Bérénice Lim Marlohe (born 19 May 1979) is a French actress. She played anti-heroine

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Sévérine in the twenty-third ''James Bond'' film ''

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''. Her television credits include ''Père et Maire'', ''Femmes de loi'', and ''Equipe médicale d’urgence''. She had an uncredited role in the French comedy '' Happiness Never Comes Alone'' with

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. She is also a

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for Omega Watches.

Early life

Marlohe was born in

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. Her father, a doctor who moved from Cambodia to France, is of Cambodian and Chinese descent, and her mother, a teacher, is French. Lim is her paternal grandmother's surname. She originally held aspirations of becoming a

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, as well as an artist, studying at the French arts school

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), or the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (; CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue Jean Ja ...

for ten years.

Career

Marlohe first appeared in 2007 in a French

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titled ''La discordance'' before appearing in French TV series such as ''Pas de secrets entre nous'' (2008), ''Femmes de loi'' (2008), '' R.I.S, police scientifique'' (2009), and ''Père et maire'' (2009). She appeared twice in the French crime series ''R.I.S, police scientifique'', once in 2009 and once in 2012. In 2012 she played the date of Laurent, played by Maurice Barthélemy, in '' Happiness Never Comes Alone''. She is best known for her role as

Sévérine in 2012's twenty-third ''James Bond'' film ''

''. A strong believer in

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, she stated that she dreamt of acting alongside

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six months before her ''Bond'' audition, and that after the dream, she knew everything would be fine. It was not until the second audition for ''Skyfall'' that she learned Bardem might also be cast. She starred in the 2015 film '' 5 to 7'' and appeared in the 2017 film '' Song to Song'' alongside

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, and Rooney Mara.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marlohe, Berenice 1979 births French film actresses French people of Chinese descent French people of Cambodian descent French television actresses Living people 21st-century French actresses Actresses from Paris Conservatoire de Paris alumni