Celebrity Nooz: Izabella Scorupco

Izabella Scorupco (Actress) - GoldenEye

Updated: 7/18/13

Name: Izabella Scorupco

Birth Name: Izabela Dorota Skorupko

Born: June 4, 1970, Bialystok, Poland

Claim To Fame: she is best known for her portrayal of Bond girl Natalya Simonova in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye.

Family Life: She was married to Polish ice hockey player Mariusz Czerkawski from 1996-1998. They have one daughter together, Julia (born September 15, 1997). In 2003, she married Jeffrey Raymond and they have a son, Jakob (born July 24, 2003).

Info: Scorupco's parents separated when she was a year old, and she stayed with her mother. They moved to Bred?ng in Stockholm, Sweden in 1978, where Scorupco learned to speak Swedish, English and French.

Scorupco traveled throughout Europe working as a model in the late 1980s. In 1987, she starred in the film Ingen kan ?lska som vi ("Nobody can love like us"). In the early 1990s, she found success as a pop singer. Her album IZA was certified gold in Sweden in 1991. In 1995, she played Natalya Simonova in the James Bond film GoldenEye, starring opposite Pierce Brosnan.

Trivia: Once said that when working for Ford Modeling, she went without food for 4 months, using water as her only nourishment.

Was offered the role of Lynn Bracken in L.A. Confidential (1997), but turned it down. The role went to another former Bond girl who was 17 years older than her, Kim Basinger.

Was offered the lead female role in The Mask of Zorro (1998), but turned it down. The role went to Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Appeared on the cover of Vogue in the late 1980s.

Where Are They Now: Scorupco returned to singing in 2011, working with Swedish musician Peter J?back in his single Jag Har Dig Nu and featuring in the song's music video.

She starred in the short film La vie, L'amour, Le mort. In 2012, she hosted the spring series of Sweden's Next Top Model.

This month, she announced her lead role in the romantic comedy Last Chance or Sista Chansen which is set to be released in summer 2014.

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