She then went on to interpret the protagonist in Italian Director Pappi Corsicato’s Il seme della discordia (2008) which was presented at the 65th Venice International Film Festival. Trinian’s, before returning to Italy to shoot Non pensarci by Gianni Zanasi. Following the film’s success, Caterina began to receive many film proposals and began to shuttle between Italy and France.īut it was in 2006 that she became world-famous as the new 007 Bond Girl beside Daniel Craig, with her role as Solange in Casino Royale. Several years later, Caterina Murino, returned to French film screens in L'enquete corse (2004) opposite actors Christian Clavier and Jean Reno. The film enjoyed critical acclaim in France. Her on-screen cinematic debut was for her role in the first film of the late Chilean writer and director Luis Sepulveda, Nowhere (2002). Then, the late Italian film director Dino Risi selected her for a role in his TV fiction Le ragazze di Miss Italia (2002). As a model she soon became a starring testimonial for many advertising campaigns.
Caterina Murino was born in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, and studied acting in the theater workshop at the Scuola di Cinema e Teatro di Francesca De Sapio in Italy.