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

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Sévérine Sévérine is a fictional character who appears in the 23rd ''James Bond'' film ''Skyfall'' (2012). Played by Bérénice Marlohe, Sévérine is a former sex slave who works as an accomplice of Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem). She collaborates wi ...

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 ''

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'' with

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. She is also a

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for

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Early life

Marlohe was born in

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. Her father, a doctor who moved from Cambodia to France, is of

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and

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descent, and her mother, a teacher, is

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. 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

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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 Barthélémy, in ''

''. She is best known for her role as

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 ''

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'' and appeared in the 2017 film ''

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'' alongside

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, and

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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