Caterina Murino born on September 15th, 1977 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy is a beautiful Italian model, film, television and stage actress.

Caterina's childhood was filled with memories of absolute carefree life. She was very hyperactive in her growing years learning dancing, singing, horse-riding; and indulged in athletics and workouts that helped her to become one of the most fascinating movie actress and model.

Caterina Murino who dreamt of becoming a doctor, failed twice in her entrance exams to qualify into medical school. Caterina took a plunge into modeling via beauty pageants. To her pleasant surprise, Murino secured fourth place in 1996 Miss Italy beauty pageant. Thereafter she left for Milan where she began modeling and appeared in several commercials like Nescafe, Swatch, Mastercard, Mercedes Benz and several others. Later Caterina joined Scuola di Cinema e Teatro di Francesca de Sapio in Italy and studied acting from 1999-2000. She has appeared in Shakespearean play, Richard III and other Italian language stage plays.

Bio Taken From: CaterinaMurino.org Fansite