Been Good to Know You'. Entertainment Weekly. 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. 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' music clip on YouTube
5. ^'l'Italiano on imdb
6. ^The Gypsy Queens 'l'Italiano' music clip on Youtube

External links[edit]

• Caterina Murino on IMDb

Christina Cole (born 8 May 1982) is an English actress known for portraying Cassie Hughes in the Sky Onesupernaturaltelevision seriesHex.

Early life[edit]

Born in London, Cole is the eldest of three siblings. She has a younger sister, Cassandra, and a brother, Dominic. Her mother is a telecentre manager and her father is a driving instructor.^[1] Cole trained at the Oxford School of Drama, graduating in 2002.^[2]

Career[edit]

Cole won the role of Clarissa Payne in What a Girl Wants (2003), while still at drama school. She graduated early to begin filming. She was then cast as Juliet in a production of Romeo and Juliet at Clwyd Theatr Cymru.^{[citation needed]}

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Cole's first lead role was that of Cassie Hughes in Hex. She portrayed Cassie for the whole of the first season and the first three episodes of the second. Upon her departure, the character was killed off.^[3] Co-star Jemima Rooper has stated that the reason for Cole's exit from the series was that she wanted to move on.^[4]

After leaving Hex, Cole went on to appear as Blanche Ingram in the critically acclaimed BBC television serial Jane Eyre and guest starred as Lilith in the Doctor Who episode 'The Shakespeare Code'. She provided an audio commentary for the episode on the DVD release of the series' third series alongside David Tennant.^[5]

Other roles include a small part in the James Bond film Casino Royale (2006), as the receptionist at the Ocean Club Hotel in Nassau, Bahamas, and Diana Mann in the pilot episode of Cane, Cole's first appearance on American television. She has also appeared as Mel on the ITV sitcomSold,^[6] as Jenny Walker in The Deaths of Ian Stone (2007), and as Charlotte Warren in Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008).

Cole once again played alongside Jemima Rooper as Caroline Bingley in Lost in Austen.^[7]

In 2009, Cole played Dr. Sarah King in Poirot: Appointment with Death.^[8] In 2009, Cole was cast in the lead role for a failed pilot prepared for Fox^[9] about a brilliant surgeon who endures adult-onset schizophrenia.^[10] That same year she also appeared in the films Surviving Evil and Doghouse.

In 2012, Cole appeared in a music video for Cheyenne Jackson's 'Before You'.

Since 2015, Cole has portrayed Dr. Paula Agard on a recurring basis in the USA Network series Suits, and appeared in an episode of the NBC series The Blacklist. The same year she also portrayed Mrs Sprot in the BBC's Partners in Crime series, in two episodes adapting Agatha Christie's N or M?.

In 2016, Cole opened at the Playhouse Theatre as Stevie in the world premiere of Matthew Perry's play The End of Longing.

Filmography[edit]

Cristina Casiano

Film[edit]

Television[edit]

Video Games[edit]

Theatre[edit]

• Romeo and Juliet, Theatr Clwyd, October 2002 to November 2002 (playing Juliet)^[11]
• The Tempest, Pegasus Theatre, February 2003 (role unknown)^[12]
• The Lightning Play, Almeida Theatre, November 2006 to January 2007 (playing Tabby Morris)^[13]
• The Magistrate, National Theatre, 14 November 2012 to 10 February 2013 (playing Charlotte). Streamed live to cinemas across the UK.
• The End of Longing, Playhouse Theatre, February 2016 to May 2016 (playing Stevie)^[14]

Christina Casanova Instagram

References[edit]

1. ^He Knew He Was Right Press Pack BBC Press Office. 2004-03-30
2. ^'Foyle's War 'Among The Few' Publicity Release'. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
3. ^Virginia Heffernan (1 July 2007). 'Witchy Girls on a Mission: The Dark Side of Cliques'. The New York Times. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
4. ^'Hew Factor'. Northern Echo. 15 October 2005. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
5. ^Doctor Who – The Complete Third Series (2007)
6. ^The Stage / News / ITV launches estate agents-based comedy
7. ^ITV Period Drama Lost in AustenArchived 18 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
8. ^'ITV: Agatha Christie's Poirot: Appointment With Death'. A2MediaGroup. 24 May 2008. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008.
9. ^Andreeva, Nellie (26 February 2009). 'Christina Cole set to star in Fox drama pilot'. The Hollywood Reporter. p. 6. Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
10. ^Shows A-Z – maggie hill on fox TheFutonCritic.com
11. ^'Romeo and Juliet, Directory of Performance Listings Arts Archive'. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
12. ^'The Tempest, Directory of Performance Listings Arts Archive'. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
13. ^The Stage / Reviews / The Lightning Play
14. ^The Guardian / Reviews / The End of Longing

External links[edit]

Cristina Casanova

• Christina Cole on IMDb