# Caterina Murino

Caterina Murino (born 15 September 1977) is an Italian actress. 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. She finished fifth in the 1997 Miss Italy contest. She studied drama at the Scuola di Cinema e Teatro run by Francesca De Sapio, between 1999 and 2000. She then appeared in stage productions of Richard III and Italian-language plays. She began her career in television in 2002, 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. She also starred in the video clip of the famous party band The Gypsy Queens' "l'Italiano".
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.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Director | Notes |
| 2001 | Nowhere | Dream woman | Luis Sepúlveda | |
| 2004 | The Corsican File | Léa | Alain Berbérian | |
| 2005 | L'amour aux trousses | Valeria | Philippe de Chauveron | |
| 2006 | Casino Royale | Solange Dimitrios | Martin Campbell | |
| 2006 | French Fried Vacation 3 | Elena | Patrice Leconte | |
| 2007 | Don't Think About It | Nadine | Gianni Zanasi | |
| 2007 | St. Trinian's | Miss Maupassant | Oliver Parker | |
| 2008 | The Great Alibi | Léa Mantovani | Pascal Bonitzer | |
| 2008 | The Seed of Discord | Veronica | Pappi Corsicato | |
| 2008 | The Garden of Eden | Marita | John Irvin | |
| 2009 | Toute ma vie | Alessandra | Pierre Ferrière | Short film |
| 2010 | Comme les cinq doigts de la main | Linda Hayoun | Alexandre Arcady | |
| 2010 | Die | Sofia Valenti | Dominic James | |
| 2011 | Équinoxe | Nathalie | Laurent Carcélès | |
| 2011 | The Prey | Anna Adrien | Éric Valette | |
| 2012 | Gabin le mime | Nina | Cyril Rigon | Short film |
| 2014 | L'automne de Zao | The Mother | Nikolaus Roche-Kresse | Short film |
| 2015 | The Invincible Piglet | Additional voices | Song Zhantao | Voice |
| 2015 | The Squad | Margaux | Benjamin Rocher | |
| 2016 | Ustica: The Missing Paper | Roberta Bellodi | Renzo Martinelli | |
| 2016 | We Are Family | Marie | Gabriel Laferrière | |
| 2016 | Fever | Irina Caro | Rajeev Jhaveri | |
| 2017 | Agadah | Princess M.S. | Alberto Rodndalli | |
| 2017 | Voice from the Stone | Malvina Rivi | Eric Howell | |
| 2017 | Et mon coeur transparent | Irina | David Vital-Durand | |
| 2018 | Se son rose | Benedetta | Leonardo Pieraccioni | |
| 2019 | Toute ressemblance | Elisa | Michel Denisot | |
| 2021 | My Brother, My Sister | Giada | Roberto Capucci | |
| 2021 | Il giudizio | Elena | Gianluca Mattei, Mario Sanzullo | |
| 2021 | Venicephrenia | Claudia | Álex de la Iglesia | |
| 2021 | Art of Love | Carmen Lindo | Betty Kaplan | |
| 2022 | Maestro(s) | Rebecca Martinelli | Bruno Chiche | |
| 2025 | Summer Night, Winter Moon | Antonia | Peter Field | |
| 2025 | After The War | Maria | Gavin J. Chalcraft | |

### Television

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