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Lili Bordán (born March 12, 1982) is a Hungarian-American
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actress.


Early life and education

Lili Bordán was born in
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, the daughter of Hungarian actress Irén Bordán. During school at
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, she completed her degree in theater and 19th century western literature. She also studied with acting coach
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. After finishing her studies, she moved to
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.


Career

In 2001, Bordán began her acting career in television with a
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on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''. From 2003 to 2010, she starred in supporting roles in several
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s such as ''Kistestvér'' (2003), '' 8mm 2'' (2005), ''
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'' (2006), and ''Kolorádó Kid'' (2010), and leading roles in films like ''Kinder Garden'' (2005), ''Cherry'' (2010), ''A Love Affair of Sorts'' (2011), and ''Egill: The Last Pagan'' (2011). In 2007, she continued her television career, guest starring on the shows '' Painkiller Jane'', ''
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'', and ''Könyveskép''. Subsequent credits include ''Luke 11:17'' (2008) and '' ER'' (2008). She had a recurring role on ''Silent Witness'' (2011), as Anna Sándor and later another recurring role in ''Casino'' (2011), as Mirtill. On February 10, 2011, it was announced that Bordán would join the main cast of the
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'' Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome'', portraying Dr. Beka Kelly, a former employee of Graystone Industries, the company that created the Cylon. In 2012, she was cast as the troubled lead Jodie in British thriller ''Two Days In The Smoke'', released in 2014 as ''The Smoke'' in the UK and ''London Payback'' in the rest of the world. ''The Smoke'' director
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cast her as Dr. Jones in his second feature ''
Welcome to Curiosity ''Welcome to Curiosity'' is a 2018 British crime film, crime thriller (genre), thriller film directed by Ben Pickering and starring Amrita Acharia, Jack Ashton, Richard Blackwood, Kacey Clarke, Lili Bordán, Stephen Marcus and Finn Corney. It ...
'', due for release in the USA and Canada on 25 May 2018.


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bordan, Lili 1982 births Living people American film actresses People from Bronxville, New York Sarah Lawrence College alumni American people of Hungarian descent 21st-century American actresses Actresses from New York City American television actresses