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{{short description|Italian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{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]], Sardinia, Italy
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1999–present
}}

'''Caterina Murino''' (born 15 September 1977) is an Italian actress.<ref>{{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...}}</ref> She began her acting career in the 1999 production of the play ''[[Richard III (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 (2006 film)|Casino Royale]]'' and received a European Golden Globe at the 2008 [[Globo d'oro|Italian Golden Globe Awards]].

==Life and career==
Murino was born in [[Cagliari]], Sardinia, and initially wanted to be a doctor.<ref name="CourierMail">{{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}}</ref> 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 (play)|Richard III]]'' and Italian-language plays.{{citation needed|date=October 2011}} She began her career in television in 2002,<ref name="mdohmss4caterina">{{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}}</ref> and then gained international fame after playing [[Solange Dimitrios]] in the [[Casino Royale (2006 film)|2006 adaptation]] of the [[James Bond]] novel ''[[Casino Royale (novel)|Casino Royale]]''.

In early 2011, she co-starred with [[Rufus Sewell]] in the short-lived [[BBC One]] TV series ''[[Zen (TV series)|Zen]]''.

In 2011 she also appeared in [[Bob Sinclar]]'s music video clip ''[[Far l'amore]]''.<ref>{{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}}</ref> She also starred in the video clip of the famous party band [[The Gypsy Queens]]' "[[l'Italiano]]".<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 May 2013 |title=The Gypsy Queens: L'Italiano |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10522684/ |via=IMDb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Gypsy Queens - L'Italiano (Toto Cutugno) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2H5D58kAd0 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

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

==Selected filmography==
[[File:Caterina Murino.jpg|thumb|right|Murino in March 2010]]
*''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 film)|Casino Royale]]'' (2006)
*''[[St Trinian's (2007 film)|St. Trinian's]]'' (2007)
*''[[Il seme della discordia]]'' (2008)
*''[[The Garden of Eden (2008 film)|The Garden of Eden]]'' (2008)
*''Alibi e sospetti'' (2008)
*''[[XIII (film)|XIII]]'' (2009)
*''[[Die (film)|Die]]'' (2010)
*''[[Zen (TV series)|Zen]]'' (2011)
*''[[Odysseus (TV series)|Odysseus]]'' (2013)
*''[[The Invincible Piglet]]'' (2015)
*''[[The Squad (2015 film)|The Squad]]'' (2015)
*''[[Fever (2016 film)|Fever]]'' (2016)
*''[[We Are Family (2016 film)|We Are Family]]'' (2016)
*''[[Voice from the Stone]]'' (2017)
*''[[Agadah]]'' (2017) principessa
*''[[Se son rose]]'' (2018)
*''[[My Brother, My Sister]]' (2021)
* ''Venecefrenia'' (2021)<ref>{{Cite web |last=G |first=Víctor López |date=2021-10-11 |title=Sitges 2021 {{!}} 'Veneciafrenia': Álex de la Iglesia pone la primera piedra del sello 'The Fear Collection' con un thriller con alma de slasher |url=https://www.espinof.com/criticas/sitges-2021-veneciafrenia-alex-iglesia-pone-primera-piedra-sello-the-fear-collection-thriller-alma-slasher |access-date=2021-10-27 |website=Espinof |language=es}}</ref>
*''[[Art of Love (film)|Simone]]'' (2021)<ref name="Simone">{{Cite web |last=Rodríguez |first=Jorge |title=Simone trae a Puerto Rico a Chica Bond |url=https://www.elvocero.com/escenario/cine/simone-trae-a-puerto-rico-a-chica-bond/article_c04c3d06-20a6-11ec-aa37-7b756c2f16b7.html |access-date=2021-10-27 |website=[[El Vocero de Puerto Rico]] |language=es}}</ref>
* ''In search of Ingrid'' (TBA)<ref name="Simone" />

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{IMDb name|id=1166528|name=Caterina Murino}}

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[[Category:1977 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Cagliari]]
[[Category:Italian film actresses]]
[[Category:Italian television actresses]]
[[Category:21st-century Italian actresses]]
[[Category:Sardinian women]]

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