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in the 1995

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''. She is also known for her cover of the Shirley & Company song " Shame, Shame, Shame" which was released in 1992 and became a European hit.

Life

Scorupco was born to Lech, a musician, and Magdalena Skorupko, a doctor, in

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, Poland, in 1970. When she was one year old, her parents separated, and she remained with her mother. In 1978, they moved to

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, Sweden, where Scorupco learned to speak Swedish, English and French. On 25 December 1996, Scorupco married Polish

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. They had one daughter together, Julia (born 16 September 1997). They divorced in 1998. On 30 January 2003, Scorupco married an American, Jeffrey Raymond; they have a son, Jakob (born 24 July 2003). They divorced in 2015. She now lives in Los Angeles and New York City. Since 2017, Scorupco has been in a relationship with Karl Rosengren. They married on 6 October 2019. In 2014, Scorupco became an American citizen.

Career

In the late 1980s, Scorupco travelled throughout Europe working as a model, and appeared on the cover of ''

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''. In 1987, she was discovered by director Staffan Hildebrand and starred in the film ''Ingen kan älska som vi'' ("Nobody can love like us"). In the early 1990s, she had a brief but successful career as a pop singer, releasing the album '' IZA'', which was

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in Sweden in 1991. Her 1992 cover version of " Shame, Shame, Shame" was a hit in several European countries. In 2011, Scorupco reprised her singing career, duetting with Swedish musician

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in his single ''Jag Har Dig Nu'' and featuring in the song's music video. She also starred in Jöback's short extension film ''La vie, L'amour, La mort''. Scorupco went on to host the spring 2012 series of '' Sweden's Next Top Model'' but did not continue it for a second series. Scorupco moved into comedy in July 2013 when she was named to a lead role in a Swedish romantic comedy film, ''Micke & Veronica'', alongside

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. It premiered on 25 December 2014.

Filmography

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